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Amarok
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia2003 Posts
September 09 2015 03:39 GMT
#321
They just need to slightly lower the threshold at which you skip promotions between divisions, while making a similar adjustment for demotions. That solves the "I'm winning heaps of games then losing my promos" problem and smooths the progression of your visible rank to your hidden rank.
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
September 09 2015 03:44 GMT
#322
On September 09 2015 11:19 Nemireck wrote:
Just because the system works doesn't mean they can't tweak it to make it a less frustrating experience. The reality is that really, everything is based off your "hidden" MMR, it's what the system actually shows you that becomes annoying.

Tweaking the system is incredibly easy. Besides, it's not like they haven't tweaked it before. There has been many fixes for clamping, etc. and there are tons of changes that Riot made but were never made public.

For example, around July last year Riot adjusted matchmaking to put a much more skilled team on the purple side to counteract the blue side advantage. Later on they fixed a bug that put too many Challenger players on the purple side. There are probably tons of other changes that got pushed to live that I haven't noticed because it's actually pretty hard to locate them despite having close to 100 million games of data to mine from.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
JimmiC
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Canada22817 Posts
September 09 2015 04:26 GMT
#323
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Sonnington
Profile Joined December 2012
United States1107 Posts
September 09 2015 06:04 GMT
#324
On September 09 2015 13:26 JimmiC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2015 12:33 Sonnington wrote:
So I checked out a replay of that Zilean jungle guy. He went golems, red, waited a few seconds, then did wolves before backing. It worked out pretty well. You get level three then just start ganking like crazy. I think you pretty much have to start on red buff to get the passive hp regen.

I tried it out and a wrecked during laning phase, hard. I went something like 4-0-4 in the first 15-20 minutes. Then I kinda licked balls because I suck at landing bombs and I was bad at applying the ult properly.


Do you think it could actually work vs oeople of same skill as you. Or does it work for the guy cause he is so much better?

Sure, I like to think anything is possible. It's just comparatively bad. Other junglers do jungling better than him. The only thing he can do well is gank and counter gank. Even that isn't great. There's no guarantee he'll land two bombs for the stun.

I mean, his first clear is three camps and he has to wait a few seconds to clear his third camp. He leaves his second buff up to be counter jungled and if anyone blows on him too hard during his first clear he's dead. He has to 100% commit to ganking lanes to earn an income. He can't farm the jungle well until he gets an item. Even with an item his clear is bad. So there's no "farm your way back into the game" for him. His objective control is terrible. He only has bombs to contribute to taking down a dragon and he doesn't want to tank it.

But it's so much fun! Give it a try!
VayneAuthority
Profile Joined October 2012
United States8983 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-09 13:49:55
September 09 2015 13:47 GMT
#325
On September 09 2015 12:33 Sonnington wrote:
So I checked out a replay of that Zilean jungle guy. He went golems, red, waited a few seconds, then did wolves before backing. It worked out pretty well. You get level three then just start ganking like crazy. I think you pretty much have to start on red buff to get the passive hp regen.

I tried it out and a wrecked during laning phase, hard. I went something like 4-0-4 in the first 15-20 minutes. Then I kinda licked balls because I suck at landing bombs and I was bad at applying the ult properly.


I did it in a diamond game and the opposite happened, I got counter jungled hard by elise early but then lategame I carried with my slows/speed ups and ult. ended 6-3-12 or something like that.

I almost fell out of my chair laughing when midgame I maxed E second and speed boosted my viktor toward their team and he just ran in before their adc could react and instabursted tristana LOL

E maxed is so strong its crazy

it also made me think of a fun gangplank centric push comp.

Between barrels/gp ult/zilean bombs you have insane control over an area. I think if you added a heimerdinger and then tristana for your tower killer you have the making of an incredibly annoying team. as jungler you would probably want something like ekko just to keep bubbling your own team and make engaging really hard. Sounds like a funny team on paper
I come in for the scraps
Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
September 09 2015 14:17 GMT
#326
http://www.twitch.tv/slyris_gaming

Rekkles and Febiven playing against imp on KR ladder.
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
Ansibled
Profile Joined November 2014
United Kingdom9872 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-09 14:29:05
September 09 2015 14:27 GMT
#327
On September 09 2015 09:39 Sufficiency wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2015 09:10 Ketara wrote:
And then if you keep losing games during the promo series and winning games outside of them you stay the same division while your mmr goes up and its super frustrating, and then when you finally win a series you skip a division or start getting 30 LP on a win or whatever which feels hollow and makes you disillusioned with the system.

I have played thousands of league games sufficiency. I know how the system makes me feel. Don't be that guy.


It's just your anecdote. The fact of the matter is that it works. A Gold I player from Season 4 takes significantly fewer games to return to Gold than a Gold V player, for example.

[image loading]

To me this graph is a pretty good indicator of frustration, that's a lot of games for some people. It's more than I play in a season, but I never really have issues getting gold for free skins in the 10-20 games I play either so.
'StarCraft is just a fairy tale told to scare children actually.'
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Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
September 09 2015 15:47 GMT
#328
On September 09 2015 23:27 Ansibled wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2015 09:39 Sufficiency wrote:
On September 09 2015 09:10 Ketara wrote:
And then if you keep losing games during the promo series and winning games outside of them you stay the same division while your mmr goes up and its super frustrating, and then when you finally win a series you skip a division or start getting 30 LP on a win or whatever which feels hollow and makes you disillusioned with the system.

I have played thousands of league games sufficiency. I know how the system makes me feel. Don't be that guy.


It's just your anecdote. The fact of the matter is that it works. A Gold I player from Season 4 takes significantly fewer games to return to Gold than a Gold V player, for example.

