Ranked Isn't fun Anymore. Please fix

Dankwick420·Feb 16, 2016·4 votes·2,847 views

First of all. I ended up in silver 5 last year before the season ended and dont have any of the rewards. secondly, because of Riot's "soft reset" even if u win most of ur placements (80%) u get demoted (was bronze 3) and everyone in bronze is so bad u cant win games in solo queue. so now im in bronze 5 when i should be in silver 5 if not silver 4 or 3. i just cant have fun playing ranked trying to get something i should already have to being silver last season. So unfortunately, unless something gets changed, i am no longer playing ranked cause it punishes us as players for getting a certain rank by having us crawl slowly back up to the rank we got to, only to be knocked down by people who arent good and keep u stuck in elo heck (for lack of a better term). also sremove and from the game

19 Comments

TroiannFeb 16, 20166 votes

Anymore?

When was it fun?

Ranked is for people who are trying to improve and hone their skills.

It's not a playground.

Void NargacugaFeb 16, 20161 votes

This makes a lot of sense. I'm planning on getting into ranked to help myself improve this season. And with the new queuing style of selecting two roles I think it might actually be doable for me now. Though I'm doing a lot more normals to practice and improve before I get into ranked though.

PlacentasFeb 16, 20161 votes

For real. I wish people would recognize that ranked is more geared towards competitive play than "ITZ OKAI NO LOEZERS CUZ URVY1 IS A WINNUR" attitude.

I was Silv 4 last season, made it to Silv 3 Pre-Season and was put into B4 or 3. That makes sense, no anger there. Not sure why OP is set when this happens to everyone.

StealthWardenFeb 16, 20161 votes

i was pissed...i raged at riot...i wasnt aware this was going to happen, i honestly thought i could still place silver and went 8-2 and felt like riot shit on my chest with that bronze emblem staring in my face, so i understand the feels. He has "elo hell" attitude though and he needs to realize its him that he needs to work on and his fellow bronzonians are not the ones keeping him in bronze hell..because bronze is hell...chickens running around pecking at everything, backing from free dragons and barons after an ace, not pushing towers when they have 3 people dead with 30 second death timers...its friggin unreal how lost some people are down here, but it can be overcome and gotten away from with skill and determination.

PlacentasFeb 16, 20161 votes

Oh no I agree, elo hell is real. I just crawled my way out of bronze. Imo, just gotta find the champ you play well enough who can have as much presence on the map as possible. For me it's Volibear jungle,

Terra D SerphFeb 16, 20161 votes

That's funny, because I thought a game was supposed to be fun? I get that some people think winning is the only way to have fun, but most people are able to have fun even when they're losing. This game, to the original poster, is no longer fun, regardless of circumstances. The guy could be in Diamond and he'd probably still have the same complaint about his placements. He's not having fun with this game.

And if you think getting better at this game in particular will result in you having more fun, you're only fooling yourself.

TroiannFeb 16, 20162 votes

Yes a game is supposed to be fun. But obviously every game is supposed to have a competitive element. If you want to play League for fun, play normals. Because if you're playing a game for fun, you shouldn't care about ranking or anything. But as soon as you start playing ranked, you must accept the fact that some people REALLY care about their ranking.

There's a difference between playing basketball for fun with your friends, and dicking around on your school's varsity basketball team. Wanna know? You'll get kicked out of your varsity sports team. Even though basketball is a sport for FUN for most people, some people are REALLY competitive about it and thus will train hard and work hard to win.

Terra D SerphFeb 19, 20161 votes

Every game is supposed to have a competitive element? I'm not sure about that....

And your comparison with basketball teams is really off.

Normals and 99% of Ranked games would be more akin to pick-up basketball. If you make a 5-man team with a bunch of your friends and plan on tackling Ranked that way, that would be more akin to High School JV teams. Consistently playing in competitive tournaments outside of LCS would be more akin to Varsity/College, and LCS is a direct comparison to pro basketball teams.

