User blog comment:BIA-Kaboose/The Sheep are Everywhere/@comment-5906087-20130917081413/@comment-8267817-20130917125833

@SirAston Very well said, this is exactly my point, the meta is not neccesarily a bad thing, but that does not mean you have to follow it like moths to a flame. To assume that players in lower divisions lack the knowledge of the game is not entirely true, I am currently in bronze, but thanks to putting some effort into learning the game, I understand some of the more unorthodox picks and why they work, as well as who you should avoid/target, etc etc.

@Shaw Fujikawa In a way they are less like tyrants and more like military generals, think about it, they develop tactics and the troops, the bleating, wooly, troops follow in their footsteps, then you have the guerilla fighters, the ones using unorthodox tactics, even if they are not well known, occasionally they find the best given way to bring someone to their knees, and sometimes they die a very unglorious death.