Why is the matchmaking system so awful?

[Rainbows]

Rankless matched with Gold. Diamond 1's matched with plat 4's... need I say more?

It's horrible.

[ThaCa]

This was their band aid solution to lower population playing Ranked. It's quite awful and only slightly improves the queue times.

[Rainbows]

This was their band aid solution to lower population playing Ranked. It's quite awful and only slightly improves the queue times.

It sucks, please fix SE.

[Eastwall]

Force you to become a better melee So you can hard carry, or force you to get a pay raise in your job so you can afford the alternative solution...

[Valence]

Incite more players to queue and you'll probably get less lopsided rankings.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

Incite more players to queue and you'll probably get less lopsided rankings.

[Teno]

You have yet to see rank 1 matched with diamond 3, or simply 0 games at all if you're not crystal before 2 weeks into the season. That's just the consequence of nobody playing ranked.

[Elfidan]

You have yet to see rank 1 matched with diamond 3, or simply 0 games at all if you're not crystal before 2 weeks into the season. That's just the consequence of nobody playing ranked.

This is a DATA Center issue. We have actual proof on primal time spent can get you anywhere you want to be. There's a player with 800+ wins in the top 100 surrounded by people with double digit wins. Actual proof you don't have to get ranked quickly you just have to no life it until you get there.

All jokes aside participation will never improve with things staying as they are, because hardcore players want snappy response time and casual players want rewards. Neither are available.

[HirokiR]

I feel like I need to create a ticket with how awful the pairings are. I dunno whose bad side I got on to have such horrid pairings. ‘Cause Statistical Probability only explains this disenchantment so far.

[Valence]

It's incredible the propensity of that game to consciously always put me in the losing team I swear