placement games are a joke!!!

Slycorpse·1/24/2016, 8:38:53 PM·3 votes·615 views

So, I just finished my start of season ranked placement games. My games went as follows L / L / W / W / L / W / W/ W / W / W. I thought I did OK, but apparently not. The earned me BRONZE 5, which correct if I'm wrong...IS THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PLACEMENT. Now, I'm not necessarily arguing that I deserve much better, but WHAT IS THE POINT OF MY LAST 5 GAMES IF I COULDN'T POSSIBILY MOVE UP (OR DOWN) FROM PLAYING THEM?!?!?!?!???! I'd like to personally thank whatever moron designed this system for wasting my time! Hell, did ANY of my games matter, or was my rank dictated before I played a single game?!?!?!

3 Comments

Jcrcmiah1/24/2016, 8:44:37 PM4 votes

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/AIHdpz9I-before-you-make-a-post-about-placements

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After Placements, you won't be the same rank you ended S5 / S6 Preseason as.

If you deserve to be a higher rank, then eventually you will get there.

For those who don't understand why there are MMR resets and why Placements are how they are take into consideration the following.

The game is constantly changing, Players can be a Bronze material player one patch and a Gold Player in another patch. Don't expect to be the same rank every season just because you ended S5 as X rank. The game is always changing that means the player must adapt to these changes. Some players adapt to change better than others, that is why they are ranked higher. The point of the MMR Reset is to display how a player has adapted to these changes, which means the rank you're placed at isn't so significant. 10 Game is statistically not a large enough sample size to draw any conclusions, so stop worrying about your Rank and continue playing more games.

For more information on Placement Rankings http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/E9nkYATc-psa-regarding-ranked-placement-and-seedings-for-all-who-are-confused

Dealth1/24/2016, 11:33:20 PM1 votes

Placement matches do not matter that much, you will most likely end up lower than where you were before even if you win most of the matches.