My last post, for real, then I'm logging out for good.
I DID NOT DECIDE THIS BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET GAMES IN. I could not be more adamant about this. There IS a hierarchy and telling me to play other players (which I do...playing Stabs, Unbearable Pun and others is commonality for me), but I'm speaking specifically on the very top players disregarding people they even know. Most of them know me, I socialize, I've been in parties and made them laugh. I'm not nobody. My point is the top players WILL NOT GIVE YOU GAMES MOST OF THE TIME. So stop trying. Do your thing with other people. Even as somebody who has placed and was well known in the community, I can't get games with people who a year ago would play long sets with me. THAT'S MY POINT. Don't wonder why top 8s are the same 10-12 players over and over...you aren't supposed to ask these questions. You are supposed to play other people who don't make top 8s until you earn your chance to play vs most of them in long, informative sets.
Also, I'm not telling anybody how and why to spend their money. I'm giving them advice as somebody who sold a $150 headset to go to CEO (ASTRO A40s shortly after they came out) but when that person didn't give me the money right away, I guaranteed my mom that they would and she gave me the money when we were struggling. I NEVER got that money from that fuck I used to play Call of Duty with. I'm ensuring people don't make the same mistakes as me, or doing my part to avoid it. The experience is great. But as the saying goes "having money's not everything, not having it is".