i've owned the game since early access lol

you get free items for doing it and it takes 5 minutes, stop whining

took me longer than 5 minutes. I had to win a chicken dinner with Bots to advance.

I agree, its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid, but guess what, thats not it, you cant even play ranked until you grind XP for months. Why there is a barrier to entry I dont ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ get. And the normal queue is plagued with bots. I used to love pubg, i take a break, and come back, and i find they are treating players like children. I wish there was an option like apex without all the crazy movement, but im certainly not playing a game that forces me to play with bots for 100 levels or whatever.