Gold 1 smurfing in bronze 2 LF support to duo

[{quoted}](name=devante gomez,realm=NA,application-id=K6EGEal2,discussion-id=4ZKc13Pm,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-07-12T05:05:16.758+0000)

is gold really considered a challenge to bronze? smurfing is when a high level player , does matches with much lower skill level players. the only reason its even a word is because of an inherent gap in skill lv. but with gold, your really aint shit yet, so does it really count as smurfing? i mean against unranked maybe, but bronze gold and silver have very little separating them, mainly consistent cs,teamwork/synergy, and map awareness.

But all 3 of these divisions still make bad decisions often, and still throw just as often, and have many of the same weaknesses, so as a gold player are u really "smurfing" of just a big boy fighting a slightly smaller one?

and if u are, what makes u think someone practically your size cant hit just as hard?

TBH I do mistakes and shits but there is a huge gap of skills between high gold and high bronze

[{quoted}](name=devante gomez,realm=NA,application-id=K6EGEal2,discussion-id=4ZKc13Pm,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-07-12T05:05:16.758+0000)

is gold really considered a challenge to bronze? smurfing is when a high level player , does matches with much lower skill level players. the only reason its even a word is because of an inherent gap in skill lv. but with gold, your really aint shit yet, so does it really count as smurfing? i mean against unranked maybe, but bronze gold and silver have very little separating them, mainly consistent cs,teamwork/synergy, and map awareness.

But all 3 of these divisions still make bad decisions often, and still throw just as often, and have many of the same weaknesses, so as a gold player are u really "smurfing" of just a big boy fighting a slightly smaller one?

and if u are, what makes u think someone practically your size cant hit just as hard?

Bronze is different, yes because of what you say, consistent cs, teamwork/synergy, map awareness, mechanics... basically what guarantees you a win. There's a huge difference between bronze and gold, it's why bronze exists and not everyone's in gold. (And really if they're so similar then climb to gold >3<) But I can tell you even from gold 1 to silver 2 there's a major drop in skill, mechanics, so yes I would call it smurfing.

@Citabogue I'm gold 1 main, have a smurf in silver 2, "How do you Vayne", add me if you want XD I play only vayne on that account, can take her top adc or jg.

[{quoted}](name=devante gomez,realm=NA,application-id=K6EGEal2,discussion-id=4ZKc13Pm,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-07-12T05:05:16.758+0000)

is gold really considered a challenge to bronze? smurfing is when a high level player , does matches with much lower skill level players. the only reason its even a word is because of an inherent gap in skill lv. but with gold, your really aint shit yet, so does it really count as smurfing? i mean against unranked maybe, but bronze gold and silver have very little separating them, mainly consistent cs,teamwork/synergy, and map awareness.

But all 3 of these divisions still make bad decisions often, and still throw just as often, and have many of the same weaknesses, so as a gold player are u really "smurfing" of just a big boy fighting a slightly smaller one?

and if u are, what makes u think someone practically your size cant hit just as hard?

Amen.

Im confused with my match making. In Normal queues (not the ones with premades) i get matched with low diamond to plat with the occasional gold 1-2 player while im in Silver 1 (been here since last season, never felt like climbing) But when i do play Ranked, i get matched with strict gold 4 - silver 1.

Is there a different 'ELO' for normals and ranked? or is normals somewhat a vague area that matches you with a random set in between xx - xx?

I honestly think there are separate ELO's but im confused. My premade teams are usually diamonds and plats with some golds too, but when i soloQ into norms, i still get matched with diamonds and plats. .

[{quoted}](name=devante gomez,realm=NA,application-id=K6EGEal2,discussion-id=4ZKc13Pm,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-07-12T05:05:16.758+0000)

is gold really considered a challenge to bronze? smurfing is when a high level player , does matches with much lower skill level players. the only reason its even a word is because of an inherent gap in skill lv. but with gold, your really aint shit yet, so does it really count as smurfing? i mean against unranked maybe, but bronze gold and silver have very little separating them, mainly consistent cs,teamwork/synergy, and map awareness.

But all 3 of these divisions still make bad decisions often, and still throw just as often, and have many of the same weaknesses, so as a gold player are u really "smurfing" of just a big boy fighting a slightly smaller one?

and if u are, what makes u think someone practically your size cant hit just as hard?

BTW, I have an avg KDA of 98,00 on my last 5 games as mid having only 1 death in 5 games... but yeah I guess elo doesn't matter.

PS : one of these games was a 4v5 with our support afk'ing the 1st 10 mins of the game