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As a T3 player trapped in a T1 world, from my perspective, it doesn't matter. Playing meta vs playing my favorites doesn't make much difference to my performance/outcomes. Moreover, playing as I always do is going to be the the most likely way, statistically speaking, to ensure that I end up seeded with players of my skill. Along those same lines, good players are going to do better than average regardless of what they bring, so they are going to end up at a higher tier than me by practical default. The only way I see someone taking advantage/abusing this reset is if they intentionally tank their matches during the 20 game initial seeing period so as to get seeded in in T5. And all that will do, is ensure they stay at the lower tiers for a bit longer than they otherwise would, since even under zero sum PSR they, will inevitably rise if they are in fact skilled players and not intentionally tanking henceforth.
For the vast majority of us trying to game the reset will do nothing. Also, consider Paul's own commentary regarding the valves being pretty much open given the state of the population.
I suspect we will all get new tiers via the reset, and yet, we will still all be playing with the same folks we always have played with.
Edited by Bud Crue, 26 May 2020 - 11:22 AM.