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For example, I am terrible at Super Meat Boy, but just playing it has really improved how I play platformers and games that need faster imputs overall.

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[โ€“] sadbehr 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Counter Strike: raw aim, how to outsmart opponents, perfect practice makes perfect and if you put enough hours into anything and do it correctly/good, then you can get good at almost anything.

Path of Exile: Taught me about being efficient. If you're repeating the same action 10,000 times, if you can cut even 1 second off each time you do that action, it adds up over time to a significant amount. And then you can try and cut another 2 seconds off...then another second.

[โ€“] saigot@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It took me 1038 hours to get out of silver in csgo. It took me 10hrs to get to DMG, one day something just clicked.

[โ€“] GammaGames@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Knowing the maps puts you at such an advantage, those hours add up

It's true. It really brings your personality and incredibly poor social skills into perspective. You get to channel them through the game even though you'll never have those abilities in real life. It takes pretending to a whole nother level.