Do You Lose More LP for Surrendering?

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If a person is trying to move up the ranks, and their MMR in relation to the expected MMR for their current position determines LP losses and gains, then it would definitely help to know. Sites like OP.GG already do averages of their estimated MMRs, letting you know when you're better or worse than your current rank, meaning if actual MMRs were public you could get that same info and have it be 100% accurate.

And with that info you'd be able to track your actual improvement, the kind that matters, your MMR. So say I was to get promoted, I'd know if I was likely to continue climbing or if my MMR was likely to just drag me back down.

I mean, if I saw my MMR never really move out of a certain range that was indicative of a B5, then it'd be a reality check and make me that much more determined to change that. Or if my MMR was on the upswing, it'd have the opposite effect, reassuring me that I can be better, that I can move higher.

As is, I have no black and white way to see where I stand currently. I could get all the way up to B3 and for all I know it might still think I only deserve B5. Knowing my MMR would prevent me from getting my hopes up when I have times like when I mentioned, upping my win rate significantly, winning my promo series, and winning 7 straight for next to no gain, then losing half that in one match.

The mystery just gives me false hope. At least with knowing my true MMR I'd know exactly how much I suck and be able to track if/when I start to stop sucking. That answer your question?

P.S. If you are better than your rank, you'd also know when a promo series will have you skip a division. Likewise, you'd have a decent idea when it's likely to pull that 99 LP crap instead of giving you the full 100 for a promo series due to thinking you're not ready, since your MMR in relation to the next division would make it pretty clear when you're liable to get that.

Riot is not going to give you your accurate MMR anymore, it's largely pointless since you shouldn't need a number to tell you if you are playing at a certain lvl or not. You shouldn't need a number to tell you if you need to improve or not. You shouldn't need a number to tell you "i'm have better MMR than the league i'm in" or "you will be able to skip a division". Those are all things you shouldn't need a number to tell you and things you should be able to determine on your own by simply looking at your LP gains. You can keep saying all this "great things" you can do with knowing your MMR yet you can do those exact things by simply watching your LP gains. Knowing your exact MMR is just making you worry about some number instead of worrying about yourself. Once again, a number shouldn't be the one to tell you that you are doing well or not since if you are really serious about getting to a higher rank then you should be aiming to get better each day