Ranked is so bad...

Aids cuz League··11 votes·1,638 views

I am okay with losing, as long as its a GG with intelligent team mates who ward and communicate...however the past few games I've played, I haven't gotten any intelligent teammates, and I know "this is a QQ Thread" it is...but I mean, in Bronze, its literally so bad, that you find more intelligent people in Blind Pick? The problem with this, is that with Blind Pick, you can literally just go in at level 3 or 5(I forget) with nothing but free week champions. Sure, maybe not a lot of people do that, maybe cause you can't, idk, but the point is, inexperienced players, usually play better than those in Bronze.

We need a warding tutorial, A baiting tutorial, map objectives tutorial. And you need a tutorial for EACH lane, not just Ashe on aram(wtf?)

At the least, I feel when you click Ranked, it should ask you a few questions relevant to that of an IQ Test with Multiple choice. Randomized every time, with different words that way nobody can post the exact answers and should influence your placement based on your score. Idk, I really don't know, but i've resorted to going to Team builder and blind pick for my first wins, and then logging out the rest of the day.

tl;dr I could care less about a game mode I once had fun in.

46 Comments

Silents4295 votes

"Everyone else in bronze is stupid except for me"

blacknerdtaku4 votes

This isnt true. there are genuinely really good players in Bronze.

As much as people tell you "it's all down to you and how well you can carry" I find this isnt always the case.

The deal is it's not whether you know how to play or not to get out, it's whether you know how to play the wrong way.

in this current tank meta it's now harder than ever to solo carry out of bronze, because the amount of peel is ridiculous, so now the team game fully relies on the team's cooperation and ability. and i find they just don't live up to it, no matter how well you do, no matter how many towers you push. Now more than ever it's a group effort, but in bronze that group ethic is rare. Iv'e had teams that are genuinely great people and would love to play with again, and other times ive had bottom of the barrel - such as the Leona in my previous game who refused to buy sight stone... a priority when i support.

Yes it is down to attitude, but as easy as it is to say "carry yourself" it seems like the ultimate uphill battle for no real reason. And as big as "My teams suck so I'm stuck" has become a joke by the likes of people like Vvvortic, there is still some genuine truth to it.

I had a G1 friend play on my account multiple times to see if it was just me being bad, and he lost. 2 out of 4. His response? Nobody knew where they needed to be.... he was able to get ahead, he managed to push.... but nobody else would follow up. the team was either too toxic to notice he was doing the best, or simply they didnt care and went where ever.

Finally, bronzies just dont care.

Seriously, Right now im in a Game with a fucking Teleport, Clarity Elise Mid, and I cant dodge or I risk Low Priority queue.

Silents4291 votes

Don't group people.

The most I ever had to do to win was be an indirect leader for my team, Bronze players are inexperienced and generally bad. Hence the bronze rank.

If you actually are "better" then them then go ahead and give them a bit of direction without sounding like a smug cunt about it to where they will just ignore it, if you are doing terribly don't try to tell others how to play but if you are doing okay don't be afraid to share any advice if they want it. The amount of times I have won my ranked games just from giving my team a bit better focus in fights is astounding.

Occams Raiser1 votes

I'm SUUUUUUUURE your advice will be met with open minds and ready ears.

Silents4291 votes

Neat?

Aids cuz League1 votes

The problem with this, is I can literally say, "Im the only one putting Pink Wards up, and consistently putting Green Wards up" as a hint as to, there should be more Wards, but nobody wards, its not me doing bad, I usually break even or go positive in my Ranked games, I help gank lanes as mid, the problem lies with people coming into Ranked with a carefree attitude, with absolutely no previous champion experience for the champion they play.

Silents4291 votes

You can't do anything to force people to be better at champions. I tend to play my best at champions I am unfamiliar at.

But if that is your way of suggesting all you are really doing is whining to them about wards instead of just asking.

blacknerdtaku1 votes

If you actually are "better" then them then go ahead and give them a bit of direction without sounding like a smug cunt about it to where they will just ignore it

I dont thk you have a single idea of how little people in bronze have listened. even when i ask "hey, broseph, can you please maybe change that bloodthirster toa Botrk" i get greeted with "Jinx doesnt build Botrk, noob. i know what i'm doing"

in other words you really can not be a leader to bronze folk. they're so caught up in thinking they're the best they completely ignore logical advice... im really starting to give up hope.

Silents4291 votes

Nothing is wrong with a item 3072 on jinx. But the way you worded it made it so you are demanding they do something not suggesting.

If the enemy team isn't HP stacking it would be moronic to build a item 3153 if they ARE hefty on HP where the item is useful explain how 1 is better in the other in this case. But telling others how to build isn't the same as telling the mage on your team to focus so and so while the telling the tank to save whatever ability for someone else.

