The time is early in Season 1 competitive. I'd placed 43 on the first day, in a 6 stack of friends who played extremely casually, and we got destroyed. Two of our 3 wins were on KOTH maps, which were later confirmed to be bugged and not awarding the proper amount of rank XP.
After continuing to play in a group of four with friends who were more serious about competitive, I rose to rank 47. Then life happened. One left on a trip, another was [.....]
Update: Blizzard has confirmed on the forums that a majority of players have been found to have placed too high on the PTR, and players will experience abnormal drops in skill rating until they reach the SR they should be actually at. This change will not affect live placements. This post has been updated with my latest observations of the effect of these changes.
Overwatch Season 2 will feature an overhauled rank system, with ongoing testing in the PTR.
Instead of ranks 1-100, Season [.....]
