I wish I were good at videogames

[bell]

I used to be good. Now not so much. What has happened to me?

I should buy a new 'puter. A new mouse and pad too.

 

[Whitespace]

Same, though it was because I had previously undiagnosed mild myopia and amblyopia (I can see, but concentration and equilibrium is off) and I got my mojo back when I got corrective lenses

 

[Xuelian Baijie]

I used to be good. Now not so much. What has happened to me?

I should buy a new 'puter. A new mouse and pad too.

Did you take SSRIs? Become a coomer? Started using a different controller? Are you more depressed?

 

[Apollo]

Did you take SSRIs? Become a coomer? Started using a different controller? Are you more depressed?

Massive incel L, get mogged.

 

[Xuelian Baijie]

Massive incel L, get mogged.

this forum is for outsiders

 

[jayjay]

Massive incel L, get mogged.

this forum is for outsiders

for both

 

[cosmicx16]

I used to be good. Now not so much. What has happened to me?

I should buy a new 'puter. A new mouse and pad too.

FPS? Or strategy games? I can help you regain your skills in the former cuz its easy but the second is just an experience/iq issue.

 

[Xuelian Baijie]

for both

It's not for grieving outsiders

 

[cosmicx16]

@bell you never replied but I can still help.

 

[bell]

Did you take SSRIs? Become a coomer? Started using a different controller? Are you more depressed?

I was a coomer when I was good at games. I am severely more depressed though only because I have grown aware of my circumstances.

FPS? Or strategy games? I can help you regain your skills in the former cuz its easy but the second is just an experience/iq issue.

FPS games. I have a feeling that mechanics in shooters are still somewhat contingent on IQ, even if the quake boomers say otherwise. At this point I think I'm too conscious of the clerical aspects of FPS mechanics and so incapable of achieving a "flow" state.

 

[cosmicx16]

I was a coomer when I was good at games. I am severely more depressed though only because I have grown aware of my circumstances.

FPS games. I have a feeling that mechanics in shooters are still somewhat contingent on IQ, even if the quake boomers say otherwise.

Reaction time and physical alertness most important part
After that you really only have to give effort by practicing consistently, mouse control is easy to refine.

I think I'm too conscious of the clerical aspects of FPS mechanics and so incapable of achieving a "flow" state.

Nope, no well-rated game features mechanics that are impossible to master as muscle memory and hone. And especially FPS, they all have the same core principles.

 

[cosmicx16]

BUT you must also realize gaming equipment determines your ability handicap and so a bad setup/not being able to afford top equipment means you’ll never be the best, or if playing in highly popular franchises with active fanbases, not even decent.

 

[cosmicx16]

Fuck nigga its so late i need to fucking sleep

 

[bell]

Reaction time and physical alertness most important part

I agree. I had ~170vrt a few years ago. No clue what it'd be now.

After that you really only have to give effort by practicing consistently, mouse control is easy to refine.

Depends on the game. Mouse control is also dependent on gear, and aim trainers don't translate well to FPS games which are movement-oriented. Games like CS or Valorant are different.

BUT you must also realize gaming equipment determines your ability handicap and so a bad setup/not being able to afford top equipment means you’ll never be the best, or if playing in highly popular franchises with active fanbases, not even decent.

It's not about finding "top" equipment, it's about finding equipment which is compatible with your own tastes. I think that at a lower level your playstyle can be determined through entry-level handicaps like a low refresh rate. In quake-tiered games that'd mean your playstyle would become movement-oriented since you aren't leveling the surplus frames (assuming hardware which is "good enough") with server tickrate or your natural vrt, so you focus less on crosshair placement. Past that point it becomes a problem of dexterity, rote learning, pad and mouse, etc., all of which aren't easy to fix if you're handicapped into hyperfocusing on clerical aiming shit.

 

[Xuelian Baijie]

I was a coomer when I was good at games. I am severely more depressed though only because I have grown aware of my circumstances.

So i think you gonna need a different cope if you want to be good at Vidya

 

[Chisai]

I think is due to normies and online multiplayer infecting games in many games they have sacrificed single player content and made you feel subhuman if you can't compete online, fucking normies ruining everything as usual.

 

[Foidkiller]

>I wish I were good
>FPS
Maybe you... I... What?

 

[newsincerity]

I think is due to normies and online multiplayer infecting games in many games they have sacrificed single player content and made you feel subhuman if you can't compete online, fucking normies ruining everything as usual.

single player has been diluted to last 100h instead of 4h
I never cared for rankings in an arcade or something but it's a good bait for the competetive monkey to come back and throw all the coins into the machine in hope of seeing their name at the top for 10 second
Rankings themselves aren't good or bad, the way they are used is to condition everyone to take their game seriously and it only serves the ones who make games doesn't always translate to fun
the best comunnities in multiplayer tend to be in nieche games like RTS that filter hyper neuroticism and even then they're gatekept and mostly based on mutual trust

in short most people aren't worth competing against not because you'll never catch up but because you'll become like them

 

[Foidkiller]

single player has been diluted to last 100h instead of 4h

100h is nothing to spend on a videogame.

the best comunnities in multiplayer tend to be in nieche games like RTS that filter hyper neuroticism and even then they're gatekept and mostly based on mutual trust

in short most people aren't worth competing against not because you'll never catch up but because you'll become like them

I'm too retarded to compete in multiplayer. I think I could sit there and breathe air and spend my whole life like that, maybe things will change when my brain fully develop at 25.

 

[newsincerity]

100h is nothing to spend on a videogame.

yea it depends

I'm too retarded to compete in multiplayer. I think I could sit there and breathe air and spend my whole life like that, maybe things will change when my brain fully develop at 25.

your strategic thinking will probably improve but your execution and quick decision making is more motoric and instinctual+how much you can hyper focus on the game
I think people get slower and less flexible when it comes to learning games as they grow up
you can still learn and be goodbut the time requirement might not be worth it
it depends on the lifestyle a lot

and biggest factor is if you really enjoy playing the game

 

[Foidkiller]

your strategic thinking will probably improve but your execution and quick decision making is more motoric and instinctual+how much you can hyper focus on the game
I think people get slower and less flexible when it comes to learning games as they grow up
you can still learn and be goodbut the time requirement might not be worth it
it depends on the lifestyle a lot

and biggest factor is if you really enjoy playing the game

Yes. Also reaction speed goes down with age.

 

[johnvee]

I play magic the gathering arena and the best I placed for monthly was #8 in constructed play and #418 in limited play, this is obviously out of everyone in the world who plays, I got this good by playing magic for 24 years and playing magic the gathering arena sometimes 12 hours a day, are you willing to invest that kind of time into a game?

 

[Asgard]

Try playing Arma Refoger (... and get killed by a FPV drone).