User blog comment:Commander Marko/Will matchmaking ever find true balance?/@comment-12314620-20131105071747

I didn't have any problems walking through silver when I decided I wanted that elise skin (1 week from Silver IV to gold). You really can't blame the system if you get trolls/afkers... While having "fun" by playing if you want to advance you should still do your best to win (wards, objectives, not taking stupid risks). Lastly to your

"Maybe it's the fact that all kinds of toxic players out there are thinking that they are good and they'll get to Gold by playing hard"

Not saying you're toxic or anything but It might just be that you're simply not good enough for gold if you're having a lots of trouble reaching it.