Sypher The Poro2 votes

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I feel you, I really do. I lost 7 out of 10 of my placements. Of those, I personally did bad in 3. A couple games I carried my team to victory as Yasuo, practically by myself. One game I remember, was as Kha'Zix top against a Riven. I got destroyed in lane due to the match-up, but even 0/4/0 by 10 minutes, I had almost 100 CS more than anyone besides the ADCs who I only beat by 30. Because I took teleport and played smart, I finished that game around 8/6. I could 1v1 Riven by the end, so I know it was not my in-ability at the game.

Another game I played, was as Fizz. Finished the game 11/4, but we lost BADLY. I don't want to sound mean, but I hate a large portion of the people I get matched with. They don't believe in warding, heck, they will ignore minions to kill the 0/723421/0 feeder on the enemy team who's worth less than a minion.

I don't want to play ranked, because I'm afraid of losing my position at Bronze 2.

Occams Raiser1 votes

"Everyone else in bronze is stupid except for me"

Your stereotype is silly. If 1% of the community are trolls, it is safe and probable to expect that at least 1% of them are effective players caught in the shit. OP could be a one percenter. Don't shit on the truth. Wood needs its own div.

Silents4291 votes

I think you misinterpreted what I said to such a stupid amount, I was summing up OPs post.

Occams Raiser1 votes

There's that internet bravado! I got that it sounded like sarcasm. In text its hard to tell.

Silents4291 votes

If you got the sarcasm I don't know why you took it serious then.

AfroNinja68102 votes

If you deserve a higher rank, you will get the higher rank.

N30NP4NDA2 votes

Wrong sir, wrong.

Myozthirirn1 votes

Hes right. If you think bronze people are bad, then that applies for the enemy team too. You should win easy. I got placed in bronce 1 on my smurf this season because i was doing poorly after 2 months of no playing at all. It took me 72 games to get back to gold. Im not trying to act as superior or anything, but when you reay belong highter climbing is so easy you even feel bad for everyone else on your games.

N30NP4NDA1 votes

The ranked system is broken, bronze is for complete baka's who think ap urgot jungle is viable Bronze is for the worst of the worst, and yet there are people like me who are exponentially better than them but due to the nature of ranked, and its terrible meta of pick order, I end up losing most games because of my 10 ton teamates, i can go 30/5/10 and the rest of my team will be 0/20/3. FUN, BALANCED, --_--

Myozthirirn1 votes

"Bronze is for the worst of the worst" "I end up losing most games" There you go

N30NP4NDA1 votes

I shouldn't be able to post this so often...

Myozthirirn1 votes

If you play vs the worst of the worst and you lost often, then you are below the worst of the worst. Anyone that knows a bit of this game can win on bronze 1 vs 5, 8 out of 10 games anyday in any way. It may hurt but its the truth.

Aids cuz League1 votes

"1 vs 5" Okay.. now I just, You said you skipped ahead, which is an impossible mechanic, you have to play through each of your promos, you can't skip any. You don't get freebies, sorry.. and now you're saying anyone that knows anything about this game can 1 vs 5? No, just no.. what you should have said was, anyone that knows a bit about this game.. would THINK, they can 1 vs 5, but actually works with teammates to achieve 5 vs 5. I don't care if you're LCS Material, you aren't getting anything done unless you have teamwork.

Myozthirirn1 votes

You can skip divisions since season 4. And for the 1v5 thing we are talking about bronze 5 lol. BRONZE 5! Of course you can win alone. edit: To make it clear, the guy im replying to, its saying bronze 5 is for noobs who think ap urgot jungle is good AND that he lost most of his bronze 5 games.

Myozthirirn1 votes

I dont even know why i keep posting, but here you got the wiki article on promotion. http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/League_system#Promotion_and_Demotion

Aids cuz League1 votes

The problem is you should never go in with a 1 vs 5 attitude. Even if you can, the game is team based.

N30NP4NDA1 votes

WARNING: FUCK YOU, THAT PRETTY MUCH EXPLAINS HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT YOUR 'RESPECT' BULLSHIT

two fucks to this guy: "Anyone that knows a bit of this game can win on bronze 1 vs 5, 8 out of 10 games anyday in any way." Right middle finger, Left middle finger.

But, in all seriousness this guy is either: a.) mentally retarded or b.) a troll

based on statistics...i'm going with [a.)]

Myozthirirn1 votes

But its true, bronze 5 is EASY, you guys play like intermediate bots, and thats not my opinion, thats a fact.

Occams Raiser1 votes

Wrong. Probability is even but in actuality everyone could lose enough so that everyone stays in bronze. There is a real world scenario that can play out to where almost everyone is equally bad and the good players are lost in the storm. In addition I have seen shit games where challenger level players play like bronze. There might be a case where time spent is more effective and important to where you rank.

