No longer a place for regular players

I think you make some valid points! I'm not so sure it's the matchmaking that's the real problem. I just feel like apex is no longer a place for either the casual or solo experience. Between the 3-stacks, the smurfs and the hackers, and all of these things contributing to the rage quitters, without a regular team to roll with, I find less and less reason to play, let alone keep funding the cosmetics etc. I don't see a solution though... this is the world gaming now. We've lost sight of why we used to play games, for the fun of it. Now everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING, has to be a competition. And yes, this is a BR, so this game thrives on competition... but what it lacks is sportsmanship. Ok... I'll go back to my old-man corner now and pull out my Atari!