This whole thread is absolutely stupid. Going PvP probably brings out the dumbest, most obvious biases and insecurities out of people.

First like you say, literally all games today match you with similar players. So you're going to roughly win 50%. So it doesn't matter how good you are (except the literal best/worst), you're always gonna lose and win the same amount.

Then also, if you are playing with someone that plays 10 hours a day, then either they are really bad for how much they play or you're really good for how little you play. Either way, the match is fair again.

Then of course it literally doesn't matter if you win or lose, games are about having fun, and you can have fun winning or losing. Coupled with the fact that you're basically forced to lose 50% of the time, you better have fun losing, else why would you play a game that you just straight up don't enjoy 50% of the time?

There's literally no reason to "keep up with the meta", it's just an arbitrary excuse that "sounds reasonable". You can play literally every PvP game without ever looking at what other people do, and still be good, or just not care if you're not in idk, the top 10%. But people can't handle it ego-wise if they're not in the top 10%, so an excuse to not play at all is much less painful.

And if you bring up any of these points, it's like politics, people don't even listen to you because their mind is already made up or their ego prevents them, it's useless.