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Mostly Bad·2/11/2020, 10:13:52 PM·1 votes·975 views

Account for stats when pairing players together.

Many people don't like the idea of giving players more/less LP based on their performance every game, cause that could be abused etc. So having above average/good stats don't mean anything if you're not winning games.

Well, at least take those stats and use them to pair people together in a manner that could create a way better matchmaking experience.

There are sites that show up important stats about a player like : Aggression on Lane / Split-Pushing Tendency / KDA / GPM / Objective Participation / Vision Score and many many more. I don't think Riot doesn't have access to those stats. I also have a slight suspicion that they already use them but not in a pleasant manner.

Why not use those stats and create an algorithm that pairs players around the same elo that have low deaths per game together for example, or players that have high kill participation together, or players that have high objective participation together ?

I would definitely prefer having teammates with the same average of deaths per game as me even if they would be lower elo , than having higher elo players in my team that are careless and die many times each game.

Of course, a system like this wouldn't be able to pair together 100% teams of players with certain stats, but it should have a tendency to pair up players with similar play styles.

15 Comments

GFREEMEN2/11/2020, 10:24:21 PM3 votes

Riots MMing is archaic. It is BAD and is a huge part of the Toxicness of the game. If Riot made Ranked MMing actually good that game would improve. If they had done it 5 years ago the toxicness would be 50% less then it is now.

Riot may have waited too long to address the issue. Players are fed up with this shit and are now just inting games because they are pissed.

Scibra2/11/2020, 10:20:49 PM1 votes

Different champion roles expect different k/d/a ratios. Considering we have to queue for two, and get autofilled here or there (unless you are maining support), trying to use one's kill, death, or assist tendencies would be near impossible.

Mavëríck2/11/2020, 11:20:12 PM1 votes

I'm the first to preach that Riot has rigged the game to exploit addiction for profit, but I've been finding that I'm having more "even" games if not more wins whenever I simply don't play on auto pilot, try my hardest, never ff, encourage people, and mute toxic people asap. Even during my most recent loss streak last week which sank me 2 divisions is already nearly made up for, and I have to admit, I had fun in that most recent loss streak because the goal wasn't to win, it was to get better.