How the hell are their so much people in diamond 5 with a mentality of a silver?

LegendmakerGX·May 12, 2017·3 votes·476 views

In promo 2 games in a row I had bitch diamonds afk because they think we lost, and the funny part is my team who yelled at him will probably be punished before this person who intentional feed and afk gets hit with a single suspension.

Platinum I see are toxic which w.e I can mute but playing with diamonds are like playing with a wash up noob who just afk after 2 death. I have not seen a joke like this, trying to do promo and get these diamond trash. Like seriously how are these noobs even diamond if they think 2 death in their lane is a GG?

7 Comments

Starcraft243verMay 12, 20172 votes

The main reason is people aim for diamond, they reach it (or pay for it), then they feel like they are god and can act like jerks.

Low D5 is where plat 1 tryharding to reach diamond and those who already reach diamond and dont care anymore meet.

(Plus a lot of D5 stop playing ranked once they reach it, they just play one game a month so they are not demoted, but they dont care about winning or not, they just need to play a game to not be demoted).

MyrmironMay 12, 20171 votes

That's me. Got Diamond 5 in solo queue some time ago, played a game a few days ago to not demote. Currently trying to get Diamond in flex queue because there is no reason to keep tryharding once you got to Diamond. I mean, what can I get from trying in Diamond? I'm ways too bad to get to Master, and getting to Diamond 4 or 3 is not worth investing the 100+ games for needed to get there.

Starcraft243verMay 12, 20171 votes

You are too bad to reach master for now, but if you kept playing and improving, maybe you could ;).

But I understand your PoV, it takes a lot of time and dedication to reach the top and I dont have this time either.

I mean, what can I get from trying in Diamond?

It's a game, you dont get anything real unless you are progammer, keep that in mind.

MyrmironMay 12, 20171 votes

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You are too bad to reach master for now, but if you kept playing and improving, maybe you could ;).

Yeah maybe if I'd play like 6 hours a day. It'd probably take me at least 300 games to get to Diamond 3 alone, thanks to the massive skill gap between the divisions in Diamond. I just don't have the mental fortitude to tryhard that much. Getting good enough to get to Diamond was fun because Diamond 5 is actually not that good, so every bit I got better was directly reflected by my rank. But I'd need to get SO MUCH BETTER to even reach Diamond 3, and higher Diamond divisions are completely out of my reach, let alone Master. You could say I'm stuck in Elo Hell. XD

deadlychuckMay 12, 20171 votes

Because rank is more about time investment and champion selection than skill.

Pick a good champion. Play them to a minimum acceptable level, and they will carry you to victory, or at least to your team getting fed and carrying you. Continue this with a even slightly positive win ratio, and you will gain rank. (Champion selection may vary, within a range of about 15 champions across all roles)