I was playing ranked with a friend, and we queued up with 3 guys who all insta-locked duelists. I ask if anyone has a mic and they all get excited and say "wait is that a girl?", which made me happy. A couple minutes later one of them says...

Today marks 1 year since my first ranked game and since then I’ve played around 1.5 games per day. I started at Iron 2. Went all the way up to Bronze 1. Now I’m back at Iron 3. If I could do it you can too.

This really shows that rank means nothing in this game. Players with good game sense and aim can be held back because of how bad the experience is for lower ranked players. Platinum and below you are basically asking to get giga smurfed on...