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So the current Ranked system is a hot topic right now...

Skorch··2 votes·719 views

And i want to clear up, or at least talk about some really annoying shit i keep seeing, as well as the cause of it.

The current matchmaking system DEFINETLY has its problems, mostly due to the reset, im not denying that. But here are some dumb topics i see.

  1. "The demotion protection prevents people who shouldve been demoted from demoting, so i get this bonobo in my games" Yeah but he does DESERVE to be there, he either got placed there, or climbed there. He might be in a tough spot, but if he DESERVES to be demoted, itll happen. Its hard to climb too, so if him getting one game of leniency before demotion, if that was gone he could just get back in a game. So that doesnt fix the issue.

And it is actually impossible for a silver player MMR player being stuck in Plat 5 without demoting. Win 1 Lose 1 while unable to demote and not really changing MMR that is the ONLY way you can be stable and not be demoted at 0LP. If you are really dropping they will give you 1 GAME of leniency. Thats it. I had someone lose 4 games in a row win 1 lose 2 more, hit 0LP lose 1 Game and they dropped. Its not some impassable wall people think it is.

  1. "If we went with a numerical system, instead of a ranking/division system, i would stop being queued with plats" Your right, cause plats would be gone, but you would still be in a game with that same person. Say Silver is from players 1000000 to 800000 and plat was 600000 to 350000. Instead of Silver 2 "xxToxicFeederxx" being matched up against Plat 4 "N00bCrusher" It would be Rank 988453 "xxToxicFeederxx" matched up against Rank 375683 "N00bCrusher" Thats an issue with Matchmaking right now, not the Ranked System itself.

  2. "I am getting worse players for my series, or people that AFK and RIOTS GIVING THEM TO ME." This is actually Shaco Syndrome, you could rank up 3 ranks, but the one time you lose a series Riot gave you bad teammates to stop your climb. There has never been any hard evidence to this and is simply a "sucks to suck" Situation. Does it suck that you lost a series because of teammates? Yeah it happens though. Get over it. Its not Riot "DESTROYING MY LP" It was just unlucky.

In the end a lot of issue with the system isnt actually Division and MMR plan we have now. Well i mean how MMR works right now kind of does suck. And Riot SHOULD rank you more based on your rank than MMR thats true. But the current system needs to be fixed not changed. Its a Matchmaking issue, not a ranked issue.

And I agree with Riot that Divisions are A LOT more satisfying than being "Player Rank 907456" and is actually a more accurate representation of skill because it ISNT accurate funny enough. It is impossible to accurately depict who is what player with how many people play. And on top of that the current Challenger system is BASED of the current LP system and is player specific because of it CAN be accurate because of how few people are actually challenger.

A lot of these issues are arguable excuses. I barely made it out of Bronze last year and got placed this year in B4. But have been steadily climbing out since the start because of instead of "Why did this Gold Lucian get paired with me and kick my ass what was i gonna do?" I say "Shit i got cocky against someone who is currently WAY higher rank than me. I shouldve been safer." And i accept the loss.

These issues might be annoying but they are OCCASIONAL. You arent getting matched with shit teammates every game going against that Plat ADC every game, you are just using an excuse as to why you are where you are.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE SAME 3 RANKS FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS... You deserve to be there. Because from what ive seen people who deserve to climb have been climbing with little problems. Probably because they dont say "This Silver 5 idiot shouldve been demoted long ago but the current system saved him" or "This plat kicked my ass broken system" and other EXCUSES on why they arent climbing, instead of improving their gameplay.

Im sick of your complaining people. Either stop using excuses, get better and climb. Or Rot in "ELO Hell" Like you deserve. (Can i get one of you memers to hit me with a mic drop i dont got any good gifs for it.)

6 Comments

ESKETITTTTTTTTT2 votes

Ur Bronze 2 shut up and play.

Skorch1 votes

I actually have won a pretty large amount (hence why i said i was climbing) But god DAMN i havent been playing ranked much. I have played significantly fewer games than i should have to properly climb.

So while im climbing slowly monthly, i AM climbing quickly in number of games.

Psybicilin2 votes

You don't have to be high Elo to make a point [slayer-jinx-unamused]

MysterQ2 votes

Can low ranked players get rid of placements. For real, I know I am bronze, DO NOT force me to play 10 games only to tell me I am bronze before I can start climbing. This is a huge frustration for me because I barely play 5 real games a week. I don't want to waste 2-3 weeks just for games that don't matter at all.

Psybicilin1 votes

They are important for determining your MMR. It wouldn't be fair if low elo got away with not getting MMR dropped like every other player. Can you imagine if the cutoff was bronze 1 and I was silver 4 last season, and I get placed in bronze 3 due to the universal MMR reset? That would be massively unfair.

MysterQ1 votes

I'm not understand your example much.

But everyone is already getting the MMR or at least the rank drop right now. Why do I have to sit in 10 games to take me from Silver 4 to Bronze 3, when instead I could just start using those 10 games to hopefully climb to B2.

There are a lot of posts of bronze players doing better in placements this year and getting lower ranked. Because the system is designed to place you lower than last season. Which means it is designed to waste your time if it already knows where it is going to put you. There may be some MMR changes during the games but I am sure that could be added into a system with placements or at the least most bronze players who will be bronze even if 8-0 will just say give me LP for those games.

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