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2020 is Not Good So Far For League. The Matchmaking System This Season Just Feels Awful.

Deathfall·1/22/2020, 7:49:30 AM·31 votes·11,398 views
  • Players get filled in roles they don't know how to play.
  • Players who shouldn't be playing ranked are clearly playing ranked and feeding relentlessly.
  • Toxic players are allowed to int games and feed the entire time on purpose, with absolutely no punishment and removing them from the ranked games.
  • The games just feel one sided. I just don't know why there is such a huge gap between one side having better players.
  • Games are just way to hard to carry this time when there is literally no redeeming or winning a game where one bad players feeds the entire time and refuses to play with the team.
  • Players with a clear history of leaving, inting, and disconnecting from games multiple times through-out their League games, continue to que into League games and ruin it for everyone else.

Is there any way these Developers can fix these problems? It doesn't seem like it because it feels like the quality of players, the horrible balancing, inflated new champion kits, massive amounts of damage upfront, and lack of care from the Developers is making the game 10x worse. 2020 is looking to probably be one of the worst seasons. When the Developers make ridiculous statements that after Fiddles and Voli the game will have all new champions for the rest of the year . . . it makes me wonder if Riot will ever do their jobs and fix the problems . . . while also updating older champions on a art and gameplay level (mini-VGU). Adding so many new champions to a game where they cannot even balance and work on older champions right now, is disgusting.

It might be time for that 7 month hiatus I keep talking about and not doing because I feel like there is nothing out there better than this game. I don't know if I have it in me to continue playing this game much longer if Riot doesn't get it together. The game just feels awful.

24 Comments

ProphetOfDraven1/23/2020, 1:50:33 PM7 votes

Inters Should Be Banned From Ranked

lamakisser1/23/2020, 4:04:42 AM6 votes

i think they are spending to much time and resources in other modes of the game that they have neglected the balancing of the ranked and main version of the game its showing hard now

Eedat1/22/2020, 5:08:11 PM5 votes

The beginning of the season is always a full blown clown fiesta. I don't touch ranked for a minimum of 1-2 months

Kjraider11/22/2020, 11:06:48 PM4 votes

Ill be real, i was inches from regaining plat last season after taking a nice long 5 ish year break. This season is making me want to take another break. Between match making, to getting complete trolls ( for instance, 4 of my placements had at least 1 afk, 1 game at one point 4 people were afk... I dcd 2 games due to isp - so 6 games unluckily ruined) and jungle changes, the game is just slipping more and more into unplayable dribble. Might be time for another break.

Warmas1/23/2020, 1:06:50 PM3 votes

No you get banned instantly for saying the N word or calling someone ret**d but inting with evidence in the chat of not caring is just a "bad day", I wonder which one makes people quit the game and spend their money elsewhere. Oh they see every inter allright they just don't ban them I suppose because they are players. They can't think even that far to apply a 1 day bans after a clearly int game, yes even the "bad day" ones where you are clearly not cooperative. But no everyone gets to play even the most toxic ones but not the ones who tell someone they are bad (I literally got chat restricted once for 2 games where I explain the mechanics and macro that they didn't understand, explaining why they played bad using not a single curse word). "Punish the right reward the wicked" at this point.

Shirebornn1/25/2020, 2:06:52 AM2 votes

Not only me, but all my friends are having exactly the same experience last season. As a low elo player, it becomes very hard for me to enjoy this game at this point. I thought there's gonna be improvements with the new season, clearly that's not the case.

Warmas1/22/2020, 6:46:09 PM2 votes

The fix for toplane that riot is screaming loud and clear and we start listen: "GO AWAY".

Toxic Teeto1/22/2020, 10:09:46 PM2 votes

Being autofilled today is no longer a valid excuse for playing badly. People who are autofilled just int as hard as they can to end the game faster.

