u/4chananonuser

Running a 0.99 K/D and a 42.7% win rate. Currently Copper III 0 RP. Was placed in Copper III at the beginning of the season. This is my third most played season of Ranked ever, last season was number one. I’ve been playing Ranked since Operation: Health in 2017. I’ve since placed Gold six times and Platinum once. I can no longer play with my high Gold and Platinum friends because of my low rank.

Gamer tag on Xbox is Cyberman King. I am not a new player so any advice offered should keep in mind I am pushing 1.5k hours.

I have attempted to get help from coaches through VODs/livestreams, duo queuing with my Bronze friend, ChatGPT, watching clips and strategies on YouTube, etc. Since this subreddit is dedicated to helping people get better at the game, I have decided to post here.

For context, I am an Xbox One player who started playing Ranked in Operation Health 9 years ago. I’m currently about Level 311/312 and placed in Copper III before ranking up once and then dropping to V. I also played against PC players last season and placed Bronze IV this season on PC cross play. Bronze IV was my max on console last season so my goal is to return to that.

Ideally, I’d like to be back in Gold was I was Gold III regularly in 1.0. I got carried to Platinum one season but overall I was a strong Silver/Gold player back in the day. After taking a four year hiatus, I realize everyone else got better but me.

I have spent over 1,370 hours of my life in this game so it’s very demoralizing to be the same rank as people who just picked up the game a few months ago. My K/D has improved since last season but my win rate is currently between 35 and 40%. It doesn’t help when teammates leave at the first sign of a hard game.

I want to be able to play with my Gold friends again. They were Platinum+ last season so playing against Diamonds I thought would improve my game. But the new Ranked system makes it impossible for me to play anyone high Silver and up.

My gamer tag is Cyberman King on Xbox. If you have any suggestions or more specific questions, let me know.

I’m 28M (29 next week) with no relationship experience. I’m in between jobs, not entirely intentionally. I was basically given an ultimatum if I can work until Christmas. I told my (Catholic) boss I don’t know. I was then forced to leave my job.

I have no relationship experience, although I’ve asked girls out several times and have been on one date before being ghosted. I feel a lot of pressure from pretty much everyone that I know that I should date. But I’m also in a kinda awkward position as I just received my last paycheck with no idea when I will receive my next.

Should I continue (trying) to date? I’ve matched with 20 women within the last month on Facebook dating. Only one responded to my messages and I was carrying the entire conversation. In person, I’ve been unable to find dates easily due to my work schedule which I’ve since left recently but without a replacement for income.

I very much want to be respected. By women, by my friends, by the people I work with. I’ve been asked by Catholics if I’m married. I’ve been asked by non-Catholics why am I still a v*irgin*. God has not answered my prayers in years (if ever). So, I want a concrete path forward. No ambiguity. No AI generated response. Just a clear shot to be content in this life. If my vocation is marriage, who do I date and how do I meet her?

There was a Facebook reel I commented on a few days ago posted by a non-denominational Christian claiming that every denomination has errors that steer away from genuine Christianity as expressed in the Bible. This was a response to a young Catholic college student. I stated that Catholicism is pre-denominational, that Christ did not want denominations but one Church and that the non-denominational form of Christianity is essentially just watered down Protestantism.

Well, I got one reply today from a guy close to my age. He claimed Catholicism is a cult. I asked him why. He then gave me a handful of mischaracterizations of the Catholic faith I've heard a thousand times before that by any academic understanding of a cult simply misses the mark. I knew from past experiences that a comment chain on a post or reel will never convince any Protestant that Apostolic Christianity is true, so I encouraged him to DM me. Even if there was still genuine disagreement and moral reservations from his part, I hoped the discussion would at least help him understand the Catholic position better.

Instead, he accused me of knowing the truth as expressed in the Bible, but still willingly wanted to remain in idolatry (worshiping Mary, angels, priests) to justify sin. To be clear, we do justify our sins all the time, or at least I do before I accept humility to repent. But why would I genuinely know what Christ taught yet worship Mary as if she was a god? What do I have to gain from that?

I haven't replied to him yet and I don't know if I should. It's just simply bizarre to me. I even offered an olive branch and wished him a blessed day if he declines to DM me, but then he hit me with that response. Is there more that I should have done or still can do? It discourages me that so many otherwise good Christians are so hostile to Catholicism simply because they were taught this by someone else who has no idea what the Catholic Church actually teaches. It's all the more frustrating as these questions have been answered so many times by Catholics who know Scripture like the back of their hand. This is not esoteric knowledge. Just Google it or go on Catholic Answers or something.

At 15, I more or less stopped practicing the Catholic faith. By 22, perhaps by God’s grace, I returned. Now, I’m a month away from 29. Am I any happier? No, I don’t think so. I’m just glad I no longer am as deep in sin as I used to be. That’s good, I guess. Has that led me anywhere? No. Despite healing from spiritual wounds and discerning the priesthood which led me to applying for seminary in my diocese, I was refused. When I was affirmed at my highest in college and by family and friends, I was denied any level of legitimacy immediately afterwards.

Now after three years later I have nothing to show. My position at work which I no longer enjoy let alone make much money after months and years ends in a few weeks, but I have no job prospects open. Dating has been dismal. No woman has shown interest to me in person, despite my best efforts. All my friends keep getting married or leaving my area and have no time for me. I don’t want to go back to my parents at 29. I want to be married and have kids. Or become a priest and use my gifts to serve God and others. But no one irl is able to help me so I guess I’m here now, asking for support from strangers.

If you can’t help me, keep me in your prayers. Quantity over quality at this point as I clearly can’t be happy from my spiritual director’s prayers alone. Or perhaps the idea God wants us to be happy is a lie. Was Job happy when he lost his family and home? No, I don’t think I believe God wants us to be happy anymore as so many priests claim. That’s a modernist notion, responding to the Prosperity Gospel of Protestants. But I do want my life to be meaningful, to be worth it all. It’s not, at least now. So what’s next?