It is not a well known fact that all capture points are not created equal. In practice all CPs should have a 1 to 1 relationship, however this is not true. There is a hierarchy, a hierarchy that everyone should know for better strategy.

Nulloperations and I have met a couple of times on server 1, in hopes of seeding the server however we find ourselves having a go 1 on 1 most of the time, much in the way of playing rock, paper, scissors. Where am I going with this? Well we discovered something that you might not already know.

CP_Well has five bases:
-Your back base
-Your forward base
-Middle base (train station)
-The Enemy's forward base
-The Enemy's back base

Now it's important to understand that these bases have a hierarchy. Think of it like this: (in order referenced from above)

1
2
3
2
1

3 takes the longest to capture where 1 takes the shortest. Meaning that capturing the train station is gonna take a lot longer than a forward base or a back base.

Evidence, Nulloperations and I were playing one another, he was a scout and I was a spy. He captured the middle base and I backstabbed him, and captured the base in his absence. As he attempted to rush again as a scout I ran into him. Rather than fight I decided to cloak and push in an insane attempt to capture his forward base.

Now it's important to note at this point that scouts capture bases twice as fast as any other class does. Adding to the fact that scouts are naturally faster, Nulloperations got on the middle CP before I even touched his forward base. Amazingly though, once I reach his forward base, with us both staying on the CP, I capture his base first by little more than a hair.

I continued at his back base, getting there after he more than half way recaptured his forward base but still amazingly made the capture.

In actual reality the base hierarchy is closer to as follows:

1
3
7
3
1

Thank you Valve for allowing me to piss off Nulloperations more than he'd like.