Worst JG Wins1/23/2020, 1:49:49 AM2 votes

I disagree OP. The primary reason S10 is so much worse when it comes to snowballing has to do with the fact Role balance is at an all time Low. It doesn't really matter if you're the better JG or ADC. Mid and Top are gonna be 3 levels up on you after lane phase and they're gonna 1 shot you. It's a lot harder to get balanced games when only 2 or 3 roles matter compared to when 5 roles matter.

Eloheem Angelous1/23/2020, 5:29:53 AM2 votes

It is because their match making matches you based on statistics making it a long grind where if it was based on skill in game players would find their rank faster and improve faster by playing with the players at their actual skill level. They need to add a features where there is a full points threshold and anyone who preforms bellow that threshold give some of their points to the better performers on their team.

teto god supp1/23/2020, 7:53:04 AM2 votes

I thought with the drake and terrain changes this season would be different, bring back the old fun feel to something new and exciting.

But no. Match making is still the worst dumpster fire ive ever seen.

Kai Guy1/22/2020, 8:01:10 AM2 votes

Is there any way these Developers can fix these problems? It doesn't seem like it because it feels like the quality of players, the horrible balancing, inflated new champion kits, massive amounts of damage upfront, and lack of care from the Developers is making the game 10x worse.

I want to call attention to what I see as the big issue. " the quality of players"

Look at your bullet points.

"**Players **get filled in roles they don't know how to play. **Players **who shouldn't be playing ranked are clearly playing ranked and feeding relentlessly. Toxic **players **are allowed to int games and feed the entire time on purpose, with absolutely no punishment and removing them from the ranked games. The games just feel one sided. I just don't know why there is such a huge gap between one side having better players. Games are just way to hard to carry this time when there is literally no redeeming or winning a game where one bad **players **feeds the entire time and refuses to play with the team. **Players **with a clear history of leaving, inting, and disconnecting from games multiple times through-out their League games, continue to que into League games and ruin it for everyone else."

See a consistent trend? Gameplay in PvP is generated by players, when there is a high population of folks that make problems then the gameplay has a lot of problems.

Rather then go off, I want to pause and check in with you. How do you feel about this viewpoint?

The Highest Noon1/23/2020, 1:53:42 PM1 votes

I don't know. I haven't been playing much because of server lag.

Iannone1/23/2020, 10:49:58 AM1 votes

agree

Bârd1/23/2020, 1:04:56 AM1 votes

Every problem you just listed has been a problem for League's entire lifespan. It ain't specific to 2020.

Hordes661/22/2020, 6:33:16 PM1 votes

Fix? Problems? These dev's? Lol?

Posui Gart1/22/2020, 11:33:20 PM1 votes

Players get filled in roles they don't know how to play.

Well jungle is broken for several seasons now, just find yourself a reliable pick and it will work in your favor on average

Players who shouldn't be playing ranked are clearly playing ranked and feeding relentlessly.

"Players who shouldn't be playing ranked"? How did you measure this?

Toxic players are allowed to int games and feed the entire time on purpose, with absolutely no punishment and removing them from the ranked games.

They get their punishment eventually, and, as long as you don't int yourself, it will work in your favor on average

The games just feel one sided. I just don't know why there is such a huge gap between one side having better players.

Its a self-sustaining issue. People give up early because games feel one-sided, games feel one-sided because people give up early. Sometimes a surrender vote is started because of a single death, no matter which team is actually behind

Games are just way to hard to carry this time when there is literally no redeeming or winning a game where one bad players feeds the entire time and refuses to play with the team.

As long as you don't feed, it will work in your favor on average

it feels like the quality of players, the horrible balancing, inflated new champion kits, massive amounts of damage upfront, and lack of care from the Developers is making the game 10x worse

I heard the same about every previous season, starting at 5th, when i started playing, and yet here we are

2020 is looking to probably be one of the worst seasons

I think it will be hard to outdo the failure of dynamic queue

The game just feels awful

Then perhaps its time to quit and find a better game

GFREEMEN1/22/2020, 9:11:16 AM1 votes

Iv had Gold be place vs my teams Iron player. And NO this Iron player did not have high MMR unless boosted because they would have lost vs BOTS