[2020] Help me understand de-ranking

Originally Posted by croken717
This is a real question. I truly don't understand why there are so many people de-ranking on purpose. There's apparently the ecstasy they get from trolling...but man, that seems like a whole lot of work and wasted time. With the soft MMR reset at the end of seasons, it'll be harder to re-achieve your rank next season if you start lower. If you're tired of sweating in Ranked and don't want a challenge...there's the "Training Grounds" mode where you can plunk away on bots (you can even put them on "Normal" difficulty if you're truly looking to stomp). Maybe they want to create some false content for YouTube or Twitch, to make themselves look like REALLY good players when they drop those 17 kills on low ranks?

Anybody have any insight into what makes people want to do this? I myself can see no reason why normal people would ever want to do this. So, I really feel the need to go into Dr. Phil mode, and question the mentally ill.

Originally Posted by croken717
Counterproductive, exactly. As for K/D, that doesn't really gain you anything either? I hear people all the time encouraging someone not to engage the enemy team, knowing that they are outnumbered to "save their K/D". So even if your K/D is good, if you aren't trying to help your team win, even if it's an unlikely clutch...then you're not very valuable as a teammate...so again, it seems contrary. I'd much rather try for that crazy clutch; it makes for some exciting moments that far outweigh K/D stats.

Originally Posted by Luckydevil_010
Its not really about destroying low ranks more so the fact that they can screw around. Casual/QP is frankly garbage. You cant pick site and you cant guarantee mm. So obviously deranking would be the better choice when you just want to meme with some friends or do stupid crap. Plus i dont really think ubi can take the high road here when they let channels with shows like road to copper which was a five stack deranking and screwing with coppers exist.