I want a sport or a hobby that I can be somewhat competitive in. But classical sports is all chads and former athlete types in the adult leagues that would literally just demolish me.my stats: 5 6 male , in good shape (ran marathons (this could be the hobby but it feels lame cause its just running - I want an actual game), decent 1.5X lift numbers for my weight, generally healthy and fit), in school for comp sci but through hard work , not brilliant or naturally good at math with it either, so Im not some crazy chess IQ wiz either Overcoming depression and anxiety which just clicked for me this month, this is one of the reasons I want to do this. To feel the feeling of winning again. but I want to keep it with me for life and do it even as an old timer. Just For the love of the game.
>>33738106you dont wanna go down this path just learn an instrument or something.
>>33738202may I ask why? For the record - I don't mind losing or something , again even just a physical activity to do for the love of it is fine
Imo as you have noticed, it's impossible. - Sports: no talent, and club amateurs have been doing it since they were a kid, depends on the club obviously- Chess and similar stuff: same thing, too late to do well in competitions- Competitive programming: sameThe other open-ended ones are not inherently competitive, but have competitions you still very unlikely to win anyways: - Cooking: do you even have cooking competitions near you?- Art: painting supplies are expensive, and again probably impossible to win any competition- Photography: similar- Toastmasters/public speaking- Video games: come on, it's basically impossible to break speedrunning records or win a tournament- Writing: can you submit a short story that win an award? Even most professional writers couldn't do it. - Content creation: I guess getting more views is a competition, most people fail thoughDo you see why most people decided to compete for money/hoes/power? They are much much more doable than the examples I mentioned before.
>>33738240cuz you'll never be satisfied, you'll keep improving and playing against better players but you'll never get to a point where you're good enough or happy with your progress. then, one day, you'll just hit a wall. and you'll realize the only ppl who can get past that wall are prodigies and those with innate talent.
>>33738323but there's always up and comers , I don't mind being a level 5 boss or seeing some up and comer hot shot and testing what they got Im a simple guy -- when I say for the love of the game, I really don't mind , it just needs to be something that I can keep going with into old age
>>33738246>Imo as you have noticed, it's impossible.For a hobby bro? Impossible to be the best sure , but there's lots of levels between here and the the tippy top. I prefer a game because like u mentioned , yes those are skills , but they are open ended AF , plus a few of them like in media such as writing or or directing are heavily nepotism based / who you know so is your work is actually being judged or just tossed in the "NO" pile cause somebody cut the top 50% of the pile - to concretely have a win loss is somewhat important to this endeavor
>>33738606or it wasn't LGBTQ friendly enough or all the other shit like that
>>33738516i like violin because some of the most legendary violinists were old asf when they made their best recordings.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpPYat2aRB4
>>33738708musical instruments are "banned" in my house so that's why im pretty wary of them plus i don't come from a music friendly culture (but I do live in the west so I could if I really wanted too but it would be going uphill basically)
Pick one: https://www.meetup.com/topics/
>>33738106It seems to me that using machines to train a skill is a kind of "cheat" that will be used in all kinds of fields in the coming years. For example, playing the bots at chess.com for a month and I'm probably already a decent player judging by the human players I've gone against since then, after not having played the game since childhood. I look forward to getting a robot that is capable of doing chinese boxing moves to practice against, which should be possible in a very few years. Going to the training hall is too expensive for the amount of time that getting good would require. My apologies for not suggesting a particular hobby in answer to your question, OP. I'm just saying you must find a gimmick that hardly anyone else is using. Get ahead of the crowd. Also, a realistic goal is being in the top few percentile. The diminishing returns from extra effort required to get better goes up steeply after that point, and probably isn't possible.
>>33740601>find a gimmickI should add that when I say "machine" it can be much simpler than a computer. Examples of what I'm referring to can be found in The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle.
>>33738106Competitive gaming. The playing field is even and it's much easier to get into than sports, plus you could do it way more. Although it absolutely is harder because there's way more competition than regular local sports and tryhards take it way more seriously.
Try partnership dancesport like Ballroom dancing
>>33738106Take the sim-race pill to see if you want to head down the shift cart to track day to competitive track racing pipeline
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>>33738323I'd say op should go for it if he wants, doing a solo hobby just out of fear of competition isnt a worthwhile pursuit. You have to genuinely enjoy your hobby to meaningfully engage with it, if op want to do something competitive, he should go right ahead and do it. I get what your saying, best case scenario op retires with a good track record or sells out. Competitive athletes arent really celebrated the same way artists are, I mean how many athletes in the renaissance have you heard about? But not many people are even remember throughout history, so who cares anyways.
>>33738106Competitive masturbation (for speed, quantity, aim)
Alright gang I've decided the plan of attack: > I'm going to go for 1400-1500 ranking in chess over the fall/winterThis is purely because chess is the most convenient to constantly be developing in a busy day to day schedule (I can play it on the bus too). I can get all the books , resources etc for essentially free or little money down. This builds my brain over the winter and trains some discipline and dedication. Plus it confirms I have enough discipline or drive towards some of the harder endeavors that I may tackle in the future - if I can't even reach 1400 , then im low IQ AF and should probably steer away from Esports / other desk sports and focus more on quality of life endeavors. When Winter is over Based on how chess went , either keep going with chess if I'm really enjoying this and perhaps branch out into Competitive Programming cause im actually in algos class anyway right now so it would just improve my skills at coding anyway and make me a better coder anyway which is awesome. or if this fails catastrophically then focus on being a normie - ie just hitting the gym , going for hikes, enjoying nature, improving my social skills so I can actually hold my own at a gathering, volunteering etc.
>>33742326The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.
Motorcycle.Nuff said'
>>33742493What's competitive about it? Who can spend the most money on his bike (collection)?
>>33742458slow your roll Morphy , its a 6 month commitment tops , a proof of concept if you will.
>>33738246lame ass reply. no shit he won't be winning olympic games or beating magnus carlsen in chess but you can still win, even at a high level. giving up at something just because you won't be the next jimi hendrix is a bitchmade mindset. you say these things are "impossible" yet speedrunning records are broken all the time, and nobodies win local photography/art/cooking competitions all the time.
