Just curious, how long did it take you to start placing higher in and possibly winning local tournaments, regionals, etc.

Still placing lower? (like me)

Always been at the top? (Feel free to brag)

Different every time?

And what you did you do to get where you are now?

I did really badly for about the first six months of playing in tournaments, and was not a good player. Then ended up getting better at flying and much better at list building.

It took me about a year before I won my first tournament, and this tournament season I got to the final table at two of my four SCs.

I think what helped me the most was playing in leagues, because it got me playing many games in a relatively short period of time.

After two years of being completely terrible, I went 13 out of 54 and thought...hey...not bad, I think I got this...

Then regionals last week put me firmly in my place.

63 out of 64.

I think the only guy I beat was a homeless dude who staggered in out of the cold and accidentally signed up.

I'm the worst at this game.

I set the bar a bit high for myself at my first store championship after playing for about a month. I finished tied for 3rd. Ever since I'm usually in the middle of the pack. Usually find it kind of disappointing, but then I remember that I have only been playing for about 4 to 5 months now.

I played in my very first tournament last weekend in Murray, KY. I went 3/3/0 and ended up placing 24th of 52 competitors.

Honestly this was far better than I expected to do... but finishing top half was nice.

I had a blast competing and getting to network with seasoned players. I look forward to next year's tournament season, and I have a whole year to practice.

ironically, my 2nd X-wing tournament I placed 2nd place. I have only made a cut once since. I just tell myself the competition has gotten better.

Won my second. Haven't underperformed since.

Once I figured out that the lines on the front of the cardboard wasn't engine exhaust.

I've been playing X-Wing since roughly Wave 3, but I didn't start playing in tournaments until early last year (my first was for the 2015 Spring Kit with the PtL cards). From then it took me about a year to go from being solidly in the middle of the pack to being consistently in the Top 4.

I have my weekly league to thank for that. Being able to play against great players who field a variety of lists (both top-tier meta and otherwise) every week is really good practice and it pays dividends in tournaments.

It's been mostly downhill. In my first year (starting in Wave 1), I won a local tourney (I think there were 7 players?), took 4th in a Kessel run, and took 2nd in a local tourney played for prizes from the first league kit. I won the first tournament held over Vassal, and tied for 17th in the second GenCon tournament (the cut was 16). From there it took me three years to get back up to 2nd in a SC with... 40-some players?

I'm good enough to almost always place in the top half, but I'm a median sort of player.

In this past tournament season for me really, in my second year with the game. Just finished 25th at the Durham, NC regional after a good 4-1 Swiss run, losing my win and in (though in hindsight I could have id'd into top 16, boo )

I took second in my very first tournament! To be fair, there were only 4 people...

I placed 4th (out of 10) in my first tournament. I've won a few smaller ones I'm usually middle or upper half though on occasion I do finish bottom half. I find four factors affect my outcomes the most.

1. How much I play/practice.

2. Natural ability. I just feel more comfortable with some ships.

3. Level of competition

4. List. Sometimes I try whacky untested lists just for fun and curiosity.

We have a local guy here who in his 1st 6-8 months of playing won a SC and followed that up with a win in the tournament for SC.

I started back in wave 1 and was lucky in a 2nd place showing at a Kessel Run event for my first tournament, but I hit rock bottom placing poorly in several tries over the course of a year and a bit including many many last place finishes. It wasn't until 2014 that I actually started doing decently, peaking with 2nd place in a regional tournament and finishing high in several tournaments since then. Spots of poor play and a love of weird lists that have no place being in a competitive tournament keep me from being top-tier, but I'd like to think I'm a contender when I actually put my mind to it.

Career? If i ever take this that seriously ill probably quit.

Never made the cut, but ive been the next place down a couple times. I dont visualize movement great, when it works out i do better, when my dice are hot i do well. I also dont want to play 8+ games in a row, ive been happy not to make the cut a number of times.

I came in search on at my first local tournament, generally placing somewhere in the top 4 in subsequent local tourneys, winning sometimes. Came in second in my first Store Championship, top 4 in my first Regionals, top 4 in a subsequent SC, but I've had some more middling results in another SC and Regional this year, which I blame on lack of practice before the events.

I attribute this degree of success to practice and pretty strong inherited spatial reasoning skills.

I've always been good at this game, but not great. I've won so many free ships from getting first place at local tournaments, but it seems that the Organized Play track always eludes me. Best I've managed is top 4 a couple of Store Championships. Like Vorpal Sword, I've been playing since Wave I, and I've always been around the upper middle of the pack. Oh, except for that one year in Chicago Regionals where everybody had Fat Han and I had Soontir, Royal Guard, Lt. Lorrir and Backstabber. Not pretty at all.

Started last year by going to a Regional lol! Got 2-3 and came 18th then this year I have played in 3 tournaments. Came 5th in one with 3-1 missed cut on MoV.

Then got 4-2 and 3rd in the local Store Championship and got a coin/ruler and only just lost 100-75 in Top 4 to Tom D a great local player.

Finally got 3-1 in a 18 player Swiss only tourney where I was playing at the top table for the win but Tom beat me again **** it!

So far so good!

I think my competitive X-Wing career has faltered and died before even taking off! No SC's in my area anymore...

Mmm, one year in and I feel pretty good going into the weekly Sunday 3-round tourny. I win maybe one out of five? But that's more casual lists - only managed 49/107 at Regionals.

After two years of being completely terrible, I went 13 out of 54 and thought...hey...not bad, I think I got this...

Then regionals last week put me firmly in my place.

63 out of 64.

I think the only guy I beat was a homeless dude who staggered in out of the cold and accidentally signed up.

I'm the worst at this game.

After two years of being completely terrible, I went 13 out of 54 and thought...hey...not bad, I think I got this...

Then regionals last week put me firmly in my place.

63 out of 64.

I think the only guy I beat was a homeless dude who staggered in out of the cold and accidentally signed up.

I'm the worst at this game.

I don't know man. I'm new, but I'm still pretty bad. The only game I've managed to win so far was when I had double ghost which is tough to deal with. A lot of HP to chew threw and a lot of red dice kicked out in return.

Played my first store tournament September 2013. Came in last.

Played more tournaments. Usually I'm in the top 8.

Played 2014 regional and came in 12th.

Worlds 2015 I was middle of the pack with a 4-4 record. I learnt a lot that day.

I've hit last place twice, my most recent was this years spring store tournament. That was a bad flying day.

Waiting to see what tournament becomes available next.

never been last, in my 1st year my best result was 2nd at an Assault on Imdaar, then my 2nd year i placed 13th out of 47 at Regionals and i was starting to get decent results, ended the year with a 1st place finish at a 16 player winter kit tournament, then at the beginning of 2016 i finished 2nd in 3 events but not at SC's, for some odd reason SC's give me trouble. Looking forward to make the cut this year at Regionals.

After two years of being completely terrible, I went 13 out of 54 and thought...hey...not bad, I think I got this...

Then regionals last week put me firmly in my place.

63 out of 64.

I think the only guy I beat was a homeless dude who staggered in out of the cold and accidentally signed up.

I'm the worst at this game.

Hey buddy, can I get another smoke? You're the best, god bless.