u/Neeeel_Was_Taken

I genuinely don't know what to say anymore.

Spent the last 2 weeks pushing with randoms as a leaderboard player and this matchmaking has absolutely cooked me.

I went from #5 to #20 and it genuinely feels like skill barely matters when half the games are decided before they even start.

Some matches feel normal, then suddenly you get:

• teammates with zero coordination

• people first timing or straight up throwing

• AFKs / disconnects

• horrible comp matchups

• enemy teams playing like it's finals while your team looks freshly assembled 😭

I'm not saying I played perfectly every game — obviously I made mistakes too. But after this many matches, the pattern gets impossible to ignore.

The worst part is the grind itself. You can win multiple games and make decent progress, then lose it all because of a few awful queues.

At some point it stops feeling competitive and starts feeling like you're gambling on teammates.

Anyone else pushing with randoms dealing with this or am I just cursed?

I thought it was a joke 😭

Got this dude in Brawl Ball and he genuinely played like a bot/griefer the entire match 😭

Then I checked his profile and saw:

•30k current trophies

•50k highest trophies

•90k record score

•3.6k max winstreak on Meeple

•102/102 brawlers

•Account from 2018

•Impossible XV on every PvE mode

And somehow he still plays like he downloaded the game yesterday 💀

He also has a tiny YouTube channel with old BS videos which makes this even weirder.

Is this:

•a bought account

•wintraded/boosted

•hacked

•shared by multiple people

•or am I just overthinking?

Genuinely one of the strangest profiles I’ve seen.

Got this dude in Brawl Ball and he genuinely played like a bot/griefer the entire match 😭

Then I checked his profile and saw:

•30k current trophies

•50k highest trophies

•90k record score

•3.6k max winstreak on Meeple

•102/102 brawlers

•Account from 2018

•Impossible XV on every PvE mode

And somehow he still plays like he downloaded the game yesterday 💀

He also has a tiny YouTube channel with old BS videos which makes this even weirder.

Is this:

•a bought account

•wintraded/boosted

•hacked

•shared by multiple people

•or am I just overthinking?

Genuinely one of the strangest profiles I’ve seen.

I’m stuck between these two and both feel worth it in completely different ways.

On one side, Vanara Frank mythic skin, insane design, custom animations, and it just looks clean. Plus I’m Indian, so the whole Hanuman-inspired theme makes it hit way harder. Been wanting this one for a long time.

On the other side, the Mythic Bundle is just stupid value. Two good skins (Minotaur Bull + Possessed Poco), sprays, and a box way more content for almost the same cost.

I’m not even gonna act like this was fun 💀 this grind was straight pain

between constant lag spikes and servers deciding to die mid match, half my losses didn’t even feel deserved. like you’ll be winning and suddenly your shots don’t register or you’re teleporting around

matchmaking is a whole joke too. either you get teammates who don’t know how to lane or you’re up against a full sweaty team running perfect comps while your randoms are feeding supers like it’s charity

and don’t even get me started on win trading and ddos type stuff. some matches just feel off, like you’re not even playing on equal ground

pushing chuck specifically makes it worse cause one mistake and you’re done, and with bad randoms you’re basically playing 1v3 most games

took way longer than it should’ve just because of all this bs, but yeah finally made it top 10 local somehow 😭

One normal match. That’s all i ask.

Offered me nothing and said my wallet was a menace 🥀

So I think I just got scammed by the game 😭

I came back to the lobby after winning a match and had a Mechabox ready to open. Right as I tapped it, I got invited to a party, so I clicked “join party” mid-animation.

The box opening screen flashed for like a split second and then disappeared when I entered the party… and I didn’t see any rewards pop up at all.

Now I’m confused:

No coins/gems/credits showed up visibly

No new brawler or upgrade indicator

Nothing in the inbox either

I know in Brawl Stars rewards usually auto-claim, but this felt super glitchy.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Did I actually get the rewards silently, or did I just lose the entire box?