Matchmaking is broke(URF)
URF matchmaking broke. Exhibit A) https://imgur.com/a/Yi6bwhh Exhibit B(this will require some explaining) https://imgur.com/tFx0KpD First, this looks like a really bad team, or we just stomped them into the floor. It was neither https://matchhistory.euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/EUW1/3935968864/2111634732544704?tab=overview PandaSTK:Level 9 Jhin:Level 13 Garen:21 Caitlyn:23 Looking at the gold graph, we never went into the negatives. By 3 minutes we had a 2k gold lead, and by 6 we had a 4k gold lead. By 10 we were 5k ahead. Put together(I as a support lux in urf, i let kata get kills for memz, i gave up on the game), I had more damage than 3 of their team members combined. Their level disadvantage(2 low members who didnt know how to play, ashe walked into my ult 3 times and died, jhin didnt dodge once and caitlyn was semi decent) and gold disadvantage resulted in a no-fun situation for both sides.
How is this potentially bad for the playerbase
Put simply, ive seen threads(quite large ones) about how ranked matchmaking has been having similar issues. It seems riot have changed whatever algorithms they are using to match players of similar skill pools together, and changed how premades work with that. As seen by Exhibit A, they had a level 144 varus who was (according to his team) bronze 2, who was a high mastery in URF. Secondly, they had a potentially ban evading teammate on a new account called "CompletelyReformed" at level 8. This then leads us to our final "smurf" in the couple, TaC. Level 78. This is completely spoiling the competitive nature of the game, with teams being at severe disadvantages due to 3-4 man premades with a low level account in them to drag them down into lower level lobbies. This, as seen, isnt really a one off either. The occasional level 9 or 10 gets mixed in with our teams, which leads to frustration and general death on both sides. In one of the ranked matchmaking threads, somebody mentioned being in diamond and having plats mixed in, which according to some users is due to an "invisible MMR", which both makes no sense(but its probably true, face it its rito). This, as mentioned before, spoils the competitive integrity of the game, and general enjoyment you can achieve from it.
My personal opinion
As mentioned by other threads, the playerbase is haemorrhaging users, many simply dont want to put up with the, to be frank, bullshit. There will be dissenters in this thread, saying that it may only be 2 cases on this one thread, and that skill always matters over level yadyadyada. I have one question however, I have a zoe main account(dedicated) with mastery 7 on her, would it be fair if I were to suddenly start smurfing in level 8-9 matches with her, taking 2-3 teammates w/ me.
No.
Honestly at this point I've basically given up on this game, Yasuo bullshit being good n all(never really played against him, always dodged those games), to this.
