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Gold is not low elo (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by jannaultheal@lemmy.world to c/leagueoflegends@lemmy.world

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Gold is mid elo. Look at the rank distribution - the midpoint where half of the players are above and half are below is somewhere around mid silver. If you're Gold 3 or above, you should be proud!

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[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

Subjective descriptions like "high" and "low" are all a matter of perspective.

From the perspective of pro players it's pretty "low". From the perspective of the larger player population, it's not "low".

Something to consider is that a section of the playerbase is relatively "tryhard" and a section of the playerbase is relatively "casual". The expectations of the former group are higher, because they (perhaps rightfully) expect to generally be a higher rank than the "casual" players. Using completely made up numbers, if the lowest 20% of the ranked population is mostly "casual" players, then the rank distribution for "tryhard" players is mostly about the top 80% of the ranked population, excluding that bottom section where it's mostly players who play just for fun and don't care much about improving / trying to win. From that perspective -- and using those completely made up numbers -- gold may again seem "low" for a "tryhard" player.