When I was in high school, our football coaches always tried to make our pre season rough as shit, often trying to get games with teams that went deep in playoffs the year before in a division above us. Similar to how our wrestling coach made sure to take us to big tournaments with the largest/best schools in the state before we got to districts. There was a skill gap, but it was surmountable, we got better because of it. Alot of the players in Destiny however think that you can "git gud" by playing tier 1 players when you have a negative kd. It doesn't work like that, getting stomped into the ground won't teach you anything, basically if you don't present even a mild challenge to your opponent, then neither of you will gain from it