James had played many ranked games on Valorwatch to stay in Rank D and try to move up to Rank C even though he was still a Blessed Rank D. To achieve this goal, he stopped participating in some Fortress invasions during the week, limiting himself to just invading one or two Fortresses a week to dedicate the rest of his time to Valorwatch, since his dream was to have a high ranking in the game, and with that to gain fame - something that would be difficult to achieve just by being a Blessed Rank D.
However, as James played a lot of Valorwatch, it turned out that he played with some Rank D people a few times on the same day, and over time they would create friendships or rivalries just by playing a lot with and against each other.