TBH, I consider myself to be one of the best, especially in my time when the game was first launched and before Competitive Play even existed. I have always been frustrated with the system and suspected that it kept me from reaching the top rank during my career. But I know logically that the system affects many other players who are as good or even better than me. Am I in the top 500? I have no idea. But I guarantee the current top 500 has only a small proportion of the best there ever was, if any.
Not according to me, according to primary sources like Principal Overwatch Designer Scott Mercer and the 2015 patent description of Activision/Blizzard’s Matchmaker. Please read my thread about algorithmic handicapping.
That’s wrong, there has been a developer statement that MMR is only in effect between Bronze and Platinum.
What do you consider as the downsides of MMR?