The problem with the LP system

Night Hunter·Jun 22, 2016·1 votes·249 views

So last week I started playing ranked again, I had a steady 27 LP gain.

I won 8 games in a row, still at 27 LP gain.

Then lost 3 in a row and my LP gain went down to 26 per game, how in anyway is this logical?

4 Comments

ShinkoMinoriJun 22, 20161 votes

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Lol why are you even mad?

Night HunterJun 22, 20161 votes

I'm not mad, I can still get out of each rank in 4 wins to series instead of 5, but I want to address the problem.

Mysticman89Jun 22, 20161 votes

Well keep in mind that your LP gains are based on your mmr relative to the division you're in. Winning 8 games in a row at 27 LP a pop makes it seem pretty likely you probably climbed a division or two, and so despite your mmr increasing as a side effect of the wins, your division increased as well so that net effect on your LP gains was no change.

When you starting losing a bunch in a row, your mmr started to fall again (but your presumably stayed in the same division during those losses), so there wasn't a compensating effect, and so your LP gains went down to 'only' 26 per game. Presumably after 3-4 games of winning in your starting division you would have gotten up to 28 LP per win if you'd stayed in that division, it's just promotions slow your LP gains.