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are you having fun playing this game
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yes no
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| stop playing, doofus
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do you have the time to continue playing,
without hurting other responsibilities in life
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yes no
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keep playing, doofus stop playing, doofus
\Apples
Smash Journeyman
I see value in continuing. If you let the game improve you as a person and you keep learning, then don't stop. When I say learning, I don't just mean learning about the game. Take lessons you learn from the game and apply them to real life. You expressed that you know you rage quit and complain. Make a lesson out of that. You may have thoughts such as:
"I don't want to feel angry."
So practice keeping calm. Let the game help you shape your mind. If you have a tendency to get angry in life outside the game, let the game teach you patience and discipline.
"I complain about certain moves all the time."
Watch how other players deal with that move. Observe how each character has to deal with said move differently, based on their strengths and weaknesses. Let this be a lesson in trying to understand people in real life. We all have different strengths and weaknesses in real life, but the process of solving the puzzle of how to co-exist with oneself as well as with others is also exhibited right there in the game.
"I think this game is fun, it keeps drawing me back in."
This is natural. Breaks are healthy. Distance grants perspective. Every time I come back from a break, I find myself playing differently. I find that I've lost some habits naturally due to just not playing for a bit. I use that empty space to develop new habits. Each time I get that perspective from the distance and return, I see the game with ever-so-slightly fresher eyes.
I started playing Melee competitively back in 2005 and I've always kinda been around the scene, but I'll go like a month without playing and come back. Sometimes a week. Sometimes someone hits me up and I just play for fun, don't really focus on improvement, because Smash is a comfort for me. This game and this community has always felt like home, no matter where I've moved to. It's given me a network where I can travel anywhere in the country and find something that feels like home and I know exactly where to look.
Whether it's for you or not is ultimately just a question you must answer for yourself. With light comes shadow. Anything you do will have its advantages and disadvantages in life, naturally. The question is: do you accept the shadow of Smash in your life? Will you let it shape your light?
Haha, I'm rambling a little but I'm still on topic. Hopefully I've been able to help you find your answer.
Cheers!
Rpggames77
Smash Journeyman
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How often do you play? I ask because when I played daily after a while I felt like I hit "the wall". I just started playing super poorly and wasn't having any fun. This is the point(I believe) where you should take a fairly long break. If you constantly think about the game and want to play after the break then do so, and from experience everything just falls into play, like I did noticeably better. If you don't then maybe either you can call it quits if you still don't have fun at all or just switch something up. Play with different people or play a different character.
Don't try to judge if you should stop playing by looking at how often or how badly you get beaten. Play the game to play the game and adopt a Naruto mentality in favor of a Sasuke one. Just because people are naturally gifted (sasuke) and you have to work really hard to even take a stock off them (naruto) doesn't mean you should quit. If you have fun or you want to win then continue to play and push yourself farther than anyone around you until you can't be touched. Everything can be achieved through hard work.
tell that to the 5 Gods or MLG.
with the work world looking the way it is with automation becoming a thing. This statement needs to be questioned
Bleck
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video games are not a career
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Break it up. Repeating a statement repeatedly is not an acceptable response, it is trolling.
To the OP: You should quit when you don't have fun anymore. If competing isn't fun, try just hanging out at tourneys and playing casuals. There are a lot of ways to have fun in the community. You don't have to be a great player to do so either.
To the OP: You should quit when you don't have fun anymore. If competing isn't fun, try just hanging out at tourneys and playing casuals. There are a lot of ways to have fun in the community. You don't have to be a great player to do so either.
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RPGgrenade
Smash Apprentice
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playtesting.
RPGgrenade
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it still involves playing a videogame. As well at let's players with a large amount of subscribers. I just find it odd that it's not considered a career oportunity yet. When will it be considered one to you? When starcraft players earn a certain amount? What's your criteria? Of which you've made no specific definition.
TeddyBearYoshi
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Not unless you want to, don't let tournament wins determine your value.
So.. you gonna say something related to the thread or keep spamming?
Bleck
Smash Master
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User was warned for this post
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The OP doesn't even put forth the notion of smash as a career. It doesn't mention money at all. Bleck's posts are not only trolling but thread derailment/spam. Please do not entertain him further, report posts that break the rules and carry on with discussion as usual.