I made it to Diamond with nothing but randoms
Thought I would grind from Bronze IV to at least Diamond this season. I finally reached Diamond tonight. I will say the grind through Platinum was absolutely brutal at times. I came with in 30RP of d...
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I just achieved Plat 4 solo queue. I plan to grind to Diamond as well. My question is this: Why exactly is achieving diamond such an important goal for so many people, including myself?
@Bolted_Fault It's viewed as the big divide in terms of slightly above average and skilled players. The dive trail is another big part of it. Platinum is where you start having to fight people who are actually decent at the game. You are also risking a decent RP each match, you basically have to get 3-4 kills a match to break even on RP or place top 5.
The dive trail was the main reason.
The dive trail was the main reason.
@DarthValtrex and the shiny version of the diamond badge will be the driver in the second split 😃
- @OldTreeCreeper Nah second split I'm going to try and make it up into Master, I still might this split. have 2 weeks to get the RP. I've played a few matches in Diamond it's not terribly difficult.
I would argue slightly above average is Gold III. Platinum, with the percentage who play it, is comfortably above average.
But Diamond is like 6% of the player base, so while you are definitely a good player if you are even a Platinum IV, Diamond is probably the lowest rank you can swing around and say you are one of the best. Not THE best, but up there. Even though if you are Platinum III+ you could say the same thing because you're basically a Diamond that didn't make it yet.
There is a big difference to getting to Diamond Solo Q though. That is much harder, and speaks to personal knowledge of the game, plus compensating for things way beyond your control, like how badly other players can play.
Someone solo-q'd to Masters, tho. That person has way thick skin. I'll tip my hat to Diamond IVs, solo q or not, and say you've done enough :D
