Remove demotions.
Anything below diamond there is absolutely no reason for them to exist. This is the root cause of why everyone is so mad/depressed/toxic. You allow the hours put it into progress to be ripped to shreds and tossed in the garbage in a fraction of the time.
J Epstein3 votesi support getting rid of promotion series instead. Reach 100 LP? promoted. hit 0 LP? Demoted.
Slummzy2 votesThis idea is as perfect as Thresh.
Let's give you some Threshies (Trophies mwahaha)
Meteor Driz1 votesThreshies!!!! And they come with little lucian wife souls inside!
Elephant8881 votesAn interesting idea. I certainly would be less frustrated and stressed is demotions were removed. Though i'm not sure how a person could track his personal progress if the losses counted for nothing, or at least had a much less importance than they do currently.
Matthias91191 votesThey added the ability to drop between tiers because in S3(IIRC?) you couldn't, and some players would hit Gold (Plat, etc.) and then goof around and troll for the rest of the season because they couldn't demote. So there has to be something to keep players honest. But it is really, really, really hard to get demoted between tiers if you're putting in even a slight amount of effort. (Also: boosting. It's much more attractive if you can't get demoted.)
If your progress gets "ripped to shreds... in a fraction of the time" then your MMR is way too low for the division you're in. Yes, if you're in a "V" division and you lose a lot, your LP gains get out of whack. But the alternative is that they demote you down to the next tier much faster.