@Riot why doesn't my MMR match my Rank?

Very Hard Engage·Sep 11, 2016·3 votes·336 views

why have 2 systems in place when you only use 1 for the sake of balancing the match.

and in turn why does the ranking system have to be so difficult and rigid to work with?

if i for instance, i played primarily with gold players, and im consistently being matched with gold players,have a 50-50 with them, and if i were actually say silver 4. don't you think thats a problem?

dont you think its an issue for players to go "oh god i got the silver scrub on my team, this match is going to be awful"

4 Comments

oSEXYPLATYPUSoSep 11, 20161 votes

matching gold and silver are ok, its when they matched unranked with plats and diamonds

i think the rule should apply where you cant duo with people more then 2 tiers from your rank you should be playing against people more then two ranks above you in normals. like bronze with bronze and silver only. silver with bronze,silver and golds. golds with golds silvers and plats. plats with plats, gold and diamonds and so on. but the cut off is like the 3rd division of the tier. like say for a gold player he plays with people down to silver 3 and up to plat 3s. that way there is more balanced match making and people of higher elo arent waiting 2 hrs for a normal game as well. but when it gets to diamond down to plat 5s and up for normals.

just a thought

Very Hard EngageSep 11, 20162 votes

yes but in my case i play exclusively with plat 3 ~ gold 1 players. im gold 3 and its so hard to rank up.

lets put it this way, in terms of math, getting +26~31lp per win, and -12lp per loss, all the way up. winning 1 then losing 1, assuming matchmaking does its job and puts me asymptotic to 50-50. starting from g3 0lp. well assume averages.

29 lp -> 17 -> 46 -> 75 -> 63 -> 92 -> 80 -> promos, from a win, probability says i fail the promos due to 50-50. 3 games later back down to 75LP. -> win again, in promos. i advance to g2 after one win. so after 13 or 14 games pending the first game being a loss or a win.

so it would realistically take me over 70 games to achieve my current skill rating (p4) just to get to where i already am on the ladder. even more than 70 games to get there if i start to gain less and lose more due to the nature of MMR.

when im already playing against them 100% of the time.

#when im already playing against them 100% of the time.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoSep 11, 20161 votes

i agree its not a perfect system but when u play normal games with someone on your team lvl 30 100 wins vs a diamond 2 ranked player the games are just unfair and un evenly matched.

FappingWingsMar 2, 20171 votes

rank based on mmr and games based on mmr, short and simple, if the unranked is as good as the diamond there should be no argument at all, divisions are sh*t, ranking on mmr is the better system and riot arent that smart to actually use it