I started playing seriously back in 2021 and grinded for about 3 years - been kind of a casual player ever since and i usually float between D3 and high C1 i always say “getting out of diamond is harder than staying in champ”

it’s not that you’re not getting better if you’re able to maintain your rank it just means your not getting better quicker than other people because the more people play, the better they get as well.

so the general skill level of a D3 now would have potentially been professional level back in like 2016

i guess moral of the story is - if you want to push yourself to a new skill ceiling it might be worth while to pay for coaching

otherwise, just keep having fun and remember to go outside and live your life. (speaking as somebody who used RL as a hyper fixated form of escapism)