"I'll happily go back to ranked after this season is over in a couple of weeks and just stay there, forever" ... /think "but it would be nice to have as a viable backup when you're done for ranked with the season" …Hmm. Wouldn't the only honourable reason you'd be done with that be that there are no queues though? Casual is subject to the same sign-up parameters as ranked, meaning you can't queue with "friends"... so I wonder why even switch.

I mean, I can think of one reason... and it may occasionally tamper with casual match quality, but you'll have grindy acheevo farmers. That's definitely a thing. Some might want to keep at it despite rank queues being dead.

Anyhow, how would MM be organized for casual when it's just a stripped down version of ranked without the very very loose tier boundaries? Lifetime winrate? Whether or not someone has a confetti title? There's also rank sandbag alts that trickle into those queues as well. Think at some stage one has to accept casual queue for what it is: chaos.

"And you actually make it worse by your mere presence." Not totally unrelated then, but I'd love to be able to skip the opening "cutscene" where all combatants' PFPs are garishly paraded onto the screen. That simple show can already create inherent biases based on what is seen there, and depending on the kind of person you are. I already have titles off for clarity. The only thing that matters to me is what jobs I've been matched with and against to plot a course, and I can factor all that in while I'm waiting at the gates. The loud fanfare is irksome and I don't want to have to alt tab every time. Just get on with it.

(Though then again... sometimes simply turning up as a certain job is enough to get a "Nice job!" and a mental tapping out before the gates are even open, and this is what I'm getting at. Reducing nonsense psych-outs to a minimum. I think that's quite relevant to casual queue.)