Quote from Shadowrisen >>I'm pretty sure he was reacting to the incessant comments claiming that Legend means nothing. I agree, it is a tautology, but that doesn't stop a lot of people from playing ostrich.
Also, I know Bee and I have been talking in a related thread where the ole trope of "just play a stupid amount of games and you'll get legend" is coming up again and again. That gets tiresome to folks that play in the higher legend ranks because you have to first be able to actually win more than you lose. Someone laughed at me for suggesting skill was the biggest factor in attaining high legend and that attitude gets old.
It's clearly not RNG. Everyone has their share of good and bad over the long run.
It's clearly not deck selection, or at least, if that is an individual's hangup, it's his own fault.
Games played is a relevant factor, but you can have 1,000,000 games played and if you can't win more than break even, it won't get you there.
Soooo . . . what could it be?
I can't say that I've ever met someone who denies that Legend has a skill requirement, but I can see why that might be frustrating to hear a lot of. But at the same time, having even a 51% winrate will get you to Legend, eventually... which, granted, takes skill, but at that point the largest factor is going to be games played.
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