Are you actually good at video games?
>>738662849Compared to a person who never played video games? Yes.
>>738662849Definitely no, but I actually try instead of playing garbage all day
>>738662849I'm above average but still average. Never was sweaty enough for ranked games.
I'm actually getting worseis this what aging is?
Some of them I guess, absolute dogshit at others, like worse than people who've never played them.For the life of me I can't play fighting games or FIFA. But I'm decent at RTS, shooters and racing games.
>>738662849>only 10 yearsYou have many years to go before even assuming you're a fraction of my level little timmy.
>>738662849I don't know how much of my failures are being bad and how much is my shit ping
>>738662849I wouldn't confess to it, yet it appears I'm better than a lot of you, which alarms me.I'd ask you all to read and use your eyeballs, but then I remember America has an education crisis.
>>738663598age related decline only starts to matter when you're getting really old like older than 22
compared to what? a cat? I am better than any cat by default since i have two eyes and a nose
>>738663767You sound very confident. Surely you can back up those claims?
>>738663776I'm 30
>>738662849When I was a kid my parents moved to Methville, TX and I had nothing to do but get really good at vidya. Unfortunately this was long before online games so I'd essentially aged out of MLG before it even happened. I probably could've gotten into the fightan scene if I wasn't a million miles away from anything.
>>738663776>>738663982I'm 38 my reaction time and aim are pretty much the same as when I was 18.For years I thought I got worse with age, but not it was just the switch from CRT to shitty LCDs.
>>73866377622 is giga unc status bro, it's like 18 now
>>738662849>play LoL since season 1 regularly>constantly improve>still can't make it above emerald>watch streamers higher ELO than me>literally play exactly as challenger players do, see diamond players making dumb mistakes that i don't do>STILL somehow can't climb past emerald because every game my team is pants-on-head-retarded silver tier while enemy is all competent>"hurrr focus on yourself not teammates" yea I need to go to their keyboards and tell them not to pick champs that are countered by enemy champs and pick at least one champ that scales but i can't and we just loseI swear to fucking God that shit ass game is entirely all rigged and streamers are given "climber" accounts that can climb to high rank easily. There's zero other explanation
>>738663776You're retarded.
I'm dogshit at RTS but otherwise I think I do fine in most genres
>>738662849yeah I'm in the top 1% of the playerbase in league of legends
>>738662849>replying to a question with an exclamation mark
The 40 year olds I play 30 year old fighting games with say I have neutral and godlike execution so yes
>>738664407t. salty giga unc
>>738662849I'm definitely above average
bro if you're over 18 you're lowkey one foot in the grave aah unc fr
>>738664697>>738664697you wanna go?
>>738664308In those games being a solid player isn't going to help you climbTo climb you need to find something to exploit that the enemy won't properly deal with, and then you all chat to tilt them furtherIt's not a game about skill it's a game about making the enemy mad
>>738662849I first played EVE Online in 2013 and I got my first solo PvP kill in 2024, I kited a Proteus that jumped my Drake into a bunch of Sleeper mobs while spamming rockets, I did 50.1% of the damage and the NPCs finished him off seconds before they got meThat was my most picrel moment
>>738664308I think your problem here was being autistic, you're supposed to have a team to grow with and help you.
>>738663776kek
>>738662849>Are you actually good at video games?Yes.
>>738665021>picrelI see...
Too good for my usual gaming friends, but too bad for pro gameplay. I kinda wish I was just slightly bad like my friends instead.
>>738665338What kind of games are you playing with them even?
>>738664874Go where?
>>738665389That is the typical fighting game player, 100%
>>738665338This is why i only play co-op games with friends.
I can't figure out dueling in red dead redemption 2
>all these anons claiming they are good>none of them are willing to throw down
>>738663776I'm 42 and not really seeing any noticeable difference.
>>738667113What kind of games do you play though?
Yes. except for aiming, I'm not one of these tasteless aimggers. It's not that interesting a skill to pick up, imo.
>>738665263This looks very boring :|
>>738662849not really, but i’d rather struggle and screw around than take video games super seriously. plus i hate how games, whether multiplayer or single player, get optimized to death due to “balancing” and the game isnt fun anymore
>>738662849Well, from my viewpoint?NoFromthe viewpoint of normalfags that game?YesIts all subjective, the times I was sweaty-competitive about this hobby were few, but still i beat people with some margin.When i comes to online games I cant bother with meta nowadays and all current games seembto be based on knowing/exploiting it.
