Archive post, October 2011. Compensation Mode was a Season 1 answer to a bad server day, and the rating it halves doesn't exist in any form you can read any more. Season 3 replaced the single ELO ladder with the League system, so ranked standing runs on tiers, divisions and League Points now, and your matchmaking rating stays hidden behind them. Read it as a note on how Riot handled lag back when every player could see their own number.
Some of you may have noticed that it says "Compensation Mode is activated" up near the upper left hand side of the screen. What does this mean? It means that the servers are especially laggy right now, and although it's playable, it's not optimal.
Therefore, Riot is giving out loss forgivens for any losses that you might have, but also halving the amount of ELO you gain from ranked to compensate for inflation.
So if you can deal with the lag and are already past your placement matches, feel free to play a couple games of ranked worry free :)
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