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Silver 1 + Platinum 1 players in the same solo Q ranked games

SilentBomber·7/19/2019, 12:28:37 AM·46 votes·15,720 views

I would like to ask this "serious" company why are Silver 1 players getting matched with High Platinum players?Are you trying to infuriate us or what?The highest player in our team was Platinum 3...For real guys?

We got a Silver 1 Caitlyn in our game,left her lane 0/4 and then she was just running down mid lane vs 5 enemies only to die while writing "i'm enjoying it" in chat.

Thanks for the awesome experience Riot.Be sure we are all happy.

Edited. The highest player was Platinum 3 and not 1 as i mentioned before.Forgive my mistake!

47 Comments

preternatural7/19/2019, 12:41:43 AM25 votes

"matchmaking isn't broken guys, just git gud" /the boards

SilentBomber7/19/2019, 12:40:29 AM9 votes

The thing which is infuriating me the most,is that during the last months people have been screaming for this matchmaking system and not a single word has been spoken from Riot about the matter.

We all strive to climb everyday and every time there must be a reason to hate playing ranked games.I do not know what else can i do about this frustration.

Zardo7/19/2019, 12:50:49 AM6 votes

Gee, I wonder why the caitlyn who was 10-0 before that game had a high mmr. Look, these posts are getting pretty freaking annoying. Some of the time they actually have valid scenarios, but most of the time it's just people with inflated mmr due to high winrates or duoing.

Janakin7/19/2019, 3:19:02 PM5 votes

A few weeks ago I was playing soloQ against:

  • Mid: Yasuo - Platinum 3 in his promo to Platinum 2
  • Adc: Caitlyn - Bronze 1 in her promo to Silver 4 (No, she was not a smurf. She had winrate 43% out of 70 games)

Like, how incompetent you have to be to create matchmaking like this.

manolis2017/19/2019, 12:33:07 AM4 votes

That happenes to me too literally i just made a post about it Silver team vs platinum even on 3v3 i know bro just what the heck with this ranked nowdays...

P.S on my flex i was srsly with Bronze 1 and vs diamond 4 like wut?

Sukishoo7/19/2019, 4:33:51 PM4 votes

Looked it up, they have a 91% winrate. They more then likely belong there, was just a bad game.

DeusVult7/19/2019, 6:15:30 PM3 votes

Matchmaking is pretty bad. But IMO, what makes this more frustrating for most people is that your mmr is hidden, while your rank doesnt really mean anything outside of season rewards

So you could have a P1 player with p3/4 mmr, and S1 player with G2 mmr, and the rest of the match is ~G2 mmr. So the spread isnt as far as ranks would have you believe, but its hidden so it just makes the game seem unfair. Which is one of the dumbest things that Riot has ever done IMO. Why not just leave elo (mmr) as a number, bracket ranks to corresponding elos, and get rid of the LP system which doesnt make any sense and only serves to infuriate people with things like 99LP and 12 LP gains compared to 23 LP loses

Shieda Kayn7/19/2019, 6:25:38 PM3 votes

Matchmaking works as intended, it's just that rank doesn't matter, MMR does.

Garcarami7/19/2019, 4:44:58 AM2 votes

I'm a silver player and have been for years. I stopped trying to really play ranked and only do so when friends are in the same game. Recently had a game of flex ranked (I know, I know,) where we were all between silver and gold level and got matched up against a Grand Master level player. Thank god he wasn't in my lane lol.

Tuition Fee7/19/2019, 12:49:26 AM2 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx5prDjKAcw

AnotherFeeder7/19/2019, 4:32:54 PM2 votes

That was literally her first lose. Chances are pretty good someone else was playing the placements, because they just 1v9'd as zilean, then she goes cait randomly and ints.

Regardless if you win 100% of placements you're in high gold low plat mmr, which is what that game was.

