I just hate having to fight purples and blues directly, best I can think of I can do is just be a nuisance but even then it won't be enough if some ground players don't even play the game (I'm not saying all, in fact most were fine, but one in particular)

I mean, plays like that are just what I've come to expect from strong/very good players, I blame myself (and my team) because it was allowed to happen in the first place, and the gremlin thing it was not just gremlins more of the expectation of scythes and widows too.

I was also too stressed out at the time to think more positively about it. Don't get me wrong, it just that it didn't feel good to have it happen especially when stressed out.

I do apologize for my negativity at the time, like I said I was stressed out there and then

I'll keep it in mind for the future

Sometimes, being a nuisance on a battlefield is the real good way to use even your low bronze rank. If you're good enough with a bronze rank, you might even get the title of a 'bronze dragon.'

Also, snugglebass, skigear, shaman, you have your blue rank already. you have nothing to complain: Blue rank is the highest badge of honor.

Also, I hate how all of your advise can be summarized as "stop dreaming." That's the worst advice any high rank can give to anyone.

Cliver5 I fail to see how "celebrating good plays" is equivalent to "stop dreaming."

Also, who is complaining here, except you?

You say "please be respectful," but until you showed up the conversation was constructive and respectful. Is there something I'm missing?

... hah. should have watched your steps.
Go ahead. Voice your sinful complaints. The more of you show your true colors, THE MORE OF YOU WILL FALL BY THE EYES OF LADY JUSTICE. For there is no shadow that will welcome your wrathful arrogance, mary sues.

What the frick did I miss (rhetorical)

Speaking as a reasonably highly rated player, if I find myself on a lane against weak opponents (or stronger opponents who are making mistakes) I normally have some combination of two goals:

(a) crush them, or
(b) ignore them.

All else being equal, a lane can be crushed if the opponent(s) are making an easily counterable army, or they are making unwise attacks with their army. A lane can be ignored if the opponent(s) are not posing a credible threat. If a lane is ignorable but not crushable (often because many defences have been built) I will rotate to another lane, or tech to nuke etc.

Conversely, if facing an opponent who is stronger than you, I think your goal should be to deny your opponent those goals - be uncrushable and unignorable.

• Build a reasonably diverse army. Mass Slings may be good in some scenarios, but if a strong opponent gets to battle you 1v1 they will switch to Blastwings or some such and ruin your day. (Of course, if you are overmatched on a lane your opponent will know more counters than you. Just do your best and dont lazily monospam a single unit type.)
• Don't attack just for the sake of attacking. If you have a decently sized army, a strong player wants to fight you where they can reclaim the wreckage easily.
• However, you should always be threatening to attack, or at least to apply pressure. If the strong player can go away and make a breakthrough on another front and you can't either follow them or punish them for that, you have a problem. If they have left mostly defences to hold your front, make sure you have something that can crack those defences, probably artillery.
• Ask for help from your team, but don't be upset if it doesn't come. The stronger players on your team may judge that they have a better chance of winning by trying to crack open their fronts against their weaker lane opponents. Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong. You can't win them all.
• (Maybe this is just advice for getting better in general, but...) Try to always have a positive plan for how you are going to achieve something. Make some artillery. Make some units to counter what you are about to be attacked with. If you don't know what is coming, morph a Sparrow and go have a look. Don't just sit there making the same old army which is being obsoleted by your opponent's counters.