>>738667341holy cope
>>738662849Generally? Yes.Good enough to be considered a master at any of them, No.>Good enough at racers to beat F-Zero GX's story mode on Very Hard, but not good enough to hit any speedrun trial times>Good enough to hit high ranks in fighting games, but not good enough to ever win a tournament>Good enough to beat a TRPG on Hard, but Super Hard+ mode will filter my assStuff like that. I'd be better at a genre if I focused exclusively on it, but I jump around too much, even within the same genre I don't tend to play the same game ad nauseam.
>>738667113of course you don't see anything, you're 42time for glasses old man
>>738668008>high ranks in fighting gamesThe only rank that matters in fighting games is the top one, what???? It's just online.
>>738667931There's not even a single good fps being released.
>>738665110>what is solo queue
>>738662849Not at all.If anything, I've gotten worse at them as I've gotten older. It's not necessarily bad, though. It allows dumbed down modern games to still provide a modicum of challenge, which keeps things interesting for me.
>>738662849I was always extremely average, and on top of that I was still better at games 25 years ago because I actually tried. The hardest thing I probably did back then was DMD Devil May Cry.I've gotten lazy and depressed in my old age and am kind of shit at a lot of stuff now since I just get frustrated with challenge. Gone are the days when I could spend literally all day on a game and not think of the time.
>>738662849That depends. Compared to people who don't play i am a God. Compared to people who play casually yes, i am pretty fucking good. However compared to people who dedicates their lives to be good at it I'm not good, not even close.It's a matter of setting the bar. In general, i consider myself to be above average
>>738668956how old r u unc?
>>738665409go fight
>>738662849used to hit top ranks in multiplayer slop fps, switched to Souls games and whatnot for my challenge itch, got to the point of no hitting malenia and doing challenge runs. so 'fairly good' yes, just not ever going to be the best at anything. can't wrap my stupid brain around stealth though, naturally bad at it I guess. getting a little better by being patient but still terrible
>>738662849I got to the point where I had to travel to another country to play in the finals for a nice wad of cash, so I'm probably at least decent. Though I'm old, decrepit and washed now.
>>738672814what stealth games? the genre has been ded for decades
>>73866284940+ years playing vidya.I'm good enough.
>>738673057What type of game? Did you win?
>>738669943Not the oldest in the thread, but 40.
>>738674032Boomer shooter, I never ended up going because I got a massive panic attack about the whole thing and proceeded to drink myself into oblivion the night before I was supposed to go. My team ended up doing decent regardless, thankfully
>>738662849>Are you actually good at video games?Yes, but only at unc slop
>>738674361Not much of a quake fag but still I'd say better than 95% of /v/
>>738673916decade old games. metal gear, splinter cell, but lots of games will have stealth as a mechanic even if that's not the focus. i'll crush 95% through a shooter and then fail the singular stealth section 4 times lol
yeah i'm a bit of a gamer
>>738674203:(
>738663445>Troonimai LARPer Avatarfag finally admits xe's garbage at video games because xe's too busy ragebaiting on the mongolain basketweaving forum in the shmup and JRPG threads while dilating xer neovagina to actually play themFUNNYROO!!!!!
>>738663776keeek actually funny post thank you arigato domo
>>738662849Kek
>>738663776It's true, I'm 35 and I can't learn anything new. I have to keep notes to check how old I actually am since that's new information that my plasticized brain can't handle
>>738663776all these oldfags who have to reply sincerely to obvious bait
>>738662849I'd say I'm above average. I don't play pvp games though
>playing balatro for 5 months>still can't beat purple stake
>>738676087picrel
Nope.>no wife or kids>no stable job>no hobbies besides vidya>more time for vidya than anyone I know>still not as good at vidya as friends with good career, wife, kids, and creative hobbies
>>738676486what games?
>>738663776{Subject: Group Message}ha ha so true!!@1 Anon, I am 35 yesrs old. Technology gets harder 4 me every day!!! Ha ha.Sincerely,Rob- sent from my iphone
Yes, yes I am.
>>738662849Who knows but I am way fucking better now than I was in my teens and 20s. I dont see how people can get worse as they age.
>>738676650Mind explaining why this is an achievement?
I'm average. What matters more is effort into learning games so you can beat them. Ended up beating some harder games with taking just a bit of time and getting some 1CCs under my belt with that.
