StaceyPowers Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Were you always good at video games? Or did you only become good at gaming at a certain age? (and I am using the term “good” relatively here). I was an abominably bad gamer through my entire childhood. I literally never was able to complete a single game on our NES. I was also a pretty bad PC gamer. I finally got good at a game around age 13 or so, which was Quake III, specifically CTF mode. And honestly I am still pretty bad at Q3A in general, though not terrible. “Average” I guess. Anyway, only after that did I gradually get better at gaming in general. I’m not sure why it didn’t click until that age. Was the NES controller just a major problem for me? Was I lacking confidence? Were games just a lot harder before I turned 13ish? Or did my brain or reflexes just not develop to a proper level until then with respect to gaming? Who knows? What age did you get “good” at gaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I lost so many years between when I was gaming as a kid and then got back into it as an adult, that I really don’t know. I wish I could pick s point, but I lost somewhere around 10 years I think. Possibly more. I do know for a fact that I missed the entire PS2 era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazycrab Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I think I probably peaked around the N64 and PS2 era... and have since just gotten worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpotato Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I've always been bad at playing games 😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaucyPastaTho Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I honestly never really considered myself to be good at PVP games but PVE story mode is my bread and butter. Platinuming games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyxx Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I've been a pretty good gamer all my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juneberry Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I was horrible at some games and great at others even as a kid. My dad used to have me sit on his lap and play Total Annihilation online against my uncle. He'd let me make choices and things knowing full well I wasn't good at them, to help me improve. I'm still only average today at strategy games, but I'm better than I was. As for in general when I became good at games... Some were just inherently good for me, and others were just frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I think there is no specific age to get good at something. We just often move from one title to another and just get good at new titles each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowsePad Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I'm twenty-eight years old, and I'm still waiting to become good at games. Surely I can't be alone. I wouldn't say I'm the worst gamer in the world, but I'm certainly not a pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, MeowsePad said: I'm twenty-eight years old, and I'm still waiting to become good at games. Surely I can't be alone. I wouldn't say I'm the worst gamer in the world, but I'm certainly not a pro. I'm 38 and with a handful of exceptions, I suck. I can count the ones that I really rock on one hand. I used to be good at a lot, but since I missed more than 10 years of gaming, I went rusty as hell, and now suck at almost all of them. Zelda games are virtually the only ones I'm any good at anymore. But when you're so old that you remember when dirt was the hottest toy on the shelves, it kinda comes with the territory. Edited March 31, 2020 by The Blackangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I'll let you know as soon as I get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboticist Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I used to suck at games when I was younger 'cause English ain't my native language aswell not very bright however I became relatively better as I grew up, sorta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Every time I get the feeling that I got good with anything, suddeny another good game comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 No matter how good I think I am at a game, there's always something that, no matter how much I try, I can never accomplish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Kind of like, new game keeps on coming and we just can't get expert with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
