I think @Midnight9746 is actually nailing the main problem here which is that the REAL problem, or the source of the problem, is smurfing and especially in premade duos. Because if there were NO smurfs att all, i.e every player, regardless of rank, played at their peak rank, then everyone would do everything possible to play as well and win as much RPs as possible, i.e lose as little RPs as possible too. This is how I feel when I try to grind to master solo Q in diamond3 lobbies which makes me MUCH more inclined to adjust to my teammates. And actually, most premade duos and solos in diamond3+ are more mindful of me as well, simply because more players in that rank play more seriously and know that they need all team members to work well to have a chance to win RPs.
But these incentives to play seriously dont exist for smurfs. They play for fun and to stomp, not to gain RPs as effectively as possible and this makes them care nothing for their random 3rd player.
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