The way that districts are designed results in an overall mediocre matchmaking experience. The consequence affects all players in some way. Here are some of the reasons that I believe the district structure is a detriment to this game. Feel free to disagree, and give an explanation as to why.   I will be speaking with the assumption that the underlying matchmaking ranking system has levels 1-10 for each tier. Also I will be assuming that top 5% of players have ELO that surpasses gold 1