I've had mine since maybe about 5 months ago now? (Incoming wall of text watch out ehhh)
I started off mouse-only, and did pretty well. Over time I began to improve, from playing 2* maps to doing something around 2.8*. Soon enough I learned about zxzx'ing (and alternating in general), and decided to try it out. Unfortunately, my laptop didn't support this and decided "Im gonna disrupt mouse movement and make it all choppy". So maybe a month after starting, I'm playing at about 3* at best. It took a lot of time, but I started learning how to stream and alternate, I found out that I was really good at jumps and began to get a feel for the HD (Hidden) mod. I found my playstyle (HDHR), and would often play 2* with HDHR and get a pretty good score, occasionally achieving an FC. I even played 3* with Hidden, and got pretty good as mouse-only. I then tried to get into the mapping scene, trying out the editor and learning as I create maps. I used some of my favorite songs and had tons of awesome ideas ready to be practiced. So here I am, I just passed my first 4* as mouse-only, and passed #300K on rankings. I'm getting really good at my HDHR mouse-only playstyle, and I'm also getting a lot better at mapping. I'm hoping for the best in the near future, maybe something else will come along. When it comes by, I'll try to take the opportunity.
Uhm, yeah! Thats about it for my summary of progress, I guess I'll be goin now. .w.
(k ill go thnx bye)