Major ,Major; parting is such sweet sorrow.

by **army of nobunaga** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:50 pm

How long can I keep the ole major rank this time? I think 4 days is my record.

I play somewhere between 100-140 games

70% are 8man esc terminators. And this rank seems to be a bitch for me to keep.

Oh well.

Wanted to actually know if there were any other large room players here that keep a Major + ranking basically so I can message you and get tips.

Thanx :-)

by **porkenbeans** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:40 pm

Yeah, those swords look nice next to all that gold.

by **army of nobunaga** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:44 pm

I think our doubles games have stabilized my rank a little man... So I owe you the swords I do believe...

that and my quads team of crash,shoop,lunch36.... and sometimes that crazy mageplunka.

But im in the process of trying to crossmap 100% of the maps.. its a daily struggle.. was hoping maybe some colonel or major that plays the same game types would chime in here so I can get a mentor.

:S

by **Lindax** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:28 pm

army of nobunaga wrote:I think our doubles games have stabilized my rank a little man... So I owe you the swords I do believe...

that and my quads team of crash,shoop,lunch36.... and sometimes that crazy mageplunka.

But im in the process of trying to crossmap 100% of the maps.. its a daily struggle.. was hoping maybe some colonel or major that plays the same game types would chime in here so I can get a mentor.

:S

Ain't gonna be your mentor mate. I have the same problem, but then with the Colonel rank.

The reason is quite simple though: we like to play and play a lot because it's fun. The only solution is play a lot less and concentrate on our ranks, but then we'd be bored stiff on CC.... :-^

Lx

by **army of nobunaga** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:34 pm

lol, you already are like the only mentor Ive had in CC... Im good at feudals because of only you.

Dragon dor is trying with me on waterloos. But I just am not good at that map yet.

You are probably right. there may not be anyone or many ppl that are super high playing the games I do with the number... i dunno.

by **porkenbeans** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:43 pm

army of nobunaga wrote:I think our doubles games have stabilized my rank a little man... So I owe you the swords I do believe...

that and my quads team of crash,shoop,lunch36.... and sometimes that crazy mageplunka.

But im in the process of trying to crossmap 100% of the maps.. its a daily struggle.. was hoping maybe some colonel or major that plays the same game types would chime in here so I can get a mentor.

:S

I never understood what that "crossmap" stuff, was all about.

by **jefjef** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:52 pm

Well I have been a Colonel by one point now for 2 hours. So I don't think I have a single piece of good advice for you. Just a congrats and good luck!

Your doing it on the hard path. =D>

by **army of nobunaga** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:53 pm

i think you have to beat 5 unique people on each map

I think its 5.

its a bitch with 160+ maps, I can tell you that

by **army of nobunaga** on Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:53 pm

jefjef wrote:Well I have been a Colonel by one point now for 2 hours. So I don't think I have a single piece of good advice for you. Just a congrats and good luck!

Your doing it on the hard way.

I know man.. Im fighting it.. been taking like 4>< longer on each turn all day.. want to make it 5 days :S

by **natty dread** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:49 am

Hey, can I join this club?

by **porkenbeans** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:55 am

If you cut the amount of games, and increase the amount of time spent on each game, I believe that you can raise your %. You can spend your extra time, not only studying your moves, but your enemies moves as well. Pay very close attention to your forts, and try not to leave any armies behind the front lines, unless they are there for deterrent purposes. Pick the most complicated maps that you can, and learn them. Once you do, then try out some speed games on those maps. One last thing, grab a hold of a high ranking Freestyle player, to show you the ropes. I personally hate Freestyle, but most of the top players on the leaderboard got their points from playing it exclusively.

by **ljex** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:44 pm

Freestyle is easy to learn and hard to master, also most of the high ranking players either play private escalating or team games.

by **porkenbeans** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:24 pm

ljex wrote:Freestyle is easy to learn and hard to master, also most of the high ranking players either play private escalating or team games.

Maybe we could play some trips together, and you could school us both ?

by **ljex** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:43 pm

porkenbeans wrote:
ljex wrote:Freestyle is easy to learn and hard to master, also most of the high ranking players either play private escalating or team games.
Maybe we could play some trips together, and you could school us both ?

I really only play speed freestyle and a trips game would prob never start

by **angola** on Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:48 pm

I reached Colonel sometime about 10-12 days ago and have maintained despite having 150 games going at the time.

The 8-man escalating is like feast or famine as far as maintaining rank is concerned, but I've hung onto my swords for quite some time now.

I have no idea why, though, so I can't give advice. I did pretty much cut out all speed games.