You’re lucky if one person in the lobby is underpreforming in the 1500 range. It’s usually 2, sometimes 3.
Placement games have no business in people who are already past that mark. Or, they shouldn’t have an effect on people who are already past placement. They should be considered “placement” and mmr should be adjusted if Blizzard has an issue with getting new pvp players for queues.
This prevents flaming new players due to MMR loss and new players are put in the bracket they’re supposed to be.
We cannot ignore obvious push rating in beg and end of season every single expansion. Some people play pve and pvp and shouldn’t be punished starting the middle of the season or have to wait until the end of the season.