I haven't played for ages and my account is still ranked gold. The skill gap is so bad, I've considered myself good back in the days. I feel so bad for everyone I'm getting teamed up with, I'm so sorry for everyone.
I'm experiencing a lot of lags tho, I don't know if it's me or the game but eh, holy that's annoying.
I'd consider thinking about something like every 2 weeks of not playing count as one loss or what ever, I really can't face 2018 gold players currently, without losing 2/10
But all in all, didn't experienced any real hate so far and I'm pretty sure, I haven't been facing hackers yet.
So yeah I'll stick to this game, not as active as I've been 5 years ago but hey, if the company who bought G1 can rule it, I'll rule with them