I just want to "humble brag" that I finally achieved my personal goal: 100 ELO on all games on BGA (as of now, that's 348 games, including betas).
It was an incredible odyssey that took me ~8 months, and I'm unabashedly proud of myself.
It was unbelievably rewarding. I would strongly encourage anyone looking to enrich their BGA experience to try something similar: try to get 100 ELO ("regular player" status) on 50... 100... 200+ games. Especially if you consider yourself more of a "breadth" player instead of a "depth" player as I do.
95% of the games were played real-time with a stranger (just clicking "[Play now]") and typically 2-player as that's what often happens with real-time. There were a few games that were near impossible to find strangers to play with me, so I had to twist the arms of some of my friends to play some of the more obscure games or games that require 4+ players (and I am very grateful for their service).
It was an incredible odyssey that took me ~8 months, and I'm unabashedly proud of myself.
It was unbelievably rewarding. I would strongly encourage anyone looking to enrich their BGA experience to try something similar: try to get 100 ELO ("regular player" status) on 50... 100... 200+ games. Especially if you consider yourself more of a "breadth" player instead of a "depth" player as I do.
95% of the games were played real-time with a stranger (just clicking "[Play now]") and typically 2-player as that's what often happens with real-time. There were a few games that were near impossible to find strangers to play with me, so I had to twist the arms of some of my friends to play some of the more obscure games or games that require 4+ players (and I am very grateful for their service).
"And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer." -- Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
