From 1 to 6 stars. My journey as a Hunt Showdown player.

[@Nionyx]

The first clip is literally the epitome of *This is fine. Everything is fine* while everything, in fact… is not indeed fine

[@knaea]

So not fine I a verbal Everything sucks….

[@ytasd4467]

That clip at the start was hilarious

[@knaea]

that was the actual inspiration for the video!

[@xObscureMars]

Fuck that's all hunt me no matter how much skill you got sometimes you fuck up and shit just go south and you freak out

[@meowcatz5153]

The clip of him saying "I need some help here" getting chased by one grunt had me rolling, especially knowing at one point I was that person too. Amazing video concept and executed really well, nice stuff man.

[@knaea]

thanks! i appreciate it. i really did end up enjoying this one quite a bit.

[@JWBaSiTo]

Sometimes I really do miss being a noob. As crazy as that sounds there really was a special kind of fun to the steep learning curve, especially when with friends. Unfortunately at 5-6 stars, it seems like matches are a lot less interesting now, but maybe that’s just my experience catching up to me. Regardless, watching this video might’ve just unburnt me out of this game; you and your friends make it seem like a lot of fun.

[@arcane_peasant6416]

@Sigma Eastwood Well, its not that 5-6 lobby is sweaty, it is just because there is a slight gap between your week of experience and 6000+ hours of experience. So in your eyes it looks like those people are try hards :D And you are not forced to use certain weapons, everything works if you(and your team) make it work, except machete.

[@thewanderingjew8233]

but machete is my favourite weapon

[@YM-zf8mt]

it's not just yours i keep smurfing my way down to 3 stars so it can be fun when i play with my less experienced friends and i can also try random bs loadout without constantly getting HS by a camper people actually play the game

[@DeathBite66]

Everyone has a starting place! I think it's cool to see that even if you were 'trash' you kept on playing and slowly became a 6-star monster. Good job man.

[@knaea]

hey thanks! it's been a long ride, but it's been a blast. I appreciate the comment!

[@CarlJohnson-wb3bx]

@@knaea i don't know the difference from a 5* to a 6* - never been on 6*s... would like to know how to get to 6*, atleast once

[@Miixx-yi6rk]

@@CarlJohnson-wb3bx 6 star lobby is a special kind of hell...... ive been there. Its very hard

[@JagerTRL]

@@CarlJohnson-wb3bx 6* is a very not enjoyable experience unless you enjoy a hacker every once in a while or enjoy being watched like you’re in the Truman show and then get clapped with a spitzer from 250m away lmao..

[@chuckle5253]

Seeing someone improve is always inspiring, regardless of the game/sport/skill. Well done!

[@knaea]

Thanks! This really did turn into one of my favorite projects.

[@PickedUpABounty]

I’m stuck at the beginning I’m laughing so freaking hard! Love it, you fanning your partner dead. Omg so funny and brings back so many memories from when I started. This is freaking gold. Will def tell all my friends to watch this.

[@knaea]

ha! thanks, ya those first two especially still get a chuckle out of me when i look back on them.

[@lz1094]

the first few clips are just so awesome. no sweat and yet all the sweat. just perfection

[@knaea]

Schrödinger's sweat? The early days were definitely failing successfully

[@ToxicPancake88]

Hunts been one of those crazy journeys, the learning curve is so steep that it’s genuinely been so enjoyable to get slowly better at it. I’m still learning today 3 odd years later. Hell of a game

[@MashedMangos22]

When you came around the train and just unloaded into your teammate. Classic.

[@psyantologist]

A friend of mine is color-blind and can't really see those markers xD he keeps doing that, sometimes

[@knaea]

@psyantologisy ya well I… am not colorblind…. Just had potatovision

[@itszaque]

I have to say as someone who has never witnessed the lower ranks myself I respect the amount of effort you put in to improve after those first clips instead of just moving on to other games.

[@Muvi_Nfl]

right now im in 3-4 stars mmr era where im in my 400 hours gameplay now, seeing this really remind me when i just start playing and kinda gave me a picture, if i keep playing n playing untill i reach the day when i get 6 stars mmr but in my state right now im kinda happy, cuz i played it on 50/50 50 percent on talking and interacting with my friend in the game and 50 percent to actually playing the game and i only get to level up my MMR when i play solo, in silence mode, no talking at all to a friend but it exhausted me out really enjoy in 3 stars mmr, where people are kinda balance on where we can see people being goofy enemy, and kinda smart

[@knaea]

Hey so it’s been a year! Price check, where you at now?