Mortismo7/19/2019, 8:48:30 PM2 votes

It was a new account smurf, who randomly just chose to afk in your game

https://eune.op.gg/summoner/userName=CZEnSi+ITK+5

Unusual midlaner7/19/2019, 9:12:15 PM2 votes

I had 2 accounts. On this one I’m destroying ranked with a 64% win rate, skipping division tiers. My winrate on Fiora is very high as well. On my other account which was hardstuck gold 4 I repeatedly got matched with bronze players and throwers and only gained like 10 lp per win. I’m not sure wtf matchmaking is right now.

Cycera7/20/2019, 2:25:48 AM2 votes

Being on the other end of this, it feels like shit to barely be Bronze II and be put into a game full of gold players!! Like, by the end, all I can do is apologize for Riot! I have no idea WHY I'm in a game that is OBVIOUSLY above my skill level, I'm doomed to feed and get flamed! It's nothing but tilting for everyone involved! In fact, it's the primary reason I refuse to play ranked ever again. Silver, I would understand. A lot of my friends that I play norms with are silver or low gold, so I think I could keep up with silvers in ranked alright, but when I'm in a game full of gold II and I players, it's just...wrong! I understand being matched against players of higher elo to try and climb, but jumping ahead TWO OR THREE ENTIRE DIVISIONS is RIDICULOUS!!

5050BS7/20/2019, 2:27:09 AM2 votes

If you are in Silver you should only see one tier different then you.

S4 sees B1 and S3 S3 sees S4 and S2 S2 Sees S3 and S1 S1 Sees S2 and G4

Vlada Cut7/19/2019, 10:52:43 AM2 votes

I'd rather get matchmade vs. Platinum players than have that Caitlyn in my solo queue game.

Feel Apathy7/19/2019, 9:41:37 PM1 votes

Put it like this.

Plat 1 players vs Low/High masters.

Now wouldn't that be a fun game.

Also why 10 min queue times for normals only to put me with 4 gold players vs 5 mid/high Diamonds - Might as well make it an instant queue.

Toxic Teeto7/19/2019, 2:40:31 PM1 votes

Matchmaking is balanced :) If you cant carry it means you deserve your current rank :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Makarakarn7/19/2019, 8:54:59 PM1 votes

I'm silver 1, and the highest I get matched with is like gold 3-4

SilentBomber7/20/2019, 1:46:30 AM1 votes

I would like to mention that the Silver 1 player,though he was running down mid he never got punished.I guess he was another "bad player"...

m1task9/21/2019, 9:15:39 PM1 votes

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I would like to ask this "serious" company why are Silver 1 players getting matched with High Platinum players?Are you trying to infuriate us or what?The highest player in our team was Platinum 3...For real guys?

We got a Silver 1 Caitlyn in our game,left her lane 0/4 and then she was just running down mid lane vs 5 enemies only to die while writing "i'm enjoying it" in chat.

Thanks for the awesome experience Riot.Be sure we are all happy.

Edited. The highest player was Platinum 3 and not 1 as i mentioned before.Forgive my mistake!

mm in this game sucks, they need to take example from Valve and their games- DOTA and CS GO. Here brand new player is getting matched vs platinium or gold. And the biggest problem is that RIot dont have mmr system and yes rank in this game doesnt really mean anything .

TheDespoiler7/19/2019, 4:55:05 PM1 votes

I just got matched against a d4 player as a b2 player who hasn't played for like 18 months, get good. Then got chat restricted for getting tilted and being told to kill my self by my team.

ROYALR3IGN7/19/2019, 2:12:39 PM1 votes

I think if you can't que up with someone more than a division away from you then you shouldn't have to face someone thats more than 2 divisions away from you either. Isn't that what the system is in place for?

Taliban Zilean7/19/2019, 1:05:08 PM1 votes

When i made a post with this it got downvoted and people were saying ur build is wrong, it works with mmr get good,and shit like that, and i told them wait a month to see that you will be crying for the same shit. Also my game was with irons vs gold.