Holy crap, I'm almost green!

Ha ha...you should all try running the first 6-7k without knowledge!! I've just reached yellow on efficiency 3 days ago, yellow on wn7 about 2 weeks ago, but my wn8 is still at 864...you say tomato, I say tomata. Congrats marmoset!! You really do find a way to consistently deal purple or blue damage.

Congrats!

I was at about 800 or so about a year ago and am up to 1449 now -- and without trying to up my WN8. I just focused on a few things:

1. Map control -- This is something that isn't focused on nearly enough, IMHO. Getting to key spots can make a HUGE difference in results for you and your team. It does take some practice, as many of the spots require you to have your head on a swivel and be able to keep tabs of several areas at once. But when it works, you can have monster games.

2. Taking less damage -- I'm more conscious about when to poke out and take a shot at someone, rather than making bad trades (e.g., doing 200 damage to a red while taking 500 in return). This lets me last longer, thus doing more damage, thus getting more wins (well, most of the time) and, thus, increasing my WN8.

3. Being patient -- There are 15 minutes in a match, not 5, and far too often I got antsy and pushed when I should have set up an ambush, or went flying around a corner only to run into a gaggle of red tanks that were previously unspotted. If you wait, however, you can use the enemies' lack of patience to your advantage.

There are a few other things in there that have helped (such as not rushing up the tiers — choosing instead to feel like I had mastered one level before moving to the next, which is why I just got my first tier X — and stopping grinds on tanks that don't match my playstyle) but, for the most part, those three things have made a HUGE difference, as I now regularly see blue and even purple WN8 on my efficiency trend.

Again, well done and can't wait to welcome you to the Cabbage Club.

3. Being patient -- There are 15 minutes in a match, not 5, and far too often I got antsy and pushed when I should have set up an ambush, or went flying around a corner only to run into a gaggle of red tanks that were previously unspotted. If you wait, however, you can use the enemies' lack of patience to your advantage.

Learn those lessons now. It's a hell of a lot easier to right the ship with only 800 games played, than to check your WN8 for the first time at 4000 games and realize you be been doing it wrong.