The only reason why anyone would find that the Feast is better without chat is for the 50/50 chance of a 20s match because you were lucky enough to get stacked with a few Gold+ ranks and the other team was facerolled.

You have to raise an eyebrow at the 8v8 matching system when a Diamond, 2 Platinum and a Gold are put on the same side vs all unranked... 0.o