What opponents do I have to expect as a ranked player with an unranked player in tow?

Although I am playing Counter-Strike games for a very long time now I didn't care much about CS:GO competitive matchmaking until recently. And I only play with a friend or otherwise we just play something else.

So we face the following situation: One of us is ranked pretty high and the other one has no rank. It kinda looks like smurfing, but it isn't.

What opponents do we have to expect when joining Competitive?
(High rank, low rank or something in between?)
Does it matter who opens the lobby?
(Does the leader's rank determine who we get compared to?)
Also there is a limit on how many games we both can win due to a smurf protection. This seems to be two. What's the cooldown until we can play again? When can we play without any limit?

Sorry for not asking 3 separate questions, but the answers of all those would nicely fit in one answer, since this is about the same situation.

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Best Answer

When you are not ranked you have to win 10 games to get a rank. The cooldown for competitive games when you dont have a rank is 24 hours and it triggers after 2 wins. On the question as what players you will be placed against its rather difficult to answer. You see the guy without a rank actually has a rank based on his performance. Its just hidden. So both ELO rankings are taken into account. However due to the nature of the system you are more likely to be placed against players who also dont have a visible ranking yet.

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