Forced loss streaks don’t exist because you cannot guarantee a loss in a game of 12 players who have free will. Further, the matchmaker isn’t trying to keep anyone a certain rank. A better question is if handicapping exists. Unfortunately, if you’re attempting to hold a scientific standard, personal experience doesn’t cut it. Aside from people trying to fudge it, the amount required to rule out observation bias and white noise would be absurd. That said, I made a case for it here, based on an observation about bronze to GM streams combined with blizzard’s own statements:
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