If personal skill was truly the most important thing there would be an anomalous player that within one month of hitting 30 shot up to Challenger. Are there any? I haven't heard it. Yet somewhere there is a high school senior contemplating skipping college and going into the pros. I am aware of the NBA technicality but you understand my point.

Your point about smurfing doesn't exactly contradict your belief but it undermines the shit out of it. Guess how.

Aids cuz League1 votes

I can only imagine its stupid luck on your part, to play that many games to get back to gold, at about 2 games per provisional, IF you win.. estimating you placed Silver 5 just estimating here thats 10 games if you win all your promos in the first 2 games, that doesn't count all the games going up to promos. TO TOP off your comment, there are Diamond Smurfs who get placed against Bronze teams. If my team is in Bronze, that doesnt necessarily mean my enemy is in Bronze.

Myozthirirn1 votes

i skipped most of the promos lol

Aids cuz League1 votes

But you have to play your promos lol..

Myozthirirn1 votes

Not when your mmr is highter than your current division, i skiped some promos for example i went from silver 5 to silver 2 skipping silver 4 and 3.

Occams Raiser1 votes

Wrong. statistically wrong.

PubgamerAU1 votes

Sorry. Ranked doesn't work like that. Riot would love for you to believe so, but people are starting to realize the truth.

Myozthirirn1 votes

You guys are so stupid it hurts. People usualy think bronzes are retarded because of this arguments. (Replied the wrong one)

Revlak Javik1 votes

Intelligence is relevant. Leonardo Da Vinci once ruined his (and Michelangelo's) masterpieces because he didn't read the instructions clearly and skimmed past "Warning: Don't use [this paint] on walls." https://38.media.tumblr.com/81ace37fcdd265a9253000ce39bf9166/tumblr_mhm912DCOR1rnlbv4o1_500.gif

In all seriousness though, this isn't really what it's like. People will make bad plays, or just be completely trolly/goofy/potato. Focus on your farming, warding, and learn how to take control of the team in a pinch. Fight the FF-itis. Learn objective control (Towers>One kill). Spam pings to make sure everyone knows what to do. Make sure you time your ranked games to where you won't get matched with kids (Fear the 4PM...) and play a role/champion that can carry (jungle and support come to my mind, but do what you're good at.)

I'm no gold/plat/diamond/bazoowop, but this has helped me (and a friend of mine who carried himself to gold and gave me all these ideas), so I wish the best of luck to you.

~Uncle RJ

Aids cuz League1 votes

The biggest problem is warding, nobody does it, nobody realizes the significance in Bronze, warding may not win you the game, but I've found it increases your chances by at minimum, 40-45%. I think part of the reason why nobody wards is because it takes up an item slot that they could use for something more important to them. I complained a lot about Sightstone cause it only gives you 150 health, but unlimited wards with every back. I think that is the problem, it takes up an item slot, its only 150 health, nothing else. You could literally get double that health with the same amount of gold, and thats where I think the problem lies. Its also not having a proper warding tutorial.

TwoD1 votes

I agree with the tutorials part.

But lol that's only the beginning and you're already calling quits.

tikitikibumbum1 votes

you're playing a game that literally has the Acronym "LoL" as it's title. The game is a joke. No Pun intended. with the amount of trolls in ranked. Trolls > ranked all day

Occams Raiser3 votes

NO SIR! NOOOO SIR! Riot has promised me that trolls and toxic people make up a lean 1% of the community. Taking the number of global players into account, 1% comes to a number around half a million. While 500,000 trolls might seem like a high number they have assured me that everything should balance out and their influence on the community and game play as a whole should be negligible.

If 500,000 people troll 3 games a week, and ONLY ruin the experience of 4 teammates each game, and everyone ff's at 20........ hmmmm, this can't be right. Riot said this would be a small inconvenience but I came up with 2 million hours of shitty game play experience per week. Somewhere in that number is my 3 games that came up to 60 wasted minutes. I'll find them and get back to you. We'll get this sorted out.

tikitikibumbum1 votes

You are all sorts of shit stupid if you Believe that only "1%" of the Community Trolls.

Retard of the month goes too you sir.

Occams Raiser3 votes

I guess I don't write smarmy sarcasm as well as I thought I did. Reread it sarcastically.

PubgamerAU1 votes

Welcome to my last 4 weeks.

Kazaashi1 votes

Whenever people blame thier rank on thier teammates all my brain ever reads/hears is:

"I'm better than everyone else I am playing against, but I don't win."

Because that makes total sense. The level of Cognitive Dissonance in the LoL community is staggering.

Bemapon1 votes

Dont be fooled. Gold is just a shinier bronze. I just got into gold and i swear some of the people I see are worse than what I was getting in silver. Not just on my team just in general.

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