Very confused about what's going on here from a MMR standpoint and was hoping somebody with better understanding of the system can explain. I never play Valorant solo - I always duo with a RL friend of mine that floats between Ascendant 1...

I've been playing valorant since the day it launched officially (couldn't get access to the beta) and jesus, all I am seeing from the playerbase 24/7 is either "smurfs are holding me back" or "i get frags but can't rank up". I've personally...