All that work to get demoted after one loss.

Dioblog··5 votes·1,089 views

All of us trying to enjoy the competitive aspect of league would love to get those end of season rewards. We deal will all the bad players, the DC's the afk, the toxic teammates, the trolls and continue to try to carry our way out of bronze and silver so we get something for all that work. However i've been dealing with something altogether riots fault that makes me want to give up entirely. I climbed in the past month from bronze 5 to silver 1. however I cannot make it past that. WHY? Everytime I enter silver 1 i start with 0 lp, I win a game then lose a game, and then have the biggest troll of all time force a loss at 0lp and i get demoted to 75lp in silver 2, forced to get another 25lp and win a series. losing just 2 games in a row, requires me to repeat the entire process of a promotion again. There are some games you just cant carry, and losses are common. Heck a 50% win ratio in ranked is considered good, and you're going to demote me because of 1 troll and make me play another 30 games to get back to silver 1. I've repeated this close to 5x in the past month and can't get beyond silver 1, stop demoting me so easily! FIX THIS

8 Comments

Dioblog3 votes

Thanks for the positive feedback. I'm sure my post seemed more like a rant because I was frustrated when typing it but my goal was feedback so that maybe one day ranked was improved. 1 loss after entering a new league shouldn't mean a demotion. Not with the kind of community that dwells in ranked bronze and silver

Blue Metroid1 votes

I just got into Silver II recently...

I won the first game +20 LP. Sweet! I lost the next one due to an AFK jungler. -20 LP. I lost the next game. Back into Silver III. (Never mind the fact that it took 5 promos to get into Silver II). item 3070 item 3070

Egyptian2 votes

see i was the same but eventually my mmr got high enough to survive a few losses in gold then went on winning spree to gold V

this is not what the thread is about but small advice that might help

  1. if you were just in a game with trolls don't join queue straight away
  2. if you were in champion select with trolls and someone dodges leave queue for a minute or so
  3. if you lose two in a row go do something else or cool off in in normals

have a good day

GundayMonday2 votes

I'm looking forward to the new and improved leave buster system. I just got demoted from Diamond III after 4/6 games had a random dc/afk/never connected player. Kind of frustrating to be demoted for something completely out of your control.

That said, I'm not that mad about it. League is still just a game and if I play enough, I'll eventually get enough fair games in a row to play for real and rise/fall on my own merits.

ElderWraith1 votes

+1

the League system badly needs a rework

Blue Metroid1 votes

I know the feeling, Dioblog. I totaled up the last 56 ranked games played on 2 accounts and the percentage of games with an AFK or Disconnect was 28% (16 games). THIS is something players are getting sick of dealing with. You want to climb, practice honing your skills, and improve your game play; however, you can't even find a legitimate 5v5 match to play. I've been playing since Season 2 and this has been my biggest complaint from the start. I'm still waiting for Riot to implement SOMETHING to combat this...anything...

inb4 "This is why we have the Tribunal..." ...please!

Zaikyo1 votes

I like the poll options.

clickhead1 votes

I don't know if it's any consolation, but in season 3 I was stuck at silver 1 and I managed to reach promos multiple times but never got gold 5. I really liked playing Elise, so I really wanted the Victorious Elise skin and the gold border (which looks so much better than gold one) but I finished the season in silver 1. Fast forward to the next season, I start maining a champ and get from silver 5 (I was placed there) to gold 3 in two weeks. I grind and grind my way through gold for most of the season but never get past gold 1, until I start maining another champ and get plat 5. You just need to be patient and eventually you get the rank you deserve and the cool borders. Just believe!

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