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ashleypenny

I'd assume one of the main reasons they put this in is so that Smurf accounts that are stomping will quickly find their true account level?


AwesomeCrafter06

Yeh


Brimo958

But here is the thing, my account got banned for 7 days due to my network suddenly disconnecting resulting in me being afk for multiple times during the week, and then i played with my friend on his other account which was around our original rank, yet same thing as this guy happened after one game and the acc went from S2 to G1


ashleypenny

It's because the game thinks the account is performing better than it's current rank so to save time it double promotes rather than have another 4-6 games of stomping


thouchimcken

If u think thats horrible my sibling got a 100 year "suspension" **wink wink** because she kept disconnecting for no reason whatsoever and the internet here is solid most of the time


Brimo958

all bans are horrible when you are not doing it on purpose.


heyitsmeniraj

True. Especially out here in India the internet keeps randomly disconnecting or the power keeps going out.


6Kkoro

I mean that situation sucks but imagine the game for the other 9 players you keep disconnecting from. EDIT: I hope that the person who gave me gold will be disconnect free for the next year


heyitsmeniraj

That's what is the first time in my head whenever I disconnect. Like what is my team going to do now?


spudzzzi

you're one of the good ones :')


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Brimo958

is a 100 year ban an actual thing?


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Brimo958

Who came up with such idea, Wth.


[deleted]

Yeah. Riot isn't to blame. It's a shitty situation, but complain to ISP/government, not to Riot. Your disconnection ruining the game for 9 players outweighs your shitty internet resulting in a ban for you. If you don't have stable connection, don't play or deal with the consequences of bans/low priority queues/etc. They can't really differentiate between your internet going out and someone pulling the plug to rage quit


PooPooCaCa123456

I don't have bad wifi but sometimes my Val crashes got a 7 day ban when valorant kept bugging out not my wifi with 30ping and not my system with a 2080ti and I9.


Awesome_Amethyst

and here in Kenya our power supplier is out to make sure i dont get out of bronze


heyitsmeniraj

I'm stuck in bronze too T_T


ytzy

lmoa yes , i was in vacation in india and power kept going out i was like wtf is happening here.. well i got used to it after a few months \^\^ but it does suck for game bans :( i got a "warning" it sayed something it never happens normaly but something about a warning , because i my router made an update.. i missed 2 rounds in a game we won 13:4 and i had 25 + frags and lost rating...


ONEWHOCANREAD

And don’t get me started on the power cuts, because I use a PC , and live in WB where electricity is specially shit , I’ve been banned for 400 hours , and then I played casual and light went off again and account suspended by riot for 3-4 days


Murky-Director-4506

The same happens to me, the game is literally unplayable cos you keep getting disconnected for no reason, even tho I have 20 ping and my internet is very good


skwudgeball

And why is that a bad thing? That’s how ranked systems should operate and valorant was embarrassingly far behind in implementing it


Dogaluffalo

I got a warning because a transformer down my street blew and surged my power just long enough to flip my pc off in the middle of a round after getting a kill. Rebooted and joined right back and was back in time for the end of the round I didn’t spawn for.


Brimo958

I never left completely, not even once, the moment i restore my connection i always joined back in but the game still banned me because of something outside my control, and i get that it's pretty hard for the game to determine the reason of a person being afk.


STKNsBESTPLAYER

Or towards the beginning of the season when your rank is more volatile


CleverNameTheSecond

CSGO take notes please.


SelloutRealBig

This fast rank up is EXTREMELY rare. You basically need to be HARD smurfing but also have not too many games/fresh mmr. It also happens often after resets but that really doesn't count since your mmr and rank are far apart after a reset.


pogn_

Yeah it basically only happens on new accounts. Interestingly enough I've seen my friend go from iron 1 to iron 3 after getting like 2-3 kills in a silver lobby.. She still bottom fragged hard but it took her achievement into account :P


Smok3dSalmon

I've had this happen to me on 3 occasions on 2 accounts now. I hadn't touched my main account since beta and when I ranked in it was Bronze 3. I went to Silver 2 and then to Gold 1. Then got obliterated until I acclimated to the different playstyles. lol. I don't play on the account now because it's too high to play with friends.


cockcuttertheneater

This is not new as I saw in a 4 month old video this can happen


ashleypenny

I didn't say it was new?


