I think ending on 99 or even 98 or 97 lp is unfair, we have to win a game just to get another 1, 2 or 3 lp and get into promos. How about doing this: if we end up on 97, 98 or 99 lp, we automatically get bonus 1, 2 or 3 points and get placed in promotion immediately?
Garurumon1 votesIf you end on 99 LP, then it's most likely that your MMR isn't high enough for the division. Or coincidence, but most of the time there's a reason for it.
ZephyrDrake1 voteshow about you just one that one more game and stop complaining
Colgate Gator1 votesI can feel your frustration, but well. The obvious problem with your suggestion is the so called "slippery slope".
If that change is implemente and someone lands at 95-96 points, they would complain that they would need only 1-2 to hit the "sweet spot", and so on.
Matthias91191 votesOkay, let's say Riot changes it so you go into series at 99LP.
Next week there will be a thread whining that they make the cutoff 98LP because it's unfair and demoralizing to be 1LP short.
Do you see the problem? The cutoff has to be somewhere, and presumably Riot doesn't want to significantly decrease the number of matches required to reach a promo series.
6xjLGqOwcR1 votesIt's not the same, you need to reach 100, not 97. So, if you are at 96, you are not 1 point short, you are 4 points short.
If you are winning from 10-15 lp per game and then end up on 99lp, it's really frustrating that you need to play 1 more game just to get that 1 lp. When you end up on 96lp, it's totally bearable, 1 more win for 4lp is totally justified, some people even get +4lp normally because their MMR is super low, but ending up at 99lp and being just 1 point short is really not fair. You usually get +15, so why you need to win one more game for just 1 lousy lp...
Renaille1 votesIt's not the same, you need to reach 100, not 97. So, if you are at 96, you are not 1 point short, you are 4 points short.
With your suggestion, you wouldn't need to reach 100, you'd need to reach 97,
6xjLGqOwcR1 votesYou are acting as if Riot "forgiving" you 3lp when you are on 97lp is the same as if for example Riot is "forgiving" you 20lp when you are on 80lp - it's not.
Renaille1 votesYou are acting as if Riot "forgiving" you 3lp when you are on 97lp is the same as if for example Riot is "forgiving" you 20lp when you are on 80lp - it's not.
If riot always 'forgives' you for the last 3 lp, you effectively only need 97 lp. There is no situation where you need 100 lp to advance.
Leti the Yeti1 votesWhen you have 77 ip and a game gives you 23 ip... It happens, likewise it may give you 22 ip.. Geez how much that would suck
6xjLGqOwcR1 votesYes, you would need 97 effectively, but ending at 96lp, you would need 1lp effectively, but these 4lp that you are missing, let's call them imaginary - show that you are actually 1 whole win away from promo.
With current system you can win 25lp per game and then end up on 99lp and get screwed by 1lp. With this system with 4 "imaginary points", you can end on 96lp, but you don't get the feeling that you are screwed by 1lp. It would be a lot less frustrating.
Renaille1 votesYes, you would need 97 effectively, but ending at 96lp, you would need 1lp effectively, but these 4lp that you are missing, let's call them imaginary - show that you are actually 1 whole win away from promo.
But you aren't missing 4 points because you do not need 100 lp, you need 97.
Matthias91191 votesThe problem is: if you justify making it 97LP instead of 100, why not 96? Or 94? Or 90? People will make the same "I think ending on [X-1] LP is unfair" argument.
There has to be some arbitrary point where you cut it off. The current one is as good as any.