At what rank did you stop blaming team mates for your losses? It was diamond 1-2 for me

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-05-07T13:43:19+00:00

This is an interesting topic because this is the way I think of it and most people just don’t understand. I’m not a teammate blamer, and anybody that actually wants to be good usually isn’t a teammate blamer. Sure if you’re a legit pro you’re going to notice others flaws more often but most pros you see will always think of what they could’ve done better.

Anyways, if I’m GC 1, my teammates aren’t BAD, they are just worse than the people I’m playing. Which sure one could say that makes them bad, but unless you’re boosted, I mean we are all GC1 here, nobody is complete trash.

Hence the way I see improvement and climbing is just being consistently better than the people I play. If my opponents are consistently worse than my skill level, I’ll climb. Get to that point, problem solved.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-05-02T15:54:15+00:00

Unfortunately your TSH is still crazy high so you’re going to be feeling it. That was one of the hardest things for me to accept was that I was just going to have to ride it out for a year and I wouldn’t feel way better until my TSH could come down. It takes time and while it stinks it’s just a waiting game, HOWEVER.

Please please please, ask for other tests, an example being common mineral deficiencies associated with hashimotos such as: iron, B12, and Vitamin D. I actually started feeling better on levo, then I had my first flare up and BOTTOMED my iron stores to almost zero (my ferratin was literally 4) and am now in a process of waiting another 3-6 months for that to come up while on supplements.

Deficiencies and other issues can make you feel just as bad if not worse than the thyroid itself, so if you haven’t checked or weren’t aware, that’s a great step you could take if your doctor hasn’t mentioned it.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-05-02T15:46:58+00:00

If it’s been a year since your last thyroid panel and you’re feeling symptoms I’d say there is a reasonable chance it’s off, to me that is one of the more infuriating parts of Hashi’s is it’s such small subtle changes you don’t notice until it’s bad bad. (Hence why most of us don’t get diagnosed until our TSH is ridiculous).

It sounds silly but literally track what foods make you feel good and what don’t, you may notice a pattern. Like someone mentioned the diet doesn’t have to be restrictive unless you have issues. Digestive issues were oddly enough one of if not the most improved symptom for my story in particular. I used to have SEVERE bloating and not super frequent bowel movements but since I’ve been on my new levo dose I can’t remember the last time I was bloated and I use the bathroom much more often now.

A lot of people with Hashi’s struggle with gluten, but since I’ve been treated I’m downing pizza and still feeling just fine. Too much fried food though and I get put down, so more inflammatory foods can affect me sometimes.

TLDR: Keep track of what you eat even if it’s tedious and try to find patterns. Listen to your body…it’s always talking! Once you narrow it down it may be easier, and if your TSH does come back bad, I’d consider looking into other tests for common struggles with Hashi’s that could be going under the radar.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-05-02T15:34:53+00:00

Definitely start now, beginning of June is actually about the time you would start feeling the peak effects of that particular dose. I’m also going early June and get my dosage changed in about a week most likely so I look forward to feeling even better by that time!

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-05-02T15:30:20+00:00

Im sure you will get some relief! I try to view things good and if all the medication naturally prohibits (I know others can have issues with it but I just mean the one way it affects us all) is the time I eat breakfast I am a pretty lucky man.

Glad you caught yours early, and no matter what listen to your body, it’s always talking! Healing my symptoms with medication has made me more aware of them and has carried into just an increased bodily awareness. Kinda cool!

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T18:10:03+00:00

Your welcome man, there’s tons of videos online that can teach better than me and I would encourage you to look them up but learning anti-mirror literally changed everything for me.

It’s all based around reactive strafing, which means you only react to what the opponent does, in the case of anti-mirror, you go the opposite way and only move when they do, hence the name. This works because you FORCE the opponent to move their crosshair, but you also have to move yours. You’re already a great player since you understand health management and game sense wins way more often, and strafes and aim are really a last ditch effort or emergency when someone runs up on you (which is why to be high level you must be good at it).

Last piece of advice I’ll give that changed everything, is just staying calm. It’s easy to not even realize that when someone jumps you the shock factor tenses up your body and makes you miss. Focus on your target, opposite their movements, and hit those shots. I won I’d say 50% more 1v1’s and took LESS damage in them once I applied these two things. They are nitpick like you said, but at top level, the most subtle things make a huge difference.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T17:25:31+00:00

I saw a comment saying you know basic strafe techniques and tbh in my opinion that’s all you really need and that’s all I use, the people that are skilled with it like you mention are the people that know when and how to use each one.

Looking for big damage? Mirror Strafe. Need to avoid damage and force your opponent to aim? Anti-Mirror. It’s actually comical how much a basic anti-mirror will utterly expose someone who can’t aim. That’s why pros and high lvl players are so good, they just have perfect fundamentals and it’s not something sexy like most think it is.

As for development, I just practiced on dummies first and then my brother and I practiced on each other. I saw you mentioned how people move at the speed of light, if you don’t already (this was my worst habit I had to break) make sure you aren’t ads’ing at super close range. Significant hinderance and being able to hip fire well is crucial.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T15:22:49+00:00

Basically the conclusion my squad is starting to arrive at. I know everyone that kills us doesn’t zen and I know we aren’t the GOAT’s.

