At the time, I thought the MMR system was fair considering I would lose a huge amount of MMR against teams I had no chance of beating (comparing my highest score on a particular song), only to be paired against weaker teams and win a couple of matches that would bring be back to roughly the MMR I started. Conversely, whenever I would squeeze into a higher ranking, I get paired against stronger teams that would shoot my MMR down following a trend. This give and take happened for a while until I got my first few strings of consecutive losses. Placing first grants 200+ MMR, which is less than half the value from placing fourth, which penalizes you with 500+ MMR loss. It's nerve-wracking to think you have to place first 8 times in a row just to recover the MMR you lost. That being said, I did manage to get back to my tier after a few successful attempts, so I'm not that salty anymore. I considered accepting my MMR as it fell, but to think that I recovered from a 15000+ MMR loss, I don't know how to feel right now tbh.