Is it just me or is match making a joke this season?

YoungFarmer·Aug 29, 2016·1 votes·273 views

My gf is bronze 1 been playing for about 6 months. shes in her promos for silver 5 and i'm watching and the whole enemy team is fucking silver 2s and a silver 1 talon, whos shes laning against. Like wtf. Of course her team gets steamed rolled. And then after words shes super discouraged. like how are low elo players supposed to climb against that lol. when I was in bronze, in my bronze 1 promos I was against other bronze 1s and a couple silver 5s. whats up with this season?

6 Comments

DragfinAug 29, 20161 votes

It is not you. It's some joker or jokers at RIOT who's algorithm is horse feces and they think it's super cute to create more toxicity in league, like we don't have enough as it is.

Deep Terror NamiAug 29, 20161 votes

The differences within 5 divisions are pretty imperceptible. You also get matched according to MMR not Rank, so you will be as evenly matched as can reasonably be done even if the Ranks don't suggest it. If you regularly get placed against players a full tier higher, then your MMR is probably a lot closer to their Rank than your own, and your LP gains will reflect it.

EndlessSorcererAug 29, 20161 votes

If she is being matched against players of a higher rank, then that generally means that her MMR is significantly higher than the average for her ranking.

Since her MMR seems to be higher than her current ranking, her LP gains should far outstrip her LP losses which makes climbing easier. While it is a little annoying during promo matches, it will help her out in the long run once she gets through them.

It isn't uncommon to have to repeat your promo matches a few times to succeed. If she deserves to climb, then she will.

YoungFarmerAug 29, 20161 votes

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If she is being matched against players of a higher rank, then that generally means that her MMR is significantly higher than the average for her ranking.

She should be gaining more LP per victory than she is losing per defeat and will be able to climb more quickly. While it is a little annoying during promo matches, it will help her out in the long run once she gets through them.

It isn't uncommon to have to repeat your promo matches a few times to succeed. If she deserves to climb, then she will.

Thats so illogical though, thats like some kid being superrrr good in house league basket ball, and even though hes only playing house league hes so good that hes forced to play against NBA players. She should get placed against bronze players, and wreck them until she gets to lets say silver 3 and then its too hard for her to win. Its not fair thats shes stuck in bronze, because everyone of her promo games is against fucking high silver.

Deep Terror NamiAug 29, 20161 votes

That comparison would be apt if he also got paid NBA wages and got drafted to a team after a while showing he can consistently perform at that level.

YoungFarmerAug 29, 20161 votes

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That comparison would be apt if he also got paid NBA wages and got drafted to a team after a while showing he can consistently perform at that level.

What if the kid was better than rep players but worse than NBA players and he wasn't allowed to leave house league and join rep until he could destroy NBA players 3 games out of 5 and the only reason he couldn't get into rep was because the NBA players were too good for his little rep ELO soul.