@BalladalidilaPremade or two fellow solos... I'm ALWAYS better off if I land alone a million miles away from them. It sends a message to them that, whatever course they choose, they need to execute it without me. And it keeps me from getting killed by trying to save people who can't be saved. Obviously I'm going to die at some point. But it will be at the time and place of my choosing, and in an effort to do something constructive such as win, rather than in a pointless attempt to dig people out of a hole they should never have allowed themselves to be in, and where, even if I can do that, we all end up in some ring or timer or position disadvantage that can't be overcome. I guess I'd rather lose because of my own mistakes than because of someone else's.
As you say, the life of the solo queue schlub.