Overwatch working on fix for players losing to lower their skill ratings

You know what’s annoying? Playing competitive mode in Overwatch, getting extremely close to achieving a new rank and finding your way onto a team with a player trying to tank their account.

It happened to me on Lijang Tower map with the semi-floating center. Our teammate immediately picked Winston, and that player jumped off the map again and again and again. We lost, they didn’t suffer the quitter’s penalty and they lost rank.

Players derank like this in order to get themselves away from higher skill. They get their high badge, then they lose a bunch so they can play weaker players. It’s, in a word, obnoxious. Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan says the team has noticed, and they’re working on it.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/02/06/overwatch-intentional-derank-punishment/