Kinen's Aimless Wander through Rankedland

[quote=Pheyniex]hopefully you can still make it to silver! =3[/quote]

[quote=Kinen][spoiler=Game 19 - Victory][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JL2URdb.jpg[/IMG][/spoiler] Is this clamping? The distribution of peoples ranks are starting to return to what it was after placements, but LP gains haven't gotten any better. Tough game and my support is still messy. Really, really bad Ezreal, but fortunately he brought his gold IV friend with him. I spent that match praying that Zed wouldn't do anything stupid. I shoulda grabbed a Mikael's for the occasions he got caught in Leona's CC, I kept thinking that, but then when I got back I'd just be like 'nope, need more oracles'. We very nearly lost it but Vayne would rather attack champions instead of the Nexus which gave us the chance to save it and then go for victory.[/quote]

[quote=Pheyniex]I think you will only notice clamping when you get to 90LP but people have been dropping so much, and since it also keeps most of the playerbase, I don't know if it is that strong.[/quote]

[quote=Vapora Dark]Yes, you are clamping. It happens in division 1 of any tier unless your MMR is so high that you should already be a division or 2 into the next tier already. Clamping doesn't mean your MMR is bad, it just means it's average.[/quote]

[quote=Kinen][spoiler=Game 20 - Victory][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lWyaOnb.jpg[/IMG][/spoiler] 6-in-a-row and good-to-go. Or actually not, still far off promos and I need to get some sleep before rowing tomorrow. That was a fun game. Frustrating in some parts (Vayne got caught way too much and Lulu's warding was extremely lacklustre) but fun. It got scarily close in some parts, but all it took was one good combo from me to pretty much guarantee an ace. Really. QRW and suddenly Varus, Brand and Sona are on slivers of health. If I skip my music rehearsal tomorrow I might just be able to make it to promos. I'll see what progress I make after my outing.[/quote]

[quote=Kinen]Game 21 - Victory Took the wrong screenshot. Not a great deal to say about it. Just 7 LP. [spoiler=Game 22 - Defeat][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xkTJzKP.jpg[/IMG][/spoiler] That I should have been able to win. Vayne got ludicrously fed, I watched Yorick do some stupid crap over and over and over, but it was definitely winnable. I need to take control of the team and direct them where I want them rather than watch them make horrible decisions. [spoiler=Game 23 - Defeat][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ezf58Fw.jpg[/IMG][/spoiler] Mid and top were pretty awful and Rengar made pretty much no contribution until well after 6. Riven was stupidly, stupidly fed. That said, I didn't do well at all. Started off well, then lost a chunk of health in a long lag spike. I really wanted to push that Vayne under the tower but that would have rendered Leona unable to really do anything. Sadly, we never really managed to make use of her kit. I've very little experience playing with hard engage supports. By some quirk of fate, I pretty much always lane with something like Sona, Janna or Lulu. With that, Silver is pretty much unreachable. I've already missed my music rehearsal and I'm enjoying playing a bit, but unless I suddenly get miraculous LP gains I'm just gonna play a few for fun.[/quote]

[quote=Wayne3100]Shame, was hoping you could make it :([/quote]

[quote=Pheyniex]Same here.[/quote]

[quote=Kinen]Ah well, another season begins soon. I'll steadily climb through the preseason and hopefully my placements won't be phenomenally awful this time. Thanks for the support guys throughout my rushed entry to ranked.[/quote]

[quote=Kaggboer2012]HA I MADE IT TO 91 POINTS!! i am so awesome :3[/quote]