I think both Contraption and Warnhorn offered an "intangible advantage", meaning an advantage that you can not easily put a dollar sign on. There are things that come with these items you can not quantify... Contraption - Knowing exactly where your enemies are most of the time with mines covering a large part of the map. You can't do this with just buying scout traps because you can at most carry 5 traps in one slot, and I bet you most likely won't carry more than 3. And...

Absolute truth. Also, how do u get to hotness in the first place if u win 5 games and then lose 5 Back.... Chicken or egg

I agee wih u absolutely. The match making is a piece of shit. Usually I won a bunch of games and then start pairing with noobs and lost a bunch... It's a cycle. There is no way of getting to the next tier and progress... I know it's hard to create a perfect match making system but this is insanely frustrating