Something I don't understand when I climb divisions:

Victurn Up·Aug 17, 2016·5 votes·377 views

Okay I've been struggling in Silver since I started playing League, so I'm probably a noob, my soul is noob.

Still, during the last weeks I've climbed pretty well. I could feel I was playing pretty good. And yet, after I arrived at Silver 1 ~75 LP, I found myself matched with "bad" players. No flame intended but I could observe a lower level of gaming.

As the fool I am, I thought: the better you play, the higher you climb, the better players you meet.

roti plz y u do dis 2 mi

6 Comments

jaymc1130Aug 17, 20162 votes

I'm diamond and I suck ass mate.

The players don't get much better as you climb. They become slightly less toxic (slightly), and slightly less trolly (slightly), but that's it. Any one outside the top 2200 players on the server (master and challenger) are fucking terrible at this game.

Mylon RequiemAug 17, 20161 votes

^ This.

Lower elo loves to believe in the wonderful fantasy realm of Gold and Platinum, but the truth is that people really don't become anything better than half-decent until D2, and then as you said, are still ultimately boosted animals until the Top 0.5%.

And even then, it's NA at the end of the day. None of us are exactly shining stars of brilliance at this game.

Victurn UpAug 17, 20161 votes

[{quoted}](name=Mylon Requiem,realm=NA,application-id=cIfEodbz,discussion-id=hgABf6c7,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2016-08-17T18:33:34.585+0000)

^ This.

Lower elo loves to believe in the wonderful fantasy realm of Gold and Platinum, but the truth is that people really don't become anything better than half-decent until D2, and then as you said, are still ultimately boosted animals until the Top 0.5%.

And even then, it's NA at the end of the day. None of us are exactly shining stars of brilliance at this game.

Varys could have pronounced your last sentence. I love it.

MerzothAug 17, 20161 votes

There's a difference between game knowledge (CS, laning, objective control), mechanical skill (see: Riven), and teamwork/behavior. It'd be great if someone was well rounded, but they're already diamond. The players at higher ranks are better at something; it may not be the same something you see as valuable, or the thing that got you to your rank, but it's something. I promise you, they're better, at least a little.

Victurn UpAug 17, 20161 votes

{quoted}

There's a difference between game knowledge (CS, laning, objective control), mechanical skill (see: Riven), and teamwork/behavior. It'd be great if someone was well rounded, but they're already diamond. The players at higher ranks are better at something; it may not be the same something you see as valuable, or the thing that got you to your rank, but it's something. I promise you, they're better, at least a little.

Oh I didn't say the contrary. And I know -from experience now-, that there's absolutely no difference between Bronze and Silver, and probably Gold too. I just don't understand why I'm matched with "bad" and "toxic" people when I get better at the game am most of time friendly. Very frustrating. item 3070 qq