Normal game matchmaking is a joke

Vexus·12/18/2015, 6:38:20 PM·4 votes·989 views

Over the past year i have noticed that matchmaking is constantly putting me with high elo players. While yes ik that these players may have the low mmr because they play ranked way more than normals. But this does not excuse the clear skill differential in almost every game i have played this year.

Being constantly matched against Diamond players and yes even the occasional challenger is morbidly depressing as a silver player. Some of you will say "treat it as a learning experience" which i tried to do for a while but it's just not fair on me.

yes, i have improved my skills i am able to comfortably beat other silver players but that does not mean i should be placed with plats and diamonds every single game.

i'm sick of it. i want to have fun. getting my ass wopped every game is not fun.

14 Comments

Deep Terror Nami12/18/2015, 7:27:28 PM4 votes

I'm not sure what you want here. If Normals just used Ranked MMR, then it would also be Ranked.

Come up with some kind of solution that doesn't result in Normals sharing your Ranked MMR, such as;

  • If you have a significantly higher Ranked MMR, you will get better MMR gains in Normals proportional to the difference.
  • What would that mean? While your matchmaking is entirely separate from Ranked and neither directly influences the other, you'll gain MMR at a fast rate in Normals as long as your Ranked MMR is ~1 tier+ higher. You'd still get Challengers in Silver games, but they'd jump up in very few wins.

Even with that solution there's no way to distinguish a Challenger smurf in 1000 MMR Normals. Brainstorm some ideas; otherwise you're just complaining.

VictoryDance9612/18/2015, 6:41:37 PM2 votes

bump

aggronex12/18/2015, 7:53:52 PM1 votes

Lol so true.. most of the time I get ranked with these Level 30 bronze/silver ppl who think they're the best, and salty MasterYi 's... but when I get matched against someone my level I wreck them. lol (I'm level 18 around)