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Ranked Placements (This is a Complaint, BTW)

Grizzli·1/24/2015, 3:03:49 PM·3 votes·807 views

Hi. So I'm writing this because of the Ranked provisionals for season 5. I was gold 3. Now I'm silver 3. Not only myself, but plenty of plat and other gold players are now in silver, despite going positive for their placements. What's even more frustrating is that previous silver players are now low/mid gold. It makes no sense. It makes me question what Riot did to "improve" the ranked system. They talked a lot about how they'd take your previous games into the evaluation of your placement. I was in gold for over half a year.... not at the bottom of G5, but gold 4 and 3, and at one point almost 2. That was my level. And now, I have to spend my time this season climbing 5 ranked divisions?

Sure, climbing can be a lot of fun. But silver players are silver for a big reason, and it's really time consuming and difficult to do because there are so many more uncooperative players (Also, I main support, which may or may not alter the time to rise again...) The difference between silver and gold players is significantly bigger than bronze and silver players. It's as if they just decided to flip the elo's and stuff for funzies.

I really do like this game, and I appreciate and thank Riot for the wonderful things they've done up to thus far to progress LoL in the positive way it's been going, but I personally believe that the changes made were more hurtful to the ranked community instead of helpful.

Anyways, I'd LOVE to hear everyone else's thoughts. Sorry if this isnt written too well or placed in the wrong board, I just wanted to express my opinion and hear other voices on it. Ty for reading, and peace.

EDIT: Sorry, I should have probably mentioned that I went 5 and 5 on my provisionals. Just an FYI.

2 Comments

LordFluffinstein1/24/2015, 3:47:21 PM2 votes

i was on my way to gold as a support as well and i know what you mean when it comes to bronze and low silver.. the my lane or i feed or afk.... its ridiculous to see all my progress get thrown down the drain and i get put into bronze after all the progress i made... if this isn't addressed i will not be playing ranked or lol at all.

Grizzli1/24/2015, 5:56:05 PM1 votes

Also, I should probably mention that due to Afks and feeders in all of my games in silver 3, I got demoted to silver 4. And the worst part about that is that the LP that i used to gain, which was about +28 per match is now down to +15 or so because the system thinks I'm only low silver material. Really damn stupid. I can't get through a match without tilting because I think about how easily and quickly I lost all of the progress I've made in two years.

I don't know if this will be seen or not by any staff, but I really hope that Riot establishes something to accommodate circumstances/situations like this.