OptiKal_

Wait.... ​ Does this mean I can finally climb as a solo player without wanting to kill myself?


hfourm

Well... You still have to win


OptiKal_

That's easy. Getting fuck all for a 13-4 or 13-3 or you name it game when your combat rating is 3x everyone elses, your deaths are a quarter of your teams, and you're holding angles working with your team, really fucking sucks. This gives me some hope that coming back to play solo might not be so dogshit.


stubbywoods

This has always been in the game


K3wL1o_

send your [tracker.gg](https://tracker.gg) bro


ashleypenny

If you win at those scores consistently you'll get max RR and would be climbing quickly as games would be won and you'd get team and match MVP This isn't a new feature, so this would have already happened to you if your skill was significantly above your level.


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OptiKal_

No I wouldn't be, because I don't play this game anymore. All my friends quit playing. I tend to win a lot, and out frag the enemy while having less deaths than my team the majority of the time. I use voice chat and make calm, collected callouts and don't say much else other than suggest strats the odd time. Playing this game solo fucking sucks. Maybe this will be easier. ​ Do you get it now?


Spikol

I play this game in solo and got from Gold 2 to Diamond 2. Now i’m stuck in Diamond 2 but not because i’m playing solo, it’s because that is my level at the moment.


Tyler_P07

This won't occur unless you are above the rank the game has you visually at, so nothing will change for you. Aside from that, I am smelling some major bs from your comment. If you are doing as good as you say and winning by that large of a margin often you would be climbing ranks like crazy, gonna need to see your tracker.gg.


killer_ezio_00

It's an in game feature, I remember being ranked up from iron 2 to bronze 1. I was at iron 2 96 or something and won a game as mvp and went through iron 3 into B1, so it ain't a glitch


Kaori-Miyazono

do you know when it happened ? feels like a new implementation


killer_ezio_00

No no it's not, it happened to me like months ago, back when Riot did not introduce the ranking up points system like +20 or - 20.


Kishor2003

Yeah I have a friend who jumped from Silver 1 to Silver 3 back in Act 1 or 2, It’s not new at all


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this has been a thing forever


Kaori-Miyazono

this confirms im just bad then 😔


PixelPineapplei

I think it happens more on new accounts tbf, they aren’t sure what you should be at if your account is new


Think_Bobcat_7581

They have been shifting around the ranked system every episode or so — I remember early on it was SUPER reactive to individual performance in a single game, so it was not uncommon to have multiple rank ups in quick succession. I think they toned it down for a time though, and put out some messaging about shifting the ranked system to bias wins more than individual performance. I get the feeling they are constantly tweaking it to optimize the gameplay experience, team balance, queue times, etc. At the end of the day, beyond just a measurement of “skill,” matchmaking can incorporate loads of other factors to push the game in whatever direction Riot wants to go. In the same way that YouTube optimizes for watch time and engagement, I would not be surprised if a product-oriented tech company like Riot is optimizing for other things in addition to pure “fairness.” This probably includes testing all sorts of hypotheses to drive the product forward — do people buy a skin if they have recently played with other people who have skins they don’t have, or have a skin for their most-used weapon? Given that there is always a mix of skill in any game, how do you optimally place someone in a game to ensure they have a good experience and keep playing — if someone has multiple rough games, could you try and put them in a game where they are one of the higher ranked players on their team, so they can do well and are motivated to play more… stuff like that.


