You think people who go to tournaments don't have families, or jobs, or shit going on in their life? You don't have to go to tournaments but don't make generalizations just because YOU personally can't go to them. A lot of tournament players have full time jobs and families, so this post made you look a little silly.
That being said, I agree people are too harsh on online players here. Whether the online record means anything to us is irrelevant, it means something to you and you shouldn't be shit on for being pissed at it being erased. Unfortunately though there is no fix, so you'll just have to grind it back out again.