yeah i wouldn't mind ranking up, was on a nice little win streak until last night. im guessing losing the games last night wouldn't be as bad as losing against a bunch of silvers though.
Yea shouldn't hurt you too much, I ranked up in a draw yesterday playing with flighty, sound etc, as I did well personally and was against higher ranks.
The main thing with being a lower rank, is to try to play intelligently even if you are aiming badly or getting out shot, you can still be useful even if you end with what looks like poor stats. Last night I was actually aiming well even in the first game on inferno, but I was making bad decisions and playing stupidly, which meant I ended up like 10 for 25 and was generally a massive anchor, yet in the second game I didn't aim any better, but my play was better and I got a 30 bomb.
For us lower ranks the game sense, and play is the most important factor I think, as even if we die lots if you can keep the other team occupied buying time for the rotate to happen, or keeping the ct's busy at a site so the rest of the team can push the other.
An extreme example is fifllaren for Nip, he's not the best fragger and often bottom frags, but his general play is bloody good and he ties opponents down even if he doesn't get the kills, hence why nip keep him on where other teams might not because cs more than anything is about team work more than just getting kills.
When me and sound played with someone from here last night and 1 of his friends and a random it just didn't work as the random despite being bloody good at fragging, he didn't work with us and it fell apart.