If you are top 40% then that means exactly that. You are better than 60% of the people who play Starcraft. I don't what it is with this subreddit and raising the bar of "acceptable" skill. Especially when your league is dependent on how well other players are. We can't all be fucking grandmasters. If we all just played and practice this game nonstop we'd still have our bronze and silver being treated like idiots in the game even though they've played for hours.

I'm a bronze and I've been playing for some time now. I am pretty sure I deserve to be in this league and that there are many players far better then me. That being said, it's fucking annoying when people claim that I don't know shit about the game. I know my weak spots and try to improve on them. And I know that I am a lot better than someone who has never played starcraft. The amount of effort I've put out in watching streams, memorizing build orders, and every units strength/counter makes me a lot better then someone who has zero experience in the game.

So no, Starcraft is not easy. It's just that the skill ceiling is so high up there that I doubt anyone has ever been able to play the perfect Starcraft game. Getting better then the 60% of the players is pretty admirable and should be respected.

PS: I'm all for esports, even tho I've never found it as entertaining as actually playing. But if this subreddit is gonna be used for promoting it, then people should also be careful not to become critical snobs and criticize (unconstructively) those of us who actually like playing the game and aren't being paid to do it.