Make Ranked Matches Cost IP

xLegendary Troll·Dec 7, 2014·3 votes·728 views

Short version: trolls don't care about LP. Lets give them something to care about.

That's right. You read the title correctly. Now before you go on and bash me for such a silly idea, let's just think about this for a second. This might be the best way to finally get rid of trolls and afk's. Players would think twice about rage quitting since their precious IP is on the line.

It also gives IP some value for those of us who no longer need it. If you find yourself in a losing streak, it'll be easier for you to stop playing since you're also losing IP. What do guys think? Will it force people to take ranked more seriously since they're actually investing currency to improve their rank?

Let's come up with a ballpark number. I say anywhere from 50-100 IP sounds reasonable.

7 Comments

FyshinaTuxDec 8, 20143 votes

Honestly, the second I read the title I loved the idea.

Couple suggestions that go along with this (these are made up pretty much right here, so they may be flawed but here goes.)

I would say that, in order to remove some manner of toxicity from the Solo Queue environment, you would need to require a certain number of normal games as a base to enter into Ranked (per ranked game), something like 4-5 normal losses, or 2-3 normal wins. This would create the need for actual work to be done in order to get into ranked, and if you afk/troll in a normal game, it would take longer to get the IP required, and you would run the risk of getting punished/banned before your ability to play ranked.
The next step in the process, would be to further differentiate the IP gains from normal wins and normal losses, giving further incentive to play better (making the ratio of wins needed to losses needed skewed to favor those that win). Giving ~2-3 wins required, or 8-10 losses, in order to have the IP required to play 1 ranked game (the numbers can be tweaked further as needed).

I think this would, effectively enough, filter out some of the toxicity in Ranked Solo Queue simply because of the amount of effort trolls would have to go through to get the IP to play ranked. As I already said, these thoughts are likely flawed to some extent, but that's just my thoughts.

xLegendary TrollDec 8, 20141 votes

Good stuff. The only flaw I can think of is someone intentionally trolling so that his team loses IP. But then again the griever would have to go out of his way to screw people over compared to the effortless trolling that exists today.

FyshinaTuxDec 8, 20142 votes

Well, if the troller is trolling in normals, it would take him longer to get to ranked to troll them. Another point with my system, is that if he's trolling in normals, his teammates will likely not get a troll in the round after, meaning that if they're playing to actually get better and win, then they should have no problems getting back into their next ranked game.

Probably more flawed than I'd like to believe, but hey, it's a start... and it's better than anything I've seen Riot come up with.

All based on your thought of making Ranked matches cost IP though, so all credit goes to you for this one if you ask me. <3

Wise SquirrelDec 7, 20141 votes

I disagree with this proposal.

Losses can also be the product of being paired with teammates who are incapable of playing correctly, and will drag down every effort you make to win.

A player that is bad at LoL is perfectly capable of feeding the enemy carry to the point where you are no longer able to defeat 5 enemy champions by yourself through superior tactical play (Thanks to the poor tactical play of your allies).

I refuse to lose my hard earned IP when trying to compete with other players, LoL is a Free to Play game, and no form of gambling (Real money or IP) should ever take place.

xLegendary TrollDec 7, 20142 votes

I like your response and that would've been my response to a post like this but the game is still free to play. I'm just talking about ranked as a counter-measure to trolls. Don't think of it as a gamble. It's more of an "investment". If you're playing ranked chances are you have an abundance of IP, otherwise you'd be playing normals. Appreciate the response though.

Poptart EvelynnDec 8, 20141 votes

The problem is trolls give 0 fucks and will go to full lengths to troll. Trust me they will just earn the ip and be like "haha you lost IP".

Just being honest. It would make them want to troll.

xLegendary TrollDec 8, 20141 votes

Yea after thinking it through it's the only real flaw I can think of. I started playing this game since season 2 Bronze 5 and I've pretty much seen it all. It would be silly to save up IP just to have some "fun" trolling people. Right now you can have "fun" and grind IP.

Maybe they can put a system where if you get reported in Normals you don't get IP for that match. These are just ideas I'm throwing out there and so far I've heard a few good ones.