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Tell me that promos aren't rigged ?

option paralysis·2/10/2019, 12:21:45 AM·103 votes·34,060 views

I was smurfing on my silver euw account, played 15 games, won 85% of them, feeding teammates yes, but I could carry. But soon as I get into promos, my team was 0/10 hardcore feeding in the first 5 mins. Literally I heard "an ally has been slain" 10 times in 5-6 mins. And not only that, I was trying to carry and muted them all, but not only one, but 2 of them went afk. I never had a player go afk in my recent games,not until I went into promos. And nobody fed so hard in the first 5 mins, not until I got into promos. 2nd game of promos I have 15 kills, but my top laner loses to LITERALLY GNAR BUILDING CRIT ITEMS, and my bot lane lost inhib tower at 14 mins.

This isn't just because of this experience, I've played ranked since season 4 and this garbage system has been doing this the whole time. Especially when I reach my elo low diamond or some shit and you win 2-3 games in a row for promos and you can see the same shit. I couldn't even carry vs. this system in low silver LOL literally 20 deaths in 15 mins and 2 afks. Yeah, ok.

197 Comments

JackMcSnipeyz2/10/2019, 5:09:27 AM31 votes

Maybe the other team had more smurfs? I find it funny to see you complain about rigged games when you yourself destroy the integrity of your previous matches by being against players who are way below your skill level thus creating those "rigged" games.

Imagine one of those games you carried feeding team mates on the enemie's prespective, one of them was maybe in promo, his title would be: ** "tell me this isnt rigged, 1 guy inting in my match solo losing us the game"**

Think about that.

Edit: just noticed you said you're low diamond player, fuck off, you're part of the problem playing against silvers lol

option paralysis2/10/2019, 12:58:12 AM18 votes

First game after I failed promos, immediately a good team, I was 12/0 and it was 36 to 9 kills and we ended in 21 mins. C'mon man, tell me this shit isn't rigged lol.

TheSingularity2/10/2019, 1:10:39 AM14 votes

As much as people like to call the claim bull****, the sheer amount of cases matching this is astonishing. S6, smash my way to promos to gold. Then my teams suddenly become literal bronze-mid silver and my opponents are high gold-plat (some cases even diamonds). I got out purely through free wins, and the enemy team having a DC. Definitely earnt gold... but such a realistic expectation. Defeat players several levels above you, to reach a rank 1 level above you

MrFawknSunshine2/10/2019, 1:45:18 AM13 votes

what is the purpose of riot sitting there and "rigging " promo games? most of the time someone is in a promo game they are the only one that is. riot match making doesnt see it as a chance to troll you on purpose.

Yordle Xayah2/10/2019, 3:32:21 AM12 votes

I don't like promos. They were introduced as a way to let the Solo Queue player "Experience what professionals go through when they play a series" when in reality professionals that go into a series are playing with an organized team with 4 other people that have been striving for the same goals and that have been working together for months.

This does not translate well to Solo Queue

People won't always have the same drive to win, nor can you gauge their dedication to the game or that particular match that may be very important to you as a player. You can be in a 10 game winning streak, but if you lose your promos, those 2 games you lost become way more important than your previous 10. They've always felt artificial and pointless to me. Some people are in love with promos and I don't get it. Promos won't go away no matter what so just have to deal with it.

undercover90002/10/2019, 12:15:35 PM11 votes

majority of player are aware of that by now at least in the west and it's a good thing not to have to argue to prove it anymore. So now the next question is what can we do to hack this rigged system or force the scam company named Riot to delete it ?

GigglesO2/10/2019, 2:20:35 PM11 votes

This was my last D4 promos into D3. I was on the bottom team.

https://i.imgur.com/rHYgkYE.jpg[]

I'm convinced

game after btw https://i.imgur.com/Si5gYLX.jpg[]

Sleep On Stream2/10/2019, 5:16:07 AM7 votes

promos are rigged as fuk gold 3 promos i had a silver 3 on my team 26% winrate and he was 1. 10 KDA

Royoten2/10/2019, 7:49:51 AM4 votes

Maybe your team was actual Silver players up against Diamond smurfs? You might call that bs, but you're causing a similar problem to other actual Silvers when you're against them. There's no point in making ranked rigged, because the game is already addictive. You are the problem, especially for people trying to climb on their real accounts.

