3 splits ? f**k no im out , u literally have to grind and play an insane amount of games already just for it to reset and place u lower ? Why the hell should i try in the first 2 splits? Why even try at all actually
Couple of thoughts/bits of context:
You'll climb faster each split (this isn't same number of games more times per year)
Because ranked isn't turning off in November/December a ranked split will last for 4 months with 3 a year, versus 5 months this year (so not as big a change in split duration versus 2023 at least as it looks at first glance)