[2022] Was demoted to Rookie IV as a player from Season 2.

My current assumption is that the "you'll not end up in rookie tier" line was a mistake and a change got made. I've seen lots of folks with high tier in earlier seasons wind up in Rookie, it seemed to only check Season 12, if you were in bronze at the end you got put in Rookie.

If and when I see anything official on this we'll share it.