We must've been meeting different people - I've never seen anyone buy a pink for Akali (apart from the supp) even in plat. It's also incredibly fun how I said that people in low elo don't know what her ult does and then I get a game yesterday where the enemy picks Kled top and my top Riven says that it's the first time she's seen that champion and asks what his skills do.....
Anything below Diamond is pretty much Bronze level, so please, in my name, stomp those fuckers more. Make them learn the game the hard way.