Please take Ranked into account!

Pyrrasu·Sep 1, 2014·4 votes·1,298 views

So I just played some devastatingly one-sided Team Builder games (see attachment). One flaw with normal matchmaking is that it can only use normal MMR. But what if someone plays ranked almost exclusively? In the attached game, we're facing a Diamond 1 player using their main role. This person might not play normals ever and so maybe they have a gold MMR even though they're actually much better than that.

My idea: If a person's ranked MMR is dramatically higher than their normal MMR, take it into account by averaging the two MMRs and using that instead as their normal MMR. I understand people will use normals to try new things or queue with friends, so I don't think it should use 100% of the higher MMR.

Would this idea help make more fair matches?

6 Comments

iisnotninjaSep 7, 20142 votes

This goes both ways. I play with plats on my normals, but i currently am climbing through silver 2. The mmr system does not take in to account other game you have played. Just that certain Que (ranked or normal).

DemixSep 8, 20141 votes

dat vayne build tho

iisnotninjaJun 20, 20151 votes

also the higher ranks seem to be saltier when they lose to lower ranks :/

PyrrasuSep 11, 20141 votes

I know, but in cases where individuals have extremely different MMRs (specifically higher in ranked) wouldn't it be better for everyone to slightly raise the normal MMR for the rare occasions when they play normals?

Didn't mention it in my OP but I was duo with the Silver V as well, and the rest of our team was solo. Duoing as Gold V and Silver V in TB, we've gotten Diamond solo players on our team...

iisnotninjaJun 20, 20151 votes

i feel like instead of how many tiers difference the players are, they should restrict us to duoing with someone with a closer mmr. so if some on is in low plat 5 and wants to duo with a rising silver 1 they should be allowed to. For instance when you go on promos your mmr rises, and when you are on a winning streak it goes up even more so. But yes i agree with normals mmr should take ranked games into account. I would make much more sense. especially for those who are diamond and just want a game with other diamonds to practice with before actually going into an LP risking game.