Originally Posted by Kamocai

Alright.
So. First day of the rank reset. Everyone is playing to win. If everyone were to play to win, they would boost their elo up and inevitably get a high rank (such as 1-100). They would keep this rank until the end of the month (since they spent the first few days playing to win like no other) until the elo reset, and then chances are they would do it again. This is counter productive, and encourages really shitty play to win behavior. The state of in game fights is horrendous. That's all I really have to say on the topic.