Round table

Pash, you're distorting the meaning of my posts :) I'm not trying to prove that World players are weaker than MegaBisons from Bay; I'm trying to explain the importance of tempo and using as an example (specifically an example!) Dragon Utopias on week 2 performed by players from Bay (from personal experience!) etc. own parties, I can say with 100% certainty that active steps to collect large cons, Hives, etc., must start on the second or even first week, and this should be planned as early as the first moves of the game. That is exactly when (don't even doubt it!) Dragon Utopias and ГО will start falling on the second week, and IMHO that is what skill growth looks like.
PS: go read Pete's reports on the portal and here regarding his actions on the second week ;)