>>54325962Yeah, you're right. I guess I used to have a romanticised notion of reaching 1600s a long time ago. The sticker was more like a badge of comrarderie between players who have played too much of this game. Then the Zacian Event happened, and so did Mewtwo Event, now anyone who pay-piggied now can now reach 1600 easily. The bragging rights really have eroded for people overtime, I guess.
I don't know… Even if the accomplishment is superficial, I still feel the thrill of winning barely with just a few backcaps, denying the meta-slavers and their heal-sluts the occsaional win. All the little bits of exhilaration buried in this shitty game. I thought that the 1600 is an adequate encapsulation of all these things, but it's okay for me to admit that it's not true anymore.
At the end of the day… if you felt that you've struggled for the 1600 sticker, then it's enough.
You've achieved some small sense of victory over the biased unfair world that is ranked, and it's alright to take a break for a while. The sticker is just decoration, other players will move on from this game regardless. But you stuck around anyway. The least I could do is offer my acknowledgement of your efforts.
>Congratulations on reaching 1600! 