It's really tiresome to be 1 step away from a promo ESPECIALLY when in bronze. I'm sitting at 94 lp thanks to getting 15-17 lp per win and 20-23 per lost. It is very annoying. This isn't the 1st time I've been at 94+ lp. I don't understand why this exists either can someone please explain???
Mysticman892 votesYour LP gains/losses are based on your mmr relative to the division you're in. If it's above the average for the divison, you'll gain more than you lose, and vice versa. If you go on win streaks your mmr is prone to raise faster than your LP, so if you really belong in a higher division/tier, then your LP gains/losses will quickly level out and even shift in your favour.
I have an account in bronze 1 currently that gets 30 lp for a win since it has some silly mmr (due to have something like a 90% win rate since leaving placements), and even more extreme examples exist from those who really have the skills and desire to play around with the system.
Chad Te Employee1 votesIt's still a silly system
RageQ21 votes[{quoted}](name=Chad Te Employee,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=pFEXGEJg,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2016-08-18T04:21:40.751+0000)
It's still a silly system
Not really because its what league uses to match you up with others and not stuff like diamond and other things, its just there to balance you out across the other players, I'm sitting at 1286 which is around silver 4 elo and I never knew I was that good... only 3 more provisionals to go till I get placed into silver 4.
Mysticman891 votesIt's probably fairer this way, considering all the protection against demotions that are in place. As it stands, if people manage a lucky streak, it's quite possible for people to get promoted to a tier/division that is beyond their 'true' skill level, but be able to stave off demotion for a relatively long time even as their mmr falls to increasingly unfortunate levels.
(This is part of why some people reach gold 5 in a season, and then when next season rolls around they do fine in placements, and then get horrified as they're placed bronze. People look at their rank and feel that that's what they 'are', but far too often their mmrs [which is a truer reflection of their skill] are somewhat lower and reality bites them when placements put them closer to where they belong.)
KVbqbFsC8e1 votesYour MMR is lower than it should be.
Chad Te Employee1 votesBut it doesn't make sense, winning a bunch of games in a row for a minor increase in lp especially when I carried most???
KVbqbFsC8e1 votesThe amount of LP you gain/lose is directly tied to your MMR. Whether you carried people or won by being AFK, the amount of LP you get doesn't change.
LordGeovanni1 votesnot should be its lower than his rank. meaning that the system determined that he was carried to his current rank not that he played well enough to get to it