I have to say that seeing my old silver icon replaced with the gold swords was a bitter sweet moment for me. I have been making a point to see how far up in the ranks I could get as a freemium, "no gimick" all-around player. Lately that has meant trying my hand in team and larger standard games that take a lot longer to wind up. So will this mean an end to my quest? I am not sure... it is very tempting to run out and leverage up on my favorite maps 1v1... but I shall resist the urge as long as possible

And if that should happen... maybe in a year - if I haven't become addicted to playing - I'll drop back down to my current score (for the record: 2266) and start up the quest again under the silver colors and the 4 game quota.
Cheers,
GD