Honestly, the only reason to make it to gold is when those special snowflakes come a knocking.
You know the ones. 2/9/1 talking mad smack after they cheesed a first blood, and proceed to underestimate the power of fighting a 4v1 several times in a row. I give em sass all day long and the response is "have fun in silver you autistic boosted monkey". Then I slip in with the ol'
"but I'm gold" [sg-lulu]
I'm just floundering in gold 5, but there's always a delightful pause where they have nothing to say besides a few lame excuses or time spent looking up my rank.