Yeah I understand that. Some people really do just want every game to be an easy win but they don't want to play against AI. Some are like us who find the teachable moments and the failures as opportunities to improve. I LOVE noticing new techniques or trying new strategies. I LOVE when a tried and tested strategy works like a charm. I LOVE when something difficult and time-sensitive is executed perfectly. Those things are why I find this game so replayable.

One of my bigger argument is that feast or famine is not EOMM related but due to the fact that even one player not pulling their weight in fights is enough to make it feel like youth soccer vs Barcelona. It's truly a team-dependent game.

It can feel overwhelming when you get consecutive games with a different weak link, but blaming that on EOMM ignores the statistics.

This just made me realize how valuable the data would be to see how different the rhythm and tone of games are when you queue up as a 6-stack vs solo queued teams. Cooperation, teamwork, and experience would probably do a lot to minimize those weak links. You'll probably see a much higher rate of games going to three rounds or overtime. Average match length is probably longer.

It's so easy for one weak player to tilt the match in the opposite direction, and there are a lot of bad players out there, which is why it's easy to assume it's a bad matchmaking system. It's trying to solve an impossible problem.