First, I really don't care if you know the OP personally -- regardless of the intent of the post, the discussion has moved on and there is a general topic at hand now: and that is that players like this, who knowingly exploit the system, don't deserve their rank and should be ashamed of themselves.

Are you personally offended that everyone assumes your friend is carried garbage? You shouldn't be. It's a fairly normal assumption to make when one is clearly carried.

He may be a great Mercy. GM level even. But for his rank, since it was gained through an exploitation of the system, he wouldn't survive in a solo queue against top 500s. Thus, boosted garbage compared to those of similar (and well earned) rank. This is certainly an apt discussion to have when someone 'jokingly' brags about their rank, since they don't even deserve to be there in the first place. In any case, what do you even care about people getting 'off topic' if it was 'all a meme bro'?

Plus, that just gives us more insight into his character -- Bragging about his #1 rank to 'get people mad', when he knowingly cheated his way to that spot, makes him a pretty garbage person too. It doesn't matter if it's a 'meme' or a 'troll' (which is frankly unbelievably pathetic 12 year old behavior, geez) -- the discussion got real pretty quick when he was found out for his methods and now ya'll just can't handle being called out for the trash that you are now.

(Also, a lot of people have pointed out his lackluster stats for a Mercy at that SR range. So, I mean....if it walks like a duck....)

I hope you're friend enjoys getting trash talked every match from here on out, now that everyone knows what a sham his team is.