You win, Riot.
I give up on ever getting to gold.
Doesn't matter how well I do, doesn't matter how much time I put into the game (over 4,000 games in silver at this point), doesn't matter how many champs I learn, doesn't matter how much I learn... I realize I will just never go anywhere in this game. Whether that's because I'm bad or because you're a greedy, shitty company, I just know I'll never be getting gold, plat, or any other rank than silver, and I should just stop hoping for it, or anything else.
Doesn't matter that I can go 15/2 in lane against a challenger Riot employee, doesn't matter that I can go 18/2 as Gnar ADC, doesn't matter that I can massively win my lane and every other lane while controlling objectives, doesn't matter how well I do anything... because, in the end, it's not what I do that matters; it's how much I abuse what Riot is too greedy to fix, and how lucky I get with the four other morons I'm forced to rely on.
So, you win, Riot. I'm done trying. Obviously nothing is going to change, so why even bother.