I just leveled up today to lvl 3(Got a minimum wear Aug "Contractor" skin), and did my first CS:GO competitive game. My team lost 1st half 7-8, where we were CT, and tried to save it 2nd half, but lost 16-14. It may have been a loss, but it is definitely a change from joining casuals and getting sweeped 8-0.
My real rank is DMG but the deranking system did some things ;( Now I'm GN3 rip my private rank is 5 but I've passed Service Medal 2016 so yeah. I also get banned every week for me doing something stupid because I play with Silvers. ;3
I started playing CS:GO after the R8 update, which comes with the rank update so I didn't start off with a high competitive rank. In fact, I was so bad at first that I started as Silver 2. I'm currently Silver Elite Master. Rank is Private 1. Got the service medal in less than 300 hours lmao.
I started CSGO a couple weeks before the Vanguard Operation back in 2014. After 10 wins, you automatically get placed in Silver 1. I was stuck in that rank for a month and a half and eventually made my way to Legendary Eagle. Then came the derank in quite a recent update. Now MG2.