The Most Common Scenario That Makes League Suck, IMO

Florpy Dix·4/24/2018, 10:40:59 PM·2 votes·1,556 views

To put it simply, its when Riot wastes your time. I elaborate on the specific scenario below:

Step 1: Riot assigns auto-loss randoms to end your win steak Step 2: Auto-loss randoms do what they do best Step 3: Auto-loss randoms refuse to surrender at 15 Step 4: Auto-loss randoms refuse to surrender at 20 Step 5: Auto-loss randoms refuse to surrender at 25 Step 6: Auto-loss randoms refuse to surrender at 30 Step 7: Auto-loss randoms flame and report the surrender voters (the same ones that actually played well and did their job) for "giving up" and not "playing for the team" when the accusing players are somehow oblivious to the fact that they are liabilities that ruined their team's experience.

17 Comments

Karunamon4/24/2018, 11:00:05 PM7 votes

Step 1: Doesn't actually happen.

https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2018/02/dev-matchmaking-real-talk/

WHY DO I GET WORSE PEOPLE IN MY GAMES WHEN I’M ON A HOT STREAK AND TRYING TO CLIMB?

This is pretty much an urban myth. Mostly.

There’s nothing in the MMR system that forces you to have lower-skill teammates or disproportionately higher-skill opponents. We expect every game you play to have a 50 +/-1% chance of your team destroying the Nexus.

As your MMR goes up, you’ll stop being the “standout” player and your teammates’ skills will be higher. This can also happen to anyone else in the game, which can give the impression that you have “worse” teammates, when really they might just be newcomers to your skill bracket.

Even if it all goes wrong and you feel like your teammates have been letting you down, you can make use of systems like demotion protection and promo helper to prevent you from being punished for a few “unlucky” games. We think this is the right tradeoff compared to having a volatile rank—being demoted feels rough, and reaching a tier should be a decent indication that you can play at that level.

— Riot Gortok, Designer, Get in Game Team

Chermorg4/24/2018, 10:51:09 PM6 votes

Your post is based on a false premise - that Riot somehow assigns players to you to auto-end your win streak.

AraMoOse4/24/2018, 10:53:02 PM4 votes

Let me translate for regular people.

OP has a negative attitude and bitches at his teammates, then spams surrender votes and rages at people for who don't want some raging nerdspammer to decide what happens to their game for them.

Or, to put it a bit more politely, you lack perspective.

9 X4/24/2018, 10:42:01 PM2 votes

Mmmm... Steak.

Florpy Dix4/25/2018, 12:14:54 AM2 votes

I forgot the boards were full of fanboys defending their dying game... I'll go eat my win steak in peace.

EvilDustMan4/24/2018, 10:53:07 PM1 votes

https://7chan.org/phi/src/148261917389.jpg

SparklingLama4/24/2018, 10:48:23 PM1 votes

I hate it when my winning steak ends.