Lots of new people want to try ranked play and when they queue they see there is some action.. but somehow they are never part of it. Why, they wonder?
The problem is that the people playing have a way higher rank and the system doesn't let people with too different ranks play together. Additionally there is a bug that makes you believe there are more compatible ones than there really are.
I suspect that demotivates some of you and you don't stick around and wait for
more players in your skill range to queue.
But ranked play is great and I would love to see new people.
So, to fix I am organizing a ranked initation event. Tomorrow, Friday at 19:00 CET (that's UTC+1). I call all new players who want to try rank to join the ranked queue at this time.
Don't be shy, just try it :)
I'll keep updating this post with new information as I get it.
Edit: So, I got some feedback to this, quite some ppl are interested. I think we're enough to get a few matches going. Still, talk to your friends and people you play with, advertise this :)
Edit2: I thought mostly of the EUW location for this event, that's also where this time makes most sense. But I have gotten feedback for othert locations as well. Canada and US.
If you're from US/CA and want such an event as well, let me know in the comments, if we get together enough ppl we make one as well! As usual, tell others, spread the info