User blog comment:Nhan-Fiction/A Casual Attitude Waters Down Ranked Play/@comment-216.36.26.248-20130309101058/@comment-216.36.26.248-20130319141930

I realize it's been a while, but I was checking on replies to my posts. There are 10 players per game, four other players on your team, five on theirs.

This means, provided you are at least mediocre relative to your opponents, you will win more games than you will lose. One bad player on either team will inevitably cause more losses than playing extraordinarily good on your part.

This means that solo queue, if played enough, will result in high rankings simply by virtue of random luck. Better players will achieve higher rankings more quickly, but mediocrity will still suffice.

I maintain that team rankings are the only ones with any relevance. I don't think there should be a solo/duo queue ranked.