TFT effecting Summoner's Rift Ranked Queue

Call Me Bard·Aug 19, 2019·1 votes·1,857 views

Is anyone having a problem with random low level players in their ranked queue? I consistently get brand new (pre-40) level players in my games. I'm currently sitting at Gold 2, which according to OP.GG is top 22% of players. It doesn't make sense to me why the matchmaking system consistently gives new players, often who haven't even played 10 ranked games. I'm not trying to discourage anyone new who's coming from TFT over to normal league, but I feel there should be a place-hold set to where players leveling accounts through TFT have to rank up their normal SR before playing ranked. Or perhaps, increase the level cap to where you can play ranked SR. Anyone else having issues with this?

4 Comments

LapisAug 19, 20192 votes

TFT matchmaking doesn't effect Summoner's rift at all. Not even normals games effect ranked games in terms of matchmaking. I thought new players to ranked started at silver, so i'm not sure why you're getting them at gold, but I can assure you it's no6t because of TFT

Call Me BardAug 19, 20191 votes

Interesting, okay. Thanks for the reply. It's probably due to the elo or MMR system. If high gold (above 25%) is considered "high elo" I feel I shouldn't be seeing players who are brand new as often as every other game.

AccenixAug 19, 20192 votes

Yeah it's because riot thinks it's funny to put new players with inflated mmr in gold 3-2 games. trust me been there done that, riot's not fixing anything. Literally the worst season yet, i can't even enjoy the game anymore.

Call Me BardAug 19, 20191 votes

I'm peronally fine with league putting out new modes. I love TFT. I loved Dota Auto Chess a well. But it shouldn't be effecting SR ranked queues. I think the problem is not that it's bad league. Rather for the fact that it's a problem when it's occurring consistently in high-elo games. I never had an issue with so many low-level players so often in my ranked games before TFT came out. That's why I'm trying to see if anyone else has seen this going on.