High ranked players dropping MMR to play lower ranked players… I am in Gold 1 and I am playing against smurfs and diamonds who drop rank to play against lower league players
That’s a thing in every game, you usually play against other actual gold players tho (gold 1 as well). I wouldn’t worry about it and just play the next game. I guess if you recognize the name you could just leave the game and queue up again.
Ah I feel you. I do that. I don’t want a 50/50 win lose ratio, it’s not nice for the ego, you know?
But joke’s on me now, I dropped so low that the % of smurfs is sooooo high that it’s super hard to get out of this hell hole. I’m a Dia 2 stuck in Bronze 1.
The game is more fun where the “golden balance” is. Especially in team play, too low skill opponents (or allies) and you don’t feel challenged (or like you’re doing everything in vain on your own). Too high skill, and you realise you can not afford a split second distraction, a missklick, or your typing skills on the keyboard are too low.
The fun is exactly where the most “normal” people are: decent skills to enjoy the game, while not stressing too much because you had to AFK a few seconds to get up and open the door for a family member returning home, or that you missclicked because your mouse movement freaked and jumped the pointer somewhere (it just happens), or your APM is below 300… these all resulting in a lost match. It’s a sad state of defining “skill” in this game as it has been for many years now.
So it’s understandable why some high rank players enjoy to play in lower leagues. I’d do that too for the reasons I mentioned.