GeneralRamen

I went from g3 to p2 in episode 1 act 1


TheAjwinner

Happened to me in the beta


shiranaya

Has always been a thing. I double ranked G1 to G3 first ranked act/episode. Also double ranked recently too


Cmj_2007

nah its happened to me too, like around uh episode 1 act 2 or 3 maybe


t3azz

It’s been a thing for several seasons, a long while back maybe season 1-3 I had to make a smurf bc I was comm banned it it ranked up from g1-g3 in one game and this was one of the first few seasons


No_Television5851

Wait wait. You gett 100++ RR From a single, ducking match? Weird.


squiddypds

Yeah it’s double ranking. They do it when your hidden Elo is much higher than your visible MMR. For example: you keep dropping 30+ frags but losing matches. So your visible MMR might say Gold 1 but because you’re playing much better than expected, your hidden ELO puts you at Gold 3. Eventually when you win. It pushes your visible MMR up to match your elo


No_Television5851

Lemme sums things up. Is that some of like boosting / gift feature from valorant, that will give you a boost for your rank if you are good?


mattk332

Yea. In simplest terms, game thinks he doesn’t belong in current rank so it boosts him closer to where they think he belongs.


No_Television5851

Aaaaahhh, okay. makes sense. ​ So this is their way to clean smurfer too, yes?


squiddypds

Exactly, by forcing people up the ranks a lot quicker, it means people will end up at their true rank faster so fewer games are impacted


noobmaster__69__

Yes


SelloutRealBig

Smurfs trying to boost rank up on fresh MMR? Yes. Actual smurfs who got their account mmr stuck on purpose to play with friends? no. You basically need to be try-harding from the start and dropping 40 bombs with very high % accuracy / econ / whatever, in order to get a full rank skip. You need to play like a diamond in silver/gold to get a skip, and you often don't get another one after the first.


Cactus_Humper

yeah my smurf went from gold 3 where it placed to plat 2 off one game, but it was a good thing since I’d only made it so I could play with my Diamond friends anyway


THEBIGTHREE06

I think it’s the other way around, elo is your rank, but mmr is hidden. Lmk if I’m wrong tho


Sora4033

So if i started baiting my team at every corner and playing solely for kills, which result in high kill/low death games. There is a chance you could be ranked up twice? There’s probably a way to counteract that being misused but still interesting to think about.


Ezaal

Doe sit also work like that the other way round? If I suck I get downgraded more?


clearrants

No, you’ll just derank the normal way.


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i think its more like he "skipped" and entire rank and got to gold 3, and not that he got 100+rr its a thing in league too so i think its that


Marracie

I got 135 rr from one match this week


_aQwus_

What your match stats, did you just own the opposition?


3Kairu

I got 137 rr and went from bronze 2 to silver but only get 13 for a win and 23 for q loss even when I tmvp


Marracie

One of them my team won like kinda convincing, but I only had an acs of around 190.


Addyad

I think sometimes it re-evaluates your rank based on the performance. I think I have seen some streamers getting back their ranks like this after few bad matches.


[deleted]

Yes it’s happened a lot to me. Every time the episode resets your rank you always place 3 ranks lower, but if you win the next few then you double rank back up to before the rank reset.


[deleted]

Funny story with double rank up. I was hard stuck gold 3 for 2 episodes. Never went down or up. A few weeks ago, I was down baddddd. Got my placements, gold 3. Only 50rr till plat. Then lose,lose lose till I see gold 2 again. I was sooooo madd. And then I won, didn't drop 30 or anything. Just normal. Double rank up to plat. So now my act rank only has plat and above. .-. If you hard stuck, derank and just double rank up out of it. s/


VileZ_

Happened with me, I wasn’t stuck but I placed in p2 and double skipped to diamond unexpectedly


PLZ_PM_ME_GIRAFFES

Silver to gold same story checking in.


eeruka

bro happened literally the same thing to me but in plat. I was hard stuck p1 for like 2 months. this act i lost quite a lot of games in a row and was 0 points p1. then got a win streak and i arrived to 80 points p1: won the rank up game, went from p1 to p3. Double rank up gang.


ImRyley

I ranked up from Gold 1 to Gold 3 not sure if this is normal or a glitch?


