Being Demoted From Gold to Silver

MIA AnneFrank GG·May 24, 2015·2 votes·1,326 views

So. While we all know this is a possibility(and a good feature for people who get "boosted," or anything like that), why in the world do they(Riot) expect people to stay sane with the amount of trolls? And with the general toxicity of the community, you make a single mistake, and not only are you getting reported for something crazy, you've instantly got more trolls on your team. Leading to your eventual demise.

How many do you have to lose/what's the formula before you get demoted to Silver from Gold? Also, what's the amount of decay you'd have to have to be demoted from Gold to Silver?

I plan on getting back to Gold again, and only playing a single game as decay may arise, because this could be the_ second season in a row_ that I lose my (deserved and earned) Gold season rewards to.. these people. Who, for some reason, have the ability to steal all these things you've worked for from you, because they don't take it seriously. Extremely discouraging to play ranked, because people genuinely enjoy taking your LP.

25 Comments

colesyMay 24, 20155 votes

your MMR literally has to be terrible to be demoted down an entire league, so no it's not your team's fault at all, it's on your end.

TilomentryMay 24, 20152 votes

If I remember correctly, your MMR has to be a full division below your rank. As in, If you get demoted from gold to silver, your MMR has to be bronze

MIA AnneFrank GGMay 24, 20152 votes

I've lost quite a few games recently. It's just frustrating because I typically outshine my teammates in a way where it just seems like there's this huge experience gap.

And people seem to keep doing this weird thing where they just assume that the other 80% of your team doesn't matter-- they really do.

RootworthMay 24, 20152 votes

Being reported doesn't get you stuck with 'trolls'. You'd have gotten the same people whether they reported you or not.

And don't blame other people for your struggles. I went from Bronze 3 to Silver 5 in 3 weeks playing Blitzcrank support. I never blamed my team when we lost. I just moved onto the next game. My promos from Bronze 1 to Silver 5, I lost the first two games from an afk (1st game) and troll adc (2nd game); but I ended up winning the next 3 because I played calmly and worked with the teams. You're gonna do shit if you blame other people, bro.

MIA AnneFrank GGMay 25, 20151 votes

It's like you people aren't reading the post =_="

RootworthMay 25, 20151 votes

But I did.

Icestar1186May 24, 20152 votes

blah blah elo hell. We've seen this thread a million times.

MIA AnneFrank GGMay 25, 20152 votes

I don't think you even read the post.

Icestar1186May 30, 20151 votes

I will admit that I usually just skim posts that sound like that. I missed the part where you asked a meaningful question.

MIA AnneFrank GGJun 1, 20151 votes

It's... It's in bold, though... There's literally two questions in bold..

ayychuuMay 24, 20152 votes

if your skills as you say are gold quality then eventually you should get back up there, but your negativity really isnt helping, having a calm mind and positive thoughts can help significantly in terms of your gameplay, enjoying the game, overall win rate. being negative will just lead to tilting and mistakes and bad decisions.

Puri Puri TaricMay 24, 20151 votes

eh idk if your mindset is on dont give a fuck ness then its neither negative or positive its just not caring and thats it.

ayychuuMay 26, 20151 votes

i didnt say "dont give a fuck" what i meant was if someone is either bad or just trolling dont let it put you on tilt by losing your cool. best thing to do in a situation like that is just play and worry about what you can offer your team, but unfortunately if seriously is bad and its 0-20 at 5 mins then just let the enemy team run mid and go on to another game if you think you have the mindset of having a good game, if not just take a break from league

Puri Puri TaricMay 27, 20151 votes

and thats where the problem is most people dont want to let them win so easily and extend the game to 50 mins or longer.

ayychuuMay 27, 20151 votes

its like you have no faith in society bro not everyone is a troll that is only 15 percent of the community i hope you know

Puri Puri TaricMay 28, 20151 votes

lol i played 3000 games i know what is up in this game. and no why should i have faith in what is guided by human error ?

MIA AnneFrank GGJun 1, 20151 votes

It's cool. Some people are lucky and just don't understand. It all comes down to who you're matched with. Some are lucky, some (I guess like us) aren't so lucky. And the lucky ones can't even begin to understand that, it seems like. Kinda like a privilege thing-- If it's not happening to them, it's just not real.

Puri Puri TaricJun 1, 20151 votes

yea i had good games and bad games but mostly bad games cuz the community is just sht but no juan cares as long as they are not affected by it so meh they can suck some d or something.

ZoratuMay 24, 20151 votes

Bro you sound like you just need to calm down and if you get that many toxic/annoying people you can just mute and carry them. And you team has a less chance of getting a troll than their team unless you are a troll yourself.

I think the way it works is if your gold and you are at 0 lp you have to start playing with around silver 3 or 4 players. Some people say its 3 or 4 losses at 0 lp to get demoted but I don't think that's true because im plat 5 and lost about 5 games at 0 lp and didn't get demoted but my mmr is pretty low right now.Although it might have been because my mmr was pretty high.

Good luck getting gold again man

insaiyanbaccaMay 24, 20151 votes

gold doesnt decay anymore bruh

RootworthMay 24, 20151 votes

So it's Bronze to Gold that doesn't decay? Interesting.

insaiyanbaccaMay 24, 20151 votes

mhm if you havent read their post about it ill try and find it

Puri Puri TaricMay 24, 20151 votes

best name i have ever seen.

Wellcome to hell have a nice stay

Mandang0May 26, 20151 votes

There's no longer decay below Plat
I believe you need to play like you belong an entire tier below where you are to get demoted (so playing like a bronze 1 to get demoted into silver 1)

*that second point only applies for demotions from one tier to another, but that's what you're asking about.

VolgariaMay 26, 20151 votes

It sucks, I've been bitching enough lately about league / ranked. There is always ways to improve. Sometimes you get bad luck and lose a lot of games that are out of your control, but in the long run after a lot of games played, you are the only common factor in all of those games. Don't be fine staying in low gold, try and stay competitive. I fucking suck and was low gold two seasons in a row and now I'm silver 4 this season so you should probably disregard this entire post.