A person's rank doesn't invalidate or validate their opinion
There have been so many times I've seen people use the fact that they're diamond/master/challenger, as their only reason for being right about their opinions, even if that opinion is wrong.
There have also been many times where I've seen people completely ignore a good point by a person because they were bronze/silver/low rank gold.
People in real freaking life, have started conversations about league champions and balance and stuff with "Well I'm a challenger so I would know."
It's really sad how people use these things as a means of intelligence or knowledge. Like the person who only played for about a single season reaches challenger is smarter or knows more than the silver player who's been playing since season 1 and just plays the game casually.
I have a friend who would ask a diamond top lane player who was considered the most powerful top laning champion at the moment and despite the fact that at least 6-7 different websites with valid information have stated that this player was wrong, because that player said that X champion was the strongest, he flat out said, "well he's diamond and I hold his opinion more than I would websites where people who aren't diamond probably voted."
Am i the only one that thinks this?
Edit: This discussion isn't really well explained in my post, which leaves open quite a few misunderstandings in what I meant, so, I'm going to add a little something here to help explain what I mean a little more.
I am a Lulu main. I've played her since late season 2. I know every trick and every move and every change and every position she's ever been played in since her release as a potential jungler, to her being a broken OP af top laner to being the meh champion she is right now and even down to her lore.
If there's a question you need to know about Lulu, I'm your man to go to.
That being said, I'm not the best Lulu NA. There are Lulu mains who have carried her to Master/Challenger in a way I have not.
However, in a little scenario, let's say there's a conversation asking about the best Lulu build and playstyle for her playing mid-lane vs Syndra. Having played that match before I know how to play and win in that lane.
However after I give my opinion and advice, TripleXProGG420 comes in and says the exact opposite (which is wrong). However, that person doesn't know Lulu at all, they never played Lulu, they only are giving information from what they've seen in youtube videos, overall they don't know anything about how to help.
Now normally, who would you listen to? MrNuclearPumpkin who played Lulu more? Or TripleXProGG420 who is just throwing random information out and knows nothing about how the match up actually goes?
Now let's use that same scenario with the same people, but we'll replace our names with our ranks instead.
MrNuclearPumpkin: Gold V TripleXProGG420: Diamond 1
It's the same situation, the same scenario, but now, the ranks are shown. Instantly the people listen to TripleXProGG420 even though his information is wrong simply because he's ranked higher than me and by their thinking, would immediately know more than me.
This is the problem and the point of this thread!
I hope this explains a bit more about what I'm talking about.
Edit 2: Holy crap I did not think this little post of mine would get so much attention ><