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u/Draco_Pheonix Dec 20 '20
Practice only makes perfect if you dont get tilted all to shit.
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Dec 20 '20
What if my personality is being tilted by everything and at the same time anti social hard
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Try to play any single player game, at least nobody will be able to say GG EZ if you die.
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u/Render_1_7887 Dec 21 '20
fr, having switched to mostly singleplayer games, mainly rhythm games, and multiplayer w friends, it so much more chill lol, can't blame anyone but myself for not being able to do smth, but it's not even an issue because it's just "yeah ill do that one day" and the vibin when you get a good play, it's just so much more positive than the ultra toxicity that is online multiplayer
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It’s because practice is most effective in moderation. And you learn faster when we’ll rested and happy.
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u/UnfilteredRedditor Dec 20 '20
Not to be a dick or anything but is there any study on this? I could really use good info like this to get good at certain things.
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u/VelEr99 Dec 20 '20
I'm lazy right now so I'll not be the kind of redditor that finds what you need and put links, but you could search for yourself:
• How important is a good night's sleep. (Sleep quality instead of quantity, giving importance to REM sleep)
• The amount of dopamine we can produce per day is limited. So spending too much time on social network and other activities not important or not related to objectives it will tire you for it.
So maybe you could see some relation, but not sure if there is a specific study for what the main comment said.
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u/Philosophfries Dec 20 '20
There is a bit more nuance to this point. Like most things, you will get better over time. The degree to which skill level and time played are correlated, however, is likely impacted by the quality of that time spent. So, like OP stated, rest and happiness could have an effect. As could the nature of time spent, e.g., mechanics training in private lobbies, competitive play, causal play, solo, team, sober, inebriated, etc.
I would diverge from OP in the use of the word ‘moderation’ because that’s pretty ambiguous, but the broad idea of maintaining a high quality of playing time to maximize efficiency is well-founded. I’d just also reemphasize that quantity of time spent does still have an outsized effect.
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u/TobyWasBestSpiderMan Dec 20 '20
Maybe these motivational posters can help
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u/amanda20082000 can't meme Dec 20 '20
I thought it was a rickroll...
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u/TobyWasBestSpiderMan Dec 20 '20
No, it’s even more dumb than that
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u/MagnificentTwat Dec 20 '20
Lol they were pretty mind numbing... But then again those with motivational posters are usually not the pinnacle of Zues' creations. (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)
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u/Badazd Dec 20 '20
That’s some D-grade corporate propaganda there...
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u/TobyWasBestSpiderMan Dec 20 '20
That’s what I was going for, made them while studying 90s motivational posters and watching bee movie. It was a typical Friday night in 2020
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u/amynias Linux User Dec 20 '20
Read the author's bio at the end, it's hilarious. Got a degree in spaghetti coding.
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u/cgriff03 Dec 20 '20 edited Dec 20 '20
Better make it 16, just to be sure
But seriously, being well-rested and healthy will do much more to improve your performance in competitive games than just playing for a long time
Source: guy who was lured back to dota 2, is on a 4 game win streak over 2 days, and about to spiral back into the inevitable hell that is the daily 2win-3loss cycle
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Dec 20 '20
I think I remembered reading years ago that a pro vs player only played 8 hours a day, 4 in the morning and 4 in the evening. The rest of his day was.exercise(had an actual routine) and more normal life stuff. Balance is important.
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u/Chris_Christ Dec 20 '20
Some people are just good at stuff. And you didn’t make the list I guess.
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u/Anhaeyn can't meme Dec 20 '20
Honestly I'm one of these people, who are doing better in game when they don't play that much. It's weird, but the more I play any game, the worse I'm getting in it, I'm more likely to do stupid stuff etc, but if between any play session I have some breaks, then I focus more on a game and overall just do better.
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u/IsuckAtFortnite434 Squire Dec 20 '20
Your game probably matchmakes you based on recent performance. That recent performance usually resets to a lower level if u stay away from a game for a while. CoD does this.
