The more I play ranked this season the more I realize how broken this new system is. I have been in Diamond every single season (except one season of Pred early on) and the Platinum lobbies I am in now are far harder than all of the lobbies I have been in during previous seasons.
Why? This new system makes it more difficult to gain positive RP and it takes more RP per rank to climb. This means more people who are higher skill are taking far longer to climb out of the lower ranks to get to the rank they should be in. Getting 7th place with 2 kills and a participation point will still net you negative points in Plat 4. That is simply ridiculous.
They should either decrease the entry cost across the board or, if they want to continue focus on placements, just increase the amount of RP for placement across the board.