After finally hitting Diamond solo, I'm out. It feels like every new update is rigged more against solo players. Solo comping was always brutal, but now I'm basically forced to find a duo partner. What's more, I can tell the player base is hemorrhaging, because I'm seeing a lot of the same names over and over. (Alternate99, are you here?)

The new changes to group queuing are already killing QP. Tryhards can't 6-stack whoopass anymore, so now they do it in QP. You will almost always face a OAA squad now, even on new smurfs. I feel incredibly bad for anyone getting into this game now.

If I talk Rivals with anyone now, I either get a "LOLOLOL GET GUD SCRUB" from someone horrifically addicted to this as their main game, or - what I usually get - is "yeah man that's why I quit 6 months ago, why are you still playing?" Yet Netease wants to bullshit that there aren't engagement mechanics in the matchmaking, when it clearly plays on dopamine feedback with overwhelming evidence.

It's kinda wild how you can tell someone is addicted to this game, and those are really the only folks left.