[@mordecaix7]

Somehow always on fire 🤣

[@knaea]

i had the same thought! my bingo cards are more accurate than ever!

[@hugo-samson]

Omg this made me weirdly uncomfortable xD It's like knowing there's someone in your back but you cant turn to see them.. Anyways great vid, rly funny

[@benidozsai637]

nice clips the first one was the definition of chaos

[@knaea]

i feel like the barely squeaked out "oh fuck me!" as a flaming dude chops me in half with a romero talon really is the best punctuation for the whole thing.

[@lordkrekt]

Really fun watching your progression makes me wish I had recorded much more early on.

[@knaea]

Sorry this one slipped past me, I’m usually prompt to answer. But yes I agree, and here’s a thought. Would it be embarrassing to admit it took me a while to start recording myself. Who know what gems slipped by in the early early days lol

[@ВячеславЩербак-ы6ы]

Good shots at the end.

[@itszaque]

2:35 it’s important to establish dominance on your buddies in such scenarios, good play

[@wallclock4648]

great video

[@knaea]

Thanks, this is probably my favorite concept I’ve done

[@Arya_chi]

To many peeps this feels like progress, but for me, if feels like growing up, the same way as growing out of your childhood. All fun and shenanigans'ies turns into serious meta loadouts and strats. Cool video tho, loved it!

[@Micromation]

I'm kinda jealous... You've got a clear sense of progression - meanwhile I placed 5 from the get go and bounce constantly between 6 and back. Too old to improve with my geriatric reflexes and inconsistent aim.

[@rawmelody667]

What a great video... I don't want to spoil the ending.., but this is Gold!

[@excaliburprime1801]

1k hrs of hunt and i still play like the first clip everyday

[@knaea]

Well, that just means you have all the most fun clips to watch.

[@samsara5282]

This is some of the most wholesome shit I've ever seen on Huntube. Well done bro 👌

[@knaea]

I’ll take it! It’s definitely one of my favorites.

[@samsara5282]

Im coming up to the 700h mark and have been stagnant in skill progress for the last 200+ hours at 4-5 stars, this video inspired me man. You turned into a beast 👌

[@knaea]

@@samsara5282 funny enough, if you look through the comments, people have asked how long it took, i have said that around the 700h mark is when i really felt like i came online as a player.

[@Nebx1989]

That first clip is hard to watch. Not gonna lie I was a lot better than that when I started playing, but I plateau'd pretty quickly in mid to high 4's and never went past low 5's, so gratz for being able to turn that starting level into 6 stars!

[@TheNowNonBeliever]

Nice journey mate. Had the same experience with it and loved it

[@CTCParadox]

Amazing progress. What kind of hours did you put in to improve like that? I've put in a fair few so far, but man I feel stuck.

[@knaea]

I've said before that feel like somewhere in the 700-800 hour range is when I personally first started to really come online as a player.

[@gt-r_god9039]

Nice video and excellent progression, that first video was a great worst case scenario 😅

[@knaea]

man, it just went so sidways. and it's funny now being able to see just how much of it was my fault.

[@Miixx-yi6rk]

This is so cool to watch. When I started playing Hunt 2.5 years ago it was my first fps experience ever. I was TERRIBLE at it. I remember my first encounter with an immolator, 3 seconds after I entered a game. I shot it thinking it would die only for it to explode in my face and proceed to pummel me to death. I was panicking so hard I didnt know what had happened.... Im a 5-6 star player now, k/d of 1.25, my kd had constanlty been going up for the past 6 or 7 months but slowly since at more than 1k hours it takes tons of kills for it to change digits. Im still improving. I can only really notice my improvements when Im playing with people who have lower rating than me. Like 2 or 3 stars for example, then it becomes very obvious

[@bloodyshrapnel2119]

"My journey from 1 star to hack star." Fixed it for you

[@caruzosdiary3047]

I kindof miss these ol days

[@knaea]

It’s kind of like back when you were a kid and your biggest concern was how many graham crackers you’re going to have today

[@codyd7841]

how many hours have you put into the game and was there a point where you changed to improve your gameplay

[@knaea]

