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at what rank can the player be called decent? also is a captain in vanilla the same as in tad?

bearsmashedbass:

at what rank can the player be called decent? also is a captain in vanilla the same as in tad?

I always considered people to be decent starting at captain. Also imo Captain in TAD is still better (even though every single nilla player will deny that) 

jayve98:

what is gs' eso name?

goodspeed

LordStefanIII:

Milky__:

jayve98:

what is gs' eso name?

:O 

Its Goatsex. Durp.

Derp. 

how high your rank is doesn't just depend on the amount of games you played. some factors that weigh in, from most important to least important:

1. RTS experience (preferably AOE1, AOE2 or AOM)
2. watching pro recs and copying builds (using your own builds when you're a beginner will just hold you back)
3. reading guides
4. talent/intelligence
5. the civ(s) you're playing

the higher in rank you get the more important talent will become because at a high level it's the small things that make a difference (everyone knows what build to use and how to micro properly).

i remember when i quit playing nr50 i was pr19, started playing supremacy with french and stayed at pr19 for a few days (all i did was mass musks in age2). then i played against a lt. colonel who spain FF'd and **** me, but the game was recorded and i copied his build. i got to major within a week. just to illustrate how important it is to copy strong builds when you're low ranked. it's all about getting as high a PR as possible so you can start playing against better players which will make you improve a lot faster.

gs:

how high your rank is doesn't just depend on the amount of games you played. some factors that weigh in, from most important to least important:

1. RTS experience (preferably AOE1, AOE2 or AOM)
2. watching pro recs and copying builds (using your own builds when you're a beginner will just hold you back)
3. reading guides
4. talent/intelligence
5. the civ(s) you're playing

the higher in rank you get the more important talent will become because at a high level it's the small things that make a difference (everyone knows what build to use and how to micro properly).

i remember when i quit playing nr50 i was pr19, started playing supremacy with french and stayed at pr19 for a few days (all i did was mass musks in age2). then i played against a lt. colonel who spain FF'd and **** me, but the game was recorded and i copied his build. i got to major within a week. just to illustrate how important it is to copy strong builds when you're low ranked. it's all about getting as high a PR as possible so you can start playing against better players which will make you improve a lot faster.

jup.

Biggest problem I found is that for many civs there are no decent strats available on internet (for example for Dutch there is not really a single good guide, or maybe Bart wrote the Dutch semi ff a while ago but when I started playing it was impossible to find a good Dutch guide). 

http://s15.zetaboards.com/A414A_clan/topic/481096/1/

but who needs guides. just look up some recs on RTSS 

gs:

http://s15.zetaboards.com/A414A_clan/topic/481096/1/

but who needs guides. just look up some recs on RTSS 

yeah kinda true. I have never really been a big fan of recs and your strat guide didnt exist when I tried to get better at this game :P