Posting what I posted in a different thread about the EU article.
These changes, like the original template match maker, are good in theory. Sure, overall across an entire server tier 8s will see slightly fewer bottom tier matches and a few more as top tier, but it doesn't fix the actual problem.
There was no mention of any kind of check so an individual player is guaranteed to at least sometimes be top tier (and I'm not counting same tier here). There is nothing to prevent a player from being bottom tier constantly. With out any kind of check like that, I really don't see this fixing anything for the majority of players. It's just more ways to get the same thing, except now you're a little more likely to get a same tier match, which is not the same as being on top.
I remember the old days of +3, +4, and +5 MM (and worse; I remember my first ever match in the beta had my Leichttraktor driving next to a Maus [I was playing solo, btw]). I don't mind fighting higher tier tanks sometimes (key word there, "sometimes" ); It's just not fun to do all the time.