You know, I've come up with a reason as to why I think silver is so difficult to get out of (especially now after the forced prime matches). Most of the people you face in silver are people who are actually fairly experienced players who know what nades, spray, and common angles to check are, while in GN (I remember from when I was GN3 on my alt), a lot more people don't really have as much game sense, simply because they ranked there after purely relying on aim. I'm not having all too much trouble getting out of silver now that my aim is much better than it used to be, but I feel like getting through Nova won't be as hard as silver