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Remembering why I quit ranked this season

xd im drunk·3/21/2016, 12:48:23 AM·3 votes·935 views

At the start of this season my ending mmr was so garbage that I went from my preseason Gold 5 to Bronze 5, and after destroying every lane I was put into and still losing games, I stopped playing ranked, because it made me so angry in my every day life when I would lose due to teammates that don't even deserve bronze. savage

Now, before you down vote this to oblivion let me show you a couple games.
http://i.imgur.com/cZUCnHJ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SZv2sYM.jpg

Also, don't assume that because I'm a riven main that i give my teammates shit because I'm pretty good at keeping my anger separate from them. I'll usually beat the shit out of a pillow if I need a release.

Here comes the point of this post so it's not 100% tilted me complaining: I'm upset because I feel like this ranked system can't reflect how good I actually may be at the game. I wish luck had less of an impact. I can't play more than 1 or 2 games at a time before I become frustrated, so I can't grind like most people.

I propose the game become more snowbally. Like, if I go 20/0 in my lane, me and my team can group and dominate objectives, rather than "hey, did everyone do decent/good in lane? We have a shot at winning now."

Hopefully people can see where I'm coming from, and stay on topic rather than most posts that just turn into classic internet arguments. I don't have time for that.

**TL;DR ** It's not that long. Go read it or don't, and move along with your day, sir.

8 Comments

Crossette3/21/2016, 1:20:57 AM2 votes

I love it when Riven mains complain about the game being team oriented.

I'm not meaning to stereotype Riven mains, but it's almost always her players and people that main burst mages/assassins that complain about it.

On to the actual conversation, the game needs to become significantly LESS snowbally. Would you rather have five good champions or one assassin and four free kills on your team?

Babo Migug3/21/2016, 1:23:23 AM2 votes

Losing as a riven main you are just doing something wrong. Put me in those games I dont think I would lose a single game lol.

Yummy Sashimi3/21/2016, 4:49:19 AM2 votes

Riven isn't that strong atm, and I don't play much anymore. Riven also needs immense amount of practice and constant play ofc I lack the latter. That's why I'm still unranked right now :P On the other hand, keep trying! I think you can try a few popular picks right now like fiora,gangplank etc. You can also go with adc,they are pretty easy to carry with imo.

GhostInTheShell3/21/2016, 3:30:24 AM1 votes

1.) Riven is weak right now for various reasons. I hope you realize you're using a champion that is weak and currently a niche pick that requires intensive mechanics and much more skill for you to be as useful as the current meta's top laners. 2.) If you're stuck in Bronze you deserve Bronze.

Boznik5/1/2016, 2:58:50 AM1 votes

Bro your in bronze... All that needs to be said....

BluePolarizer5/1/2016, 3:13:49 AM1 votes

let me just say this:

if you were truly as good now as you were preseason, you would've climbed out. If you were truly 500 MMR higher than your peers, you'd be able to destroy any enemy premades even if you were 1v5. I dropped from plat 1 to gold 2 and got out of gold within 50 games since my actual skill was 500 MMR over my nominal rank. Then I was stuck in plat for a month until I quit, since the MMR difference between my actual skill and nominal rank wasn't that big anymore.