Suggestion: Giving players a chance to improve

S0lShadows·11/12/2014, 11:11:47 PM·1 votes·544 views

Before I start, I want to say this is not a complaint, anger, or anything. I have no problem with my rank, but think this would be a system in season 5 that will give lower ranked players a chance to improve their rank.

Now, having been stuck in bronze 5 (I am silver 3 now) for almost the entire season, I know what some players feel about the ranked system. Even though you feel you belong in a higher rank, you are stuck where you are. (Believe me when I say getting out of bronze 5 was completely horrible, it had to have taken almost 300 games)

So when I finally made it to silver, I made it my goal to try and help my friend get to silver. My friend is 100% better than me, always getting pretty fed in a match. However, he is still stuck in bronze, unable to move because not many people down there are too impressive. I thought up a system Riot can implement in Season 5 that may give players a chance to improve their rank, and aim for their Season 5 goals.

When the season starts, you do your 10 initial "qualifying" games. Here's the catch - Depending on how you perform, your rank will improve. Lets say I was in silver 5. If I did really good, I would move up a few divisions. If I performed poorly, I would stay in Silver 5. Basically, it's giving players a chance without demoting them if they mess up. When season 3 ended and season 4 started, I won 8/10 of my games, but I went from bronze 5 to bronze 4. Meanwhile my friend who was in silver won 6 of his 10 games, and went to gold.

So, I feel that this new early season system will benefit and help players who deserve to be higher than where they are. Thanks for reading it, and post your opinions below :)

1 Comments

Champion Skin11/13/2014, 12:57:48 AM1 votes

The ting is that Division=/= MMR/Skill So sometimes people have higher or lower MMR then they are supposed to have for their division This means that when the next season comes they will fight more skilled opponents and if they win or go 50/50 they will then rank up

Your previous division doesn't necessarily reflect where you will end up after placement matches as what effects it is your previous MMR and how you do against players at that MMR/skill level (however MMR is hidden so there isn't much way to tell really)

(MMR="Match making rating" and MMR is basically how skilled the system think you are and match you with opponents based on your and their MMR)