Recently posted by /u/evrmoar

Hey, the designer who made it here! Sorry you're frustrated, but I can have an honest conversation about what's going on here.

Yes, you can get a few points from doing better but it's not going to be enough to try and push you in a rank you don't belong in. Your gains are based on your MMR, your MMR is how we find you fair matches and where you think you belong. At the end of the day you will reach the Rank you are currently playing at skill/winrate wise, and you have to improve to climb higher. At some point we have to hold you accountable for the rank you belong at.

These matches do matter, because they increase your MMR. If you are consistently doing well you will increase your MMR. Ranked is a ladder, there is no hidden system that is trying to hold you back. If you beat opponents you climb up the ladder and push them down. You need to beat opponents more consistently then you are being beaten to climb the ladder. If you win more then you lose you will most likely climb, also your RR gains/losses will reverse.

Looking at your past win rate, last Season you had a 47% win rate. I think it's fair to say that if you aren't winning, more then you are losing, you probably are going to struggle to climb. We can't just let players grind the system, and not be net positive, and climb. Unfortunately, like I said above, we have to hold you accountable for your actual performance and you will be at the rank you belong in.

It can be frustrating but I would really focus on winning, trying to get better, and I promise you will climb. We don't have hold people back, you get points based on who you win against(we just add complicated math to get you to your rank faster). Good luck in future seasons!

https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/lwlyea/an_open_letter_to_riot_about_the_ranking_system/gpk7bbt/