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Seeding Tier - Stairway to Ranked

Good Be3r·4/14/2015, 10:01:01 AM·2 votes·992 views

I think it will be great to have something like the master tier in the bottom of the ladder. In this thread I call it Seeding Tier but we need a fancy word to not insult players in low elo so if you have any suggestion...

Basic rules :

  • Bronze V with 0LP : 3 consecutive losses => Relegated to the Seeding Tier,
  • There is no LP in the Seeding Tier but Seeding Point
  • There is no chat in this tier except in the lobby, - Mostly irrelevant at this elo for tones of reasons...
  • Pings are available. - Communication is the key, pings are an healthy way.

Since it's obvious that playing ranked does not help Bronze V players to make progress, We have to think about something useful for them. So why not a special tier where the player have to complete some goals in each game (without necessary win the game)...

Escape the Seeding Tier

  • The Summoner need 100 Seeding Points or more to "validate" a game,
  • **3 game validated : **the summoner is promoted Bronze V with 0 LP,
  • Win the Game : 30 SP
  • 50CS in 10 firsts min : 20 SP
  • trinket used at least one time for 5 minutes in the game : 20 SP
  • Pink Ward used : 10 SP
  • (Assist + kill) / death > 3 : 10 SP
  • First Blood : 5 SP
  • First Tower : 10 SP
  • More Dragons than the other team : 20 SP
  • More Nashor than the other team : 20 SP
  • Take a tower/inhib : 5 SP
  • Take a tower/inhib with n allies : ** 5 + n x 5 SP **
  • ...

It's just a draft, weeks are needed to find the good amount of points for each valuable action in a game...

Benefits

  • Educational approach
  • No Chat, no insults, no "why ?" speech => summoners focusing on the game
  • No need to win the game => players could reach the objectives with troll/afk in their team
  • Troll and afk are catch in this tier because they can't reach 100SP per game
  • Bronze V is now cleaner than it has ever been

Inconvenience

  • It's quite close to an unranked tier, kids will complain

**PS : **It's certainly obvious, but English is not my native language, so if you find mistakes in my post, it will be my pleasure to correct them.

10 Comments

Alljoy4/14/2015, 11:50:42 AM1 votes

Let's call it the 'Challenged' tier instead, to bookend the 'Challenger' tier.

Good Be3r4/14/2015, 12:24:19 PM1 votes

I don't understand why people neg this constructive idea... It's seem legit to me to have something in the game that can be used to make progress. Honestly the tutorial is a good point but is not enough. A lot of people in low elo have never read a guide or watch a stream, It's nice to give them some help... What is more fair and useful than rewards good actions ?

Obviously, this could frustrate a lot of players for a short period. But I bet, all the summoners who would have been here, would have become much better players.

Godhri4/14/2015, 2:03:36 PM1 votes

People down vote it because all it does is create another "tutorial" and tier for people to fall under. "OH YOU'RE IN SEEDING TIER?" "You must be HORRIBLE!"

The situation will remain the same regardless. If people want to get better, they have to do it on their own. Research, practice, etc. It's just like real life stuff. You need the theory and the means to apply that theory. The specifics of theory aren't provided by Riot, but are available upon search.