I've said that somewhere in the 700 hour range is when i felt like i started to come online as a player. at the time of this video i believe i had in the 1500 hours range. no, I never specifically or consciously changed anything or adopted any particular gameplay style to get better, my favorite guns now are largely my favorite guns the minute i started playing. specifically the sparks, and in general throughout games i tend to enjoy the slower chonkier feeling guns, it's what drew me to hunt. and i still play like i always did, i tend to be a Shift+w player and shoot it out when i get there, which is largely how i play most games across most genres i enjoy a rushdown style gameplay. I like being the first to a compound, and i like chasing shots. What did change was my general awareness and ability to shoot, I also got very good at mentally mapping everyone in the game and largely predicting where people would be. Also having a intimate knowledge of the maps and compounds is a large leg up that comes with time.

[@codyd7841]

@@knaea thats super cool i think its interesting you saying you just used the weapons you enjoy and that made you better. my group i play with will get made at me in 3 and 4 star lobbies for bringing weapons i enjoy because they hold back the team like compact Springfield bow crossbow.

[@knaea]

@@codyd7841 if you look in one of my tip videos, that’s actually something that I recommended was picking a gun and sticking to it and in particular, I suggested one of the slow firing guns, something that you can’t fan or lever or spam with because it will teach you good habits of taking a shot and then taking cover while you reload and then repositioning by using what you got, and it will also help you in the initial learning phase of lead bullet velocity later on, you can use a variety. Getting mad over when somebody takes is in my opinion, a pretty stupid thing and a very Reddit thing, I don’t do that. I don’t care what anybody else takes because it’s got nothing to do with me. And one of my very favorite ways to play and maybe the thing that I do most often is just taking the free hunter with whatever he came equipped with an upgrading solely off of what I can take from dead hunters. Your gun can hold back the team, they hold themselves back looking for excuses to point fingers at instead of looking for self improvement. Go check out a guy on twitch named goophi, total beast, high level and primarily uses a Springfield.

[@codyd7841]

@@knaea will do thanks for the advice.

[@falco566]

Thanks bro, that made me feel less bad about myself... 100 hours, mainly solo, and a pathetic 0.5 k/d rate... even when I get the bounty I usually end up dead, sniped when trying to extract... there might be a light at the end of the tunnel...

[@knaea]

There sure is! It just takes a while to get there, for me at least

[@Robin00607]

Im want To get down To a half star and Look If im playing alone down there but For me this Game IS so funny Just runng around with dynamite and Blow Shit Up :)

[@thereplyguyreviews]

Absolutely love the progression :)

[@huncat]

loved the vid and your voice!

[@jorgevelez1809]

loved that first clip

[@Thekickingturtle]

8:46 bro that's so fucking cheeky I like it

[@knaea]

11:04 also felt pretty slick

[@pulsar9346]

you have as 6 stars the hints aktiv?? XD

[@knaea]

Lol ya, and it’s funny I never thought about it, realized, or noticed them until people started commenting about how I still have them on.

[@SAGUI_KILLER]

The bleeding and burning put so much pressure on beginning players that they just can't figure out what to do.

[@lookatmyright]

10:02 that "what?!" is soo expressing the disappointment that they didn't get any kills xD

[@knaea]

The very next clip is also a teammate missing out! XD

[@WhyAreWe_Here]

when i first started i feared the hell hounds and hives far more than hunters lol. They would always be there somewhere when i was mid fight and of course a 1v1 ended many times by me dying to them. Im sure even the hunters felt cheated out of a kill.

[@zecond5750]

The team kill clip is just.... WOW he's glowing blue mate but atleast you're better now

[@nirvana613]

Man the first few clips had me laughing out loud. Just one of those times that life feels it especially important to fuck you in every single conceivable way. Love that you kept at it, see you around in the bayou !

[@knaea]

they are definitely the breadwinnners of the video. we will see you out there now. just don't expect me to fan my team to death anymore ;p

[@Lothrean]

Now I am a little sad I started playing in the early beta . . . I started 5* - so there never was a grind. I got 6* soon after. Now i lose it from time to time but there was no messurable progression for me for ages . . .

[@jani80k]

interesting. so you knew all the compounds and angles and could play all the guns and ammo types right away?