But of course this is all probably semantics to you, or you just don't agree with me. Which is why analogies and comparisons are stupid.

StealthWardenFeb 16, 20162 votes

placed bronze 2, made bronze 1 this morning should be silver by the weekend...its not your team friend, its you.

UNSWLoLSoc amazing videos

after you watch all those, post on the forums and recruit yourself a diamond coach

start recording your gameplay so it can be viewed by the coach and they can give you feedback

assume everything they say is right and when you disagree YOU ARE WRONG

work on every god damn thing they say one at a time and eventually you will just start winning and when you lose you will be able to recognize why.

before all that though, you are full banana tilt so i suggest a little break from play and come back when youre fresh

magic poleFeb 16, 20162 votes

tbh if you were silver 5, you should be in bronze now.

silver 5 is populated by ~gold 5s and high silvers from last season at the moment.

my main account ended plat 4, and i was placed into gold 5. I played with my silver friend (a mistake) and tilted hard (playing with actual silvers and golds) and trashed my mmr. Still, low - mid gold is currently filled with high golds and now I'm climbing a bit and finally facing some plats in gold 4.

the new season basically places everyone a full league under where they were. Challengers and diamond placed plat 1. It is fucking annoying, but everyone has to deal with it. If you do actually belong in silver 5, you will be able to climb. My advice: wait a bit so the leagues equalize and the ranks are populated with players actually belonging there.

See, i have to win against plats and high golds from season 5 now to climb from gold 4, and my mmr is already trashed. It feels shitty because i duo with my gold 1 buddy and often carry those games. He gets closer to actual plat (yayy :P) while i inch my way out of low gold. Just improve your game is all i can say and wins come more frequently. And if you're not so focused on winning and gaining LP, losses don't hurt so much which in turn helps you bounce back and win tour next games

Forbidden ZedFeb 16, 20162 votes

bro lol i got demoted from plat 5 to silver 4 and ur complaining being demoted 1 tier, it been a month and im gold 3 already stop with ur lame excuse for not climbing, clearly you played at bronze level in silver since majority of silver do get demoted to bronze, anyone can make to silver, a new player can win 3 games on his provis and get silver. clearly you belong in bronze if you can't climb and you claim they are bad as you claim them to be then it should be easy to climb. clearly unless you are not the "carry type" i got demoted 2 tiers i didn't get demotivated I know i have skill to climb back and look at me gold 3 already. from silver 4. be glad you didn't get a border silver border is trash.

p.S says ur silver 5 last season u were on the lowest in your tier and ur suprise u got demoted to bronze lol ok man riot those this to see if u can climb back and if u cant kudos to you

DukuesFeb 16, 20161 votes

Forbidden is right everyone ranked down at least a tier. there should be no surprise dropping from silver 5 into bronze. I was gold 5 and dropped to silver 5 and I am back to silver 2. Just waiting for these plat players to get out of silver so I can get back into gold :).

The Avengers IncFeb 16, 20161 votes

Yeah I know that feel bro I was silver 5 myself last season.....and this season i ended up on bronze 4.Good thing is I somehow managed to get out of bronze and now im on my way to silver 4.Just dont give up m8 and you can get out of bronze too :)

Dankwick420Feb 16, 20161 votes

not only am i in bronze 5, i didnt even get my border for being silver last season item 3070 0_0

The Avengers IncFeb 16, 20161 votes

Yeah that sucks indeed and you should write about it to Riot support :)

ULTaholicFeb 16, 20162 votes

You ranked up out of bronze? But OP said it was impossible to rank up in Bronze solo queue because everyone else except him is bad. What manner of sorcery is this?

Your Next KillFeb 16, 20161 votes

DukuesFeb 16, 20161 votes

sounds like you should have been bronze last season. But yea... ranked is supposed to be competitive. If you cant compete then u will rank down. If you not having fun then get better or stop playing ranked.