@Riot Can we talk about ranks?

Hi,

I am looking to get some insight on if Riot will improve the current rank system. Right now I believe it feels pretty horrible, losing promos or getting demoted isnt suppose to feel good but at the same time I think it just happens too frequently. I am not saying promotions are a bad thing, however I do think that the tiers in each rank should go away.

For instance, lets say you get 2-3 games in a row with either someone thats having a off day or a troll or really any of the 100 bad things that your team can do to you. Thats anywhere from 45-66 points lost. Sucks lots, but if your at say only 40 points as it is you'll drop to 0 and bam 1 game towards your demotion. You win a few lose a few and before you know it you lose 1 game at 0 again and you get demoted not even realizing you have lost a decent number at 0 over the course of your ups and downs.

This is all well and good except that to climb back up you have to win 2 games (roughly 40 points) not including the 1-2 it takes to get back into the series. This wouldnt be so bad except it then puts you at 0 points all over again.

How does taking the tiers out fix this? For 1 it would stop the resets and allow player to move about in the rank without the constant fear of demotion and still feel like your moving towards something. If you even want player to have to play the same amount of games to get to a promotion (Best 3 out of 5) just make the entire rank take 600 points (100 for each tier + 20 for a promo game x5).

I would love to see this kind of change take place but am open to any kind of discussion as to what if anything will change and why.