[@Lothrean]

@@jani80k there was a hard reset on launch and there was only 1 map, as I remember. I knew pretty much every tiny spot to shoot from while hidden, but crytek patched nearly all of them out of the game by now. A lot was very different when I started playing: Hunters always started with only 50hp and long ammo could headshot kill over the entire map (I think even winfield could). Dolch had just medium ammo and was like 200$ with 20 shots in reserve or something. Nitro had a normal ironsight and was oneshot over 100m … It was crazy times.

[@jani80k]

@@Lothrean sounds fun haha

[@Lothrean]

@@jani80k yes and no. It was certainly fun to shoot someone 500m away with a sparks sniper. But the dolch, winfield and nitro were so broken that it was no fun. And: Because everyone was on 50hp players were just crouching and farming AI with the silent pistol until they got the levels to buy more health bars. Overall in the game nearly everything changed for the better I would say. Some stuff benefits less skilled players more nowadays and there is a little bit less skill expression generally - which I think is the only downside after all that changed.

[@UnfoundDarkness]

I just started this game with 0 fps experience, needless to say I am the dude with

[@knaea]

Starting knowing that you don’t know what to do is so much better. So many think they are experts when they aren’t and can’t be taught. So having a humble attitude and being willing to admit your mistakes is perhaps the best attribute to actual rapid improvement

[@v12vanquish]

I was on my quest to 6 stars but I think I’m just stuck in 5 forever 😅

[@knaea]

Ehhh, 6 stars is just a few headshots away!

[@edwinbellamy2712]

I have to say, firsts clips were pure pain to watch But man, what a journey! Keep it up, someday u'll be some of the greatest! Most of hunters would have drop the game before giving it a full try! BTW I love the veterli clips, don't know why but this weapon has such good vibes!

[@knaea]

Man I love all the comments! This video has become my favorite concept by a mile. And it’s so fun to reflect back on the whole journey. I love the vetterli, for the longest it was my favorite gun till I kinda became a long-ammo-Larry

[@kellerwhite9299]

Solid stuff, seems the game has me pegged correctly between 3 and 4, 100 hours in, and seeing 6-star play makes me sweat! XD Also glad to see the ol' reliable Sparks and Officer are still viable at that MMR! Cheers, and good huntin' on the bayou.

[@knaea]

sparks officer will never go out of style! thanks, and good luck out there, see you soon!

[@codexnecrogeddon]

Every gun in the game is viable if you can reliably headshot 😉

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

How long did it take and how did you do it? Because after 1000 hours I am still not improving, but I've tried everything.

[@knaea]

i've said that it took me personally right around 700-750 hours to come online as a player. It can take more or less for each individual based on a lot of things like experience, mindset, and maybe just raw talent. i came in with no prior pc fps experience though i did have a fair bit from console, so my aim was not great but my gamesense imo was pretty decent. personally I feel like mindset is the single greatest factor in becoming better. a willingness and attitude towards doing what will make you better at the game. i personally find that most people are too worried about dying, and not winning, to do what it takes to actually improve to the point where you consistently win and live. which is why if you watch my guide videos aimed at new players i urge people towards trying to make plays, and form good habits which i felt was not the tone of most guide videos. I would liken it to a guy starting out at the gym. imagine a guy who's brand new to weightlifting, but instead of putting on appropriate amounts he loads up the bars with more than he can reasonably workout with, so that people don't see him lifting small weights, it's super counterproductive and stifles progress. with that in mind, I say that your biggest steps towards progress are to set aside gear fear, and stop worrying about losing, try to make plays, don't hide from enemies, attempt to clutch when your team is down, attempt to run the gauntlet every time, etc etc. maybe this is or isn't your issue, but it's what i personally found to frequently be the case. sometimes it will go wrong, but thats ok, and when it does dont blame this or that, or figure why it's someone else's fault. stop and try to think to yourself, "why didnt that work? and what can ~I~ do better next time?"

[@timothybaer6552]

That first clip is epic. I play with a dude like this, actually. It helps to check my brain at the door when we play together. Honest to God, I don't even know how he's three stars and not two.

[@knaea]

ya, i'm really not sure what you have to do to get to two. i basically have never seen them.

[@timothybaer6552]

@@knaea I play with some three stars occasionally and, yeah, they're...not good. Like, I'm not good and I'm four stars. I've seen some two stars in a match. I've seen guys with

[@Barnesofthenorth]

@@knaea I found this video looking for 1 star footage as I was thinking a similar thing, what would somebody need to do to get to 1 star? I feel like you'd need to be so terrible that its actually a theoretical rank that doesn't really exist.

