User blog comment:Mineko Charat Lucky/What makes Platinum players different from Gold, and Diamond to Platinum?/@comment-3466579-20131027102857/@comment-18521310-20131027103513

Thank you.

To me, that is the biggest difference between a pro and all the people who claim to be "stuck" in Silver and Gold: A pro understand the game and creates their own playstyle accordingly. Everyone else just watches the pros, try to copy them, and call it "meta".

Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-meta. But being pro means understanding WHY it works that way, not just copying what you see.