Imagine playing your heart out in a 45 minute game to lose like this

I don't believe in elo hell but this game does have very wonky ranked matchmaking.

I remember one season I was gold 1 and I did over 20 promotion series to platinum. I was trying to get plat in like less than 100 games at a season reset. The game did not want me to climb that fast. I lost every series with a 2:1+ KDR consistent. I lost games going 40/0, 30/2, 46/2, the list goes on. I literally checked my teammates and was getting paired with people as low as BRONZE and it was pairing me against people as high as DIAMOND to artificially make sure I couldn't "climb too fast". Not ONCE did I play against a silver or bronze player, but they were consistently on my team some how.

Some of these complaints are kinda sorta valid. But if you're good you will climb after 500+ games or a lot of games in the end. It is impossible to really be stuck forever in "elo hell".

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