• MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I used to be really good at video games, but now I just don’t have the time. I remember being able to jump in any CS lobby and jump to the top of the server. I got kicked for supposedly cheating all the time. That was always a good feeling. Knowing that I’m kicking so much ass that people assume I must be cheating.

    My crowning achievement is beating Super Ghouls and Ghosts - both times through (second time with the farie bracelet). This was using an original SNES, no save states or anything. Dedicated an entire summer of my teenage life to it. Game is hard, man.

    Computers used to be a hobby but I turned that into a career. I’m a principal systems engineer and I like to think I’m good at what I do.

    I got really into cooking, and it was maybe a hobby at some point, but now with a family it’s more of a necessity. A lot of the things I learned while cooking as a hobby turned into skills though. I’m not sure how to explain it, but like having cooking intuition. Knowing when to add more or less of something just by knowing. Also just being able to freestyle meals out of what is laying around or knowing what can be substituted with what or how to make ingredients out of other ingredients.

      • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 days ago

        I’ve recently started to blindly learn instruments without any tutorials just basic overview and it’s so much more fun! It’s like playing video games without wikis and guides - great if youre not in a rush anywhere

  • Shellbeach@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Type 2 fun and overthinking. I am good at enjoying both.

    Bouldering: I enjoy it, even though I’m not great at it. My short wingspan doesn’t help, and neither does my fear of heights. Every climb is a mix of determination and second-guessing my life choices and I’m excellent at the latest.

    Gardening: It sounds relaxing, but in reality, it’s a cycle of overthinking. First, I stress about planting. Then I wait. And once/if it grows, there’s a whole lineup of threats: slugs, cats, deer, boars, hail… basically, everything conspiring against success. Not sure what I enjoy about it but I’d say I am moderately successful and can eat a self planted potato every year

  • Chozo@fedia.io
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    8 days ago

    My hobby has a leaderboard, so for better or for worse, I know exactly how good I am at it. Currently sitting around the top 0.01% of Power Shift players in The Finals, down from top 0.001% last season. Part of me hates knowing this, because I tend to obsess over it. But another part of me loves it because I never get to gloat about anything in life, so it’s fun to brag once in a while.

      • Chozo@fedia.io
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        8 days ago

        It’s a kind of “side” mode in The Finals, which is an FPS game. In Power Shift, 2 teams of 5 try to push a floating platform from the center of the arena into their opponent’s base, in a sort of reverse tug-of-war battle. As the platform traverses the arena, it effortlessly demolishes all structures in its path, so the destruction and chaos are cranked to 11.

        It’s sort of similar to “payload” type objectives in some other FPS games like Overwatch or TF2, but instead of teams taking turns, they’re both pushing against each other with the same payload. It’s a ton of fun!

        • Sonor@lemmy.world
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          8 days ago

          Thanks for the explanation! I am not much of an fps player, so i had no idea, but it sounds fun for sure :)

  • inquanto@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I’d say I’m pretty decent at bouldering, and have noticed that some people at the gym have started to ask me how to do problems and stuff, so that’s cool.

    Woodworking it really depends, sometimes I surprise myself and make something I actually quite like, other times Ill mess up the most simple things again… But i just started out with my first hardwood project and I’m excited to see how it will turn out.

    Sewing I’m very much a beginner and ask my girlfriend for help every step…

  • Sonor@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I think it is a trap to think about it this way. My hobbies are meant to bring me joy and challenge, no matter what level i am on

  • pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works
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    8 days ago

    I’m terrible at them Baked a flat pancake that was supposed to be bread. Fumbling on the guitar. Haven’t drawn anything in the past 3 years. Electrical projects on hold.

    I think I have to focus a little bit more 😅

    • untorquer@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      I found a long term goal and give myself 30min a week with drawing. I find this keeps the drawing supplies more ready and apparent. So i end up spending a few hours a week because it’s right there on my desk. Knowing I’ve made even a little recent progress is more motivating than none.

      Long term goal is getting through Riven Pheonix’ structure of man.

  • missingno@fedia.io
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    8 days ago

    Fighting games: I’m a solid upper-intermediate player in most of the games I play. I’ve got a few tournament wins under my belt for smaller local brackets. At majors, I usually go 2-2 or 3-2, consistently finishing in the top half. Best I’ve ever done in a large bracket was 9th in Them’s Fightin’ Herds at Combo Breaker 2022.

    Riichi Mahjong: Master 1 on MajSoul, 7th Dan on Riichi City. Our local club runs a seasonal league where I took 2nd last season and am currently ranked 4th this season, though with IRL games the sample size is a bit small. I know I have a lot to improve on still, my deal-in rate is akin to repeatedly putting my hand on a hot stove.

    Versus puzzle games: Retired out of spite for the sad state of the competitive scene today, but I used to be the top Puyo Puyo player in my state, peaked at a 2700 rating back then. That is a big fish in a small pond though, top Japanese players are so far ahead of us because barely anyone in the west ever took this game seriously. Which leads into the long rant about why I called it quits… I’ve dabbled in a lot of other games as well, but when it comes to competitive scenes everything else is even more nonexistent than Puyo. There are a lot of games I can call myself good at just by default.

  • truite@jlai.lu
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    8 days ago

    I’m fine in poetry, and terrible in skeleton reconstruction or things like taxidermy because I’m terrible with my hands, but I’ll keep trying

  • Like the wind...@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I’m pretty good at super smash bros.

    Everything else is complicated. I want to improve but I also don’t. I also don’t want to stagnate or get worse. And I don’t want to abandon them either but I hate doing them.