Confusion with pre season

sddghyufjasdklhu·Nov 9, 2017·1 votes·379 views

So ranked is still activated as a play option, but its pre-season. :) Does this mean its not actually counting for ranked, and the button is there for those wanting to play competitively still in pre-season?

3 Comments

Mysticman89Nov 9, 20172 votes

Ranked remains during preseason so people can continue to play in the more compettive environment, and more importantly tweak their ranked mmr, alkbeit at a slower rate than in regular season.

sddghyufjasdklhuNov 9, 20171 votes

okay, but it doesnt drop my rank right?

Mysticman89Nov 9, 20171 votes

Your ranked rewards are locked in at the end of season (i.e. yesterday), so you'll get rewards based on whatever rank you were then.

You can continue to get promoted/demoted if you win/lose enough in preseason, but rank doesn't actually matter. The only thing that really matters (for the most part even during regular season) is your mmr. At the end of preseason when the next season starts, everyone will receive a soft reset to their mmr, and be unranked until they do their 10 placement matches, and then they'll be placed (anywhere from bronze 5 to plat 1) based on their mmr at the end of those.