It felt really good being there, until I realized nothing had changed sadly enough. But enough of that, I will rant on the lower divisions in another blog post.
Amumu hugged me back
So with my head in the clouds of this mountain, I can see the golden crusted gates of the Gold division with Victorious Elise waiting for me. So begins the final climb, between Varus, Nautilus, Graves, Lee Sin, and Jarvan, I managed to scratch my way towards my goal. While only gaining 10 league points per game as compared to normal 20, I was still making progress albeit slowly. But then the real battle commenced.
Not only with other summoners but with some of my own friends and with the "gatekeepers" of the gold division.
In order to get this far up the slope, I had dropped several things (including working out ) to give myself an extra few games per night in order to make my goal more attainable. But one day I jumped into our shared teamspeak server only to find several friends tearing me and my recent success down and claiming getting "carried" and getting lucky.
Lets just say it was a mistake trying to play after that. So I dropped a few points of LP and took a break for the night. I resolved that I would only talk to my supportive friends until the task was completed. Then I ran into the next problem, the infamous gatekeepers. and nothing made me think of both of these issues better then this picture of Jarvan battling Noxus ( see above).
The Gatekeepers, a sourly group of individuals unable to promote who take out their anger on people still trying. and when you have a hot streak going and a plus percentage in LP, you become a prime target in the last week of the season. These people throw games, and troll to no end to make you lose despite the cost of getting reported. But despite all these obstacles it happened, I reached the arena before the gates, the last trial by fire.
The Gold Best of Five Promotion Series.
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