yesterday happened to me a thing that theoretically, given the rules and the way we know matchmaking works, should not have happened.

I'm level 98, 123k power.

I meet a level 100 with 154k power and i lose.

At that point I join again and, astonished, i meet him again.

Now, this would be possible if one of us waited more than 60 seconds or if i beated him in the previous battle, but neither of these conditions happened (we were matched after 20 seconds) and since he was both higher level and higher power than me shouldn't have been possible for us to be matched again, but happened.

Moreover another weird thing that happens to me lately is that i get matched since last 5 times almost only with people at higher power than me.

Considering the fact in my bracket the number of people with higher power than me are around 50, while the people with lower power than me are closer to the quadruple digit than to the triple digit this thing is indeed weird and somehow smells of deliberate rigging (overall because didn't happen at the same time. twice happened after world boss time, once as soon as matsuri began and twice 30 minutes after matsuri began).

I may consider it a coincidence if happened once of twice, but 5 times in a row begins to sound like a proof.

the problem is not the fact that you can meet the same person (please, read more carefully what other people say before replying).

the problem is that, given the rules and given the way we know matching system works, to meet the same person is possible in the case i explained IF AND ONLY IF or me or him waited more than 60 seconds or if he got matched while i was waiting and he retreated as soon as possible (so if he lost a match in the meanwhile, but i asked him in chat if that happened and he told me it didn't happen) to join again the queue when i got no matchings in the meanwhile or if i got matched with somebody and my new enemy retreated as soon as possible (so if i won a battle) and i joined again the queue when he got no matchings in the meanwhile.

Is perfectly possible to meet the same person 2-3-4 times, but not in the situation i explained (given the rules mods explained us in the past).