Ranking System
These are my ideas of changing the ranking system. The ideas will change things back to being an elo based system while keeping some elements of the league system, the system will still be referred to as League Points (LP) however and not elo.
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Starting elo will be at zero and placement matches are completely removed since they only cause stress on the player, puts players in an elo they do not belong ruining other players experience that get the player on their team, and because of the added stress creates a toxic environment because stress puts people on-edge.
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Divisions and the same Tiers still exist. Divisions will be every 100 LP granting a Tier to be 500 LP with the exception being Masters [and of course Challenger since this represents the best of the region].
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ALL things like LP, win ratio, ranked games played, division and tier will be HIDDEN from EVERYONE except for the user, himself/herself. Sites like lolking will be banned from displaying this ranked information, only the player self may reveal their own personal ranked information if they so please to do so. Sites like lolking may still be allowed to display broader ranked terms like order of most played champions, match history, runes, masteries, overall champion win rates, pick rates, etc etc... This is to prevent negative criticism of players so that they are focused on their own play and on themselves and not worry about what the teammates LP is, ranking is, win ratio is, how good / bad they are based on ranked stats and they can focus on the game and not worry about their teammate and try to avoid creating a toxic game among team members. Basically to avoid "omg he has X games played and in this elo you so bad" or "GG 45% win ratio on ganeplank, noob troll, report" we should be very familiar with lines similar to these sadly enough; these are the lines that are not needed in the game and certain information should be hidden to best avoid people saying these lines before a game even begins. Another thing here, having hidden medals from everyone but yourself will get rid of discrimination and looking down upon others for example a Platinum player looking down on Gold players and everyone can be [hopefully] treated better and more equally instead of having a 'high-horse' thought process by just glancing at someone's medal and saying to yourself that you are the platinum lord and that player is nothing but a filthy gold peasant.
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Bronze will be 500 or below LP : Silver will be 501-1000 LP : Gold will be 1001-1500 LP : Platinum will be 1501-2000LP : Diamond will be 2001-2500 LP : Masters will be 2501+ LP : Challenger will be top 100 players within Masters instead of top 200 and still cycles every 24 hours (100 just seems like a better number to appreciate the top tier players). Bronze I = 401-500 : Bronze II = 301-400 : Bronze III = 201-300 : Bronze IV = 101-200 : Bronze V = less than 100 LP [yes negative LP values will be a thing in Bronze V just so that the player isn't being lied to] to avoid depression, once in the negative values your LP losses are greatly reduced [i.e. you were losing -10 LP a loss, you will lose -5 or less LP while negative LP values while still gaining that +10 LP for wins (10 LP gain/loss is only an example)], your LP gains remain the same until you become positive then LP loss and LP gain become roughly equal to each other again. Now Best of 5 Promotion Series between tiers can still be an option, as far as best of 3s between divisions go they will be removed; appreciation if you guys discuss what you think about keeping best of 5 promo series between Tiers.
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Leagues and League names will still be in place, placing you among 99 other players in the same League [100 total] that only tell you what placing you are and everyone else is [i.e. Rank 1 will be the most LP within your league, while Rank 100 will be the least LP, the LP is still hidden but you can see what Rank everyone is within your own League] within your league to give players something to look towards while they make their climb towards Master Tier.
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With the proposition of keeping best of 5 promotional series. There will also be best of 5 relegation series, so instead of having to fight to get into the next tier and instantly drop out if you reach the bottom of that tier, you will have to fight to stay in that tier instead of being immediately demoted to the previous tier. Of course there is no relegation series for Bronze, just an infinitely bottomless Bronze V. All games with the best of 5 series promotions/relegations will still grant the appropriate LP gain/loss for your wins/losses to not distort LP and have your LP to properly show your skill level. This will mean that if you 3-0 a series you have 3 wins worth of LP in that tier, while the reverse happens if you 0-3 then you are 3 losses worth of LP down in your tier or 3 losses of LP down in the previous tier [depending on whether it was a relegation or promotion series].
Hope you guys appreciate the ideas. ~ Stacona