Discussion on the bronze division

Lord Boltrix·8/21/2015, 11:18:35 PM·1 votes·412 views

I have no issue with the bronze label itself, I don't really bother with ranked, haven't bothered at all for a while. My concern is that... why does bronze have to be the so-called 'baddie' division? I mean, normally you consider in sports events, you know, like the Olympics? The top three medals are Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Bronze doesn't mean you were the worst, it meant you were bested only by two people, otherwise you were ahead of all of the rest of your competition, possibly in all the world. Here, the concept of bronze is a joke, and I feel off about that.

Discuss your ideas here.

6 Comments

Mimy8/21/2015, 11:48:01 PM3 votes

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I have no issue with the bronze label itself, I don't really bother with ranked, haven't bothered at all for a while.

Bronzies are just considered bad because we're the division to likely have... More trolls, people who just hit 30 and rushed into ranks, people with high lag, and people who rage easily due to everything above.

It's not that we're all bad, but like you said some of us don't feel bothered to do ranked. I'm not a big ranked person myself.

Bronze is actually fun when you see past everything! You just... gotta look at it from a new more positive perspective!

DeadlyQuestion8/22/2015, 12:05:27 AM3 votes

It's because in the Olympics the people who are the worst don't get placed, but in League, everyone places, even the worst ones. To compare to the Olympics there would have to be an "unranked" rank below Bronze that persisted until you passed a series.

Until then, the least lucky/least skilled players have to go somewhere.

I personally don't like it when people treat you the same as a Bronze I than a Bronze V. I mean, its actually getting to where you're treated as a low bronze peon until Silver II and then only considered average until high plat. It's ridiculous.

Cheeseyoger8/22/2015, 2:46:53 AM2 votes

You know, this isn't entirely related, but you got me thinking about bronze labeling and wood V and all that, and how when people talk about wood V it's usually in a much more upbeat sense than anything bronze related. And I was just thinking, It would be cool if League had a Wood division that was separate from standard ranked, and existed essentially as a pvp school where people could learn the basic tools and strategies of competitive play.

Basically like with bots but more in depth. In coop ai, it will show you the turret range and aggro state when you get close, which helps you learn how far they can shoot and under what circumstances you should be concerned/not concerned about drawing aggro.

Imagine if League had a casual pvp version of that where you could select different things to work on, such as cs, and in game enemy minions would turn orange when their health gets close to your AD, and green when their health is at or below your damage with armor factored in.

Or warding, where it notifies you when you haven't bought a ward, or placed one in a while. And while you have a ward, it could highlight the typical high-traffic areas of the map in red.

It could also have brief tutorial videos to watch outside of the game showing things like positions in lane, freezing waves, pushing waves, signalling team mates for plays, warning team mates of hidden dangers, various ganking paths. Just individual little things to think about and try implementing in your next match.

Linna Excel8/22/2015, 3:09:09 AM2 votes

There was a time when bronze wasn't the lowest rank you could be.