Climbing Up League Tiers - More Games Or Skill

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Hi splinter fam,

Welcome to my weekly dose of spl content where I try my best to explain strategies and some of the best ways to improve in spl. a few days ago I posted about a game I really enjoyed and today I’ll talk about climbing up ranks in spl.

If my memory serves me right I joined spl in November of 2023. So that’s approximately a year and 2 months. I can’t say I am a very good player but then I can say I do well in the game as I am currently in diamond league III even though my highest league reached is diamond II and ever since then it’s been a struggle to get there.

I used to think playing a whole lot of games was the key to earning more or climbing up the leader board. Well, it turns out that’s not the case for me. Last year I concentrated on playing spl most of the time as I wanted to earn more and to climb the ranks very fast. Most of the time my best was to get into diamond III and almost get into diamond II.

Each season was a struggle to leave gold quickly cause for some reason I’d loose a lot of games when the season started. I didn’t change this strategy until this year. This year I figured I’ll have to play less games cause I’ll definitely have a lot of things going on in my life at some point in time. For some id have to play less and less games everyday. I still prioritise using all my energy when I open the pc but then I don’t prioritise looking for extra energy to play.

So the funny thing is ever this year started and the new season I took less time I getting into diamond II. I’ve not dropped to gold ever since I entered diamond this season like I’ve been doing in the previous seasons. What changed? I’ve prioritised winning more over playing more games in the day.

How do I do this? I like winning streaks but when I have a loosing streak I stop playing. I have this weird believe that each time I am being paired against strong opponents and I give it time then the type of opponents I get change. I can also contribute it to the fact that I have become better at playing the game since I’ve been learning along the way.

So how can you win more whiles play less games like I do? You need to know that spl takes time. You can start today and be rushing to get to a higher league as soon as possible. Spl is an evolving game and it takes practice to be as good as you want to be. A strategy which worked a few years ago won’t work this time round. That’s how fast the game goes.

So prioritise learning how to play when you start the game. For me it might take another year before I can make it into champion and I am ok with it.

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