Ranked System

Dear Riot, I have been playing the game for 3 years and still enjoy the core game-play to this day. It is always nice to see consistent patches, updates, champions, and more added to the game for the players to enjoy. Bugs and other things that break the game design are always resolved quickly, especially in comparison to other games. Pretty much the only problem I have with the game is how the ranked system is set up.

The ranked community is seriously uneven. Since the ranks of players are always rising and dropping it is hard to get 100% accurate data, but I think it is safe to say around 80% of ranked players fall under the rank of bronze or silver. If the ranked system was only set up to reach a maximum of platinum, I think this would be okay, but it goes past platinum to diamond then masters and then challenger. So with 80% of ranked players falling under bronze and silver plus the rough 10% that fall under the gold rank, that leaves only 10% of the community that are ranked higher. I think this needs to change to more of a bell curve instead of an exponential decrease.

I think there are a few solutions that would possibly fix or improve the situation without re-working the entire ranked system.

• First you could remove the promotion series that take place when you reach 100 LP in a division. The player has already proven themselves by climbing from 0 LP in the division to 100 LP, why should they have to win 2 of their next 3 games (or in some cases 3 of 5) to earn what they have already earned?

• Another idea would be to start everyone at a rank that is a little higher than what they deserve. If we start more players at gold and platinum it might help even the ranked community right off the bat. The players that do not deserve their ranks will naturally slide down the ranked ladder and people that got a rank lower than they should have, might have an easier time climbing. The only problem with this system is that people might just sit on ranks they do not deserve right after their placements, but you might be able to add decay to ranks until they play 10 ranked games after receiving their ranks.

The main problem with so many players being in silver and bronze is that you might get matched up against platinum level players while trying to climb out yourself. I don't think the ranked system does a very good job reflecting individual skill and commitment and should be fixed.