I have been in the position of being the weakling picked on and it made me PUSH HARDER and keep playing so I could overcome that and I did. Now I place 1-3 at least 50% of the time and if not 1-3 I place 4th the rest of the time.

Complaining doesn't help matters, save your resources, spend smart and maybe one day you can get to a position to place like I do. Its not going to just be handed to you, that's not how the world works.

PS: I don't spend a lot of money on the game either.