Is this a joke?

FrankWolfman··1 votes·262 views

Im coming off a huge losing streak, so im a little salty. I gotta ask though RIot...

Is competitive matchmaking a priority anymore? Has the team given up on matchmaking completely?

Granted, I stopped playing for a long time, so im a little rusty. The matches ive had since ive been back have been so atrociously one sided, one way or another, that its impossible to really have fun or competition in this game. Ive given up any competitive thoughts I once had for this game as its literally IMPOSSIBLE to carry these teams. I blew through Silver V originally (didn't lose a game), climbed halfway to silver IV, then lost EVERY SINGLE GAME IN A ROW. Im not saying I did phenomenally in every game, and im not implying that I deserve to be plat or anything, but that imbalance of matches proves how bad this system has become.

I dont want to hear about how ELO hell doesnt exist, or how you need to prioritize carry and just get pentakills all game because its IMPOSSIBLE to carry to that degree with the amount of smurfing, trolling, and overall extremely poor matchmaking that runs rampant in this game. I cant tell you how many times ive seen "lol smurfing bro" in the all chat before their Riven goes 20/1 against my top laner. Real fun. Real fair guys.

Hell, ive even seen clear evidence of hacking in ranked. I just feel like this company gave up trying to make a fair, competitive game. Im only online when im bored and want to casually play. Any competitive feeling is gone/

4 Comments

Colgate Gator1 votes

I see no ranking issues in your last matches, hell, in the very last one you lost, there was a Bronze enemy player.

FrankWolfman1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Postal Badger,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=T26P71Rv,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2017-10-17T22:19:56.151+0000)

I see no ranking issues in your last matches, hell, in the very last one you lost, there was a Bronze enemy player.

That doesnt surprise me. The rankings mean very little at this point.

Im not saying that plats dont belong in plat, but I believe the skill difference between a lot of silvers and golds is much greater than this simple ELO system displays. Hell, I had a gold player in one of my placement matches who clearly never played ADC before. When we asked him what was going on (as his playstyle was ridiculous), the kid broke down and said he was new to the game.

We actually ended up winning that match through sheer grit and determination, but its this kind of experience that makes you question the validity of the system.

Ironically, our winning the match DESPITE his presence (was more like 6v4 since he fed to hell and back) pushed his ELO up even further.

KVbqbFsC8e1 votes

What examples do you have of "clear hacking" in Ranked?

FrankWolfman1 votes

[{quoted}](name=The Big Piece,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=T26P71Rv,comment-id=0001,timestamp=2017-10-17T22:41:25.462+0000)

What examples do you have of "clear hacking" in Ranked?

How about a Tristana that rocket jumps with 0 cooldown and no champs around her vicinity to reset it? That was real fun to play against.

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