Tales of a Bronze Bastard LV

Game 1
Current Rank: Silver V - 95 TP

 Well, I've arrived. The promotion game. IF I win, I can rank up. If I lose, I will rage with the fury of a dying sun, about how awful my team was and what noobs they all were.  I'll probably be the top-pick lord to a team of scrubmasters.  I just need to accept it. 

 Just kidding. I needed to get that out of my system, in hopes that it will help me keep my cool if any of those things do happen.  And if they do, I'll consider them challenges to overcome and not the result of some ridiculous conspiracy to hold me down in the depths of Silver ranks. 

Anyways, I'm second pick. Someone throws out almost every boost, so I drop a skin and FP boost to  try to start some goodwill in the lobby.  Hopefully it carries through to the game.  I pick Erlang just because he's open and I've played well with him in casual on this patch.  I offer to trade if someone else wants to run him solo, but no one speaks up.  The enemies third-pick Sobek, which I assume will be played into me.  I've not gone against a lot of Sobek lately, so this could be tricky.  OK, their last pick of Skadi to go with Ravana, Kuku, Sobek, and Xba has me confused.  My guess is Skadi tank?  I don't know what to build against this, so may go with boot rush. 

Instead, I go with cloak.  This was a huge mistake because I got Skadi as an opponent.  She got Berserker.  I hold my own for about 8 minutes, but eventually lose my tower without dying.  This team breaks down.  Duo is very weak.  We lose.  Of course we do. 

Game 2
Current Rank: Silver V - 90 TP

Let's see if I can get back to even.  I am second pick and due to calls in lobby,  I end up taking Artemis ADC.  Let's see if I can make her work.  My lane partner will be the supp from the other team in the last game. I am going to zone in.  Let's do this. 

I'm with Xiang Tian, into Ullr and Sobek.  I once again get a good laning phase through. Unfortunately, I start getting crushed as we move into the mid game.  And then the jungle and tank decide its more fun to use the in-game chat to BM than to make useful calls.  I'm getting really stressed out by the hate. 

I pick it up as we transition to the late game, but our team lacks focus.  We get it together great at moments, but can't stay focused.  And I die way too much.  Life sucks, when you're a Bronze Bastard.