Great write up. This is why I spent day 1 rampaging my way up to Silver 2 (from Bronze 1) and ignored my focus. I still managed 2 chests on day 1 but I went 20-4 and got a ton of rating recovered for day 2's points gathering. I feel most frustrated players didn't factor their league/points cap and chased a focus on day 1, lost a lot and gained very few points when they did win.

Hopefully smarter player will cheer people up through posts like this and videos like mine.