You would be surprised at the amount of people who view being 17+ a curse when there are no games to play.Funnily enough, this has nothing to do with the current discussion.Im not sure why they seem to get annoyed when the obvious factor-"time spent playing makes you good" is pointed out to them.
I am a player who has been through both rating levels 1600 and 1800 and there are so many others, unlike the "gerry" who gets to 17++ once in a while through UNFAIR point tricking and leaving pause.