I will start by saying I do not condone smurfing or boosting of any kind, which I know won't do much. But I will admit, that at my peak rating diamond 2, I've been hearing my gold 1 friend complain a LOT about the state of those silver...

sometimes you just want to play by yourself, and don't want friends to invite you/appear rude. It would be amazing if Riot could add an appear offline mode for playing valorant