Re: bot lobbys
I didnt miss your point at all. I understand that you think you should be in easier lobbies where fewer players are much better than you, so you have a fair chance to get 20kill and 4k banners. But that is exactly what I was arguing against. 20kills and 4k banners, earned without smurfing in low tier ranked, ARE for those who are high elo players, i.e masters, preds and some lucky or very persistent diamonds. My point is that those banners would mean nothing if the matchmaking was designed to allow EVERY player at EVERY skill level a fair chance of getting them, which pretty much is what you are requesting.
I play on EU, usually Frankfurt datacenter, and I peaked at master a couple of splits ago but usually a typical Diamond3+ player. I am the kind of player that easily can get Diamond4 as solo in just a couple of gaming sessions, but really needed 2 good premades with alot of strategy, teamplay and grinding to get out of Diamond. I also have several 4k banners and 3k banners at almost all legends that dont have 4k.
One of your argument, or rather complains, was that you always get trash teammates and therefore stood without chance of getting those banners... This is the game when I got my most recent 4k. As you can see, my teammates were ALSO useless, which they are in 9/10 of my solo matches. In 9/10 of my matches, I am teamed with teammates who cant win a single 1v1. If I want them to survive, I have to carry them in every fight and be the damage dealer. I NEVER get carried to a win in pubs. In almost every of my wins, I do 2x dmg than BOTH my random teammates together. So I am in the exact same situation as you, with the only difference that I reached a certain skill level that allows me to earn those banner.
I think your argument is equivalent to saying: Can I get bot lobbies in ranked so I can reach Predator? Predator rank, which is something that I NEVER will achieve, just aswell as 4k 20 kill banners, are just not available for everyone unless they climb the skill ladder to required skill. I wouldnt call my lobbies "bot lobbies" but they are easy, approx. equivalent to gold ranked lobbies with a handful of preds/masters/diamonds here and there. Those who are better than me will have an even easier time and for them, pubs might feel like "bot lobbies". And there you have it. Its all about the RELATIVE term of skill and climbing the skill ladder (or accept and be content where you are which I am)