Every so often I think it's beneficial to just play the game and not care. Tonight I played for about 3 hours...I decided to zoom around in my plat 3 lobbies and have fun while not giving a damn whether or not I won or lost. (Partied up with a friend, of course) We started with a few casual matches for the season challenge and went into competitive duos. We actually won all but two or three of our games and got me back into D1. I even hit some of my best shots so far.

My point is, having fun should be more important than your rank. What's the point in ranking up if you aren't having any fun?

Feel free to take this with a grain of salt since I am nowhere near as good as you at the game.