STYLOSA ONCE TOLD ME THAT RANK DOESNT MATTER

Your rank in a sense does kind of matter. If you are good, you should naturally be in a higher rank. If your bad you would naturally fall to a worse rank.

You were bronze last season and the nature of the ranked reset means you'll be starting lower.

There was a popup in the client at the start of the season that explains this. http://puu.sh/sRPMi/7ff17d1220.jpg