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Have to win against Platinum to reach Bronze 3 - Introducing the next generation of matchmaking

ThrowsTheBird·1/12/2019, 8:27:53 PM·52 votes·19,141 views

Dear friends,

What is wrong with this picture?

http://eune.op.gg/summoner/userName=throwsthebird

This is my first time playing ranked...I have been playing League for around 2 years. My current soloQ ranked MMR is 1751 which tranlates to Gold 3. (according to OP.GG)

My elo is Bronze 4 (op.gg says I will skip divisions?) and I have a 67% win rate...really nothing special at this elo. However now to reach Bronze 3 I am placed in matches where the enemy has 1886 MMR on average (rammus - sion game), against players who were platinum last season.

Am I correct in assuming that because of my relatively high MMR (compared to the actual elo) the system will group me with lower MMR players just to average out the team MMR? In other words am I correct in assuming that the system is actively trying to hinder my climb and push me towards a 50% win rate? Is the matchmaking working against the player?

I'm quite new to this mmr / elo system so any info you can give me is much appreciated. Thank you.

59 Comments

GFREEMEN1/12/2019, 10:15:35 PM36 votes

Yes this is how the MMR System works.

If you are a good player it will place Dumb as Rocks players on your team to push you to 50%.

Also New accounts will climb much faster then an account that has 1000 Ranked games. The system does not handle old accounts well because you are so close to 50% any wins will be quickly offset by a game with afkers or run down mid feeders.

The system is complete TRASH and I Grade schooler could design a better one.

Snarf of thunder1/12/2019, 10:06:17 PM13 votes

lots of players are leaving the game. Riots been in enough trouble

Beerstein1/12/2019, 8:33:22 PM11 votes

op.gg has no clue how to calculate ratings right now, but so what, you'll skip a buncha leagues. Just play a few more games.

OrangeMarine1/12/2019, 10:07:01 PM9 votes

yeah because of the rank restructuring MMR ratings are probably unreliable for a while. Still, every year you should wait a few weeks before ranking. This will let all the higher ranked players climb a bit and the actual low elo players to drop. So you win on two fronts and should have an easier time climbing.

otherwise you might lose a bunch of games to players who are currently ranked way lower than they belong and tank your mmr

Calebindestrctbl1/13/2019, 1:43:14 PM3 votes

What happens is that you get tons of lp per win and skip divisions when you win and don't lose much lp per loss, and if you lose your mmr will go down more than your lp goes down, so if you're losing to the plat players you don't lose much lp and if you're beating silvers then you gain a ton of lp mmr goes to plat and hten you lose a little bit and then you're over time gaining more and more lp, but if you beat the plats then you gain even more lp and skip more divisions until your mmr gets around its "true elo" and you climb up to that and then you stop gaining tons of lp and losing little and skipping divisions because your mmr is normal.

Sukishoo1/13/2019, 10:48:28 AM3 votes

Yeah, MMR has been messed up since Iron and Grandmaster shifted the ladder around. It's supposed to get better when the reset happens at the season start

WashyMoney1/13/2019, 12:49:18 PM2 votes

MMR system is bugged right now.

Anyways. Avoid boards like the plague. It’s infested with low elo players spreading misinformation. If you actually wanna climb look at YouTube or Reddit. If you want to moan about how Riots holding you back, you’re welcome at boards.

OP Garen Support1/13/2019, 2:01:30 PM2 votes

Ranked is simply rigged in this game. In a decent game you would be with and against bronze 4 +-1 rank. MMR shit is only there so Riot can force people to play a lot of games instead of actually letting them climb to the rank they deserve.

Goodwill1/13/2019, 3:55:06 PM2 votes

Yes, the system will try and force you to 50% which is so trash in my opinion. Awful system.

Frontline Fury1/13/2019, 6:03:39 PM2 votes

You do not actually get placed in a rank until you complete 10 ranked games.

And the season 9 ranked experience starts on the 21st or 22nd of January - your current rank is your 2018/preseason placement.

GodlyBane1/13/2019, 12:00:37 AM1 votes

tbh tho, plat 4 isnt even that much better then gold 2 players, so rlly its not much a difference in skill tbh

COBRA C0MM4NDER1/13/2019, 10:46:07 PM1 votes

i KNOW...ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?

[zombie-brand-facepalm]

Arammus1/13/2019, 9:21:06 PM1 votes

lately i come across more and more topics that i called out like 3-4 years ago and the community hated me into abyss... and now everyone starts to hate on this stuff.

im like spongebob. "i was cool before everyone else was" lul