Ranked system is incredibly bad

I'm not sure what if the system has changed or what, but now after you lose 1 game at 0 lp, you get instantly demoted.

I don't know if its always been like that, I never really noticed. But this is simply stupid and frustrating as hell. You have to win 2 out of 3 games to be promoted. Extra lps you win in those games don't count as you start the next rank with 0. Sure, if you start the rank, and lose a few, you won't instantly get demoted. BUT! If you just win one game, just one, and then lose 2, its back to the previous division.

It's insanely bad. Plus, we all had loss streaks where every game one lane just has to int so hard. I realized that from G2 down to G2 only takes a 6 game loss streak. I play top lane, and 4 out of these 6 games, the enemy bot has a 18/3 jinx or a 15/2 vayne by the 20 minute mark. You get a few of these games, you lose your promos and start again at 65 lp, lose two more since bot lane again inted 7 kills in 10 minutes, get autofilled the role you simply cannot play, lose again, and before you know it, you've lost three weeks worth of progress, simply because of luck. Funny thing is, luck plays a lot smaller role in moving up than moving down because of the promo games.

When you are in promos, you get teammates who are disproportionally worse than the enemy team, loss streaks, 35% win rates, new players, etc. These games are set up to be super hard to win, and that's fine, its promos. Whenever I win promo series, its generally quite a challenge, we often need to pull of a comeback of some sorts, or make a big play, etc. Losing games is far easier, what with teammates facechecking bush before a baron. But you don't get a similar system in demotion. You don't get slightly better teammates when you're low lp, you get your run of the mill teams, and when those teams int, there is often very little you can do.

Riot, you must understand, we players don't play at a level significantly higher than our current rank, we get better slowly and gradually. Smurfs from diamond may have a chance at carrying these games, but we are not diamond players, we might just be slightly better.

There absolutely must be a protection system, protection from the matchmaking failures that occur on an hourly basis. You shouldn't be demoted twice in a roll from bad luck, make it so that you have to lose 2 or 3 games at 0 lp before the demotion happens.

Or just get rid of the ranked system all together, just have numbers, that way, you get rid of the randomness. Just use MMR and nothing else. This system is absolutely crucial especially in lower ranks. Plat and up I cannot speak for, but in Gold, where 70% of the games ends with one team inting, your progress on the ladder seems almost entirely random and meaningless, relying on nothing but luck. Like what happened to me today.

I wanted to climb the ladder. I wanted to hit Plat. And in all honesty I'm probably not a Plat player yet, but this does not mean I should get demoted all the way to Gold 4 from Gold 2 without playing like a Gold 4. I'm not even tilted while playing these games, and usually do quite well, but here I am.

The system is just frustrating as fuck. Please Riot, if you read this, do something about it, but for the time being, I'm quitting league.