He typed “gg” and resigned.
For three nights, he tried. He watched replays. He saw his own mistakes: the idle TC time, the missed scout. He tried French, then Rus, then back to English. Each time, the matchmaker seemed to laugh at him. He beat a Chinese player. Gained 9 points. Lost to a HRE main. Lost 12. He’d get within 5 points of Khan, only to be matched against a different beast—a top 30 player smurfing on a second account—and get kicked back down. aoe4world 1v1 rm solo leaderboard
Leo’s hand trembled as he navigated back to aoe4world. He refreshed. He typed “gg” and resigned