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Did Riot really ask me if I met my goals for this season?

Lutari·11/10/2014, 6:17:55 PM·2 votes·851 views

Yes Riot, Yes I did. I made it to Diamond 5 for the first time ever and I took a 2 month break because I met my goal of 4 years. I smiled every day knowing that beautiful, beautiful border was going around me next season . Before the break I had 90 LP, I had 30 wins above my defeats. My elo rating was off the hizzy! It was that of a diamond 3. When I came back I noticed I was Platinum 1, I didn't panic because I remember when I demoted to Silver back in Season 2 I still got my gold border. I emailed Riot to make sure it was the same, It wasn't. With 2 months left I started panicking, I had 0 LP at Platinum 1. The wave of afkers and trolls were endless, I played and I played but they kept coming. It took 7 defeats at 0 LP to finally be demoted due to how high my MMR was before I left. 1 month left, Platinum 2, Platinum 3...I give up. Can't do it. Not in 2 months. I left for 2 months and they took away 8 months worth of progress for me. Players, learn from my mistake. If you are in Diamond 5 and your MMR is way too high to demote, play a game every 25 days, troll that shit if you want. It doesn't matter, your MMR is too high, you won't decay, you won't lose your diamond border. You won't lose, your diamond border. summoner 3 item 3070

5 Comments

ValyrianBlade11/10/2014, 6:54:21 PM5 votes

Sounds like it was your own fault. I am not even 30 yet and I was completely aware from the multiple notices from riot that end of season rewards depended on your status at the end of the season. I was also well aware that you would be demoted after periods of inactivity (this was recently removed for gold and silver and it was reiterated that Platinum and higher would still have decay).

Also, the reason for decay is loss of skill due to not being practiced. Did you ever think it were possible that you were losing because of your reduced abilities from not playing and people seemed worse due to your negative attitude from having been demoted and panicked?

From the sounds of this post, you earned Diamond. Then you stopped playing, lost your skill, were rightfully demoted as a result, then since you were no longer as good you were unable to win and actually cost yourself more ranks.

And really, is your life any worse for being Platinum instead of diamond? Are you going to have less fun because you don't have a diamond border? Would you have made money off of the diamond border (legally)? It's not a steep price to pay to learn a lesson of paying attention and being personally accountable.

The Best Ashe11/10/2014, 6:43:26 PM4 votes

Should have been easy for you to get back to Diamond if you have Diamond 3 mmr

Llanite11/10/2014, 7:51:22 PM1 votes

You can't get back there because your skill is no longer as it was 2 months ago. You have to maintain it.

Fed by Snu Snu11/10/2014, 7:55:36 PM1 votes

So I'm not the only one who was demoted to plat I and then got rofl-trolled down to plat 3. I even reached promos for diamond again within 2 days,3 times, then trolled, then downhill.

Oh well, as someone who has been diamond from last season as well, I can only tell you that it won't matter as much in the end, you will get it fast next season. Let's go for masters.