The Journey to P100.

Yesterday I finally joined the ranks of P100s. It took me more than a year and gave me more than a few rage induced headaches but I'm finally done with this particular grind.

But I'm not here to brag about it. Reaching P100 is something we can all do simply by spending our hard earned BP on one character. I'm here to talk about our journeys to reach this goal.

For me it all began about 2 years ago, when I was introduced to "Crack Billy montages" on YouTube by a friend. This got me very intrigued by a character I had never before put any effort into learning. I knew little about his abilities and the complexity that this killer has to offer, I only knew that I wanted to learn these things.

It took me several months to get a feeling for his power and build up the tolerance to play him for more than 5 games in a row without wanting to shove my hands through the monitor, grab that damn Meg and hold her still so I could finally introduce her to the chainsaw that has already given her a few hair cuts that match.

I continued to play him until BHVR dropped the famous patch 6.1.0 and the prestige rework that came with it. I knew that this would be the first character I'd level to P100 and I knew it would take forever. I just didn't know what lessons this would teach me.

Obviously, from playing one character for hundreds of hours, you'll learn quite a bit about their mechanics, strengths and weaknesses. In my case this meant building muscle memory, feathering the chainsaw, learning common mind games, memorising map layouts and paths to take for mobility, dealing with survivors moving so meticulously, they might as well be part of a stage play of Swan Lake, memorising hitboxes and most importantly learning about the ways of single button counters and how to avoid them.

About 900 hours later on this killer, I dare call myself decent and have learned to do many of these things without thinking about them. Besides that nothing much has actually changed for me personally. I still fail the most basic of back revs and hit the most impossible curves and I still speak in tongues, cursing that Nea, that spun me for the 11th time in a row. The biggest difference to before is probably the Milkman appearing on my shoulder and singing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Dba3Uo1hc whenever I land a curve.

Jokes aside, thank you BHVR for the prestige rework. This is a way of showing dedication to a character, that many of us are happy to indulge in. Now, I am interested in hearing more about your journeys to P100.

What character did you decide to prestige first and why? What have you learned from the countless hours you put into them, what memories would you like to share and what has changed since you ascended?