It's been months since I last looked at 
Eager to progress from the lowest of the low, I set about on some ranked battles. The first few matches just sat on waiting forever and then finally came up the competitor surrendered
This is one big annoyance with
Finally I got a battle and won, my path out of Novice had started
Another match and another win - I'm almost on a roll
Even the waiting time reduced, it's all going too well
Of course as you climb the competition becomes stiffer
And you start to loose the odd match - heading backwards not forwards
That is when the waiting and loosing starts to wear thin, and you remember what made you forget to play.
It does not take many losses to throw in the towel
You might get lucky with the odd win, but as you climb you know it's going to turn into a bot fest - and some how the bot's nearly always win.
I made it from Novice to Bronze II, if it wasn't for waiting I might have kept playing. 