[image loading]

To me this graph is a pretty good indicator of frustration, that's a lot of games for some people. It's more than I play in a season, but I never really have issues getting gold for free skins in the 10-20 games I play either so.


It's not a lot of games. If you are on the higher side of Gold it doesn't actually take that many games to return to gold. The struggle is real only when you were barely gold last season.

Not to mention it takes time for players to adjust to the new season.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
nafta
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria18893 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-09 15:51:09
September 09 2015 15:50 GMT
#329
Also keep in mind that the first games have a bigger impact on your mmr and lp gains. You also get increased lp gain in the first like 50 games.

It is a new season for everyone so don't think that matters at all.
Numy
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
South Africa35471 Posts
September 09 2015 15:53 GMT
#330
Do you really get increased LP gains? That may explain why it was so quick going from silver 2 up to Gold 3 now even though I didn't play last season.
nafta
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria18893 Posts
September 09 2015 15:55 GMT
#331
Well I don't know it for a fact but a lot of people had the same experience in the start of this season. My lp went from +30/-13 to +15/-25 after the 50 game mark. Seems a rather big difference to be just a coincidence.
VayneAuthority
Profile Joined October 2012
United States8983 Posts
September 09 2015 16:05 GMT
#332
yea thats how its always been. or else smurfs would sit in silver/gold forever, same with people that should be bronze.
I come in for the scraps
Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
September 09 2015 16:43 GMT
#333


OG arrived in Korea yesterday. TSM, fnatic, C9, CLG, OG and H2K, all West in Korea l o l.

btw febiven made challenger league in KR ladder.
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
September 09 2015 16:54 GMT
#334
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Mensol
Profile Joined September 2012
14536 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-09 17:00:51
September 09 2015 16:57 GMT
#335
On September 10 2015 01:54 krndandaman wrote:
None to china?

Unfortunately yes.

Only ahq is in China afaik. They are practicing in EDG house. Mountain says that EDG is 15-0 against ahq in scrims. ahq usually getting gold lead in early but falling in late according to him.
If you don't know what the fuck you are doing, how are your enemies supposed to know what the fuck you are doing. - imaqtpie on NA teams at Worlds.
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35172 Posts
September 09 2015 17:24 GMT
#336
On September 10 2015 01:54 krndandaman wrote:
None to china?

Not much point when they all play on the Korean server anyway, in addition to Korea being easier to get into.
Goumindong
Profile Joined February 2013
United States3529 Posts
September 09 2015 17:58 GMT
#337
On September 09 2015 23:27 Ansibled wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2015 09:39 Sufficiency wrote:
On September 09 2015 09:10 Ketara wrote:
And then if you keep losing games during the promo series and winning games outside of them you stay the same division while your mmr goes up and its super frustrating, and then when you finally win a series you skip a division or start getting 30 LP on a win or whatever which feels hollow and makes you disillusioned with the system.

I have played thousands of league games sufficiency. I know how the system makes me feel. Don't be that guy.


It's just your anecdote. The fact of the matter is that it works. A Gold I player from Season 4 takes significantly fewer games to return to Gold than a Gold V player, for example.

[image loading]

To me this graph is a pretty good indicator of frustration, that's a lot of games for some people. It's more than I play in a season, but I never really have issues getting gold for free skins in the 10-20 games I play either so.


That is true. But the vast majority of those gold 5 players probably are not actually gold 5 by "centered" MMR but Silver 1 by "centered" MMR. I mean, after 5 to 6 promotions its highly likely that someone who isn't actually gold 5 but rather the middle of Silver 1 will promote. If they play enough games they will get there by random chance.
Frolossus
Profile Joined February 2010
United States4779 Posts
September 09 2015 18:24 GMT
#338
On September 10 2015 02:58 Goumindong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2015 23:27 Ansibled wrote:
On September 09 2015 09:39 Sufficiency wrote:
On September 09 2015 09:10 Ketara wrote:
And then if you keep losing games during the promo series and winning games outside of them you stay the same division while your mmr goes up and its super frustrating, and then when you finally win a series you skip a division or start getting 30 LP on a win or whatever which feels hollow and makes you disillusioned with the system.

I have played thousands of league games sufficiency. I know how the system makes me feel. Don't be that guy.


It's just your anecdote. The fact of the matter is that it works. A Gold I player from Season 4 takes significantly fewer games to return to Gold than a Gold V player, for example.

[image loading]

To me this graph is a pretty good indicator of frustration, that's a lot of games for some people. It's more than I play in a season, but I never really have issues getting gold for free skins in the 10-20 games I play either so.


That is true. But the vast majority of those gold 5 players probably are not actually gold 5 by "centered" MMR but Silver 1 by "centered" MMR. I mean, after 5 to 6 promotions its highly likely that someone who isn't actually gold 5 but rather the middle of Silver 1 will promote. If they play enough games they will get there by random chance.

that's because of elo fluctuation right?

it's not like the player is silver 1 or gold 5, it'd be more like they are roughly ~1500 elo when the cutoff was 1520 or whatever it used to be.
this means that if they pass 1520 then fall back down to 1500 they get placed into g5 because of the cutoff but they are still being matched with and against the same group of players.
VayneAuthority
Profile Joined October 2012
United States8983 Posts
September 09 2015 18:39 GMT
#339
this isnt even factoring in things like the fact that riot constantly patches. I've seen single broken champions that are under the radar boost gold players into diamond, sometimes skill level is thrown out in the window due to champions.

Thats why a lot of the times you will be like wtf how is that guy in this tier?

then you check his lolking or whatever and he has 80% winrate with soraka and then under 50% with everything else.
I come in for the scraps
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-09-09 19:14:00
September 09 2015 19:13 GMT
#340
why isn't there like a demotion series along with a promotion series

nvm i'm just salty probably wouldn't solve anything lol
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