According to Scott Mercer, the only effect grouping have in matchmaking is that the system tries to match you with a similar-sized team. You are still playing against a team with around the same MMR as your own team.
A bunch of vocal players, I agree. Being the vast majority of the player base is debatable. Even in this very forums, you can see every thread that talks about the state of the game you have people arguing for multiple sides.
It might be a consensus between pro players and high profile streamers, but they have a perspective on the game that clashes with how the average player see Overwatch. And just like anything worthy discussing, there are people that think the game should cater to the pro players, and people that think they should cater for the majority of the playerbase (ie, silver~plat players).
Please, don’t make statements that bold unless you can back them up.
I believe it’s worthy discussing the ban system. As I said in the OP, I think Jayne is doing a great work coordinating those scrims.
I’m just saying that because something looks like a good idea at first sight it might have unintended consequences that people excited about the idea might miss until they give a longer thought about that.
Jayne himself is refining the system as the days pass. He is considering a “pick” phase that can’t be banned. He expressed that this system might only work in the pro tier, but not in ladder. It’s all there in the video GreyFalcon linked.
I’m just asking for people to consider everything before advocating for something because it looks cool.