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Can we PLEASE just remove promo games?

Nibbly Jimbles·3/5/2018, 2:50:04 AM·2 votes·252 views

I placed bronze 3 at the beginning of the season. Won promos to Bronze II and Bronze I, but promos to silver 5 have been a fucking road through hell. First time, I won the first game, then lost the second because we had a first time rengar top to 1-8-1 and a teemo jungle go 0-9. Then, the stupid ass clinet crashed in champ select, so I lost a promo because I "dodged". What kind of fucking bullshit is that?

Okay, no big deal. I get back up to 100LP, and get promos second time. Since I lost the first series, I got a free win, and then hard-carried the second game for another win. Okay, awesome, I only have to win one game!

Oh but no, the first game, the enemy Volibear is 18/7/11 and Jax is 19/9/18, so that's a loss. Second and third games, we get the biggest fucking bullshit cancer champion that is Tristana, and of course she gets fed because Riot's balance team has some intelligence issues. So now here I am again, at bronze I, 68 LP, having to do this entire fucking shit-show for god-knows-how-many times. Can we please just remove promos altogether? I swear Riot intentionally matches you with worse players so you can "carry" but games end at fucking 20 minutes anyway.

/rant

2 Comments

ModCaliCoastReplay3/5/2018, 3:23:41 AM4 votes

This seems problematic:

...and of course she gets fed because Riot's balance team has some intelligence issues.

That might not be the reason she got fed.

I am nothing special, but generally place into Silver each season.

One thing I do see in a Bronze mentality is the notion that losses are not owned.

Yes, sometimes you can't do much to win a game if your team is throwing it.

But a lot of the time you can.

When I'm on a losing streak, I always think:

What went wrong there? Were any of the factors under my control?

A lot of the time, I find that a lot more of them are than I want to think - that missed skillshot, that gank death because I was just a little further in than I should have been - and if I hadn't made those mistakes, I might have carried my lane well enough even to carry others.

Good luck.

FullmuteAll play3/5/2018, 3:47:24 AM1 votes

Well idk if it makes you feel any better, but I had a friend who failed promos to Silver 5 times or so, but then climbed up to Silver 3 really quickly.