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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@lemmy.nz 22 points 1 year ago (1 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 9 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