>>509336942then why do the top players always end up at the top of the ladder every season even when they start fresh accounts?
the real problem is that there are boosters and account buyers so there are huge walls to progression. this was evidenced in WoW starting in TBC:C. the rank 1 players were selling boosts so the average player was being gatekept from Gladiator because of boosters keeping so many accounts in that bracket.
same shit happens in LoL. there are huge barriers because of boosters gatekeeping, and then people buying accounts shitting up the rank because they're way overrated.
the boosters aren't gatekeeping intentionally, but it's an outcome of the service they're providing.
and then when you get into the rank that the boosters sell accounts at, you encounter people that are complete trash and you feel like a smurf.
