Perhaps the amount of respect that one deserves should not depend on his skill in a game. There are more relevant qualities in people and pickles than rank or skill.
But to remind you all, pickle was the first one who respect person by his rank or his gold medal.. (i'm here not standing for bones and against pickle since i have forgive pickle already), but maybe for pickle some player with rank below ... (you can fill the black pickle ) or player without any gold medal as much as Mike, Vega and Kris is not actually a good player and do not need any respect at all.