STOP DUOING Y'ALL
I seriously hope riot can see this and know that they need to do something about it.
I appreciate Riot is listening to the players and taking suggestions from them. This behavior is unique and really stands out among other games like Pubg, etc. This is why I can play this game for almost a decade since S2. We players grow with you and we fight with you. When you come out with amazing ideas like the Runes, new Champions, URFs, Loots, Blue Essence, and a lot more, we are so happy with it (at least me, the haters hate everything). As you guys are heading towards the 10th year after creating this amazing game which I spent my youth on, please take my advice.
I believe every single player has had this experience before, a dude came out of nowhere and lost you the game. Yeah, that guy that everyone thinks he's not at this elo. He doesn't roam when he needs to; he doesn't respond to Jungler's call (or anyone's); you spammed the retreat pings and he still got ganked; and more... (comment below to add on). And the reason is that HE IS JUST NOT THIS ELO. Someone duo with him and there you go, ggwp. If Riot can check the data they have, see the percentage of the duo games that are one-sided. I am not here being a loser and crying about my teammates suck. I do win sometimes when my team's duo is better, but those games are just one-sided. They are simply either we win or we lose, no comebacks. It is not like, "oh dude you gotta carry the game man." One mistake can cause us the game, and these duos are very likely to make the mistakes since they are not at this elo. They do not understand the concept or have the map awareness like the rest of the players do. We all know that we appreciate more when the game is even and we fight intensively. Make those game back by canceling the duos.
Also, you guys made another Rank system, remember? AHHH, The Flex! Right? When you have the Flex Rank there, what is the point of having duos on SOLO queue? If you want to play with your friends, GO FLEX. Make solo queue for the players who want to climb. People struggle with League of Legends cuz there are so many "trolls", which are those duos. Eventually, many of my friends gave up this game since regardless of their performance, the duos are fucking it up anyway. Make everything fair and no one knows each other. You adjust the jungle/items every season; you changed the runes a couple of times; you remake a bunch of champions; it's time for you to work on the Rank System too. Yes, I know, you did the position thing, but you failed and changed it back. Test this "no more duo on solo queue" thing. Just try it. Or at least, make duo only available if they are in the same rank. When you're a plat 2 player and saw a gold 2 on your team, you knew shit is about to go down. So please, make changes to the rank system.
(By the way, fuck the ban system too. Back in S2 we got 60 champions and 10 bans. And it's S9 with twice the amount of champs and we still only get 10 bans??? Dude! Let's not talk about the fact that you sometimes ban the same champ as the other team and the "uh I don't ban champ" players.)
I deeply appreciate you reading to this far and I also appreciate the improvement you have made throughout the years. You worked on the champion select: You have to lock your champ or you got kicked; It is no longer player 1 the highest elo and player 5 the lowest in champ select; You made the game remake thing at 3 mins. You want to make the game great again, I KNOW, I can see that. That is why I came to this place and spent 30 mins of my life to writing this long ass essay. I know you're losing a lot of players since there are way more lol ads than before. But I really don't think anyone would recommend any of their friends to play League if it sucks to climb the elo. If you really listening to your players, hear me, please.
At last, "I WAS IN ALPHA!!!!!" CHANGE MASTER YI'S ALPHA STRIKE PLEASE.