one thing you have to realize is that the reason that someone is bronze/silver/gold/plat/diamond and not challenger is because they have laughably horrible flaws in the way they play the game. period. even in D5 i still make really stupid decisions or whiff my mechanics consistently enough that i cant be challenger.
basically, if you arent challenger, youre trash
This is true. It's difficult and frustrating, however, because I understand that I'm not a good player, but I get tilted by
the Curse of Knowledge bias whenever I play soloq.
Considering the fact that my mechanics are potato 7, I've been carrying myself through ranks by shotcalling and winning lane hard through sheer knowledge. I guess the average player in my elo is the opposite, having slightly better mechanics but still very little game knowledge. I get tilted really easily by this fact, and it's no excuse to lose, which is frustrating.
Nothing like playing against a Tryndamere top and witnessing our Lux mid die to his roam because they:
A.) didn't ward their lane while repeatedly pushing
B.) refused to listen to MIA/danger pings directly on top of where Tryn was walking
C.) were unable to position properly to avoid ganks
D.) ignored "Tryn coming mid" in the chat when I said it 3 times
E.) blew binding 2 seconds before tryn showed up to farm a caster.
Gold elo is like one of the deepest pits of my personal Hell, not because it is inescapable, because it certainly is possible to climb out, but there are inexplicably awful plays every game, and often the majority of the bad plays are concentrated on one single player. Every player is making mistakes, but one will often be a new level of spud.
I discover new things that tilt me every game because looking for even one second at other lanes gives me aids :^)
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