How many games did it take you to win your first ranked game?

It took me 3. I've played through the campaigns, which were the reason I bought the game. Then I stumbled upon Viper and T90 on YouTube, which made me interested in playing online. Took me a while to muster up the courage since players online seemed so dominating and seasoned. Saw a few build orders. Never really practiced them. Played one game against the AI to see my castle time(it was around 23. .lol) Played one ranked game 3v3 Arena as Mongols. Played decently, holding castle against seige with mangudai. Forgot husbandry and chemistry. Also forgot to use hussars. Held well, reached imp, but lost eventually due to overrelying on UU(typical noob move) . Didnt make those same mistake second game, got all techs, spammed Hussars as well. Used hunting bonus to reach fast castle then imp. Lost eventually due to one bad tm8 and not using mass seige against Halbs. Third game, 4v4 arena. Pocket. Decent tm8s except one who got destroyed and then built a TC in the the back of my base helping out with Halbs. Long game. I made several castles early imp. Mass mangudai. Good raids and fights all through the map. Gold got used up, mass trade. This time used Mangudai(micro squads of 10-15 to snipe seige, salute to the VIPER), mass hussars, and Seige Onagers 😎. Highest score on my team, won 2 hours in after long drawn out battles and also me raiding their trade with mangudai.

If you're new and scare to play online, just hop in. You'll lose a few but then if you have have a brain you'll win a game eventually. Regards to this awesome community.