Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28380783-20180129225727

I have just been rereading some of the current threads; and, in one of them, Deslea commented about the top 100, a thought of trying to get there and with no expectation of doing so. Therefore, I thought I would tell you all about my own experience.

As a relatively new player, at about level 50 I think, I used to go and look at this Leaderboard every couple of weeks, just out of interest. Amazement at the levels and scores. Nothing more. Then, one day, there was somebody called Linka in position 100. Damn, I thought, another player with the same name. But, it wasn’t, it was me!!! I could not believe it!!! I had only been playing normally. Made no effort to get there at all.

After that, I watched the Board daily. There were many on the Board who no longer play. Quite a lot were duplicate accounts. So, I decided to see whether I could climb. Overtake the zombies and a couple of duplicates and suddenly you are up five places. Then, of course, I discovered that the duplicates had another account further up but under a different name. Overnight, I might go down by one or two places after they had synced. This strengthened my spine. I thought - I will not be defeated by these people. I have only one account. I am playing only one game, and fairly, so I will keep trying.

To be fair, it has taken quite a bit of work. I sometimes play marathons with Merchant/Folio combination for extra XP. However, this is to tell you that it can be done, if you really want to do it.

I am currently positioned 23/24/25 depending on the hackers/duplicates. I am happy with that. A career high of 23 is fine with me.

So, my message to all of you is that it takes a lot of work but it can be done.

Deslea, I will be looking for you, in particular, chasing my tail. If you want to go for it and need help, let me know, because you will need help. I got that from some very good friends; and, in turn, maybe I can help you.

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