Pretty annoyed with this game. I played three games in a row and a leaver occurred. It could be a genuine Good competitive game.
Instead, you are basically punished if someone leaves.
That single person who left should be penalised with a big SR Loss / season long Ban.
They do get season bans eventually.
But they have to get there gradually (think its the 3rd or 4th), as Blizzard can’t tell the type of leaver. If someones Internet dies, or there is a power cut, that isn’t their fault and a hard punishment is grossly unfair.
But also, you have to accept the SR loss if you lose. You still lost the match, you can’t expect a free loss. And SR isn’t that important if you’re improving as a player, you’ll get a win rate of over 50% anyways, so will have climbed.
A few games here and there can be annoying, I agree. But it is just recency bias. Play enough games and it makes no difference.