LoL reported "failures" in its overhauled rewards system for being too complicated – the harder you played, the less BEs you earned than before, and the more you entered the ranks, the slower you got to ranks, and so on.

LoL reported "failures" in its overhauled rewards system for being too complicated – the harder you played, the less BEs you earned than before, and the more you entered the ranks, the slower you got to ranks, and so on.
It was even said that it would take "one year" for a new player to be able to participate in a ranked match....

The linked article is in Japanese.