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It takes one loss to get you demoted, and three wins to catch back up

Mister Modesty·3/5/2016, 11:55:48 PM·1 votes·747 views

So you just get into a new division. Well you lose your next match and get demoted. You just lose, and get sent back. Now you have around 70 LP, and you need 100 to qualify for a series. You win your next match. Now you have around 95 LP. You win your next match. Now you're qualified for a series. You win your next match- and you're placed into the next division at 0 LP.

There are no "loss divisions"- you don't reach 0 LP and have a match to determine if you should be demoted.

The ratio is just too extreme. You lose LP at an incredible rate. I've went 6 matches all victories, and got it all set back by 2 losses. Why even bother playing at this point? Why work hard to climb up in the ranks if a single match can erase the progress of hours of gameplay? If I go 5 games without losing, I've only earned around 60 LP. If I lose my next match, it can drop down to 20. And if I win 4 straight games after that- I'm at 50 LP. Now my W/L ratio is 9W-1L, a 90% win rate: and I'm losing LP.

If a person is winning 9/10 of their matches, they shouldn't be getting demoted.

14 Comments

ValyrianBlade3/5/2016, 11:57:21 PM2 votes

When you get promoted to a new division, you're protected from demotion for about 5-6 games.

I'm not sure how you're claiming that if you get promoted and lose you go back down a division. There's protection against that. If that happened, it'd have to be a bug.

TheBunnyoftheSea3/5/2016, 11:57:50 PM1 votes

I'm pretty sure it will take more than one loss if you JUST made it to that division, as in just won your series and then lost. Plus if you do even lose multiple games and get demoted they will give you a free win in the next time you hit that series. Incentive to keep winning.

z14GaKI7TO3/6/2016, 12:40:25 AM1 votes

If you gain 12 LP a win and lose 30 LP per loss your MMR is absolute garbage. Doesn't help that you finished season 5 in b5.

Billy VoHagen3/6/2016, 3:02:42 PM1 votes

I got on a seven game loss streak at 0 LP and didn't get demoted. Git Gud.

:^)