It all started september 2012. My friends and I had our own server and we tested various plugins, we came across this plugin called "survivalgames" and decided to try it out. I found the idea of the gametype really fun and decided to search for servers that focus on SG. I found MCSG and i asked one of the most loyal players on the server we had to join me for a few games (roling_stone) We were total noobs but we had a lot of fun
In early october i bought iron donor for both of us and we spent more and more time on MCSG. I started to get better and after 2 months of playing i had about 200 wins (the #1 player ifrox had 709 wins back then). That was when i realized that reaching #1 was a possibility. I played non-stop during the winterbreak 2012/2013 and managed to grind around 500 wins. I became #1 early january 2013.
I never intended to get anywhere in MCSG at all xD Grinding wins for an entire winterbreak maybe sounds extreme but i truly enjoyed grinding wins back then
TL;DR: I did not expect to get anywhere in MCSG when i first started