Why Ranked Matchmaking is flawed and a Suggestion

#Hello Summoners and Member Riots^^

Recently I thought about the ranked Matchmaking (not normal) and came to the conclusion that it is highly flawed.

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> “Matchmaking is not affected by your league. You’ll compete against opponents of various skill levels, which are represented by a hidden Matchmaking Rating (MMR). Your league placement indicates your progress against a set of opponents who are similar to you in skill level, but it doesn’t restrict competition solely to players in your league.”

(https://support.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/204010760-Ranked-Play-FAQ)

In other Words: You will be matched against those who have a similar MMR like you, regardless of the league they or you are in.

#This leads to the following Problem:

To some Point it makes it more difficult for People to climb in Divisions and Leagues although they already “passed” the “Skillevel of that tier”: they need to perform harder than the league actually demands.

Example: _Player X is in the Silver league but has a MMR of a Platinum Player. Thus X will be matched against players with a similar MMR (Platinum) instead of Players of X’s League (Silver). This will make it for X much more difficult to climb in Divisons as X actually has to provide the performance of a Platinum Player to reach Gold rather than “only” the performance of a Gold Player. _

Thus the League System itself becomes a bit ineffective and senseless as it matches Players with the same MMR instead of the same League (People with very different MMR and performance level can be “stuck” in the same Division/League).

#How to fix that?

Quite simple: Players only get matched with other Players of their League (or like +/- 2 Divisions)

Example: A Silver Player with a Platinum-MMR ques up for a ranked. This Player will be matched against other Silver Players regardless of their MMR.

As the expected Skilllevel of all participating Players is Silver, Players who perform “better” than that will rise more easily as they already “passed” the “Skill-level” of that League and are ready to join a higher League.

What do you think? Are you happy with the current ranked Matchmaking?