Smurfs

I'm not sure that really addresses the issue either.  People running smurf accounts want those accounts to be low-ranked.  Keeping them unranked or silver for more games would just be encouraging them.

Unless what you're getting at is segregating new accounts into their own player pool for a bunch of games.   The big downside there is you're punishing legitimate new players by putting them in a super-low population group which would make it really difficult to find games.

I'm not a fan of people running smurf accounts, but I don't know if there's a solution that doesn't punish legitimate players as well.  I'm also not sure why anyone would run a smurf account in WOC this year anyway.  If people want to play low-ranked players, just search for a club game.  The matchmaking this year is feeding low-level teams into the meat grinder all on its own.