The Ranked System Needs a Reboot

BrockFromPokemon·Jan 14, 2018·1 votes·433 views

Now by no means am I saying I'm a God of League of Legends, but I generally do better than the majority of people in Silver, but more times than not I'm drawing the short end of the stick.

I wish there was a way to rank people based on their independent performance and find it unfair that my skill as a player is being determined by 9 random strangers in a game. I know it's a team game, but I am leagues ahead of some of these guys in Silver, not sure how I'm getting matched with people that appear new to the game.

I'm currently in S1 at the moment and have been in two series for Gold V, failing both. Maybe I'm just being whiney, I just feel I'm being screwed here... Maybe I'll just do what everyone else does and buy a platinum account...

12 Comments

MysterQJan 14, 20182 votes

Are you getting queued against Plat players? I was Silver 1 and queued vs Dia soloque players. It was miserable, because they were obviously so much better than me.

That said, it is hard to say I should climb because I am better than X-silver player. When I had to beat Gold players to rank up. I wish the system was changed so I only had to play vs silver to rank up to gold... unfortunately that isn't how MMR works in Lol.

*for the record since you are S1 in promos. I failed 5 or 6 promos. I deranked 2(3 if you count going to silver3) times. Before I finally broke out and ranked up. And I was off and on playing people from Silver up to Diamond. It was frustrating waiting for my MMR to get fixed (one smurf really seemed to throw everything off for me).

BrockFromPokemonJan 14, 20181 votes

No I'm not getting matched with Diamond or Plat, just a few golds here and there.

I just keep getting people that for whatever reason are having issues, albeit lag, rage, or DC.

BrockFromPokemonJan 14, 20181 votes

MysterQ I applaud you for not giving up. It's crazy you failed promos 5 or 6 times. I'm not saying it's the worst ranked system, I just think it could be a lot better and more rewarding for players that are consistently getting great scores and nailing objectives.

MysterQJan 14, 20181 votes

Oh, I quit after I deranked to Silver 3 on my 5th attempt. But a random strange told me I had plenty of time to get to Gold. So for some reason I started again after 1month off. I failed a promo AGAIN! (so yes it was 6 total), I had to email Riot asking for my promo helper to which they said I don't get it because it was a derank. But I finally made it on the very last day of my season.... playing first time Xin Zhao jungle with Riven one-trick top playing my Warwick... it was a fun game though, especially since we won.

Yea, Idk. S1 was real hard to break out of for me. My friend did it in a day =\ but Riot/he is a Pat player. I hear players hit a tough wall on Plat1 to Dia.

DODGEORLOSEJan 14, 20181 votes

Just buy coaching from LS instead.

TheProfezzorJan 14, 20181 votes

Been there my friend. Getting matched with players not in the same league as me. Just hang in there, play hypercarry champs and try to carry the games. (stop playing volibear hes bad right now)

ZephyrDrakeJan 14, 20181 votes

"i am better than everyone around me" no you are not

BrockFromPokemonJan 14, 20181 votes

That was educational.

ZephyrDrakeJan 14, 20181 votes

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That was educational.

just like your "i am so much better than everyone around me rito! why am i being punished for my team losing in a team game!? my 1v1 skillz are all that needs to be looked at!"

BrockFromPokemonJan 14, 20181 votes

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just like your "i am so much better than everyone around me rito! why am i being punished for my team losing in a team game!? my 1v1 skillz are all that needs to be looked at!"

Really no need for the negativity, and I didn't word it like that nor mean to give that intent.

ZephyrDrakeJan 14, 20181 votes