Since I started probably arround 6,000 games (+/- 1000 ) . But many of them at the start were mainly Path blood, or other noob maps. Started playing RM arround 2009 and playing in voobly arround in 2011. All the noob maps and BF TGs never got me any better, I started improving only when I played 1v1 GA in gr. Then when I got the basics of an open map started playing ARA in voobly, where I started as 1550+ . Took me like a year to get to 1650+. After that I feel playing a lot didnt make me better. I started improving when I noticed what I did wrong and tried to fix it in my further games. I dont think watching too many recs is good for learning, but watching a few with the right eye is much better. And obviously you need a **** ton of games to get good, unless you are talented. I am 1850-1900ish now and my goal is to achieve 2100+. Now a days I dont play that many games, but every game I see as important, so when I lose I check my mistakes and when I win I check what I did right. Thing is I can only do that when im on vacation like now 11