>a fighting game in 2016 without any rage quit penalty system.
>it's brutally annoying and happens *every* time I play.
>
>and yeah, there are a ton of rage quitters in silver who are
>sitting on their points. some I've played are just flat-out
>bad.

They underestimated scumbags who can't take a loss. They also made losing to a 'lower rank' super punishing while making the wins count less. Ultra bronze and silver pretty much comes down to who you've played. There's no crazy gap there in most cases.