The Existence of elo hell

JhomasTefferson··2 votes·602 views

I have played 5 ranked games today. In four, there were either ragers who fed, or afkers. Don't bring up the statistical argument that if theres one noob who feeds or afks or is awful in each game then only 46% of the time should your team have it, unless it's you. By that logic it is possible to be unlucky enough, to beat the statistical odds, to be matched, every time, with the feeder or afker. Which is what happened to me. In two games it was the same person. They stayed with me, because of the elo system. They were matched with me a second time to feed and ruin another game. They were toxic, accused us of sexual harassment, and were literally 0/X/0 for a score, where X is solvable by the length of the game divided by the quantity of death timer and the amount of time to walk back to lane. Thats basically how bad this Sivir was, in both games. In two of the other games a person afked. The mid lane afked in both. So the enemy team sent three there and quickly dropped a tower, then another, and with only four people we could not stop them from doing that by force, nor were we able to pressure other objectives enough since we were under manned. People say if i were good i could carry out of Bronze. This situation just today put me back in b5, i was at 50 lp in b4. Last season i hovered around the middle of silver, but i was placed in bronze with this seasons provisionals. And i can't get back to it. And i do have some bad games, where i mess up and don't do too well, but never as bad as some of these people. How do i carry when, and this was the first game today, I'm xin, ganking top at about 5 min, when bot gets double killed and the enemy jungler shows up and they drop the tower, then bot continues to get shat on so hard that i have to go to help. because they're about to push in the 2nd turret at 7 min. So i go to a losing lane as a jungler... and you probably know the rest. How is it that you can say elo hell doesn't exist? Tl:dr, elo hell exists. This isn't a rant, this is evidence.

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Unpointe3 votes

Elo hell doesn't exist it's just a bullshit mindset that people throw themselves into like tilt.

Sniper 02 votes

I dunno, just had a game with a morgana with a 25% winrate. In silver. lol I've been arguing against elo hell but the matching system is just pure garbage.

JhomasTefferson1 votes

Tilt that lasts for weeks? i Had to take a short break from league. I played normals for about a week before today. I did not once encounter an afker or rager. Low elo in ranked has shitty people that make it impossible to climb. Are you telling me the average silver/gold player could carry solo que, and by carry i mean be the only one positive in score and attitude on their team, 4v5 in bronze? If not then its not just a mindset

Live2LetDie1 votes

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Tilt that lasts for weeks? i Had to take a short break from league. I played normals for about a week before today. I did not once encounter an afker or rager. Low elo in ranked has shitty people that make it impossible to climb. Are you telling me the average silver/gold player could carry solo que, and by carry i mean be the only one positive in score and attitude on their team, 4v5 in bronze? If not then its not just a mindset

There is absolutely no Elo hell. By your definition every rank is Elo hell since they all have the same thing. Afks, ragers, trolls, feeders, etc.. Are in every rank. And yes I guarantee I can solo carry bronze without a team. Bronze players run around like a headless chicken. Stop trying to blame the system and realize it's you that needs to improve

JhomasTefferson2 votes

While i could improve, If i was playing fine in silver last season, but was placed into b4 this season, and I'm not playing way shittier, but still can't get into silver... isn't it logical that it could exist?

Live2LetDie1 votes

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While i could improve, If i was playing fine in silver last season, but was placed into b4 this season, and I'm not playing way shittier, but still can't get into silver... isn't it logical that it could exist?

No. The mets changes and you could do great in one and shit in another if you don't adjust. Last season got to plat quick with all apc supports building straight ap. can't do that this season since it's all about tanks, so I play thresh, naut, etc.. If you don't deserve to be in a league you will climb.

JhomasTefferson1 votes

I've adjusted to the meta, playing champs that i was decent with last season, but now are the meta. I ward, i ping, i try to make calls. If i were really good, yes, i would just climb. In fact, i was b3 at one point this season. I know it's doable. But I'm saying I'm better than everyone on my team, and half the time the enemy team. And yes, i use kda as evidence, but i could also point to towers taken as well as baron and drags contested and taken, yet, despite being better, I am stuck with them, because I'm not quite good enough to carry them. And that doesn't make sense. I have to be better than the avg Silver player to make it to silver, better than the avg gold player to make it to gold, and so on, if I have to carry every game. I play normals with people who are silver and gold. They don't understand how i don't climb. I get what you're saying too, but to get to that point i have to be better than people at that point if i have bad teammates every game. And i made a mistake or two... but i could ping danger cuz someone was roaming to mid that we saw on a ward, they could have a ward, and they would still stay extended... They're that kind of bad. I can honestly say, without any vanity, that i have played games where i have more map awareness than the rest of my team put together.

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