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MMR Problems

UncaringNonchala·9/6/2017, 4:43:01 PM·2 votes·468 views

Okay, so, I've noticed that the lower my MMR drops, the more I get super toxic teammates, trolls, whatever. Like, was just in a game with a top that was being flamed by my team for doing poorly (he was Poppy against Jax). I suggested getting a bramble vest early after he died the first time, then asked my team to please refrain from flaming... that's all I said in chat, continued on focusing on myself. He ends up flaming me in the post-game lobby for whatever reason. K, whatever, reported, move on.

Next lobby, dude locks in Veigar support, our mid laner (pre-game lobby) immediately is telling him his family needs to die in a car wreck, he's going to troll now, etc. etc.

Now here's my issue...

If I get teammates like this because my MMR is low... then I usually lose because I keep getting people that don't give a shit and throw on purpose, etc... which in turn lowers my MMR more, and then teams me up with even more players that act even worse... honestly, I don't know how I can raise my MMR when it's made to keep screwing you over.

I just really think there should be something in place for players like me that aren't toxic. I haven't been toxic in a long time in this game, learned to just laugh it off, /mute all, etc... and I play my best, I usually don't do too bad. I would really love to see the system tweaked in a way that rewards players for keeping their cool and playing to win, in the way of keeping them from being matched with players that obviously are reported often and/or have no interest in reforming. The current honor system's cool n' all, but even if you are as honorable as it gets, if you lose at the MMR I'm at right now, nobody on your team is going to be honoring you.

4 Comments

Aseeraa9/6/2017, 8:52:12 PM2 votes

Man, low elo is so toxic. I really think if you can stay optimistic through bronze/silver you can climb as far as you want.

It honestly makes you a better person. Thanks for being a diamond in the rough.

Drugoth9/6/2017, 4:51:23 PM1 votes

Did you know that you get points with the honor system by handing out honor yourself? Even if no one on your team honors you, if you give out an honor you'll still get points, just not as many as you would get if you were honored.

Dealing with toxic players and trolls isn't anything new. All of us have been dealing with them for years. In my opinion you've either just hit a bad luck streak, or there is something you might be doing to add to the toxicity of your games. In my experience, players who experience trolls and toxicity in their games more often than normal are often part of the problem themselves with out even realizing it.