Can't play Ranked with friends?!? :( [ Edited ]

[Brainz30]

So i place in Plat for Ranked last season, and after the soft reset for this season i landed in Silver II. I can't play with my friends who are new to rank now because they're bronze still. What rank do they have to be to play now that i have to deal with the Max 1 Tier difference being enforced? Silver 3 or Gold 1?

And does this mean I shouldn't play ranked until they catch up? That's very disappointing