You’re overthinking it. If Blizzard just wanted to give participation trophies and make everyone feel good all 10 players would be on the screen for one. It’s just a very basic algorithm and it’s very easy to obtain MVP if you know the formula. I’m sure someone has the link for it.
I’ve obtained MVP so many times and I know I wasn’t close to being the actual MVP. Most of the time I know if I’m going to get it, it’s just a numbers thing and says very little about my skill as a player.
Getting many votes, especially over 5 is a true compliment and a better assessment than the system we have currently. I’d like it replaced with all 10 players with a commendation system people suggested in my thread: