Platinum Rank I-III

Ah, yes.

Platinum Rank is where people either get stuck in or manage past it through its endless suffering (and let's not talk about Bronze Rank). 

Fortunately, with my 3-person comp. team (and in some cases 2), I was fortunate enough to have landed out of Bronze, Silver, and Gold, and progressed through Platinum. 

It's a continuous cycle of deranking then promoting with either loss or gain of points, and it's just a constant headache sometimes as someone who mainly plays strategist in the game.

But not all hope is lost. 

Honestly, I didn't think I'd getting out, but I managed to rank up to Diamond III this past week.

Yet, overlooking my gameplay, there were definitely a few improvements to do. 

The Beginning

For the first few matches, I was SEVERELY struggling with positioning. (P.S: quality may be wonking)

First thing first, I should have NOT tried jumping all of them at once, especially Iron Man with a team up with Hulk nor flanking so bluntly behind towards Punisher. Smh.

I lost that round too, sadly.

The next game, I went with Mantis, and it was going great, actually.

Until King T'Challa brutally murdered me in front of my teammates. Not fun.

The Climax

As they say (I have no clue who), the grind never stops.

Climbing up the ranks slowly, things were getting better. The game gave me proper queued teammates respective to their MMR and I paid more attention to my environment.

But, just as you know it, things were not alright again, and it was a pure mental breakdown while playing as Sue against tanks in a different match.

I was particularly happy with this moment here with my ultimate as Wanda. The simplest things do give you joy.

The End

Unfortunately, while editing my gameplay for beautiful highlights, my recording file for when I did rank up to Diamond III (Contrary to what someone else might tell you) was corrupted. 

Proof: 

 

Feel free to watch the match replay if there's anybody with an account!

Quite sad. 

But I ranked up! 

Now that I'm out of Platinum, I now bear a future massive headache thinking of all my potential deranks.

I was able to recover a short clip that I was working through from my second-to-last match before ranking up (Yes, I did). 

With anybody out there playing, has anyone made any competitive progress (hopefully not deranking)?

Let me know your thoughts!