[Suggestion] Promo Series Series

Vidious One·2/24/2015, 8:17:58 PM·3 votes·806 views

Ok, so I find myself in a rather annoying spot. I've hit my ranked promo series 3 times in the last 2 days. Every single set of these series, I win one game and lose 2. But I just keep qualifying for the same series over and over.

So my suggestion is that there should be a limit to the 'mashing your head into a brick wall' scenario. So you win 2 out of 3 games in a single promo to rank up.

Well, how about you win X number of games in X number of identical promo series to rank up anyway.

I.E. Qualify for a promo series to get to Gold 2. Get qualified for the promo series out of Gold 3 4 times. Say you won your first promo out of each series. You technically won 4 promo series games at that MMR. So what if you get to rank up anyway?

And then from that point you gain reduced LP for the next 2 wins. Or, if you lose the next 3 games you demote again?

I don't know. Just.... Riot plz

I remember hearing a Riot employee mention in the middle of season 4 they were toying with the idea of removing promo series all together in the future [aka now]. So I sort of got my hopes up that it would go away.

Thanks for reading my bronzoida request.Urgot

3 Comments

themachamp23/6/2015, 10:06:44 AM3 votes

i hate promos..artificial barrier that is a small sub set of games. Its more a test of luck than skill.

G0rkster3/30/2015, 8:48:52 PM2 votes

There was an extensive discussion including RiotSocrates. Tier promotions are fine (best of 5 is much more friendly than best of 3 paradoxically!), but division promotions are atrocious and really should be scrapped. Alas given that they haven't been removed after that long discussion I wouldn't get my hopes up that they ever will.

4thaGe5/27/2015, 8:36:34 PM2 votes

Promos are absurdly stupid and ruined ranked. They are luck based and you basically just have to grind back to them continually or get a duo partner. When your stuck purely solo, you can win 75% of your games and not rank up due to RNG.