9 replies to this topic

[bigdickjoe]

ive been playing since late s8 on and i feel like i fucking suck still my highest achievement is 2.1 and i feel like ill never reach that glad level

how long did it take all you people to get glad

[Jacob_a]

I played a bit in wotlk at around the level you mention. The first week I got into arenas I got to 2.2, so I guess it came to me rather fast. I had been playing WoW since the start so I had a basic knowledge to begin with. When Cata was released I started playing arena daily and within a few months I got to 2.8 pre-mmr fuck up, and camped the rest of the season as my mates wanted to be safe for the title. Something I regret now considering that we could have gotten way higher.

As of now it's just a matter of playing a decent comp with good and friendly partners and glad is always in reach. I feel my play is improving slightly every week in various aspects such as awareness, individual button pressing, synchronising your play with partners, strategies and so on.

More wants more, so r1 is obviously the next goal, be it 3s or 5s.

That was my short story. Good luck with your goal.

[ApplejackxD]

played since s6 as mage, rerolled priest healer in s9 and was very bad in the start, played alot the whole season and in the last week of s9 I reached 2540 rating. In s10 it went better, got 2.4k as RMP in the first couple of months, can't remember exactly when it was, then I migrated and played to 2650 with another RMP and got my gladiator. Trying to get it on Outland this season, shouldn't be that hard once I find a proper team.

[sParKLezZ]

Started playing at the release of Cata, got Gladiator my first season playing. Was only 2200 for the first few months of it (just because I hate queuing with lots of different people), but I happened across a War/Mage combo and we made it to Glad on the last night of the season fairly easily.

[tika]

Started playing in s5 and ended that season around 2k rating, s6 I got my t2 wep and duelist title, and s7 I got my first gladiator title in a team where we played more than 1k games in. After my first gladiator was obtained it went very easy afterwards because I could play with better people.

[Neurologicalz]

got level 70 halfway through s3, got glad in s3.

didn't really get up into the r1 area until arena s5/6

[Champz]

started doing arena in s5 and managed to get duelist in 2's. After watching countless streams and doing many, MANY hours of skirmishes(something I miss <3)I improved alot and went on to achieve gladiator. So yeah, I put in the time and effort and was lucky enough to play with great players.

[joaq]

tika, on 20 March 2012 - 01:51 PM, said:

After my first gladiator was obtained it went very easy afterwards because I could play with better people.

this is more important than you'd think. playing with glads/skilled partner really makes you play better too, and u learn faster!

[Hyrmine]

Honestly, most people only actually get better ONCE they get the title, not before.

A lot of people seem to think that you train in the woods and then come out and go get Gladiator rating. The way a lot of people get their first title is by keep trying and actively try to play their comp better and then at some point they get the rating. Then once you get the title everything's different and you start to see everything from a different PoV. A lot of things 'Glads' do is very logical but people just don't really use their brain I guess.

Switching to people in the open makes sense for example but a lot of people just tunnel or don't see it when someone is in a good position to switch to. Predicting things also makes a lot of sense since you would do the same thing if you were in the other team but people often don't even try to predict anything.

[misios]

increasing your gameplay is a process which takes a lot of time and effort. To do so you need the correct mindset - try to listen to day9 while he talks, hes really inspirational. I heard this video for the first time today, and I have no clue about starcraft, but a lot of his point of veiws on gaming is spot on I think, atleast most of it. Obviously some of the things he talks about is irrelevant, but it's still an entertaining video.

Edited by misios, 21 March 2012 - 10:51 PM.