I cannot believe so many people are focused on "Meta". I rarely agree with Shapookya, but shap is on record numerous times saying "Why cut off 90% of the game simply to focus paragon and leaderboard?"
This groupthink "you cannot group with me for GR80 because you are not paragon 1500+" theory is more annoying than the Blizz devs ignoring obvious issues with the game.
Either way, good luck with your meta!
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