Losing Elo and getting demoted for no reason....

Frozor·3/23/2018, 6:33:50 PM·1 votes·452 views

Having a great game is one of the biggest joys that League of Legends can bring you. But always bear in mind that when you're relishing that landslide victory there is someone on the receiving end that is probably ripping their hair out. While it's alright to celebrate, make sure that you keep any gloating (or any other mode of self-indulgence) out of all chat. Instead, thank your opponents for the game. After all, despite their best efforts, they just made you a very happy person. ( explain this to me how am I happy getting a loss because someone wants to quit the game for no reason..., while I worked hard to get to the E-lo and because of two games in a row that this happened I get demoted... cool) what's there to thank them for getting free-lo because of one's teammate leaving the game? while the rest of the team is stuck losing all that lp or other cases that league they just got to, and get to barely enjoy due to the fact that someone on their team just quits and leaves...)

Moreover, if you've just lost, avoid pointing any fingers or deploying excuses. Even if you had a great game, it's not alright to blame your team. You had five opponents in that game, and - seeing as you just lost - chances are that they had something to do with it. We all know that losing can be frustrating, particularly if it's a close game or one that's completely one-sided, but nobody likes a sore loser. Instead, thank your opponents for the game, and take a moment at the end of game screen to ask what you could have done better. If you're polite, you might pick up a few pointers that can help you counter your opponent's strategy in the future.

(this isn't making any excuses, but when you lose a game when someone leaves or disconnects, there has to be a finger pointed there is no counter play to this.. I don't know a solution to this but riot you should start to bless players who have to go through this, and I've been on the bad side of it more than often than good.. the other teams get's free Lp basically, at least have the decency to give some key fragments or something out of it, besides stress and frustration. This game isn't fun when you put time into it and getting nothing out of it, at this point, it's not about winning it's about getting something in return for your efforts in upholding the summoner code under these circumstances, which is very hard to do. I don't know I guess I'm just venting took me three times to get to silver 3 and finally got it, then to get welcomed into the league I win a couple then lose getting to 0 Lp and two games in a row someone just leaves... and now back to silver 4 this took me about 3 weeks to do, all that time wasted based on someone's actions, those other games I lost to get to 0 lp that's on the team as a whole of course... It's just unfair that when I get 0 Lp then I so happen to get two games in a row that someone quits and I get demoted... those two games were not fair.

3 Comments

Awf Meta3/23/2018, 9:01:54 PM1 votes

I don't think there are any perfect solutions. I also don't think Riot is interested in pursuing alternative systems.

130x3/23/2018, 9:22:35 PM1 votes

This is all due to matchmaking. So I started ranked solo promos just two days ago, and EVERY GAME I face full Gold teams of Gold 5 to Gold 1, avg of Gold 3, with win %'s over 50%. While on my team there is myself, currently unranked and Silverish to Gold 4's. Win %'s of 2/5 team members below 40%. One adc had a win % of 13 with about 7 games played?! Very disheartening even from pregame and 100% avoidable by stats and mmr matchup. Made me remember just why I hate ranked. Love the games but the matchmaking is completely and utterly atrocious. Another sad fact, I was Gold 5 last season, hit Gold and had enough, was too ridiculous a climb out of Silver due to this right here. So I am fighting avg Gold 3's with my maybe avg Gold 5 team with the knowledge this is taking place to put me in Silver 3 all said and done!? Seriously, if anyone is fighting 3 tiered players above their highest tier, 6 tiers or over a division above where they are going to be forcibly placed, they should be looking to place 2 tiers above that is they bust ass and pull out a win. For real, matchmaking in this game can can go fluff itself.

I did happen to win 2/3 of these lopsided hell hole games but it is completely unsatisfying because I know I am just wasting my time and effort. Win or lose, it is Silver 3 for me and it would be fine. But don't drag this out fighting high tier games with 30% odds of winning then give me nothing when I do. It is just sick.

ModJikker3/23/2018, 9:31:28 PM1 votes

Hey,

I get that you're quoting the Summoner's Code, but if you want to discuss losing elo, getting demoted, and how the system works/needs a fix, the correct section to post in would be Gameplay. Since this thread doesn't really belong in Player Behavior, I'm going to go ahead and lock it.

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