lets talk promotional series

rubberduckie666··2 votes·328 views

so after my 6th fail promo series in the last 2 days iv wondered why exactly are they there? i mean does anyone actually feel good when they finish a promo series or just releaved that they ditn get afk's/trolls in there games and are finally moveing up. yes moveing up in rank feels great but promo series are NOT a enjoyable experience considering how much rides on your next 2 possibly 3 games. they block your ability to climb the ranked ladder with what is basicly pure luck on who you get matched with the next couple games. litteraly any time iv gotten to a promo series while climb i felt pure dread due to haveing to hope that my luck manages to win out and now more than ever consdiering howmany angry toxic players are going into ranked just to make others lose because they arnt getting end of season rewards.

people always say "if your good you'll climb regadless" while there is some truth in that its a TEAM GAME meaning if you are suddenly down a teammate your at a dissadvantage unless you and the rest of your team are extreamly fed.

this has been a slighlty salt induced rant about promo series

3 Comments

Lordofthepittt1 votes

No no no no no no no. It doesn't matter if you are down 4 teammates. Just carry. PROVE YOU CAN CLIMB BROOOOO. ^ Typical response you'll get here.

joebobby14121 votes

Promos are broken. It's implied you need a 66% winrate, since you need to win 2/3 games... right? But you have to win 1 to get into promos. You HAVE TO, you are never going to get in off a loss. So, that means you actually have to win 3/4 games. That is a 75% winrate.

DeynaTaggerung1 votes

I do find that I feel a real sense of accomplishment when I can "break through" a promo series. Even so I do know that there are a lot of issues with promos, those you mentioned above as well as the fact that oftentimes because of MMR you have to prove a high win rate against people 1-2 divisions above the division you're trying to get into. To get into S3 I should be better than people in S3 not better than people in S1 and 2.

I think Riot is looking into the matter (I've heard of the second promo series getting on more free win every time you do it) but they'll probably hold off changes till the end of the season.

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