I had a very similar experience recently, although the person I played was more appreciative in the post game review. But I looked at their history and saw several ranked automatch against SDK which they won by resignation, I guess because the opponent was frustrated, which had pushed their rank up early. I wonder if the default rank should be weaker? It’s seems to me the trade off is: if the default is stronger, it means more weak beginners play against stronger, vs weaker default it means strong players with new accounts play more as they rank up? If I’m understanding the ranking system correctly, the latter seems better, because it’s unlikely to have “bad data” introduced, because it’s unlikely the weak players a strong new account playing with beat them accidentally, but stronger players expecting an even game might resign to save themselves time against an over ranked beginner.
Not sure if my reasoning is sound though… also wonder how big a problem is it really? But I guess the thing I would worry about is new players getting discouraged thinking they are playing even games due to over ranking, and then quitting entirely
edit: I see this is a long discussed topic already, my bad didn’t read all the linked threads. will just offer this suggestion: