won most games out of placement? demoted to bronze? read here.
Hey, Avi here, was surfing on the forums here, and found a neat little explanation here, from a fellow player of ours.
You're thinking about it wrong. You're stuck on how bad it looks to be in bronze because you feel you aren't a bronze player. A few things to note.
A. No one doing promos can get a higher rank than plat 1, not even challenger players.
B. Your RANKED MMR from last season highly predetermines what league you will be placed in.
It doesnt matter if you go 10/10 or 0/10 what matters is your previous MMR. If you were consistent the 10 provisional games will have little impact , either placing you slightly below or keeping you at your previous League. This isn't about being labeled a bronze player unjustly necessarily, moreso Season 5 from what it looks like is going to be more competitive from the start.
With the hard cap being plat 1 and only players with extremely high MMR reaching that league, where you place now is going to heavily depend on your Ranked MMR. If the players around your ranked MMR, lets say for instance OP's which is 1,195 with the bronze I league average of 1, 239 MMR; then you will be placed in that league of bronze I because thats the average of those players.
Because of the rest the leagues are going to be more competitive, your current MMR may represent a lower league than last season. For some their higher MMR's placed them at a higher league than last, if you find yourself dropping leagues you need to win games it's as simple as that. No one is placing into diamond or challenger from provisionals, so when you tell me that you went from Silver V to Bronze IV what it tells me is that your MMR is representative of season 5 bronze IV players. You don't think you are bronze IV? Win games.
I only found this quote on the forums, although this explains a lot to me. The quick version here is that it is not about how many games you win, it is about your **OVERALL **performance in Ranked games, and your previous MMR from Ranked gameplay in Season 4.
