I wouldn’t categorize all top tier players that way. Some (for lack of a better term atm) basement dwellers find it fun to gatekeeper and ruin peoples time but that’s such a small %. Most top tier players (from what I’ve seen) don’t mind the challenge of going against each other *but* hate doing it every match. It becomes frustrating and 0 fun. Playing the rest of the player base are easy matches for them, which makes up most of the matches (it seems). If a ranked system came in, the regular players would have better odds of winning and theoretically closer matches but still not go flawless (albeit probably have more fun playing) while the high end players would have more challenging matches (theoretically at the same as the rest of the community with all things being equal) but some would definitely complain it’s not fun anymore. Definitely went on a tangent but, as it stands, the mode is broken and nothing other than *another* rework can fix it. Small bandaids and tweaks won’t fix its underlying problems. I’m curious for next season’s comp relaunch though. It’s next season right?

You are correct. The truth does ring out You’re one of the people that likes to gatekeep Sad really, but if that’s all you have to make you happy🤷🏼‍♂️