I used to be quite good at Magic the Gathering . You know my least favorite games ? The ones where my opponents were poor . Felt like a waste of time . Easy win . But some opponents just didn ' t have the cards and sure weren ' t as invested as I was in competing . They didn ' t enjoy the match and neither did I . I sympathize with arguments for fixing the SBMM to allow for matches that don ' t have some players at the top dealing with insane lag problems . but I have no sympathy for the arguments that the best players should be paired down so that they can relax at all . That argument is basically just saying that the best players should be playing with weaker competition just because . well , just because they have some right to having it easy . The game isn ' t very forgiving at the top because the best players can punish you really hard . But if you ' re playing against them then that ' s because YOU ' VE shown that you ' re also capable of punishing people really hard . The competition is even ! Yes , it ' s more forgiving with average players . but it ' s not like the average player has it super easy against other average players . The competition is still relatively even . If their opponents suck more at killing them then . well , they suck more at killing their opponents . It ' s all relative . And relative to their opponents , average players don ' t really have it easier . Now , if someone never takes crucible that seriously then they ' re sorta always playing below their skill level and will forever have a more relaxed experience . but an average player that tries their best for the most part and then decides to have a more relaxed game by doing some silly loadouts or whatever is still going to be punished for it !