DuskDaUmbreon2/10/2019, 2:22:37 AM4 votes

They aren't rigged, because there's no fucking reason for Riot to do so.

What does Riot gain from keeping people a lower rank? Honestly? What good does that do for them?

Anime Fizz2/11/2019, 4:17:41 AM4 votes

This season has been kind of irritating for me.

In plat 1 ~d4 elo ive been getting 50/50 games, 1 winninable game (which i DO win most of the time, since im a former d1 player) and then 1 auto loss right after (afk, 0-15-0 bot lane in 10 mins, inters, just any flavor of completely unwinnable game), having this shit over 15 games got REALLY annoying, since every win i have to work hard to hard carry gets erased by an auto loss right after.

Starcraft243ver2/11/2019, 10:40:01 AM4 votes

Promos are not rigged.

And not only that, I was trying to carry and muted them all, but not only one, but 2 of them went afk.

You have to be mental to really think the matchmaking is capable of guessing who is going to afk so they can put them in YOUR promo.

BigFBear2/12/2019, 7:37:35 AM4 votes

90% of matches are just lottery of who has more smurfs/autofills.

If i lost a game its almost everytime because of some autofill hardcorefeeding his ass off. If i win a game its because enemy team has an autofill feed his ass off.

and if its not an autofill its a smurf.

Hěro2/13/2019, 12:24:42 AM3 votes

Not only in promo games, the matchmaking-system in general is just fked up.

I'm getting matched against Dia 1-3 players as a Plat 1 player with low plats. And on my smurf which is Silver 1 I'm getting matched vs high Plat players... even tho I'm not doing good atm there.

Idk what they did but I sure don't like it at all.

SammyDayspring2/12/2019, 2:34:55 AM3 votes

I thought this was common knowledge.

14daysuspensionk2/10/2019, 9:15:46 AM3 votes

Whern I first tried my promos.

The first game had:

An obviously scripting Darius on the enemy team (his movement looked like that of scripts whenever I threw any spears at him).

Then I had a boosted diamond Jhin on the enemy team.

And then an afk Garen forcing a remake.

fNyPbGill2/12/2019, 1:36:32 PM3 votes

I am D4 and I can honestly tell you that it is easier for me to carry in diamond games than it is silver, because in silver you literally have to play vs the enemy and your own teammates, shit is stupid yo

Iron Rubric2/12/2019, 4:16:06 PM3 votes

Dont go into promos on a win streak, swap to normals to you hit a loose streak then win some.

Riots system tries to balance your wins and losses

AlienPrimate2/10/2019, 1:35:47 AM3 votes

Explain this on on my smurf then. The Jinx on my team was complaining about getting "trolls" on her team in her promos when we got in because I was playing Taric mid with relic shield. Apparently she was unaware of how funneling works. We basically handed our team a free win while the Jinx was in her promos. Tell me how this happened if the game is supposed to be stacked against Jinx in her promos.

Yi - 86% win rate 14 games Taric - 100% win rate 4 games Jinx - 63% win rate 16 games

https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2973107518/229064813?tab=overview

intForCheddarGG11/3/2019, 12:12:16 AM3 votes

i just played my first game in promos to g5 from s1, and i my top laner says in champ select "first ranked game guys" and then my support says "same" didnt beleive them until i op.gg and yes they are level 30 and 32, no ranked games. i ask my support to switch heal to ignite and she says "i dont know how to use ignite" needless to say it was a surrender at 15. this was SILVER1-GOLD GAME

Suzuken2/12/2019, 11:36:35 PM3 votes

I can confim its rigged.

I've been in silver 3 for like a week and Im only losing when im in my promo.

It's fucking bullshit