Matchmaking is broken

ktb1·12/11/2014, 6:31:47 AM·2 votes·2,772 views

How can matchmaking work like this? Maybe carry over the queue rules for ranked except make it 2 divisions? Here's a few images for examples: http://imgur.com/JK0gsdA,7msnd5B,bw9jTKJ,WC1JEpZ,dYJgcet#0 This is a teambuilder game on my smurf. I queued up solo as gangplank, however I ended up facing a diamond 4 gangplank. My smurf is level 27, I understand being matched against silvers and golds, maybe a plat, but a diamond? Why can people http://imgur.com/JK0gsdA,7msnd5B,bw9jTKJ,WC1JEpZ,dYJgcet#1 This is a jinx game with my brothers. They are silver 1 and bronze 1 and i'm silver 1. They had a triple queue as well, but they had a diamond yasuo who absolutely destroyed and carried their team. http://imgur.com/JK0gsdA,7msnd5B,bw9jTKJ,WC1JEpZ,dYJgcet#2 Another triple queue with my brothers, but this game is 2 plats. How are we facing people 2 divisions above us and even 3 divisons above my bronze 3 brother? http://imgur.com/JK0gsdA,7msnd5B,bw9jTKJ,WC1JEpZ,dYJgcet#3 This game was more unfair for us, but our diamond player lost lane. He was obviously skilled, however he didn't know the champion, even claiming that he would refund him after the game. Still, a diamond and a plat with silvers and golds versus a plat and silvers and golds. http://imgur.com/JK0gsdA,7msnd5B,bw9jTKJ,WC1JEpZ,dYJgcet#4 Finally, another smurf game where I was teemo. I was just messing around hoping to cover the map with mushrooms and have a fun time. However, I faced a plat vayne top and in the middle of the game, i got sidetracked by a friend. She ended up getting fed off of me and then my team taunted and abused me for it. I came back late game, but still, we ended up losing. Why am I facing diamond players when I queue up solo on my level 27 account? Why am I facing diamond players on my silver 1 account when I queue with a bronze 1 and a silver 1? Matchmaking is obviously broken and we need to change it. Even diamond and plat players who tank normals shouldn't be allowed to abuse people like this. item 3070

1 Comments

Killer X 1212/11/2014, 7:53:44 AM1 votes

Matching making cares more about teams than each player. They try to get the total MMR of each team to be close. Since players play with people friends you will always get games like you have posted. Diamond players who play with their lower elo friends will always get weird games like the above. Sometimes when you are higher elo you will have 4 plat/diamond players and one bronze on your team...and you think they are happy about that? Nope. Its just how it works.

For the type of matches that you posted to NOT happen they'd have to prevent people from playing with friends of different ELO. That being said, i do dislike how match making works. You'll get some bad matches once in a while even when no one is in a premade, but hey get gud homie