[{quoted}](name=Celeste Benal,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=3QHKIvM3,comment-id=00070001,timestamp=2015-03-16T20:55:56.326+0000)
Why then, since I much prefer to go get the objectives and win a game, am I in Bronze 5 instead of Diamond anything?
People just have a tendency to say that Bronze players aren't taking objectives well enough (because a lot of players will try too hard to get kills when they could be using their time better). Though, objectives aren't everything (especially after the Dragon stopped giving team gold).
This game is really about optimized time management, area control, abusing mistakes, awareness, teamwork, and precise movement/ skill usage. I guess you could consider item builds as a controlling factor but I won't go into that.
Time management can refer to summoner spell cooldowns, jungle buffs, objective timers, ward timers, skill timers, how long it takes to walk from point A to point B, enemy jungle pathing. It also refers to knowing how to optimize gold in a certain time frame (without hurting your team... which can be tricky especially in lower elos).
Area control is basically how much vision you have and how you can zone your enemies. This could be referring to destroyed towers, pushing minions, setting up wards for kills, zoning in lane.
Abusing mistakes is probably one of the lesser known ones since you need to factor a lot into what a mistake is. The enemy using a summoner spell, ultimate, or a long cooldown skill counts as a mistake. Not realizing the enemy has an item advantage, or losing a trade is considered a mistake. Not respecting enemy catch potential. There are a lot of things to consider here, so I think I'm missing quite a few. Though these are usually abused more as you go higher up, and often result in kills if the person uses their skills well.
Awareness is fairly obvious, but probably one of the hardest things to pull off consistently. What is the enemy thinking? Where could the enemy be? What skills can they use, how can I dodge them? Where is the enemy team? What skills can hit me from the fog? Could the be in X bush or behind Y wall. Who is visible on our team and is pushing (aka the person the enemy team will try to kill)? Also awareness of game time as seen in time management.
Teamwork is something that I don't think I should go into too much since I rarely see it happen below silver 2. Though keep in mind how ally skills can interact, how mobile ally champions are to catch up to you, and how you can use your skills to compliment others. Also, keep note of ally skill cooldowns, ults, summoners, hp, and mana if possible.
Precise movement/ Skill Usage Not too relevant until higher elos. Though if you are experiences with a champion you should know how to use their skills well ping/ fps permitting. For example, Lulu ult to cancel a Jayce "To the Skies" would be an effective 900hp+ as opposed to a Lulu ult by itself being only an effective 600hp. Precise movement refers to dodging/ breaking line of sight/ positioning. Though you usually won't see people purposely breaking line of sight for damage advantage until much higher up.
TLDR: There is a lot to the game to be considered. It is not just kills and objectives. A lot of people know it, though cannot perform consistently so they end up below diamond. Low-mid diamond players can perform somewhat consistently and have to start working on precise movement/ skill usage to a much finer degree. Bronze-Platinum is basically how many of these skills a player has and how often they can perform them.
