re: Official League of Legends Thread

The point of placing you lower than last season is to make you climb. Riot has said this multiple times. Like it or not, it's what makes ranked work. If people got placed back to their original positions, many would just stop playing ranked. Why continue if you've already reached the goal at the start.

I'm in low gold. I will end this year low gold, just like last year and the year before that. I'm not going any higher. If I got placed in gold at the start, I'd have no reason to play ranked.

Yes, many would try to go higher, but a lot of people would not because they know they've reached their peak, or don't feel the need to try anymore.