Can someone explain matchmaking?
So I get that mmr determines alot of it, but today I played with a gold 1, with gold 1 mmr. Im plat 2 with plat 2 mmr, how does this happen (He wasnt duo with anyone)
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Someone's rank isn't the same as their MMR. Ultimately the MMR is what's important - the rank is just the "status symbol"; MMR determines who you play with an against. It's possible that they had a higher mmr but rank decay, so they could have achieved a certain rank but their actual rank status dropped because they haven't played rank in x period of time. That, or they could have been duoing with someone; just because their possible duo didn't show up as a recent frequent partner (or they didn't admit to it) doesn't mean they were part of a duo.
Otherwise this isn't usually an issue in plat but sometimes the system just picks whoever is closest in rank/role and goes with it too, which can be annoying. But that's usually an issue above plat... but I imagine it could be possibly in part related to it or something. It's hard to say.
NOPE no one can explain it not even RITO
Thats within the window of acceptable match making Riot has set im pretty sure. He was probably the closest available player to fill a role quickly so match making stuck him in the game.
RNGesus comes from the sky, says "FUCK THIS RANDOM 4 PEOPLE HERE'S A FEEDER AND AN ENEMY TEAM FULL OF CHALLENGERS"