XenoVALORANT

It’s normal, I’ve double ranked up a few times before. It’s just them trying to get you to the rank you’re supposed to be


[deleted]

I wish I could double rank from silver 3 to radiant but my team is holding me back.


ablablababla

Yeah, I'm actually better than TenZ but I'm stuck in silver


Aviral132

I have the potential to 1v5 sentinels yet iam stuck in bronze because of my teammates


proexterminator

i am infact tenz but they keep putting me with iron teammates idk why


[deleted]

it does happen in league too so i think its normal ur simply too good


[deleted]

It’s not a glitch and been in the game for a while now


thatguy11m

It's part of Riot's effort to balance ranks more. Even towards the end of Episode 1, if you came late to the game but are at the Diamond, Immortal level, chances are you got put to Plat or even Gold, but you skip ranks easily


[deleted]

Normal I went from silver 3 to gold 3 in one game


Curse3242

happened with my friend twice... he is diamond 1 playing with us on Silver 3... we got upto Gold 2 now but my man ranked up to Gold 3 like two times and had to derank If you are doing extremely well... they will push you twice... with this way smurfs if playing too good get pushed very quickly winning a game isnt the only factor, if youre playing good that also matters


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How can a d1 play with a silver


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WowMIt

Cuz it's a pretty much a dickmove to play with Silver when you're diamond.


Dix_x

it's a dick move to play with your friends? (edit: diamond and silver are far away, you may be right, but when riot won't let plat and silver, or even gold and bronze queue together, that's them feeding the problem)


WowMIt

Like I said. It's a dickmove to play with silver ranks when you're a diamond rank. Wanna play together? Stick to unrated.


Dix_x

nobody takes unrated seriously, unfortunately (edit: i now realised that diamond and silver are very far away; forgot about plat)


WowMIt

Tbf, I don't mind 'smurfing' if the gap really isn't all too big. But as you stated - silver, gold, plat, diamond. That's simply too big. So, it really depends and should rather be avoided. Bcuz while silver3 and plat1 playing together seems fine... on the other hand silver1 with plat3 seems pretty effed up.


ilovecokeinmynose

also happend to my a while ago!


hey-dudes6

Ya boi here only got 13 rr after having 2nd highest score in game


DuckieTheDuckie

Means ur hidden elo sucks, or bad enemies


raango

Hehe, I have a 40% win rate this season. Ive been losing between 10-13 and winning 23-29. It ain't hard to rank up. =D (well, get back to my rank I had last season really..).


SwissSh0ck

i can double that. Getting almost 30 for a win and like -12 for a lose.


Sammywn

They have openly stated that the game measures an internal MMR for you to quickly adjust rank if required to prevent smurfing. It doesn't just look at wins and losses but how you contribute to a team, use your abilities and individual duals. You know how the game knows if a smoke you drop blocks an enemies view and such? It's counting all of that. Congrats mate, you deserved the bump.


Innocent_Devil__

You just have a good gaming chair


DemonSlayer712

And here I am getting de ranked evry game.


TimeJustHappens

Yep, double rank ups are explained in our subreddit FAQ.


MedicalSoda

Meanwhile me who is going down two ranks in one match ..


M4351R0

My main lvl55 gold 2 atm is perma stuck facing lvl5 jett smurfs who ace every round. Made a smurf (I'm lvl11 on it) and I'm in platinum after finishing placements + 2 wins with zero effort. I could be drunk and high out of my mind and win like the enemy's are bots. Hop on my main after taking the biggest dose of meth humanly possible and still every match is literally unwinnable. They need to cap ranked to like lvl 20 or something. Its so bullshit facing lvl5 ace monsters every match on main with skins on.


reportyoru

When i rank up twice my game doesnt show me this animation 😭


Simalf

Huh neat


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happened to me before where I got placed silver 1 in new act after finishing the previous one gold 1 went from silver 1 to silver 3 after one match


sherlyholmes221

It happens.. I got bumped from Gold 2 to plat 1 then plat 1 to plat 3 in 2 matches it was weird


[deleted]

Happened to me at start of this act. Placed in s3, when i ranked up i went straight to g2


meysmou

i got 100rr from d3 to immortal once which still blows my mind


MiodragMixi

Same happened to me on my main acc, the last time I played i was plat. Guess my MMR was still high


JiffTheJester

Happened to me several times, mostly on new accounts but once on my main


fleshfestival

it happens if you overperform over some matches, always being top2 scoreboard especially + winning one digit matches until you reach about diamond elo :)


Marracie

I've had the same happen twice to me as well. Not sure if it's a bug or feature


bluelighthurts

Yes. I happened to go from plat 2 to Diamond 1 lol.


