so who else thinks it is fair for my team being bronze 3 going for promotion getting put up against gold and silver teams. how does that make any since

It's not necessarily fair, but at the same time I would imagine facing a silver team would be a nice test to your skill level. That being said I would hope the system tried to match you to a team either in your division and the division higher than yours like bronze 2. Silver to me means that either your team is roll stomping and you got placed higher on your mmr, or the system could only find the best viable match up for you in them.

OR matchmaking might be a bit off now a days lol