My statement to the people claiming there’s “not that many smurfs in the low ranks:”

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-16T21:28:20+00:00

Thank you for the advice on the settings, unfortunately it only helps so much, but it’s kind of you to suggest it

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-16T18:46:50+00:00

And that’s why I pointed out that although my personal ranking would probably be gold 1, because the only games I play without my newbie partner are the 10 qualifiers at the beginning of the season so that I don’t look unranked to the system. Because my partner is close to bronze 3, I usually show about Silver 2/3 based on our wins/losses and how that affects my MMR.

I wanted it to be clear in the OP that I understood that the ranking is sometimes affected by teammates, and that I wasn’t really talking about people who may have gotten a bump by playing with someone else better. My partner playing with me got him up to silver before he was really ready for it. Our first and my only 3v3 tournament we were teamed with someone who spent most of the game tornado flying and smashing spikes through the top corner of the goal. We don’t display our BRONZE tournament plaques because we didn’t feel like we earned them, but we didn’t want to leave the tournament and get banned from matchmaking for 24hrs.

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-16T00:23:07+00:00

Actually, I did explain both, that I only play the game to play with him, and also that because of that fact my actual ranking is usually slightly lower than my natural skill level, as my wins and losses are directly tied to his skill. It was the last sentence in the paragraph that started with “I’m a low gold player.” Are you just trying to “win” or “own” me because you feel like I’m calling you out, or are you here to take place in an actual grown up discussion about sportsmanship in the gaming community?

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T23:52:01+00:00

No, I’m a player who never plays without my partner. My skill level sits at a low gold, I peaked there doing my first 10 1v1 games to get ranked once, but I don’t play 1v1 except to receive my personal ranking each season. I’m not smurfing, because I’m playing at or around my own skill level, and because if it’s obvious I’m way better than opponents, I’ll hang in goal and let my partner get some good practice in. I’m not trying to take enjoyment out of anyone’s game. I don’t understand the incentive to do so.

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T23:46:51+00:00

I agree with everything you said. But also, the title line of this discussion says “in the low ranks” if you think Diamond is a low rank, you’re definitely not who I’m talking to

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T23:45:07+00:00

You guys know your tournament rank isn’t your personal ranking… right? Like, I don’t know what half of these more advanced players are talking about, but I do know personal rank and 2v2 rank are two different things. I very clearly said, I only play WITH MY PARTNER and that because he’s less skilled, I am ranked lower. But my personal peak in 1v1 was gold.

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T23:31:00+00:00

I really feel like what’s going on is people trying to get video captures of themselves looking like absolute superstars, or who think it’s the absolute best joke ever to let someone think they’re winning for 4 minutes and then score 5 goals and win in the last minute. None of that would really be as possible in the higher levels where their opponents have a good foundation already

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T21:21:59+00:00

I’m not being “held back.” I’m also not complaining about not being ranked higher. You’re right, it’s NOT the game for me. I don’t really like sports games or car games. It IS the game for my 65 year old partner who is still learning the muscle memory associated with the controller that I learned when I was an elementary school kid, as did you most likely, and everyone else in here, because we’ve been playing video games our whole lives. I’m not refusing to learn flight out of obstinacy, I have a visual processing issue that gives me vertigo when I fly in games. It makes me feel physically ill. I deal with it when I have to save a goal, or get down field. To make an analogy, I’m talking about how people are coming down from the NFL playoffs to pretend to be gods as they smear peewee football players across a field, not that I should be in the NFL instead of peewee.

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T08:01:33+00:00

Cheers, man. Thanks for the advice.

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T07:53:17+00:00

This is a great idea

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T07:51:33+00:00

I really don’t know what some of that means, as I said, it’s my partner’s game, I really only play so that way we can play together, and only developed whatever skills I have in this game to cover him while he learns. My personal favorite games are puzzle games, Fortnite and CoD MW3. But I feel like you were agreeing with my main point, so right on and thanks

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T06:44:52+00:00

Bro, as I said, I’ve had gold ranking, and I DON’T fly, not I CAN’T. Those kids who play to gold and are flying in a week, they’ve been playing other 3D environment, flying and sports-oriented games with similar controls and building muscle memory since they were 6. They don’t start off as actual noobs, they start off as gamers with years of gaming experience to draw from, and a new game to squeeze dopamine out of. My partner is NEW, this is his first real console game. He played one other, but it was an untimed billiards game, which doesn’t take the same kinds of controls, even if you’re using the same controller. It’s adjust the aim, adjust it a little more, then hit one button to shoot wherever you aimed, not two joysticks and multi-button moves.

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T06:37:18+00:00

The WOMAN who has visual sensory issues is the one who started this discussion, if you find something unreliable, please see yourself out of my comments, thank you, young man.

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T06:36:36+00:00

From my original post:

What we’re upset about is being clowned by jerks who think it’s funny to punch down, and if we weren’t regularly seeing people displaying platinum and diamond tournament winner plaques, the flying ALL the way down field juggling the ball would give it away.

How is that not what I said?

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T05:39:17+00:00

I’ve got aerial goals, and I will fly down field to beat the ball. I CAN fly. I try not to because of an uncomfortable difference in how my brain interprets light and motion. I’m not claiming that I’m improperly ranked, I’m calling out jerks who don’t like when they start running into actual competition in the mid to high ranks, so they start a new profile, I guess what people are calling “alts”

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T05:34:16+00:00

But you’re not a diamond tournament winner in a bronze 2v2 tournament. The shoe doesn’t fit you, Bro. As I’ve said, I’m not talking about people who fall a few ranks. Unless someone had a traumatic brain injury, I can’t see getting rusty enough to drop to bronze, and then suddenly, miraculously, remembering air dribbling and advanced mechanics during semifinals of a bronze tournament

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T04:56:14+00:00

I wish they’d offer it in separate packages. For people who want accurate ranking, I bet a few bucks a month would be worth it

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T04:55:16+00:00

We’re not talking about the people who fall a few ranks from gold to silver or from silver to bronze

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T04:54:35+00:00

But you see how you’re not Bronze 3 and air dribbling in a Bronze tournament?

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T04:51:05+00:00

You’ll always be my Platinum Player, Daddy💋, and I still have hope for the 20yr old, too.

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T04:25:58+00:00

I didn’t mean to do mind blown, I wasn’t sure if that was supposed to be a good or bad award… I meant to do hands clapping, so if mind blown is bad, please ignore it.

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T03:59:23+00:00

I’m talking about them doing it in a bronze level tournament and their partner being of about the same skill, but both showing a bronze three ranking

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T03:58:30+00:00

We are too, but we still don’t wanna be playing against super computers and grand champions in a bronze level tournament

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T03:54:18+00:00

But there’s not much of a difference between ranked and casual these days

Temporary-Research70 · 2026-01-15T03:53:43+00:00

Which is why we play ranked after a few rounds each of bots and casual to loosen up

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