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Riot, fix low elo ranked ffs...

PulsarPollo··2 votes·514 views

75% of the time you get matched with or against feeders. Why can't there be another sorting criteria at low elo ranked like there is at other elos? Why can't we be punishing those that are intentionally feeding, trolling, or just doing bad consistently? I'm consistently dropping LP from games that should have been fine if it weren't for the pure intention of 1-2 people. I'm usually doing consistent or ok. Everyone has bad games, and I am no exception. There are some games where I just straight up tilt and do worse than I normally do. At least I strive to improve. The fact of the matter is if that they can ruin something that much, they shouldn't even be allowed to play with those that actually want to get better and get promoted. I've dropped 2 ranks already due to inconsistent performance from my team. I know a lot of high elos will come here and spam "carry harder." How am I even supposed to carry a team thats off minding their own business not looking to push? We should have sealed the game a lot earlier, but we end up losing in the end. If the low elos get punished for playing their best, then the only possible option for them is to have someone play for them, or to buy a slightly higher ranked account to completely bypass the issue, both of which I do not condone. I'm actually really trying to rank up, but Riot's system makes it impossible. Riot, please fix the matching criteria and don't make the low elo players who want to climb suffer anymore. I've had enough of this garbage system.

EDIT: I know I'm also gonna get a bunch of crap on MMR which is kind of separate from elo and rank, but that shouldn't relate to the fact that I'm actually trying to improve and rank up.

13 Comments

Swiftstrike43 votes

Lower Elo can be frustrating simply because players have no idea how to stop feeding or play from behind. I also think, that learning how to play from behind is how one gets better at this game.

I see that you play in the bottom lane a lot. In low Elo (Bronze and lower Silver) this is a VERY hard lane from which to climb. If you are ADC and your support is not good you will simply lose the lane. If the lane wins but the other members of your team do not peel for the ADC then you will simply lose.

If you are supporting and your ADC is bad, then ultimately he will be useless by the mid game and not be dealing much damage.

I may suggest that you find one other reliable player with which to duo. If you have one other person on the team that you can count on it helps a lot. Especially in that Elo. Your CS per game is kind of low, which suggests that you either focus too much on trading and kills OR you stink at last hitting.

I am going to guess the former rather than the later.

You can't prevent other players from playing poorly or trolling. At the bottom of Bronze I imagine most of the player pool is REALLY bad since you are probably playing with people who do not even understand the game and also people that have some understanding but are really bad at execution.

They also have no where to go. They probably do not care that much about ranked because their rank is already really low. Throwing a game doesn't mean too much when you can't go much lower.

Carrying "harder" I think is poor advice, but the reality is that if your individual performance per game is good or improves per game, you should rise in rank gradually.

I placed in Bronze II or Bronze I this season, but I was Gold V last season. I rose to silver II/III pretty easily despite playing with some really bad players. I hit a bit of a wall in upper silver but eventually got back into Gold and I am floating around in Gold III at the moment.

If you are significantly better than your peers you will win games. Just try to improve your game and place less focus on your team.

PulsarPollo1 votes

Yea, thanks for the advice, but if the person who feeds is someone with such a key role its kind of hard to come back. He can't initiate well anymore and that will be a big problem. ~ruski

archerno13 votes

If they knew how to play they wouldnt be low elo. Its expected from low elo to feed. Thats why it exists. They dont get skin rewards in the end of season.

Commbustion1 votes

Actually if both teams are in the same elo then they should in theory feed equally as hard on both teams. But thats not the case. Obviously it's expected for low elo players to suck but then that means the enemy team should also suck just as bad. That's how it works. Or at least how it should/ whats attempeted

Sukishoo3 votes

75% of the time you get matched with or against feeders.

But that is what lower Elos are... they don't know how to play perfectly.

PulsarPollo2 votes

I'll be in my room playing Counter-Strike with a cup of tea in my hand. Riot please...

Purple Death2 votes

You realize 70% of games are carryable right :/ if you cannot carry then you aren't good enough

PulsarPollo1 votes

It's hard to carry a game where your team feeds beyond what was previously imaginable. Please, go pick on someone your own size.

Commbustion1 votes

You can't carry when 2 of your teamates are going in 5v1 for a consistent 30minutes. Or you have a troll or afk. No champ can take on a 5v1

Purple Death1 votes

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You can't carry when 2 of your teamates are going in 5v1 for a consistent 30minutes. Or you have a troll or afk. No champ can take on a 5v1

Funny I carried 4v5 yesterday, and basically every single game teams feed; you learn how to carry them. This is called improving :D

Commbustion1 votes

I would be able to carry. If the team wanted to be carried. But I don't think a mid laner going in 5v1 the entire game and a jungler that just farms, never teamfights and a top laner that in fights gets scared and runs away is carriable. That's something you don't understand. If the players are refusing to even teamfight then there's no carrying. you can't take on a 5v1 mid lane.

khorney2 votes

here is the thing ..... there are 3 types of people in low elo or why they cant climb. 1, people who are actually really good bu they make poor decisions and leads to losing which leads to people cant close games. Then there are people who are just generally bad. but the last is people who rage quit after 1 death and or say basically give up after spawning. I say that becuase i liek to supp teemo why not right,,, and the adc of course blames the supp always for him gettign caughgt by thresh or gettign caught out in general for over extending... dude it wouldnt matter who i was you still wouldve died and lost becuase you cant build right

PulsarPollo1 votes

That is actually the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Get blocked.

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