A mate of mine has around 7k mmr, while I just recently reached the 5.4k mark.
While the old mate of mine plays with professionals, I am happy when I win my games and slowly close the gap between him and me.
Only when I have surpassed him, can I enjoy the glory and privilege of playing amongst the cream of the crop.
Yet I am slowly grinding my way to 6k in hopes to reach 7k one day, too, to finally reach and challenge old tier 3 retired legends like bulldog and singsing and then feel how it's like to have an obnoxiously roaming and supporting singsing or a bulldong, who carries the team from time to time, oh the big fat rat, he basically is a furion god and one of the few 30 players, who had the chance of winning a TI, while both of them are streaming