This is why your game will ultimately die...

"For all your naysayers about SBMM - this is WHY SBMM needs to be implemented and at a MUCH greater level."

Yeah its a bit ridiculous when a top 500 player chooses to smurf in Bronze but I think its partly Respawns fault. Actually, SBMM in casual is the main reason why people Smurf. If there was no SBMM, then there would be no reason to smurf, providing they also had a well designed ranked mode to prevent smurfing, like a lvl 50 required lvl for instance. With this strict SBMM that exists atm, its impossible for Shroud to casually play with his GF, because the SBMM will put them into a Predator/master skill match also in casual mode.