>>738662849>Are you actually good at video games?No and I've only gotten worse as I get older and have less of a willingness to pour my time into a single game to even have a chance of being good (on top of needing more sleep). I peaked at like top 5% in a couple different games / specific game types at a couple different times that's it.
>>738662849I tried playing Supreme Commander again today and I died on literally the second mission. (Aeon campaign.)
>>738676849No because you clearly do not know where the batteries go.
>>738662849I'm good enough to beat DS3.I'm not good enough to beat Sekiro.
Why are there so many old people on this board?Is /v/ really full of boomers calling each other zoomers?
>>738677456hehe everyone always forget about gen x
>>738677456We're here forever. Either that or just watch YouTube then fuck off from online.
I've not played games almost as long as I have played games at this point t. 34
>>738678535is there ANYONE under 30 here???
>>738663776He's right, I'm 23 and I have old man reflexes.
>>738678965If you follow the discussions on the board, the average age is definitely a lot older than it was 10 or 15 years ago. Younger zoomers and gen alpha don't visit here like millennials and zillennials do.
>>738679081>If you follow the discussions on the boardWhat discussions? All i see are coomer threads
I'm as good at playing games as I am at watching films, reading books or listening to music
>>738662849no
being good at games means you know how to properly enjoy them. how to choose good games, and ones that you like. what mood to play them in, and how to approach them. when to prioritize immersion and when optimization.how to structure the rest of your life so that you can maximally enjoy gaming...supposing all that, I'm great at games.
>>738662849Nah, pretty mid, I only get good if I care about the game and not just play it to relax. Then I can get in the top 5-10%, but that rarely happens as of late. Just don't have the drive anymore.
>>738679809>Just don't have the drive anymore.Let me guess, you're old...?
>>738663776I can confirm. I'm 22 and one day old and I can't even beat world 1-1 in SMB any more its fucking OVER
>>738679706You disgust me anon. You should play fotm with no exceptions.
>>738676623Even 50 years old are better at tech than zoomers though.
>>738663776put me in the screencap
>>738680313I was going to, but not anymore. you blew it.
>>738680357...How were you going to put him in the screencap before he even posted...? Are you a wizard?
>>738662849I'm not good at anything I've ever done.
>>738662849Depends on the game.Some games I'm on leaderboards top 100 and even top 10 without trying THAT much. But I'm usually outpaced by sweaty tryhards in almost any game.noobs<<<regular players<<<good players<<<ME<<<sweats
>>738663776It was over before it even began
>>738664308>tell them not to pick champs that are countered by enemy champs and pick at least one champ that scales but i can't This. Its baffling how people act sometimes.>play ranked game years ago and get put support>enemy jungle second or third picks rammus>okay guys, were pretty ad/attack heavy, we should pick some ap>top laner picks an adc>mid laner picks irelia>rammus fucking steamrolls as we have 4 ad and attack based characters>everyone starts fucking blaming everyone else for not being able to deal with rammus.
>>738679879Yes, but its not just that, I really don't want to go down the same path I did before, where I nolifed shit just to get good. Wasn't healthy.
>>738662849No, but that's what single player games are for.
>start playing racing games>tfw bad at them
>>738678965I still have 3 more months before im 30. Im still youthful. I aint old.
>>738662849I've only been good at wow warrior pvp from vanilla until mop desuthen wod killed my interest in the game and made me an altoholic casualand now I'm just modding tes because wow also managed to make lowbie gameplay lame at the end of bfa(59 pvp bracket got more popular than endgame content)
>>738664308Sorry, but you just are not improving as much as you think you are. You are also blind to your own mistakes while hyper critical of others. The dota coaching system made me realize how many people can see others mistakes, while being absolutely certain that they are an absolute god. Meanwhile you watch them miss last hits, waste time meandering around, whiffing skills.
>>738662849Better than my friends and relatives. Not good enough to brag or have anyone listen to my opinions.
>>738662849Depends what you consider good.I've competed in tournaments before for multiplayer games that I've put some time into, but only on the lower end of the skill bracket. The only time when I actually won any money was in a moderately niche game so not as much competition and even then it required favourable draws in the matchups for my team to get to the semi-finals.I have cleared some games on their hardest difficulty that are seen by most as being fairly challenging.
>>738662849It depends on the game.
>>738662849No, I am not even decent at the the games I play frequently.
