Ranked games are dying, here is why
Hi, guys
I used to be a pro Dota player. I started this game this season, right now I am in gold 3.
I have to say my games had been great since my MMR reached low plat5, and this also was the moment that I realized how bad this matchmaking system is.
First, let me describe the players I have been played with.There are basically 3 kinds of players in ranked games 1.Try hard (players who try to climb as high as they can) 2.Casual (players who try out new champions&builds in ranked) 3.Troll (players who have no desire of winning)
Problem 1- Matchmaking is Too Random I believe the more type 1 players the better ranked games should be. But those players cant be perfect at every role, so when they filled the role they are not as good, they can be turned into type2 players. And when type1 queued with type2 players, they can be turned into type3. When type2 don't get the role they want to try, they can be turned into type3 too. So how do we identify what type of player they are before the game start? It is possible, but it is very hard with the current matchmaking system.
Just an example here, 5 ADC main got queued in a diamond game, their ADC are all diamond level, but one of them have to play mid, and his mid is only plat level. Can we tell what skill level this team is now? Impossible with the current system.
Add all the factors above, we get a random system just like lottery. I still believe players need to have good skills to climb up, but hard carrying becomes harder and harder in high ELO, because this game is pretty balanced, so at the end, luck(55%) plays a more important role than skill(45%) in ranked solo.
Problem 2- Players Forgot Why They Play the Game
The company spent a lot of energy on promoting game tournaments, but how many of solo players can really get into LCS? What if there is someone has a dream to be on the big stage? Is the company helping them enough? No. Most of the type1 players have the dream. Company is not helping them, the system is not helping them.
Some people play the game just for fun, they don't want much other than the season rewards, after that some of them may become type2 in ranked, and type1 will get mad at them when they feed, then type2 will report type1 as "toxic". Fun for neither.
Dream is no dream, fun is no longer fun. Why are we still playing?
At this rate I think ranked games will be died soon, there will be more and more "on-sided 20 mins" games, community will be "toxic" and "toxier", the system will keep you at 50% win/loss no matter what type of player you are, and ranked games will be just like gambling.
My advice? Remake the matchmaking system, separate these type of players .
The link above is my profile, the most games I had been in were "on-sided"(either win or lose), I get 1 quality game in maybe 20 games. It sucks.
