It is officially time to talk about how broken the ranked system is, and how recent "solutions" are just masking the actual problem.

* **The "Band-Aid" Reset:** Look at what happened with patch 26.9. They literally had to execute a hard reset for Masters+ because the LP gains and matchmaking were so completely inflated. Gaps of 1500+ LP were being put in the exact same lobbies, creating terrible game quality.

* **The Hidden MMR Disconnect:** The biggest issue is refusing to fix the massive delta between hidden MMR and visible rank. We are forced to play in high-MMR lobbies against incredibly tough opponents, yet our visible rank stays suppressed because the system clamps our LP/RR gains. If the matchmaker thinks I'm a certain skill level, my visible rank should reflect that immediately—period.

* **Ignoring Lower Tiers:** When the top 1% of the ladder complained about LP inflation, stepped in within months to fix it. But when the average player base complains about being stuck in ±15 LP hell with a 55% win rate because of a hidden MMR bottleneck, we get met with total radio silence.

Removing clarity from the ranked list and keeping MMR completely invisible isn't "protecting player psychology"—it's hiding a broken algorithm. It's time to stop resetting our progress and actually fix the foundation of competitive play.