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I have never been good in FPS when it comes to "both jump around the corner and shoot, who wins?" But i have always been good at: "Where the heck did he come from?! what is this stupid play, this is not the meta!!!" happily frustrating some tryhards. As i get older i can still enjoy that way of playing.
I've noticed that with experience comes better predictive play, rather than relying on reaction time.
Play 4x/grand strategy and youllvonly get better as you get older.
You might find yourself playing on slower speeds with rts styles though
Jokes on you, I've always been bad at RTS
It's frustrating because I feel like my skills are actually still improving and better than they used to be but there's always some 11 yo kid who will absolutely wreck me over and over again to the point where I just quit out of shame.
Priorities change. Now I spend more time working on my house or riding my bike than I do gaming and that is OK. It’s fun to be casual too.
It's literally the opposite. Platformers, point and click, full 3d and action games.
Wait you mean competitive multiplayer? Well turns out, being a sweaty tryhard after all is not possible for us all.
Particularly because of meta changes, intentionally bad players (think of feeders in moba) and general hostility within a team as soon as one of these gamers show up.
Games are supposed to be a fun pastime, most of the internet treats them as a second job, some people need to be remainded of this simple fact.
But.... Why is the logo for this community a Bad Dragon?
I see it as a curved sword handle on top of... idk a set top box 🤣
Beating modders and pros in Halo piece of piss.
Top 0.1% PvP stats in Destiny.
Get a job and a family, get back online and told to kill myself for being so bad.
I was never that good.....and then I got old. Still enjoy gaming though.
Same here, mid 50s, was never better than average - I'm now mediocre
The best part, I've never been competetive so I never tested myself, but sure as hell I am getting currently better at gaming.
Mostly because I am finally fighting off a list of mental shit I picked up growing up so my mind is growing cleaner and hand is becoming more sure. xD
Mostly because I am finally fighting off a list of mental shit I picked up growing up
For real?
I never had skills in gaming to begin with, I ain't good at all. At best I'm OK at strategy, but even then I'm bad. Just give me the computer and let me do DnD
Strategy and turn based RPGs FTW!
My FPS skills have diminished mostly because I stopped playing them. But my souls skills are still good up until I get the adrenaline shakes in PvP.
Those people are cracked tho
Me being terrible at games now is because I am old and can’t sink the same time into it. But I beat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on NES. Do I really need to prove myself anymore?
That deserves a medal as far as I'm concerned.
I am just going to frame your reply. Thank you.
you cant lose what never had
i still go on cod ww2 to pwn noobs but if i ever lose its because im going against no life sweats
Oh no I no longer can play the incredibly toxic matchmaking multi-player games and instead have to enjoy the automation, exploration, story, management and strategy games I've always loved
Factorio, my beloved
Late 20s: You realize gaming from the couch is getting difficult because the distance to the TV is too blur without glasses
Mid 30s: No longer able to consume infinite packets of instant ramen. In fact it kinda tastes nasty. Halo 3 at Legendary still tho.
Early 40s: Quake 3 Arena and Half Life 2 now give you motion sickness. Can still get by Halo at Heroic.
Late 40s: The 2ft distance to your monitor now looks blur without glasses. not getting past gold or silver in ranked Overwatch
Mid 50s: Gonna need reading glasses to play. Clair Obscur difficulty now set to Story.
Honestly, as long as you're still having fun and enjoying game, I don't see an issue here. Sure, in some areas it might have gotten difficult, but if you're able to adjust
I'm in my 30 and I fucking can't beat Golgra at medium. Rrrrraaaaggeeee
I'm stymied at Renoir at the Paintress' monolith. My pride is such that I rather take a break from the game than go down to Story.
Fine, my kids can beat me at Rocket League sometimes now, but they still can't manage their duchies and bloodlines for shit in Crusader Kings.
Don't have to worry about gaming skills disappearing if you never had any in the first place :3
MFW: you have given up PvP in favor of single player and PvE games as that live service treadmill and toxicity are too much now
I just never did PvP in the first place.
Jokes on you. I never had the skills to begin with.
Wait, y'all had gaming skills to begin with?
I can barely play online games against anyone without getting wiped in 0.0001 nanoseconds if it's a PVP game. Never had skills, so I'll never be in denial about losing what I never had.
Nope. Not me! I’ve got new glasses. That was the entirety of the problem. Nothing to see here…I’m not old
I was already outdone like 10 years ago by my cousins who practically came with gaming consoles out of the womb. Idk how they figure the stuff out so fast.
For me it was the Doom reboot. I discovered my twitch reflexes just weren't what they used to be. Now I play only strategy games if anything at all.
Ah, OP makes more sense now. I've only ever played strategy and RPGs and was going to say I'm better now than I've ever been.
I know what you mean I thought that too but I think it was more the way you move in the reboot. I went back and played old school quake and quake 2 and still had it.
I cut my teeth on games when being balls hard was the standard. I paid my dues. Nowadays I just put them on easy (and use save states for old games).
I'm not even in the initial phases of ~~dental~~ denial, and Im a millennial, I'm not ready to get attacked like this in a meme!!