I don’t think this is true. Being good at a video game is not the same thing as engaging with it, often it can even be the opposite.
For myself, I get better at games that I play continuously without interruption, and a significant shortcut to being good at a lot of games is metagaming. But I tend to want to rotate my games rather than sit on the same one all the time, and metagaming can really suck the fun out of things since you’re really not the one playing and coming up with things anymore in a lot of cases, and you’re also exposed to the treadmill which is neverending.
Once I start worrying about being good at a game, burnout is soon to follow. I could only ever get anything out of that with games that are only about competition (i.e., StarCraft or DotA), and then they’d kind of eat all my time/attention and I still wasn’t really good at them, just top 1% maybe. I think for that to really work you need to be a bit gifted.
It’s not worth it. Games are about exploratory play and are often most enjoyable when you’re bad at them and not constrained by optimalities. Looking up some guide is not the badge of honor people like to pretend it is.
I don’t think this is true. Being good at a video game is not the same thing as engaging with it, often it can even be the opposite.
For myself, I get better at games that I play continuously without interruption, and a significant shortcut to being good at a lot of games is metagaming. But I tend to want to rotate my games rather than sit on the same one all the time, and metagaming can really suck the fun out of things since you’re really not the one playing and coming up with things anymore in a lot of cases, and you’re also exposed to the treadmill which is neverending.
Once I start worrying about being good at a game, burnout is soon to follow. I could only ever get anything out of that with games that are only about competition (i.e., StarCraft or DotA), and then they’d kind of eat all my time/attention and I still wasn’t really good at them, just top 1% maybe. I think for that to really work you need to be a bit gifted.
It’s not worth it. Games are about exploratory play and are often most enjoyable when you’re bad at them and not constrained by optimalities. Looking up some guide is not the badge of honor people like to pretend it is.