Eh....
I know you play well but my friend, many other players if wanted to play for medals during those days they were able to do it too. They are simply not playing with desire and semi-retired and the odds to win will be really tuff for you and them if they were playing for real.
Ok you got the medals, and you are well known for long as good player but please do not look like you are better than many others here that are just playing relax now that are also real pro and can be on the 3 spots in the current environment or in the AP harder era. They are not even trying or even playing. Actually, there are just few playing for R1 and no motivations at all.
I am not pro, and I do not care about that, but it is a bit too off about reality against if they play in full for top.
About AP, even me I have been in the top 3 all spots to able to win in the 3 seasons in the era of super AP and just dropped helping clan decisions not divined with weaker mechs balanced never counter or inflated HP and I am just a goofier player here.
Boosting recent era was nothing against the hardest and best era that was the AP era of 250 above minimum requirement to achieve beyond 300. There are just few guys around now playing and do not care much about to be at top.
Nany of those guys been called no one else actually can do it cross clans.
Be a bit humble.