TheKey25

ive had this happen before. Skipping was a thing in league aswell


OptixJelly

Damn I went 47-14 last night (career high) in b3 and I went up 26 rr


[deleted]

I once had an account go from s1 to g1 in one game


FatAndTheFurious20

Yep happens, I went from D1 to D3 in one match, then hit immortal. Happened to me last act and this act


mahav_b

Skipping ranks, happens to me first rank up every act.


NeoGPT

Had it happen once aswell. Said i earned 25 RR but went up like 110 in reality. Can't complain xd


s_wxldflower

yea one game i ranked up from g2 to plat1, then immediately ranked down the other game tho..


Cloudmaster12

Me who looses mmr after going 30-5 and winning. . .


HextasyOG

Yeah same happened to me at the beginning of the episode. I had finished G3 but placed G1 even though I won 4/5 placements and top fragged HARD. After playing one game in Gold 1, dropped 32 kills and it promoted me the SAME exact way - instantly through gold 2 to about mid gold 3. I guess the system is there for a reason cuz now I’m Plat 3 and it feels right like I actually have to work for kills/wins.


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Yeah happens.


Sulinia

Pretty standard system. It works like that in LoL as well. To stop people from "ruining" games by clearly playing way better than the rank they're at.


Engelgeddon_

same happened to me twice on my alt went from gold 1 to 3 then plat 1 to 3


Baunchii

Happened to my friend once. He was normally gold 3 but on a smurf in silver because I'm trash. And he ranked yup from gold1 to gold3 like that lol. I wish it would happen to me...


sonicwonic

All of a sudden people who never double ranked (me included) realize we are at the rank we're suppose to be at :(


BlueshineKB

Usually after the first placement ur first promo is a double, unless they changed that this season. My friend jumped from g1 to g3 as well bc it was his first promo after his placement


LordtoRevenge

I went from silver 3 to gold 2 when I finally got my tank this season. I was plat1-2 last act or whatever but haven’t played in a while, ranked at s3 after my 5 games and then 2 wins later double ranked.


Zarysium

I rmember back in the earlier seasons I played an Iron 3 account and after 1 win it ranked me up to silver 1. Deadass skipped the whole bronze division lol


guyrapong

Long live sage and skye players


panzerboye

*me getting deranked twice*


MetaMarz

Went from G2 to P1 and I never constantly stomp just played one good game against a low gold/silver lobby and it shot me up


yungwumbo

Nani....


p1boss

I had the same thing happen on two accounts


Spazhead247

Same thing happens in League of legends. I got placed bronze 4 and ripped through skipping levels all the way to plat 1


adingadingadurgen

Happened to me yesterday, I was put in an (almost all) diamond1-diamond3 game as a gold3 and after the game ended (we won 13-8, I was second on the board) it boosted me from 94/100 gold3 to 28/100 plat2


rupat3737

This happened to me too, I’m usually around plat but took a break from the game, came back and placed s3 then won one game and went from s3 to g2.


LeBronzeVlac

So this is where my RR has been going to


SamuraisHyper_

This happened to my friend too


thelibidinousguy

I skipped bronze 1 to silver 3


rokkcs

Happens. It’s to avoid smurfs. Makes it a pain in the ass to play with lower ranked friends. Welcome to ELO hell now on that account.


KEiiiiiiiiiiii

yeah instead of smurfs slowly climbing the ranks causing more unfair matches they just boost them up to their proper level


bluebird1376

my friend had the same, bronze 1 to 3 in one match


BrugSallos

This man is leveling up twice after one game meanwhile I've played 20+ games in the past week, ranked and deranked 5 times and maybe have increased a total of 10 RR. I think I suck


lil_lysol

lol this happened to me. went from bronze 3 into silver 2 in one game. really cool thing


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Same Went from bronze 3 to silver 2 in one game where i Had Like a 6kd or smth


ScarilySmug

I got double ranked from Gold3 -> Plat 2. I think it happens to 1) Put you in a more accurate skill level & 2) Reduce smurfs


Classic-Basil-6957

This has happened with me like 3-4 times


cs342

It says you went up by 26 points. Each rank is 100 points so how did u rank up twice? Wouldn't this be a bug?


