User blog:Fistful of Force/Winning is not random.

Winning or losing is not random.

Any plat player worth his salt will never, ever say that. In fact, I personally know two plat players who say "plat is nothing", because what is important isn't the title, but the skill implied.

You do not have skill because you are platinum rank, but rather you have platinum rank because you have skill.

Another thing: If you do not play to improve, you will never get higher elo, and stay at your ranking.

This is part of the reason why so many plat and diamond players have blogs or have youtube videos or whatever. Each activity they have is a method of improving on their flaws, and improve their playstyle. This is why thinking "oh, we lost because this noob was a feeder" is such a poisonous thought. You cannot improve improve if you shove the responsibility of your loss on someone else.