I can't bring myself to consider Flex Queue to be competitive.

Maybe it's just me, but even when I try to take the queue seriously, half of the other players don't. Not to mention that it's inherently a less competitive environment than Solo/Duo because of the number of uncontrolled variables.

I've just started using it for practice. People treat normals like a joke, so it doesn't REALLY help me practice for ranked, whereas Flex Queue is played in a fashion similar to Solo/Duo while still being forgiving because the rank doesn't REALLY feel like it matters.

Am I alone in this?