Many people have egos like this (even me) but the higher ranked player might have had a bad game or you just got lucky. Players that are higher ranked than you generally have better game sense than you to achieve their rank so don’t comp...

I'm fairly new and after i saw my friend struggle to rank up after he got placed in iron 2, i'm anxious if i'm good enough to play good to escape the low elo's. Is this normal and what should i do, should i play the placement matches or sho...