Non structured?
I think it’s not the ranks that determine the match making, rather a hidden rating only the devs and maybe even the Mighty Zomorros know.
I’ve read some of those in other threads, you might want to check them out.
later. It doesn’t care that I’m there.”
In hotjoins, the “play now” button only considers rank, as far as I know. Unfortunately, most high-level players who still do hotjoins don’t use the play now button because it will usually send them to an empty room or a room that’s being used for duels. So they manually select a match from the list that’s more than half full.
I’m hoping free tournaments are being re-designed to be a viable alternative to hotjoin for new players. If they just copy the paid system—single match with matchmaking—it would be much better. Hotjoins could stay for people wanting to farm/duel.