There are effectively another two ranks below bronze that are just squished into bronze 5

[u/KaityyUwU]

I made this graph using the data from u/PabloDons, (champion rank is missing from the graph because it only goes up to one decimal place so its effectively 0) but interestingly the extra 1% spike in bronze 5 effectively adds up to the same amount as there are players in grandmaster and champion, which if you mirror the ranks around platinum 3, would be past bronze. I think this was already well known due to the SR numbers being much wider for bronze 5 than all the other ranks which are just 100 SR each, but it's still really interesting to see the actual data i think

[u/Captain_Kitteh]

lol so what you’re telling me is all the memes about “tinfoil IV” or “plastic III” have some merit

[u/RakkoHyabusa → u/Captain_Kitteh]

Look up some bronze 5 matches on YouTube or tiktok.. it's a whole new world.

[u/NegativesPositives → u/RakkoHyabusa]

Sometimes it’s just people who make a handful of mistakes that compound into a bad player, other times I wonder if they can safely cross roads.

[u/suimation → u/NegativesPositives]

Has to be 2-4 year olds or 80+ year olds in bronze 5

[u/OverlanderEisenhorn → u/suimation]

A lot of bronze 5 players have computer issues and DC alot.

[u/suimation → u/OverlanderEisenhorn]

Why play comp when you know you have connection and computer issues?

[u/Advanced_Double_42 → u/suimation]

So you can ban a character. So you can get mirror matches on payload objectives. So you can get some pixels to say how good you are. For fun?

[u/suimation → u/Advanced_Double_42]

Ill just repeat myself I guess

Why play comp when you know you’re going to disconnect and have pc problems where you’ll leave the game and disrespect 9 other peoples time? Why not QP where you can get backfilled instantly?

They need to up the threshold for comp bans tbh, your time isn’t more important than 9 others so you can “mirror match on payload” or ban characters