Time taken to become Captain from Conscript

How much time did you take?

Less than 3 months
13
17%
3 - 6 months
5
6%
6 - 12 months
13
17%
1.5 - 2 years
16
21%
2 - 4 years
14
18%
More than 4 years
16
21%
 
Total votes: 77

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India _RDX_
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Time taken to become Captain from Conscript

Post by _RDX_ »

To all the current PR 26 and PR 26+ out there, how much time did it take for you to become a captain from conscript?

Does not include noobbashing, smurfing and also free wins during the times when your opponent lost internet connection during the game.
oranges.
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It took me like 1.5 years but that's because I was 12 years old and I didn't really try to improve (I didn't know any BO, nor that you should train vills etc).
If you really focus on using control groups, and learning build orders it should be a few months.
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About 2 years in treaty, far less in sup
Fine line to something great is a strange change.
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8 years including about 6 months of actually trying to improve
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I think number of games may be a better metric, I think for me it was about 2.5-3 years and around 800 games-ish?
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2008-2017 so around 9years :kinggreen:
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I became captain on my main account three days ago

[spoiler=spoiler]yeah, alright - can't let my e-dick shrink as much. Was only 2,5 years of Supremacy after never really trying and going inactive frequently. And some of my other accs have been on capt anyways[/spoiler]
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2-3 years
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im not officially a capt but i play like 26pr captain and got there in recalculated about 7-8 weeks without playing 24/7 the whole time.
If you see any mistakes in my grammar/vocabulary or whatever, please correct me. I really appreciate it :!: :flowers:
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Like 10 weeks but I play like a PR2 ATM
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flontier wrote:2008-2017 so around 9years :kinggreen:

noob !
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7-8 years
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Mameluke wrote:im not officially a capt but i play like 26pr captain and got there in recalculated about 7-8 weeks without playing 24/7 the whole time.

If you're basing this off beating me I'm not entirely sure it's a good metric to go by ;p
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I mean it’s not the time that matters really but the amount of games.
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Around 6 months from 2nd lt (when I started) to captain
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It's not the same for everyone.

Some people stay below sergeant level even after playing for 10 years. There was a legendary guy on ESO, I think it was Nikrom, who used to have negative PR at some point. If you check out his ELO pages, he was losing game after game for months (his losing streak was 1753, a world record; no he wasn't a point trader, he really just kept pushing that rock, like a Sisyphus). I don't even understand what kind of thought processing could possibly take place in someone's mind to keep playing a game for years even though they win like 10 games per year. And yet, people like that exist. This level of mental resilience to perpetual loss is just something I could never aspire to achieve, it's a real feat of nature.

I guess this is what happens when you play alone, never compare what you do with what others do, never check forums, never learn build orders, never develop a method, just spam games with your favourite civ just like you get a cup of coffee in the morning, like a habit.

I think Nikrom gained slightly more than 1 PR per year. I know that ESO stats don't go back far enough, at some point the old ESO was taken down and a new one was put in place, and the old stats were lost. Not sure when this happened, may have been in 2009 or so. So Nikrom's stats were recorded starting from 2009 and the most recent games he played were in 2016. He went from PR 7 in 2009 to about PR 17 in 2016. That's about 10 PR in 7 years. If he kept this pace of progress, he could have become a top player in 28 years of playing AOE3.

PS. I have to admit I'm overly curious about how people's minds work and Nikrom is a challenge to me. I have to meet this guy one day and ask him: dude, what were you thinking when you were losing thousands of games in a row and just kept spamming games? What were you hoping? Maybe someone drops or goes afk? I need to understand.
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My coffee drinking PR continues to grow
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deleted_user wrote:My coffee drinking PR continues to grow

What's your shower PR though?
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@OP, you have a long road ahead of you.
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Riotcoke wrote:
deleted_user wrote:My coffee drinking PR continues to grow

What's your shower PR though?

Not bad, probably 22. My bath PR is quite low and everyone knows baths are for higher IQ peoples, like treaty. I'm working on it.
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Realistically it's all about want and how you play rather than how much, as long as "how much" is enough.

Some are going to be more naturally talented, but the mark of any player wanting to improve is consistent activity, large game volumes, game analysis, and a healthy lack of complacency. Analyzing recs and watching POV of better players are both important, although I've never analyzed a rec I've lost - I think I'll start. One can be frustrated after a loss but one shouldn't ever avoid to learn why one lost (note this means one's own actions, not the map, not the MU).

Prerequisites include hotkeying all/majority of actions, being familiar with all the 'strats' a civ has up their sleeve (this requires scouting to discern), and when play level increases, a knowledge of all timings (what game time should a civ reach age 2, age 3, how long before a shipment pops, etc.).

Mechanics improve with consistent activity with large game volumes. Strategy improves with game analysis. Complacency hinders both. Both are crucial.

Hope this helps. In all seriousness, major rank should be attainable in a reasonable time by the vast majority of players who are smart about it. It doesn't have to take years.
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bwinner wrote:
flontier wrote:2008-2017 so around 9years :kinggreen:

noob !

Yea it has been a looong and difficult road but... thats the time it took to be ready to face the legendary bwotto :shock:
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Riotcoke wrote:
deleted_user wrote:My coffee drinking PR continues to grow

What's your shower PR though?


Mine is very high, I only got beat by the shower once
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fightinfrenchman wrote:
Riotcoke wrote:
deleted_user wrote:My coffee drinking PR continues to grow

What's your shower PR though?


Mine is very high, I only got beat by the shower once

I never got beat :hmm:
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