I've been working to improve myself in game by aim training, practicing in the range, and watching other pro players play ranked matches and learn tricks from them. In Act II, I was hardstuck Gold when my friends were Platinum and higher. It was really demotivating because I felt that I would never reach a higher rank and it felt like I was not improving because my rank remained the same for weeks. I set a goal when Act III began, it was to reach Platinum 3. Today, I promoted to Diamond 1. It was tough, losing games felt like the end of the world (especially getting stomped by better players, smurfs etc.). A tip I can give to people looking to improve and climb ranks is to establish a five stack. Everyone, or almost everyone knows that communication is key in this game and that criteria is not always met when solo queueing which is why I highly recommend finding friends and 4 or 5 stacks to play with. You can use the Official Valorant discord server or other servers that people use to find players of similar ranks. Anyways, I just wanted to share that I reached Diamond 1 even though most people don't care. I would consider this a big milestone for my time playing VALORANT. I wish everyone good luck in their future games and just wanted to give a tip to find friends or a fivestack to play with. Thank you for listening to my Ted-Talk.