King Khawaja . Take a bow Son <| sep |> so this is advanced smurfing ? im so good at this game ill stomp noobs with default pistols , showing how bad they really are . I enjoy rambos stream and watch sometimes , but when he plays MM with just normal guns hes so arrogant to everyone in his team . Never do call outs , never listen to any tactics , just rushes people . im so much better aimwise i dont need anyone mentality . I would be furious with such a team mate . edit my point is , u can be really good at the game and still be nice to your teammates in MM . <| sep |> What you ' re experiencing is pretty common in my opinion . I think my rank accurately describes my abilities but I ' ve also lost even games to people who are more then ten stones weaker than me , it ' s humbling to admit but it ' s something that I ' ve experienced a lot on my sandbag accounts yes , yes , shame on me The thing is that when facing newer players it ' s really easy to let your guard down and stop seriously considering the whole board and the local position . There ' s a half expectation as well that your opponent won ' t be able to find the most severe moves which they often do and that they won ' t try to read . Having this approach can really throw our game off aside from being a little arrogant yes , I ' m also guilty of thisFurthermore , newer players often find really unorthodox moves . They overplay in ways which can be rather difficult to respond to if you don ' t have good fundamentals in the game , which even most SDK level players including myself haven ' t mastered yet . Through being taught by a professional , my fundamental skills have improved and now I handle these overplays much better . Also , now that I understand that playing a newer opponent doesn ' t necessarily mean it ' ll be an easy or trivial game I lose fewer games like this . Still , I think that the problem with western players is that we ' re too book savvy but we lack the basics which means that we ' ll lose to someone who overplays really bad or is just new to the game and won ' t play moves that you expect . So , try not to lose heart . This is quite normal . IMO playing even games is always educational in some way as is playing a handicap game for both players . Just enjoy yourself and have some humility and that sometimes you might lose to someone who is newer to the game . 🙂 Ps I didn ' t realise you were DDK , just forget about handicaps for the time being . There ' s just not enough difference between DDK ranks to warrant it .