Let ' s fockin go <| sep |> personally I think it effects your internal mmr an incredibly small amount . I was rank 70 in season 1 and didn ' t play at all until season 2 . when I played my placements it put me at 2800 , so didn ' t really function in a perserving manner to begin with . I ended this season getting into the top 500 , and I don ' t expect placements are just going to give me masters at the start of next season either way . what I can confirm from personal experience is that mmr is tied to the bnet account and not just the overwatch account . when I did my placements on my smurf account after already being top 500 it gave me 3820 as my placement rank <| sep |> WHEN YOU ' RE TRYING TO RESIST THE URGE TO BUY SEALED PRODUCT ON BLACK FRIDAY .