I cant tell if its the visual glitch of the end of match screen or what, but it seems as tho I'm placed with bronze and silvers while I am an adamantite. A bit unfair to them considering they might have just picked up the game and I have 50+ hours in it

If you want to make sure your players don't have to wait for a match for minutes, you got to make compromises. And don't expect a good distribution of players across the leagues on day 1. Leagues don't mean anything atm.

fair enough, hopefully the player base evens out a bit over time tho.