They are. And I have those aspirations too. But the proof is in the pudding and me wanting that rank does not mean I am due it. When I play like a plat I’ll be a plat. It’s as simple as that.
Its FUNNY that you used a school test analogy because SOMETIMES teachers are so inept at TEACHING that they can’t create proper test curriculum.
A lot of schools sent copies of tests back to parents and even THEY were confused by some of the questions on reading and writing tests for 5th grade chilren.
Learning isn’t always a problem with the student. More often its the poor educational skills of the TEACHER that play a larger part in a students development and THATS why more and more parents choose to home school their kids.
Please work on using better analogies in the future.
I can guarantee that if I played with you, I could tell you EXACTLY whats keeping you from getting better at your hero.
And by extension, you don’t know my skill either because you haven;t had the pleasure of being my teammate. At this point, I don’t even think I’d be inclined to do so with your attitude and sense of complete stagnation.
It’s a very apt analogy. I have multiple teachers in my family. It’s nearly never the teachers fault. It’s usually the parents who expect schools to be part daycare and entire education with zero input from said parents and zero reinforcement of curricula. Maybe in your part but where I live our test scores compete with China and the rest of the top performers. It’s a very apt comparison. You’re flunking the test so you claim it’s rigged when it’s been reviewed time and time again by numerous different authorities to be fair.
And the skill comment. I’m not defeatist. I’m continually growing. I just don’t lie to myself that I’m better than I am. If you only want others with inflated egos harping about how unfair meritocracy is then I am not sure we’d match up well anyway.
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Honestly, a Gold that is saying he/she should be in Plat but has been stuck in Gold is still a gross overestimation of skill… even if the skill disparity within Bronze to Plat are wide and inconsistent.
Only…“nearly never” still means that it happens. And you have multiple teachers in the family. Those few people cannot speak to the experiences of all other teacher, students and parents of children in every classroom around the country.
That is also funny because with all the changes that have been made to many schools and the “performance based salary” cuts they make it had BETTER not be the teachers fault for grade slippage!!! Because children are ALWAYS good learners and every teachers methods work for EVERY little boy and girl they ever see. Wrong. Not every public classroom is ideal for the needs of every child. Thinking that a teacher is almost NEVER at fault for how well a child learns is a complete fallacy.
nope not as long as the report system stays automated
The fact that I have climbed to 2496 half a dozen times proves OTHERWISE. Denying THAT fact is where your argument fails miserably. I have been ROBBED of Plat far too many times due to leavers and griefers who leave our team at a complete disadvantage DESPITE being “fairly matched”
Are there bad teachers? Sure. Are there bad students? Way more of these. But now you’re just trying to derail the thread rather than answer a simple question that would show you contradict yourself. I wonder why you’re dodging it… hmmmm…
And your proof is where exactly? The anecdotal evidence of a few family members? Please.
Segwaying into related game topics is NOT derailment.
Go ahead and repeat your question.
Look, as much as I’m one to hate trolls/throwers/griefers and rage quitters/leavers the most, you must have at a number of times just let your ego get the best of you when hitting that close to an SR range and not getting over it is just… come on… if you’re as good as you think you are, even with how the game’s been designed since day 1, you should be able to go through that. But you aren’t, then that means you’re where you’re at and you need to review yourself even more.
Running in alone vs a full team over and over and feeding is called soft throwing. My team mates do it, enemy players do it and 99% of the time, those people feed and die fast. …then they do it again. Do it once, shame on you, do it twice, c’mon man, we asked you to stop, do it three times, I’m reporting you, not cool, you’re ruining the game for everyone else on your team, how did you get carried to where you are?
I’m gold, been gold forever. Maybe I deserve plat, maybe I deserve silver, maybe gold is just right. All I know is that any game with soft throwers (which is most of them) is not all that much fun.
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Perfect example just happened.
Rialto map. I was playing Orisa. Enemy team went PirateShip. DPS refused to get on a Junkrat or other high output DPS to break the enemy Orisa shield. We got steamrolled on Defense. They sustained overtime for 2 whole objectives because NOBODY was on DPS for shield breakage and the Bastion kept tearing through us.
Swapped sides. I FINALLY convinced the team to have a Junkrat, Roadhog and Ana set up to destroy the enemy Orisa shield, Roadhog for hooking the Bastion and then push through. We pushed the payload all the way to the end and did it faster than the enemy.
3 to 3 now. We had more time.
We were on defense again. We stopped them just under the overpass after the second objective. We went on attack. score was 3-5. We did the same strategy. The enemy switched to a Torbjorn instead of a Bastion so the strat was the same. Junk braks shield, get some picks, push.
We were all happy that the strat was working!! We had victory in our grasp. Not cocky. validation that a strategy works.
Here is what ended up happening. The Junkrat…decided to SWITCH TO MEI…right after we crossed the river and rounded the corner after we basically speed capped the first objective with almost 2 and 1/2 minutes to spare. The guy switched off WHAT WAS WORKING FOR THE GROUP TO WIN…and screwed us on damage output to destropy the Orisa shield!!!
That IS throwing!!! You have made a CHOICE to ignore what was a working strategy in the WORST possible moment!!! Much like when a healer switches to DPS during a sustained team fight cause they have bad positioning and they died and start accusing the tanks and DPS of not protecting them.
This is EXACTLY what I mean. When a player makes a choice that DIRECTLY effects the chances you have for success.
It’s bad decisions like his switch, that rob you of much needed victories!!!
Edit: And YES I was praising his every effort on that shield destruction that helped us push forward! I asked him to switch back when we only had 1 minute left before its too late.
i been gaming for over 30 years…30 years! and it has come to this huh?A bunch of cry babies?A bunch of taddle tails?A bunch of winnie winnie woo woo goo goo gaga!?
report that.
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Acting your shoe size V acting your age.
Kind of negates your argument dude.
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Guys just report this guy ^ he’s just a troll
^^Blizzard classifies this as toxicity.
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Stop trolling round these parts shartypants
Just had another good example of player incompetence.
Anubis. 0-2. we capo first point, move for point B.
there are 30 seconds left, final push, we walk on point…in the side of my screen I see OUR Moiras damage orb fly past my face…
Not 3 seconds later…the tanks die and say in VC…“Dude where is the healing?” And guess what I said?? 'Well, that’s what happens when Moira throws her damage orb into a team fight with no shield tank."
Healers prioritize healing!!
Just another day dealing with completely inept players!!!
Ah me oh my and surely you were just playing your little heart out with no mistakes! Heck those inept players!