Hey, I posted this in the wrong place, in recruitment. Under organizations..

Not going for a TLDR just hear me out simple is simple does here it is.

Implementation of iron and grandmaster. GREAT idea, not sarcastic. Its a great way to filter down and slot players that are in a division that doesn't exemplify their knowledge and gameplay. HORRIBLE idea, that in doing this to the structures shifted the players who were platinum and diamond. Back in the day we all know about Tyler1's famous int. list, and then the nefarious lengths done by diamond's win trading, selling and boosting accounts the upper echelons solidified their position making that much more difficult. Doing this meant Platinum or diamond, SOARED to master and higher. Or the opposite.

The domino effect, platinum in silver. Gold in bronze-iron. Making 2 more divisions, great! Placing a stop-gap in a highly competitive, lower player base area. Not so great! I too feel trapped, and struggle to climb. Played every role. Minimally skilled to gold consistently. Selecting a permanent role as Support. To which the skill and difficulty solidified the fun, teamwork, and climbing desired. Then smacking into the wall in Platinum 1, falling back down S8. Frustration, toxicity, is overwhelming. Walked away, came back, try again. Since the end of S8, to S9 I've seen what is mentioned above.

Recommend placing a unranked division. Void. Back in the day in Warcraft 3 and the expansion Frozen Throne, birthplace of dota. The Ranking system didn't even slot you if you didn't meet the criteria. Since Void is there to gather up the players that aren't savvy enough, it gives the serious competitive ranked player base a chance to, stop playing for a few weeks. Wait for the drainage, and then decimate the surviving members who aren't rightfully where they should be. Teamwork, income, roaming, objective control, collapsing, vision control, freezing, ganking, etc.

Players that make new accounts every season. (I'm one of them) The smurfs that crush those poor players just trying to play fairly against somebody their own skill level. It's not their fault entirely, since even if you win all 8 games, have a 19-0 streak, and still only being in gold on a brand new account. System identifies you, categorized your growth, and begins pairing 2 bad with 3 good, and a opposite team of 5 same relative ranking.

From the Void pool, the next thing to do would be a shadow gate division. The only way to open this shadow gate, is to display 10-15 games of mastery of the champion you are playing. Not based on Victory or Defeat. so B+ - S+, consistently making right calls, pings, and proper behavior. Now passing through the gate, right? Introduce 7 instead of 4 parts to this division. This way, if a new account is filtered in, one of those 7 divisions would be favorable to a appropriate rank reflecting their skills. so like.. example.. since all 5s were taken out of each division. have the void gate of "gold" or void gate of "diamond". Giving the player a chance to showcase their skills and appropriate the rank that reflects their level of skill. Of course the influx of players that feel "I should be in this, not this" argument would go around. By giving the ranked system an option to let players SELECT a division they feel most appropriated to. Only after meeting the requirements to be selected by the system, that can be discussed at a later time. (I'd like the players to decide the prerequisites) Now, after being selected. The player is then PAIRED, with another player in the respective division they felt is their skill level. Restriction being same as duo, 2-3 divisions higher is acceptable, others not. So, that players in the void cant select challenger, g/master, diamond, platinum. BUT the players that are Gold-Diamond, may be able to expedite their climbing process.

Say that in the game they selected. They did absolutely atrocious, various mistakes, zero contribution to team effort. However still won. Based on the rank they got. D+ - C+, offering a similar pop up to the demotion window saying, the gate has rejected your efforts. Try again, once you unlock the gate again. HOWEVER the players that received a B- - S+, each yielding, better favor than the other, grants a 50 LP boost for a specified amount of games, capped at 5 win boost. Also adding a protection from loss of LP in defeat, but still having repercussions take away from the boost. Then Placing the player in the division UNDER what they selected. To AFFIRM their skill, and have the pop up say, "you feel like you're being watched" thus if they manage to lose all their games, but still manage to maintain a B average or higher. Give placing them in that division. Until the watchers of the void come visit again.

I'm just suggesting an idea. I'd like to get support for it, feedback, alterations, or if we're lucky implementation of the aforementioned.