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Ranked Demotion

Nøble·5/1/2016, 6:43:54 PM·2 votes·940 views

I've wondered this ever since I started playing ranked, but what is the purpose of demotion? I understand that it might make sense to have it if its purpose was to make sure players don't accidentally rise into a rank they don't belong in. But considering there is already the promotional series which their entire purpose is to make sure a players is ready for the division/league they are going into I don't really see a place for demotion in the system. Especially considering that there is literally no barrier to stop you from demotion once you reach 0 lp in a division. Shouldn't you get a demotional series? Instead all you get is a barrier that stops you from being demoted that only lasts a few days after you reach the division. Then it's gone and one unlucky lose streak will end up in you getting demoted. Players don't just magically get worse at the game overnight. The majority of demotions occure simply due to being unlucky, which considering the number of variables that are uncontrollable makes sense. And I'm not talking about the performance of your teams because I 100% beleive that you should never blame your team over yourself because you could have always done something better. What I'm talking about is lag/ DC/ trolling etc. The only way I could see someone getting worse at league is if they take an extended break then come back. In which case I would just make it so that if someone hasn't played for a certain amount of time then allow them to be demoted for a certain period of time after they come back before it becomes locked again. I'm summary I just feel like the ranked system makes it way easier to fall than to climb in terms of games played. And I think there are a lot of ways to fix this. Remove the promotional series and just allow for promotion when someone hits 100 LP, Add some kind of consistent barrier that prevents immediate demotion, or just make it so that you can't be demoted unless you haven't played for an extended period. If there is a legitimate reason for why the system is the way it is I would love to learn and understand it. But from where I stand it just seems like a flaw that could be improved on. Just my three cents :).

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cuddlykitten45/1/2016, 6:51:06 PM1 votes

Where being unlucky can get you demoted, being lucky can get you promoted. It also helps to drop down the people who have their friends smurf carry them. I'm pretty sure you get something like three games at 0LP before the demotion. I think I read something from a red one time that said that it works that way so that you can get positive LP from any win in those. He explained it as there are negative numbers below zero, and if you hit a certain negative number then that's your demotion. If you win at any point before that, you will be given the LP as though you had 0LP instead of negative LP. It's actually much more forgiving about demotions than promtions. Well, it used to be. Bronze and Silver now keep one win in promos as long as they got one win in the same promo and lost so that's much more forgiving now, until you hit gold at least. The other reason for demotions is that it gives punishment to the people who troll and throw temper tantrums in league games. Otherwise, a player could get carried to G5, spend the rest of the season trolling people and intentionally feeding just to be a jerk, and still get the victorious skin at the end of the season. There might be more reasons, but these are the reasons that are apparent to me.