[@knaea]

@@Barnesofthenorth I have basically never seen it. Seems to me as if 1 star is largely reserved for brand new players in the protected pre level 10 bracket. beyond that I dont know. i had grown past that ages before stars were actually a thing and since their release have always been at the top so the people i match with are always higher. now, one time i did play with a buddy when he bought the game, for his placement matches, and those lobbies (the protected bracket) were all one stars.... i called it baby seal clubbing...

[@caphunterx2322]

I play with a friend of mine he's sometimes 2 stats with a kd of 0.21 while I'm 5 stars with 1.8 lobbies are rough but we have great fun

[@WiQs]

Good Job Dude

[@videoscota7399]

Great progression

[@sainuni2]

hello sir im proud of you and your progress, need more hunters like you in the bayou, you deserve a cookie ( or a medal)

[@knaea]

thank you!

[@phrikaphrak40k]

The first time we see you 6 star its a mosin spitzer sniper. Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

[@bloodyshrapnel2119]

Yep

[@Jolipolie]

13:09 he just accepted his fate lmao

[@knaea]

LMAO! "this is how i die"

[@Coffeewax]

I’ve got 48 deaths to 15 kills can it be turned around or is it to late 😂

[@knaea]

oh man, i turned around a deficit that was in the hundreds!

[@Coffeewax]

@@knaea that’s comforting! All the best

[@punklast447]

that second clip im just like yeap xD

[@danielfiadzishyn8849]

I wouldve lost my mind if 3:30 happened to me

[@w1ldcard1986]

So you came up with a new idea Hacks

[@budlikycz2445]

Thats Karek!!! Thats Karek xDDD man thats so good xD

[@knaea]

i umm, dont know what that means lol.

[@budlikycz2445]

@@knaea 02:35 how you gunned down your teammate :-D what a massacre xD Nice! One sub from me!

[@knaea]

@@budlikycz2445 probably the most ruthless kill in the whole video

[@HyujKok]

I like the joe rogan face cam

[@knaea]

dammit! joe rogan comments are now illegal!!!

[@crby101]

got to five star recently. the good thing is a lot less shotguns and bum rushing. now four teams and a solo spam walls with long ammo until someone dies. then theres me: 3:28

[@knaea]

I got a bullet with your name on it… and imma keep firing till I figure out which one it is…

[@vidaronosu4394]

weird how at 6 stars almost every clip was Long ammo/Spitzer Scope... Unless I can dominate 5-6 Star lobbies with my Default Nagant I wanna stay at my 4 stars

[@tomiokadev]

How many hours do you have?

[@knaea]

i have a 2k now. at the time of most of the end clips it was in the 700 range

[@jeremyszpicki491]

The fanning without tap crouch, oof

[@CrabQueen]

The crouch walk everywhere is the biggest giveaway someone doesnt know how to play XD

[@knaea]

Tell me you’re terrified without telling me you are terrified

[@blastyy4924]

1 star = noob . 6 star = noob.

[@TeenageWasteland2112]

me as 6 star on pc: misses every shot Why am I at this elo?

[@knaea]

Hey stomp enough dudes like me at the start and the sky is the limit!

[@guilhermebreder6474]

"if i can go from mmr 1 to 6, you can too"

[@knaea]

Absolutely. Rose up from the gutter.

[@sardinhunt]

it's a pity that the most fun games are always the most reckless ones at the beginning. gg

[@knaea]

there's definitely a certain amount of charm to being able to run around like a goof.

[@MrNickSmith1993]

Literal progression. One clip he gets attacked from behind by dogs and almost bleeds too death. 2 clips later he hears barking behind him and turns around instantly.

[@cccspwn]

When you magdumped your friend that made me LMAO

[@knaea]

Man looking back those first two were really special… I still smirk at them and I’ve seen em quite a few times

[@trevorlewis5200]

I hope you've turned the in-game tips off

[@knaea]

But… then how would I know what to do?

[@sunwithface2331]

Chad

[@tzsaint9113]

I like how he slowly turned to long range rifles in 6 star lobby’s gross

[@daemonfifield1242]

i got 6 stars in 28 hours, then realized how sweaty everyone was and ive been playing for fun since and its a much better experience lol(i have 50 hours now)

[@originalBady]

Nivel 6* Sniper Gameplays XD, cringe

[@TheOnlyZiTRO]

stars mean nothing