@Riot Victorious skins and earning them

Hex the FenFen·11/6/2014, 10:53:07 PM·3 votes·498 views

I realize how much hard work it takes to move up ranks in Ranked Mode, I am Silver myself. I realize those who play ranked need to be rewarded as well. But then comes the issue of what about those who do not like playing ranked simply because of the toxicity, or because of the unbalanced nature of the matchmaking? Why is there never another chance for normal players to be allowed to own that skin too? Rito didn't want to reward those who spent real money on the game because it was not fair to the other people who didn't. But if you think about it, this is the same thing. I realize it has always been this way but, it seems less and less fair each year. I was sick all year and stuck either in a doctor's office or bed, sadly i couldn't make it up that rank this year. I feel like there should be another opportunity for others to get the skins. I realize this will spark a lot of angry replies and posts, but please understand the point i am making.

3 Comments

HitsFromTheBomb11/7/2014, 12:35:55 AM2 votes

if they just made it a set number of normal wins to get it that wouldn't be so bad like 300 or something , a ranked player wont waste time just for rewards to spend that much time on normals, and a normal player who doesnt do ranked will probably play hundreds of games throughout a season and can get something for doing well in those.

Onegarion11/7/2014, 4:46:05 AM1 votes

Well whats the point in ranked if you don't get the rewards? Sure you get an icon and a border, but thats not what most people aim for. Once people get that gold tier when they get the skin is where its at. The only ones who go hard to get the next league up for borders are those already towards the top or already a high elo player.

If it was geared to be based off of normal matches that would be simple. I'd stop playing ranked until all my normal matches were played. Personally I've played over 1k ranked matches in just this season alone. I've played quite a few normals to for warm ups and to have fun. This feat would be simple.

The big problem though is what about the player that can't play anything, but bots because their internet is so terrible? Do we now make it easier for them and gear it towards them? You can't really draw the line until you just give it to people for free. There has to be some real effort to get it and honestly ranked is the best way to put a proper gate in front to make sure only "good" players get it.