I know that a lot of people this act were taken down several ranks, making huge downward leaps like going from Gold to Bronze. I was one of these players as well, just like most other people that this happened to, I got extremely tilted. It felt like everything I had been working towards for the past two acts was just swatted aside like it was nothing, and I hated Riot for it. However, as this act is coming to an end, I’m starting to think that it was actually a good thing that I was taken down from gold two to bronze two.

Around the end of last act, I was starting to feel that my in game mechanics were slipping up a bit. I was no longer confident in my skill, and never pushed out or played aggressively, and this mindset pushed me further into the hole, as I wasn’t giving myself opportunities to improve. Once I got demoted to bronze, my feelings of resentment just amplified exponentially, and I couldn’t figure out how to move forward. This is where I got lucky. I had some amazingly supportive higher elo friends, who were able to motivate me to keep playing comp. in addition to that, they reviewed my VODs, and helped me aim train. I followed the regime for a majority of the act, and it helped me make a drastic improvement. As of right now, I am a plat player, which was a rank that I had been seeking since act 1.

Getting demoted helped me learn how to push myself to constantly keep improving, and if I hadn’t gotten demoted like this, I don’t think I would have ever escaped my plateau. Thanks to this act, I’m more confident in my skills than I ever have been, and I feel like I’m finally making progress.

Some of you may be thinking that you don’t have enough time to play, or that you aren’t allowed to play as much. To those people I say: I only played 1-1 1/2 hours a day.

TL;DR - getting demoted 6 ranks helped me to push my self to become better, and helped me reach a goal I had been working for since Act 1