Bronze and silver elo matchmaking ( trolls, bad players, feeders, and bad picks)

Hikaron·Jun 18, 2016·0 votes·2,149 views

After years of playing this game, riot has done nothing to better the matchmaking of low elo teirs. Literally bronze elo and silver make up most of the ranked population but players seem to have a no chance of climbing out. Can't seem to avoid troll and feeders or at least get a team close to my skill level. Im not saying I'm pro and deserve to be plat or diamond, i just wonder how riot games allows such a cesspool of horrible players in ranked ques and seem to do nothing about it and caters the the whim of higher elo teirs, making it ever harder to climb out of low elo. I truly love playing this game sometime but enough is enough. Something has to be done.

8 Comments

LegendariJun 18, 20163 votes

Ranked system is pretty much crap. It's sad when the goal for 99% of Bronze/Silver players is to just grind out games all season and hopefully hit a lucky streak to get Gold V (which is basically worse than Silver I & 2 because it's so full of people with mid-silver elo who are too bad to rank up any higher, but get carried enough to avoid demotion).

The matchmaking hasn't improved at all in years, either. I took almost a two year break from this game and come back to the same crap that made me quit playing in the first place. It's no fun busting your ass, trying to reach a goal, only to have your promo series thrown by some fresh 30 in his placements. It's even less fun when you're in Silver and having to carry garbage Gold players to prove you belong in the division they are already in. Anyone who's spent any amount of time in mid to upper Silver knows exactly what I"m talking about, I'm sure. I feel like Riot leaves it this way on purpose though, as it keeps the bulk of their player base running on their little hamster wheels all season.

If they actually fixed the elo and matchmaking systems, the bulk of the player base would never get out of Bronze and the crushing hopelessness of that reality would cause many to just quit the game. Not good for business, so instead we have the RNG nightmare that is Silver, where skill disparity is pretty much the only thing you can count on every game.

HikaronJun 28, 20161 votes

Somewhat agree with this. They haven'y done much to improve the matchmaking. After years of player this is way too evident and it's hurts the competitive scene, but it get overshadowed by high elo players and esports because that's their big cash cow. How about improving the experience of all players from all elos. My match scores and history do not match up with most players I get paired with in my elo, which help to show that anyone can be matched with anyone in lower elo tiers, trash or good, and not consistently pairing good with more good or people closer to your skill level. It's not rewarding carrying trash players at all. They get to climb because you overworked ur ass for a win and just so happen to be there and reek the rewards. People act like this doesn't exist and it's not a problem, when in fact it doesn't and is extremely evident.

71883083DEL1Jun 18, 20161 votes

Everyone has a fair chance of climbing out of bronze/silver, the only problem they face is usually not having game sense in the first place.

HikaronJun 28, 20161 votes

Everyone has fair chance of climbing out of any elo, so that can be said about every elo. My problem lies in the lack of attention given to lower elo which has the biggest population of ranked players, which everyone agrees the climb is very treacherous.

Purple DeathJun 18, 20161 votes

I'm gunna let you in on a little secret, 70% of games are carriable. I get feeders and afks and trolls you say? I have played on bronze smurfs and let me tell you I very rarely get a true troll.

HikaronJun 28, 20161 votes

Lucky you

CU Infinity Aug 31, 20162 votes

Sometimes when I read this things...I see some people's responses and I get the sneaky feeling its a rioter without a tag just trying to defend the game lol. Most people who oppose your opinion were only low elo in season 1 or 2 when barely anyone played this game compared to its numbers today, allowing for easier climbs.

Horse GrenadesAug 31, 20161 votes

After ending last season Silver1 I got placed bronze 3 this season. Now I'm stuck in Plat 5-4. I spent the offseason sticking to mostly one role and improving my farming and decision making. Climbing out of Bronze was easy. There are some unwinnable games in silver, but most of the time they are winnable. Gold wasn't a bad climb. |

The reason you get "stuck" in any ELO is because that's what your rank is supposed to be. Until you improve then you won't climb.

I've accepted my Plat-trash fate until I improve.