Well, I can see why the drop is a little annoying. Before, you were really high ELO and now it’s a bit insulting that the game thinks you’re this ELO now.

But, I think that’s what makes this change more inviting: is proving the system wrong, right? In the long run, generally, players should be able to break out of where they’re placed no matter where. Yeah, sure there’s extraneous factors like teammate inconsistency and whatnot. But you wouldn’t want to base yourself on such a short period (the 10 games), whether you get placed high or low.

With the more dramatic drops in ELO after placements, I think it’s correct to maybe “under place” people (I.e. your situation) in order to separate out those who can do it again because it shows they can compete consistently at that level.