And boy, did it take long for me to get another done. **** me. Must have been somewhere in June when I did my last one, if I recall correctly. I believe it was the Javelin Geth Trooper solo. This time around, I succesfully did a Platinum solo with the Asari Huntress. Mind you, a character I have tried to solo Platinum with for a long, long time. I can't remember how often I have started a solo attempt set to Giant(Hazard)/Reapers/Platinum, using this kit.
More often than not, I would get synced somewhere along the way. Other times, I would just lose too many gels early on. I never thought I'd find the motivation or luck to pull it off. It got so bad, I started to lose interest in doing solos, and I didn't care as much about being good anymore. I started to develop some bad tendencies, becoming reckless and really an ******* to teammates at times. As many of you know, I got into custom wave modding a lot, and I didn't take the game seriously anymore. Then, something happened a while back.
Instead of me talking trash, a random Pug - I would guess a lurker here, or just one of you guys incognito - called me out during a Gold game. This guy outscored by a mile, whilst I was using one of my go-to kits...my trusty Black Widow GI. He called me out on my sloppy performance, and it was well-deserved. In that particular game, I died far too often because I went all Rambo on the enemies...except Rambo didn't bite the dust quite as often as I did. After this game, I started to reflect back on how I have changed as a player...and I didn't like it one bit. Sure, I still like to fool around doing custom wave mods every now and then, but part of me still has the desire to be a good player.
So, that's why I have quitely been doing Platinum solo attempts for the last month. And God knows, I have fucked up a lot of those attempts. Actually, all but this last succesful one. It was very refreshing, just how crappy and egotistical I had become, and how bad it made me look. Good thing about a solo attempt, is that nobody witnessed those epic fails. I mean, I made the most dumb mistakes known to man. From rushing objectives, to basically just walking up to a Banshee for a nice hug. Part of me, tells me I should have recorded that shitty gameplay...just for laughs.
I started doing these attempts right after New Year's day, and I lost count of how many times I failed before I nailed this one. Also, I tried multiple characters. Ironically, I failed most miserably with the kits I am very accustomed to, such as the GI, the N7 Slayer, the Drell Assassin, and the Asari Vanguard. I'm alright with the Huntress normally, nothing spectacular, so it's a surprise I pulled it off. Maybe, it had to do with the fact I am more cautious and slightly cowardly with this kit. I mean, it's just so much more easy to cast Dark Channel on a Phantom and leave. 
Anyway, I will wrap up by saying I have learned a lot doing these attempts, and I just had to shake off that misplaced arrogance I walked around with previously. I am not that great of a player when I don't put in the work. That's something I learned by doing this. Oh, and there's no freakin' way I will ever do a solo under 50 minutes. That much is clear...even after using all my bloody rockets. I just kite way too freakin' much. 
But now, Platinum solo numero 6 is over and done with...let's hope the next one isn't months apart from this one. Has anyone regressed quite a badly as I have before? Because, it was certainly refreshing that learn that my clutch skill that once defined me could go away like that.
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