Asklemmy

Instead of just placing you in a game with people of similiar skill every game and letting the skill of players determine who wins it tries to force you to keep a 50% winrate.

So for me I was always at silver rank. But that doesn't matter because you have some hidden MMR no one can see but the game which is really what matters (but then why have rank to begin with??)

So I'm silver in a silver game with a 5 game win streak. Logically you'd think I should go up a rank to be placed in my skill level or whatever.

Instead the game sticks me in a team of bronze players who have no idea how to play while the enemy team is all gold and platinum players. No matter how good you play you can't carry that, so the game places you into a pre-determined loss situation and punishes you for playing well, making it harder to move up in rank.

Like after winning three games I know I need to brace myself because the game is about to force me to lose.

I assume this is a mechanic to keep people playing longer, because then you get frustrated and want to hit that play again button. If you do a win streak, or even lose a close game, you're more likely to be satisfied and just log out.

Most games are a steamroll one way or another and that's not fun to me. I want a challenging, close game, not a free win where the enemy is all bronze and one poor schmuck in gold getting punished for their win streak.

Please just put me in silver games with other silver players, and if your MMR thinks I belong in another rank then just put me in that rank and don't do that steamroll rubber banding bullshit where how I play doesn't even matter because the outcome is predetermined anyway.

I just realized how toxic the match making system was and quit. I would end my nights feeling angry and frustrated.