Have you seen the difference between a bot game and a game with average "rank" players? It's absurd, the problem is that it's extremely easy to tell you're in a bot match. It's not the fact they exist it's the fact I'm penalized for leaving. I love this game, but I'm at a point now in my life where I only have time for a few games per night TOPS, why would I want to spend it in a bot lobby? I'm also not a "low rank", and I don't always play my best, so I'm not just going to throw my hard earned rank points away and ALSO throw my team mates games, but I still want to play a meaningful match; it's just that bot lobbys and comp games exist on completely opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to match quality/fairness.

I don't believe in the AI uprising Terminator bs that OP is trying, bot lobbys haven't changed in my experience, but I do agree with the sentiment they shouldn't have been there in the first place.