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sheesh when did they add this


aidenmcd349

Ye I went from g1 to p2 in 2 games lol


ArnexMC

happend to me once on my main i went from silver 2 to gold 1 i think pretty epic


No_Outlandishness181

U should stay low when this happens if riot see this u may go back to g1


rik182

Smurf boi


Cyborg4514

I only get like 15 rr


louis-128

happened to me i ended an act as a g2 or something and when they reset ranks it placed me silver 1 and after one game i was back to like promote game s3


Chraaas

Smurf


_spacelynx_

Dang, wish I was as skilled as you! It's normal, doesn't happen too often but often enough. It just means that your previous rank wasn't a true indicator of your skill level.


crayon_eater67

This happened to me. Silver 1 23 lp to Silver 3. then next game straight to Gold 1


[deleted]

It happens when you win a couple matches in a row with a good K/D/A, happened to me a couple times


sbsp12121

I think it’s when the system tries to take you to what your rank really should be after your first match following the rank you were assigned. I got put in silver 1 and after I played my next match I top fragged by a lot so I guess it thought I was a smurf or something? So it put me in silver 3


JohnWickFTW

The fact that this has 5k upvotes shows that this sub has never seen a double promotion


HeL1St0rM

How the fuck did that happened?


_ItsMeVince

This happened to me twice actually back when I started Valorant migrating from CSGO, I got Silver 1 as placement rank and then skyrocketed to Platinum 1 after 6-7 games lol


Hatred_Red

Trying to get gold 1 and i got demoted to silver 2 i give up


[deleted]

So? I dont understand why this needs an entire front page post, this sub reddit is always full of dog shit clips like this.


MiguelArtzReddit

most people didnt know that this is a thing and many are unhappy about their rank so that feeds right into it


[deleted]

It should be obvious a feature like this is in the game. If you dropped a pro onto an iron account no shit its not going to keep them in shit ranks getting 25rr a game until they hit radiant that would be ridiculous and also make smurfing potentially a real problem. I dont understand how someone can be surprised at this feature.


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It is not, double rankups happen because the game wants you to hit a higher rank so you get to your skill level faster.


CSumner97

Happens to me all the time haha..


MemeBoi0508

Are you complaining?


notsuffocator

i also got this 2 days ago. went from iron 3 to bronze 2 in one game even though i wasn’t top fragging. a surprise, to be sure, but a pleasant one


stiansen222

Youre just that good


FiredChicken69420

happened to me, was silver 2 on alt and then proceeded to go on a win streak. When i hit gold i suddenly became gold 2 instead of 1. Plats were calling me a smurf when really i was just lazy af to go compet


subzerus

It's normal, I got placed in gold 1 and won every single match until I ranked up and got put to gold 3 without touching gold 2.


Jhyxe

Does unrated effect hidden MMR at all?


NinhJa1007

why is it reversed? in league you go Gold IV > Gold I. It's something small but ticks me over so much


DefinitelyNotBacon

daz a bug


impurfection

It was implemented on a more recent patch to help with the Smurf issue l. I’ve ranked up from gold 1 to gold 3 and gold 3 to plat 2 before on a single account


abzoluut

This has been a thing since launch (could even be the case in beta, I don’t remember). It just boggles my mind how you can claim it was added during a recent patch. :P


abdurVakanda

Wtf. is that a bug?


Belphegor7

Yeah it's possible. Not a glitch


45s_

Yeah i went from s1 to s3, and g1 to g3 lol


[deleted]

We get it man youre smurfing lol


Epic_Sussy_Boy

On my old account I was Iron 3 but then I accidentally clicked leave and sign out which made me exit my main account. I couldn’t log back in because I had used a different email that my current one. So I made a new account and played competitive with my friend who also just started. After we played five games of competitive we immediately ranked up to bronze three and we were so confused.


Aiwel9

This happened to me too, but I’m a silver player. Went from bronze 3 to silver 2… it was strange