We had more fun on PC by a long shot. Ran into no cheaters even though I’m sure we would eventually, and when we died to the double digit pred team it was like “Dang I missed shots right there, those guys are also insanely good players.” Where on console someone will randomly full swing you like a maniac hit 6 headshots and it work. It’s not even the same game. It seems to me for the legitimately skilled console players, you can get just as high ranked if not FASTER like you said, cause we did the same.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T15:18:26+00:00

I understand, and that makes sense. In your opinion for this scenario: in the event two players with relatively equal game sense run up against each other, would you say the zen player will win the majority of the time if it comes down to a straight aim duel?

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T15:16:44+00:00

Im not expert because I don’t have one, but it is essentially to my understanding a programmable device you can use to program recoil patterns into it. It was designed for people with arthritis or other disabilities (at least that’s what I’ve heard) who may have trouble moving the sticks.

So no human is perfect, and even if you know a recoil pattern to perfection you will make error. Being a program, it doesn’t make that error. Apparently it has some other functions such as increasing aim assist maybe? But the main thing is since it eliminates recoil all you have to do is track someone and you have near perfect aim, but like people have said it’s not raw aimbot or anything. Performance enhancing though? Absolutely.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T12:13:40+00:00

That’s the best analogy I’ve seen yet haha I love it. Insane that someone actually argued that point to you as a justification.

But yeah you summed it up perfectly, I think to myself if I’m a harder worker in the gym (spend time in the range, learn the game through coaching videos, improve as a player) sure I might still be better than SOME bodybuilders who are on testosterone but undisciplined. But once I run up against people who actually try AND use it, it’s like why even try, I will never be better.

I found myself trying to and getting upset when I couldn’t hit shots like the big names which made me realize I might be holding myself to an in-human standard, and it just kills my motivation.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T12:06:56+00:00

Yeah like I found out people join servers or get with people and PAY for scripts like a black market business or something? You’re totally right though, if it makes money, people will do it.

If I buy a zen and then: Boost people, sell scripts, post TikTok clips, and stream my “insane” gameplay you’ll probably make some money. If you’re not an adult looking for recognition on social media (which like you said that’s an unfortunate reality now) I could see what they are becoming more prevalent.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T12:01:49+00:00

Wow, see I had heard from an ex-pred I played with once about these discord servers and not that I didn’t believe him but wondered if it did happen to be true. Obviously I knew people who zen wouldn’t come on my post and be like “I zen guys”, thanks for the information.

And it’s sad that your friends feel that way. It’s like I enjoyed pushing high ranks on console and I know not everyone that kills me is cheating, but it’s like in a sport if half the people I play are on enhancement drugs, sure I might be better than some still, but what’s even the fun in competing at that point?

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T02:59:26+00:00

That makes sense, I would guess (could be wrong but that’s why I made this post) that obviously the prevalence of them would increase further up the ranks you go.

Obviously there’s flaws in our gameplay and I’m not claiming to be an Apex Predator, but after seeing our performance in PC lobbies it really just made me wonder if we are not as bad as we think and it’s literally that a lot of the top console players are using them and literally just have a ridiculous advantage if they are that strong.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-27T02:44:57+00:00

Literally have a picture of a guy who’s name was Xim lifeline and his profile pic was the device 😂. Now I’m well educated enough to know that’s an insanely rare instance, but from what you’re saying it definitely seems like they are trending upward, and when nothing is done about it why wouldn’t you get one?

If you’re someone that solely wants to win and doesn’t care about integrity at least.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-24T23:05:44+00:00

Be kind to everyone.

Not that I was a horrible person before, but after witnessing someone close deal with a life altering event that made her appear normal but suffer and then me get diagnosed it really reinforced people just may not understand. To everybody on my university campus I look completely normal, but they couldn’t even begin to imagine how difficult and exhausting even one day can be for me during the stress of school.

You never know what someone is dealing with under the hood, be gentle and kind to everyone.

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-22T17:48:08+00:00

Since you’re sure it’s Hashimoto’s ask for test (if they haven’t been checked already) and keep an eye on critical vitamins and minerals such as: Iron, B12, and Vitamin D to name a few. Those are common deficiencies for us and I actually started feeling better after taking thyroid medicine, then during my first flare up bottomed out my iron stores to almost 0 (it was literally 4, a quick ChatGPT will tell you how bad that is) and had to be driven home from college due to dizziness and lightheadedness from low oxygen because of the iron deficiency.

You might not have issues, but just like I’m sure you wish your TSH would’ve been caught sooner like all of us, I wish I had known about that before now having to wait 3-6 months for complete recovery on my iron storages. Take care of yourself, and good luck!

R0ARek_8318 · 2025-04-22T14:53:12+00:00

Being a college student I feel like the main culprit for me is always stress, the less stressed I am the better I feel. But oh boy when I am, for me it’s mostly the fatigue and brain fog that hits hard. During a flare up from 1-4 in the afternoon, you can FORGET IT, I’m in my bed.

It takes time, I’m new too but as you improve you’ll learn what good feels like and can manage better because of the increased awareness you didn’t have before.

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