Is flex Q just a joke to everyone?

Willowwolfgaming·Jul 11, 2017·2 votes·1,835 views

Hi i just came back after being gone for a year. Was hoping someone could explaing to me the difference between Q's. Ive only been playing flex and its been wierd...

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Dragon MasterJul 11, 20173 votes

The matchmaking in flex is actually hilariously bad. That's why it's a joke.

WillowwolfgamingJul 11, 20171 votes

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The matchmaking in flex is actually hilariously bad. That's why it's a joke.

Unless its just me having a wierd MMR, I like the match making. It doesnt just lump you togeather with people from your league. I believe games with a wide variety of players is healthy for the game.

Spice POWAHJul 11, 20171 votes

Since you asked for the difference, here it is:

Solo Queue means that ONLY 1 or 2 people can be queued up at once. And at REALLY high ranks, you can only queue up alone.

Flex Queue means that you can go into a premade group with any number of people (excluding groups of 4 Jhin item 3070 )

They have different ladders to climb, so you could be a plat in solo queue but still be bronze in flex.

The main reason people hate flex queue(and dynamic queue from last season) is because it makes boosting much easier. I'm assuming you don't know, but boosting is a practice of someone with a higher rank or skill level helping someone of a lower rank to... rank up. It artificially inflates their rank, usually in exchange for money. This, needless to say, is not allowed.

To be fair though, boosting does still exist in Solo queue, it's just much less prevalent and more difficult.

I think that explains everything!

EndlessSorcererJul 11, 20172 votes

Flex Queue is essentially Dynamic Queue from the previous season. It remains just as much of a joke as it was back them.

Solo/Duo Queue is the "standard" queue which was used before Season 6.

xxxDogmanxxxJul 11, 20172 votes

Pretty much. Very few people care about their Flex Queue rank. In my main, I was Platinum 1 in both Solo/Duo and Flex when I started the season. But while I'm at Diamond 2 94 LP (got demoted from D1 recently) in Solo/Duo, I've decayed all the way down to Gold 1 in Flex simply because I never play it.

Prison AnaIJul 11, 20171 votes

well i use flex to get back into the feel of things after a break or to learn new champs

ZelorxonJul 11, 20171 votes

In soloQ you get raped by retards, in flex Q you get gangraped by retards because most likely they're premade and they decide to put all their efforts into mocking you rather than playing, extremely unrecommended unless you have premade to play with, but then you fall in the former category since i have yet to see in my real games (not pro play streams) a player that knows the game and isn't utterly useless at best.

SlythionJul 11, 20171 votes

I honestly forget Flex Queue exists. Even after reminders like this, I guarentee I'll forget about it again within 5 minutes of posting this comment.

The only time's I've played Flex Queue is when some people wanted to play it (which has been maybe like, 3 games all year) and I've practiced a new champion every time.

It is indeed a joke

WillowwolfgamingJul 11, 20171 votes

You come in here and call it a joke presenting complete lack of experience as a premise, and conclude its a joke? You, are indeed a joke.

SlythionJul 11, 20171 votes

You ask if people view it as a joke and then criticism me for saying yes, I view it as a joke?

And if you're going to get anal about someone who doesn't use flex calling it a joke, who exactly were you expecting to call it a joke? It's not like anyone who seriously uses flex would view it as a joke, so your thought process may be flawed there.

I actually can't believe you don't expect people who view Flex Queue as a joke to treat it as anything more than a joke

you've got to be kidding me lol

Edit:

you know what else is a joke? Blind Pick. That doesn't mean I have to play it to have that opinion