Currently, 50 Classic games are required to play Ranked Practice (RP), and 10 RP games are required to play ranked. While, all game modes are toxic as fuck, ATM, due to the influx of kids, from the mobile app being free, just extend the requisite number of games to participate in these games.
I refuse to play RP and Ranked, solely, because the skill level is so low that people don't even understand the concept of Random Town (RT). We're not even talking about throw games, here...
I propose 250 Classic games, 50 RP games, before ranked. This solves 2 issues - 1) phantom accounts (people who join, then "afk") and 2) banned users who just want to troll (way too easy to get 60 games played). This could also be offset by requiring wins with the current boundaries, but that's sort of poor, given the competition....
Also, set up a Classic mode for people who have played for more than 500 games. Too many new players are too intimidated to type anything, even if they aren't afk.