[Looking for Sympathy / Explanation] Provisional cue was not what I had expected
I admit it. I started Ranked last year as soon as I hit 30. I wasn't ready, even though I was placed into silver 4 right off. Within a month I was in Bronze 5, where I have been ever since.
So, I spent a HUGE part of the pre-season carrying myself out of B5. It was NOT easy, but I was really starting to feel like I could handle it. I literally carried myself, only occasionally duo cueing. I am still very proud of my progress. I was hoping for a higher bronze / lower silver MMR placement during provisionals.
Not so.
I have only played three of my provisional games, and I nearly ended up in tears by the end of the third. I main ADC and, thankfully, I got it every all three times. But I could not prepare myself for the team mates I was placed with.
Game 1: Yi jungle never connects. Okay, it happens. First provision, no big deal. I can manage. While the Annie proceeds to feed the Brand mid, Nidalee and myself dominate bottom lane at 4-1-1 until about the last two minutes - but I cannot stop the other three team mates from surrendering at exactly the 20 min mark. 1st loss. http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1704363974/207626066?tab=overview
Game 2: Dr. Mundo Support Well... okay. I start to realize about five minutes in that my team mates are almost all new level 30s who have never tried ranked and are treating them like normals - "well, it worked once, and I didn't want to supp anyway". He did an okay job with the early poke, but after about five minutes became completely useless. I was doing okay at first, but it took me too long to realize we had only my own CC to work with. 2nd Loss. Its okay, 8 more. http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1704490852/207626066?tab=overview
Game 3: Kalista Support Let me pause here. KALISTA SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN INTO LOW RANKED WITHOUT VOICE COMMUNICATION. There. Said it. Okay. I lock in Cait as third pick, Kali locks in last pick with no communication what so ever, and takes ignite at that. Well, kill lane. I can totally work with that. Kalista even starts procing her e so we can get double damage - and subsequently starts stealing the CS. I see her a few times try to back off early on, but she is building for ADC and keeps over-poking the minions anyway. By about 15-20 minutes in I am 5-1-7 (ish) and she is exactly opposite (7-1-5 ish). Then the flaming starts (Kali only, btw - and completely unprovoked, only because she died in a lane by herself) of "useless Cait" and "I even let you have all the CS!" (at 20 minutes, I have 77, she has around 150). She starts roaming and gets caught jungle many times. The game is unnecessarily close, with us getting first inhib and them turning around and getting two of ours. By the end of the game I am in 75 sec respawn time. Had I had a real support or an ADC support that had given me kills instead of taking them, we would have won and finished faster. 3rd loss. http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1704580853/207626066?tab=overview
At this point I was done. I had to log off for the rest of the night just to cool down. I have never been so frustrated or disappointed in the matchmaking cue. I've dealt with bronze 5 and overcame. But this? This is madness. Again, in all three matches, I had at least 1 person who had never played ranked before. I could not get a real support (Nidalee was the closest, and was just a touch salty).
And yes, I get it. They all have to start somewhere. They have to be evaluated for where they fall afterwards. Not ALL my team mates were idiotic. I tried really hard to give the benefit of the doubt.
TL;DR: 3 games, no real support, matched with people that feel like they have little or no MMR to work with. IS THIS NORMAL?