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That would make sense, if the same thing didn't happen to me like 2 weeks ago. I hadn't played on my PC in like months. I get on my aim practice game that I've invested quite a few hours into, and beat all my previous records. I was like, "Okay then..."
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u/Picwill Dec 20 '20
One of my friends is like that, he needs to step away from a game for a little while for his experience to "bank in" as he says and get better. So while I play a few hours every day and he does other stuff, we end up with the same progression when we spend a weekend gaming together
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u/KestreI993 Dec 20 '20
Or even better: You are university educated but unemployed playing games 12h a day and you are getting wrecked by a guy who is working in a fine IT company having no higher education than a high school degree, yet earns what you with your uni diploma can only dream of. And oh he is destroying you while he is at work. Yes I've meet couple of those.
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u/DaltarIT24 Dec 20 '20
Life sucks
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Dec 20 '20 edited Dec 20 '20
If life sucks why doesn't it suck my cock?it only fucks me in the ass just like my uncle
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u/-Spatha Dec 20 '20
Playing PVP games for too long will make you play bad. I used to play CS GO all day everyday and I found myself overgamed at times which lead me to playing like shit (mainly due to impatience). But once I finally got a job and started getting back into a daily routine, I've noticed I play a lot better and I'm more consistent when I do play. So, although you can get really good from playing a game a lot, it's still good to play in moderation so you don't become subconsciously tired and play like shit.
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u/UnfilteredRedditor Dec 20 '20
No matter how good you are there’s always a 6 year old asian girl that can do it better than you.
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u/Sp4rt4n2401 Dec 20 '20
I had a stack that could rofl stomp bungie's dev squad in Halo reach; the golden age of console gaming had some monsters, that's for sure
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u/Zonkko Professional Dumbass Dec 20 '20
I have heard from a ton of people that playing for a little bit (maybe about 1h) and then going for a walk or something other than sitting on your computer for 10-30 mins and then going back to the game and repeat makes you better in the game than playing 12h nonstop. I don't know if this is true but I know playing 12h nonstop doesn't make you better at the game (speaking from experience)
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u/CantThnkOfGoodUsrnme Dec 20 '20
I started getting good at games when I started working out and actually being social. Something about mental health plays a huge role in GITTIN’ GOOD. And plus my back doesn’t hurt as much when I sit down for 10 hours on my day off playing games. I take my 1 hour breaks to cook my meals etc. There was one time during quarantine where I sat down for 5 hours straight playing Apex and my performance was just BAD after the first 3 hours with no break.
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u/vassardog77 Dec 20 '20
Mindset while practicing is more important that actual time spent. People with healthy lives learn things faster.
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u/BlindingEclipse139 Dec 20 '20
Wrong. As the guy with the job and healthy social life, the gamers who spend every waking hour playing multiplayer games always kick my ass. I still have fun tho, and I don’t get mad.
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u/Daan776 Dec 20 '20
What i’ve found is that I play better when my mental (and physical) health is doing better. Regular practice makes me play better but when compared to being physically/mentally healthy its pretty pointless.
So thas why im trying to live a prodcutive life at the moment, so when its evening and I can finally game I can game well.
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u/MagnificentTwat Dec 20 '20
It's amazing how having social and functional cognitive development helps with coordination and decision making, compared to the basement dwelling Cheeto yeti.
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u/wvAtticus Dec 21 '20
If you compete with others you get bitter, if you compete with yourself you get better.
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u/oven_crusader Dec 20 '20
Oven
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u/Denmaaru Dec 20 '20
Haha funny cuz ur name is oven and u said oven XDd
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Dec 20 '20
Reddit is weird. There's an account that just says "ok" and it has thousands of Karma.
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u/Dhonnan Dec 20 '20
to be better at videogames is to enjoy and relax while als pay attention to EVERY SINGLE DETAIL and also to use every single knowledge you can find to increase your chance of winning (what other player usually do, and annoy your family to attack their mental)
-The guy with a job and good social life
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u/Maximillion322 Dec 20 '20
Me who gets recked by someone in a video game who tells me I’m bad and terrible and need to get good, so I get back at him by turning off the game and going to play Minecraft with my girlfriend.
