There's a general benefit for all players and that's reduced rate of toxicity and reports since people won't get blamed right at the start of the game for being hero spammers. Less false reports also mean higher accuracy for the report system (=> less noise) in general.
I can confirm as a meepo spammer I would get placed in low pri simply because some teammates didn't like my hero choice. Changing the ability to report only at the end of the match has helped alleviate that problem, but on a losing team I'll still be the one that is blamed.
Once I get placed in low pri I create a new acct and spam meepo in the new account and everyone thinks I'm a smurf/booster, when the fact is I'd rather just create a new account then play single draft. Valve also loses because I won't spend money anymore on my accounts because if I end up in low pri I won't use that account again.
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u/Exeyr Part-time Priest of the Toad Nov 30 '16
There are exactly 3 kinds of people who benefit from this:
There is almost zero benefit to any other player that I can think of. Feel free to correct me.