So, I don’t play 1v1 often, last I did I was at low plat MMR. I left the season after being put against a master’s player. Was a bit silly.
Now I did a placement, and just left. was put in bronze 1. Ok…talk about mmr decay, but whatever.
Next game as Bronze 1, vs a master level player…as bronze 1…seriously wth?
This has been discussed for ages on multiple Forums:
The whole system is Buggy. It doesnt Matter which League is displayed. Only the mmr Matters. You Most likely didnt Play vs Masters (Players above 4400 mmr) and you are Most likely Not Bronze if you are above 2k mmr. There is No mmr decay.
I did my Placements for 3 Accounts Yesterday and i am a Masters Player and got Put in Masters but have Bronze 3 mmr because its Buggy.
Often it gets fixed by Leaving League and Play the Placements again.
Hope i clarified
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i was in gold mmr last season and got dropped straight to bronze, even the mmr is saying bronze even tho im about 2360 on 1v1, and 2606 on 2v2, and my 3v3 is 2644 and ranked gold2 currently. Its definatly a bit off this season more so than others have been.
I left, and did placement. back into bronze 1.
2nd game vs master
so 2 out of 4.
I don’t visit this forum much.
A bit off is a bit of an understatement.
As i said before please Check mmr.
I checked It myself and you played vs someone with 2900 mmr. So far far Off from Masters. He Just got Put into it. Every Match i can See on nephest is vs someone who has similiar mmr.
Maybe this Time the masters/Bronze Bug Hits Harder than before. But its still a Bug. I know it stinks and you dont get the visual satisfaction but ladder Works as before. You get Matched via mmr and League doesnt Matter at all. You can still orientate on the League borders from Last season. And with 2700ish mmr you are Low plat 3 or high gold 1.
Hopefully they will fix it with next Patch. There will be one…soonish. idk If it was Last season but we saw high Grandmaster Players who fought their was Up in silver or Something. Was pretty funny and there Were Tons of memes on Reddit. So it affects everyone.
Right now on US Server 18% of ranked 1v1 Players are master (usually its 4%). 30% of the Players are ranked Bronze. Usually its 5%. On EU and us we have Like 0.25% gold Players 
So the Bug Most likely Hits gold and Plat Players.
Everything i wrote can be checked on the Website nephest. On a Sidenote: you sadly cant Trust the Profile summary anymore. This Masters Bug is around for at least 2 years so many many Players will have Masters as highest achieved League in Profile even tho they werent even Close to it. You either can Check them on nephest or you can Just Stop caring anymore. Also If they get Put in Masters the mmr will be Shown. So if its below 4300 they are Not Masters. Another way to.tell If they are Masters or Not is to assess how they Play. If you get outplayed by Just 2 Units then yes…they are Masters. If you have the slightest Chance vs them they are Not Masters (only true for 3600 and below)
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Bronze 3 NA = masters EU
LMAO
It’s not the matchmaking in itself which is wrong, but the displayed league (which as Sentry said is bugged). If you check both the “master” and the “bronze” player probably had an MMR close to yours. And the matchmaking is performed according to the MMR, not the league. 
Now if you want something to be hypothetically done about it, post a link to this thread in the bugs report section. It’ll get less attention from the staff in the general discussion. 
Just FYI the border bug has been around since 2019 (or even earlier). There is absolutely 0 chance anyone will fix it permanently. I can’t even express in words how impressed I would be if it were fixed ever.
How long does it take to fix itself? Since it’s been around since 2019 you probably know. Before the beginning of this season it was fine.
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There has to be something in the coding that keeps causing it to happen, because they did a patch last season that was supposed to have finished it too, but… clearly it keeps happening, so there’s something more at play here.
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I don’t understand why it’s so hard to fix. You basically have MMR ranges for different leagues. MMR calculation works fine. It should be as simple as assigning a league and league frame depending on the MMR range you fall into. In theory it’s trivial to fix.
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Hey this is Blizzard we’re talking about. The small indie game company with cool OG classic games. Have some patience with the developers. They will get around to fixing it soon 
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