[TachibanaKanade]

just wanting to know probably an estimate time or experience through games.
How long would it take to get to GM? (Including everybody having a different learning curve - so based off from average i guess)

[x5_Namakaye]

How long is a piece of string?

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ToRDjvillian:

^This

[ROOTProbe]

There is no spoon

[mGGNemesis]

This is a difficult question to answer.

Some players pick up the game with ease, get diamond in no time and GM soon after.
Some struggle even in bronze/silver or even gold and never seem to get promoted despite playing many games.
Some get to plat/diamond or even masters but seem to stay there forever.

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ToRDjvillian:

#ForeverDiamond #Nem4GM

[syfChadMann]

If you made a full time commitment to the game, got coaching till masters and spent a lot of time looking over your games and learning from your mistakes, I'd say you can achieve GM on NA server within 3-4 months from newbie. But there are soooo many variables. Hard to answer. :/

[Elusory]

You can't take the -average- because you are not accounting for the people who have tried since the beginning of WoL but still haven't gotten GM. Same for those who want Masters.

You should focus on the "How" aspect instead of "When".

EDIT: Think of the "How"s for yourself, and give yourself an estimate of how long will you take to hit those objectives.

[Matt93]

It starts with one thing,
I don't know why.
It doesn't even matter how hard you try,
keep that in mind I designed this rhyme to explain in due time
All I know

Time is a valuable thing, watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day, the clock ticks life away.

For real though, the length of time isn't set, there is no real average unless there's a strong definition of the word "Good". Diamond is good. Do you mean Masters/GM? Those would be great, Do you mean the point where you get the wimminz like Huk? That's amazeballs.

The time is changed by how much effort you put into practicing not only the theory side (builds etc.) but also your mechanics.

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	Elusory:	so unreal
	Maynarde:	didn't look below, watch the time go right out the window
	ToRDjvillian:	From the start to the end no matter what i pretend, the journey is more important than the end or the start

[SLCN.Wally]

Well personally, I came into sc2 never touching a rts except for the wc3 campaign which I couldn't even beat without cheats on. It took me 4 years, around 15k~~ games and I made gm just a couple seasons ago. so it depends on how much experience you've got in similar games and how well you are picking up new things.
It also depends how you define good, being gm doesn't mean you're any good but being diamond does mean you're good in comparison to plat, gold, silv, bronze so it's all about perspective.

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FLuX:

to this day, wally cant even even beat mediocre players with the cheats on

[syfSoundwave]

Well I was in Silver for a year. Then I actively sought out build orders and ways to improve and I went from Silver to Masters (SEA GM back when it actually had 200 spots) in like 8 months. Since then though, I have only been verrrrrrrrrry slowly improving. The higher you climb up the mountain the harder it gets to take another step and the easier it gets to fall off.

[x5.JevyN]

depends how hard your willing to get it.

[Fullmetal]

I myself have been playing roughly 5 games a day everyday for over a year and im still diamond. not to mention i never switched races. so yeah, this game is stupidly hard

[ZanC]

Originally Posted by mGGNemesis

This is a difficult question to answer.
Some get to plat/diamond or even masters but seem to stay there forever.

Guess I'll just share my talentless experience. :C
Played pretty actively since day 1 of WoL and never got past Diamond in any server besides SEA.

[syfChadMann]

waiiit.. I just realised, this question really needs some context...

What race are you playing?

If you play Protoss, it'll probably take you about 3 weeks of solid play/learning to get decent. Then refine your builds and learn a bit more and you can achieve GM on NA server within 2 months.

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ToRDjvillian:

+1

[syfCabracan]

GM which server? This game is only as hard as your opponents can make it.

[FLuX]

Game is easy

[SLCN.CautioN]

probably like 1 year ez

[ToRsupapower]

Originally Posted by fray`Wally

It took me 4 years, around 15k~~ games and I made gm just a couple seasons ago.

that sounds so depressing

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	FLuX:	thats because it is
	SLCN.Wally:	:^)

[SLCN.Wally]

I was talking about sea GM too :^)

[FLuX]

If you want to be Flash, should take like 2 weeks tops really. Any more and you're probably going wrong somewhere or just not talented enough to cut it.

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	syfMightyKiwi:	i like how your signatue has GM in it, that's cute
	SLCN.Wally:	SEA GM is legit david, don't hurt the poor boy

[nickyboy]

10-15 minutes

[PSISTM.AGTOrange]

^ lol wtf
Mmmm took me almost a year to get diamond

[syfChase]

Depends on your work ethic really. You will become what you perceive to be 'good'. It may however take years, or you may become 'good' in a couple of months. The factors that are involved include the amount of hours that you can play the game, mindset (this is actually a big one) commitment to improve and motivation.

The main thing however is that you have fun, in my opinion the game becomes less fun the higher up on the ladder you are as play becomes transparent almost to the point of being predictable. You will enjoy the game a lot more at the lower leagues because you can be diverse in your strategy and creative without the punishment of losing every game where you try something wacky.

But if you're looking for a clear cut answer I would say that considering you have no/little experience in the genre, platinum league can be achievable within a year. If you have experience or are very dedicated you can get diamond within a league. Masters will take a little longer so don't be disappointed if you do not achieve it as fast as you got promoted to the other leagues.

I had little experience in RTS before SC2 and managed to get into gold league after about 3-4 months. Diamond then came after the next 5 and then I achieved masters league another 4-5 months later. Since then I've been stuck in masters until now which has probably been about two years now? So good luck

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FLuX:

Yeah but if you played protoss you'd be in the GSL Code S.

[Beefbasket]

Hard question to answer and I won't repeat alot of what the other guys are saying, but I hope I can help with my experience.

I started playing when the game was released, I had a little bit of RTS experience with Warcraft 2 (yes, I'm an old gamer 34 years old). Back then I got to Diamond very quickly, 2 months after the game was released and was beating higher level Diamonds. Then I took a very long break due to work, college etc. I recently just made a comeback a couple of months ago and the community is a lot better than they used too be. I placed into bronze because my mechanics had declined a lot and I didn't know any recent build orders. I started playing 10 games per day as well as watching replays and taking note of my mistakes. I got coached by a GM for an hour and that REALLY helped and I think if you want to jump start your skill, get some coaching, it will save a lot of time. I am much better than I was back when I was diamond now but I'm only in the Platinum league. I am beating Diamond players occasionally, which is promising and I think if I keep practicing and studying the game I will be Diamond next season, Master's will probably be a long way off but we will see.

xSagaBeefbasket

[Satu]

Kappa

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FLuX:

Less than a month, not sure if it's really a necro..

[DarKcS]

Getting GM is just a grind game. Tons of bad players ( cannon rusher/allinners) in NA GM.

[syfIce]

Darks right its just a grind mind u i cant say much im only platinum lol