User blog comment:ObsidianLazarus/Grind for Gold has killed me./@comment-1600221-20131114034611

Yeah, I'm total agreement. However it was a mixed bag :/ I tried in August to get out of Silver V, but couldn't for a variety of reasons (unknown to me at this point.)

Then I try around October-ish and manage to get a TON of wins all the way to Silver I and then started having the same issues as before (I hovered around 75 LP S2 and 20 LP S1)

Then a last try in early November: I got a ton of wins one day all the way to S1 80 LP. I almost got to promos from 93 LP, we were winning that game... Right up to the point enemy Jax hit late-game, and a Ace later, they rushed 4 towers and won. However, I got really frustrated since I had to put so much time into these games of 30-40 minutes and it still wasn't enough.

The nail in the coffin for me was that the last few games I played were actually lost by other team mates (legitimately, though one game was my bad.) Usually it was Nasus getting fed and not harrassed enough (bonus points: both enemy and ally top laners were both ad. Our top decided to not build armor because "it wouldn't help")

I honestly don't like the new league system. Or at the very least: How LP gains become extremely clamped in Silver 1, with 30-60 minute games only resulting in 4-6 lp gain/lose.