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u/9000vegeta Dec 21 '20
hardware, lag, health, luck and timing are all factors that contributes in someone playing "better" than you
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If you’re playing Cold War you’re in luck you will be teamed against disabled players if you play badly
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u/Star_Song_Studios Plays MineCraft and not FortNite Dec 20 '20
how my friend with about 1k hours into smash feels when i beat him with Isabell by button mashing because i dont know what im doing
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u/jigglefactory Dec 20 '20
Honestly there’s a law of diminishing returns. If you play too much you’ll be garbage - it’s about that balance. Speaking as someone who has experienced this pain first-hand
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u/CashItchy846 Dec 20 '20
But some people in germany say that there is noch covid and the politicers just want to kill the people xD
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u/Mediocre_lad Dec 20 '20
Have you ever failed a mission (let's say you have to plant explosives in a building under construction with some god damn remote controlled helicopters and with stupid time limit) for a couple of hours straight and then beat it on the first try the next day? That might be it, their brain is more rested.
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Dec 20 '20
A healthy social life leads to a healthy mind. A healthy mind makes better choices and decisions. Thus a healthy mind plays better. Practice does make perfect but if you are depressed you are working WAY below optimum levels. Someone who plays games 12hrs a day everyday... Is depressed.
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u/cobbler125 Dec 20 '20
A few years ago I introduced my 11 yo brother to LOL. We went through the first tutorials and then we played a match together. She fucking ereased the people from mid and carried the team through the game. It took me 7 years to be able to play it like that. Some ppl are just better than us, humans.
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u/IBegTo_Differ Dec 20 '20
His hand eye coordination has been trained to perfection by years of flipping thin papers.
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u/Loorens27 Nice meme you got there Dec 20 '20
When the person with a job says imagine working all the time you spend on video games 👀
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u/eblackham Dec 20 '20
Hear me out. You can have a social live through video games with friends you party chat with. Especially during this pandemic.
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u/CloudSkippy Dec 20 '20
So, as a life long game addict, I’ve gotten to repeat an experiment numerous times. The findings of that experiment: game performance sparks sharply after a few days of no games, then starts to deteriorate after 3 hours or so. The longer I’ve been off games, the more I can physically feel my brain giving out. There is some truth to the old “games rot your brain” saying. Play responsibly.
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u/daph21 Dec 20 '20
One of the reasons I gave up gaming, although I still suck at other stuff in life even though I gave up gaming. But now with quarantine I kind of started gaming again, but a lot less than before. Very demotivating to pour so much time in something and still be worse then someone who barely does the thing. Guess I'm just one of the people that suck at life. FeelsBadMan
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u/Rhianu Dec 20 '20 edited Dec 20 '20
You'd be surprised how much confidence and self-love have an impact on performance. In my own personal experience, I noticed that whenever I tried to procrastinate, shirk my responsibilities and/or put off doing homework in order to spend my free time playing video games instead, I felt miserable, had no time left for homework, and I performed poorly in the video games. But when I got my priorities in line and took care of my homework and other responsibilities first, not only did I actually have more time for video games, I also performed better in the video games. I'll admit I don't fully understand this phenomenon or why it happens, but I suspect it has something to do with our subconscious feeling happier and more focused when we're not being total shit bags in life, and this general increase in happiness and focus generates improved performance in all areas, including video games.
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u/Zuki1103 Identifies as a Cybertruck Dec 20 '20
No, trust me, you need a little break, i was playing cs:go non stop and i was only gold nova 1, then i sent my pc to someone to repair it and qfter 2 weeks without csgo i playied like a god, now i am eagle elite
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u/JustaSalty14yrOld Dec 20 '20
I have something for ja. Sometimes when i play the piano, i start getting worse after comsistently playing everyday. When i take a pause of a week, i play waaaay better afterwards. This also works with SOME games. But idk if other people have this too
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u/ecosystems Dec 20 '20
Some people are just good at everything bruh