Not necessarily, I’m pretty sure they start the MMR for new accounts at Gold level and then adjust based on the games played.
So yes this will really suck for new players because they’ll likely get stomped in their first 20 or so ranked games while the idea is that smurf accounts should go up or land in whatever rank they are.
This is why people start smurf accounts to escape elo hell /hardstuck elo because if you get lucky you can shoot up to a rank or two above your other accounts rank in like 20 games as opposed to 200 games.
I think this issue is compounded by the fact that the MMR based matchmaking system is incredibly funky since this season 13 start IMO. I’ve never seen so many games with Gold/Plat and Iron/Bronze in the same games. I’ve come across multiple “Plat 4” players who seem to be playing in silver MMR in every ranked game even without a duo. Had a poor 100 game Iron player had to go against a Gold 2 in lane and ask “why do I have to play against a gold player”
They seem to make no effort to bring visible rank in line with MMR anymore, like by making Plat play against Plat and drop rank if they can’t keep up, instead they just let them have Plat rank but permanently play with and against silver and bronze players, and constantly put Irons against Golds, it’s so bizarre considering Bronze - Gold has the highest number of players so it shouldn’t be a match finding issue.
I use a mouse button on the side to crouch.