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Ranked placement

LBDORRITO·1/30/2016, 7:31:57 PM·1 votes·578 views

Just read the bold for those who don't like to waste time

Hello, I've been playing almost 5 years, and I've never left bronze. I'm a pretty good player, but not great, as I don't play too much. I'm better than my friends who are in silver, and equal or just less than to those in gold, though I don't typically play carries. So Even if i dominate my lane, if the rest of my team loses, we lose. I'm not good enough to save all. I'm only saying this to say I've been playing a while, and for trolls to quote how bad I am.

My question is how the heck does ranked work?!?! I know all the mmr and that jazz, but it cant be what they say it is. let me give you my scenario:

(first of all, thanks for the new dynamic queue! I used to get an afk every other game. That is now fixed. Also I LOVE seeing people trying to be pro and last second pick losing LP, or trolls last second picking losing it as well. makes my day, no joke.)

Last season i rarely played ranked. As in I finally placed into bronze 2 a few days before ranked reset rarely :P

I quickly did my ranked placement this season and went 5/5 with 3/5 losses coming to teams who's mmr had to drastically be better than our team based off their skill. ( I started 2/0 for those who say the start matters most).

Then I was placed into bronze 4 (where my first game I went 19/5 with no jungler help because now im with scrubs again. Oh, lost that game too, every other lane fed horribly.)

NOT COMPLAINING HERE, im in elo hell for a reason. Apparently not good enough to get out.

**But if I was in bronze 2 right before placement, went 5/5 with my losses mainly being against much better teams, should I not be in bronze 2 again? Or at least 1 next to it? A couple people i know say they got 7 or 8 wins in placement and got bronze 4 or 5 as well.
** What gives? How does it work? If its solely mmr, why does going .500 and losing only to better teams, or even going positive knock people down?

3 Comments

LaoBushido1/30/2016, 7:34:11 PM1 votes

The ranked reset was much harder this time around regardless of win and losses, some people went 10-0 and still ended up b5

Neo Cyrus1/30/2016, 7:44:26 PM1 votes

Rank does not equal Elo. If someone drops to 0 then climbs to Bronze whatever, they can still easily be under 850 Elo which is the base amount for Bronze 5. Someone in Bronze 3 could literally have less than 850 Elo, win 10/10 placements, and get placed Bronze 5.

That and the reset this time seems to be harsher. Good. Dump all those delusional players down to where they belong. I ended the season Platinum, and I'll likely end up in Silver to start after placements. I don't care. I'll carry those trashbags like a pro garbageman. I'll carry the shit out of them. If you belong in whatever division you think, then carry your way back there, otherwise you don't deserve it.