• chunes@lemmy.world
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    Chess. It’s taken me a few years to climb from 400 to 800 elo (1100 on lichess). Then I see comments from people who say “I got to 1000 after I learned how the pieces move” and it’s so demoralizing

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    Dota.

    I was literally 1 MMR after starting. At my peak I was slightly above the average player. Now I am average. Years later.

    I am generally pretty good with the games I invest time into. Not this one.

  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    pretty much everything i do.

    I’m an amateur at most things, don’t have the time/money/energy to become an expert in anything really. But I like trying new stuff all the time. I’ve learned 6 different foreign languages, but am fluent in none of them, for example.

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    singing. i don’t really suck at it that much; I’m not tone deaf. but i just have an annoying voice.

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      You’ve done a good job! You used sound and letter knowledge along with phonemes to encode your answer. Often when adding a suffix of -ing to a word, you will need to double your consonant.

      I’m proud of your attempt. All you’re missing is an extra L after the first one!

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    Disc golf

    I don’t have the power or accuracy to score well nor the time to invest in improving. I do love the time walking through the woods with family and friends sharing the experience as we goof around.

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      Im like this too, but 5 min on YouTube made me improve as it made me realise i should throw in a straight line and not like a discos

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      Snooker is so ridiculously difficult. If I knock in a 9 break (red, black, red) I am so proud of myself. And yet I have played against guys who will knock in a 60 or 70 like it’s nothing.

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      Ah yup. I’m pretty good at the single player games that I play, but whenever my buddies want to do any kind of matchmaking, it’s some of the best fun I have being absolutely awful at something. Consistently at the bottom of the squad and loving it, baby

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      no shame in switching to easy. I personally don’t have the time to “git good” but I do enjoy me a good story

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        Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is where I caved and set it on easy. Don’t got all day to memorize a bajillion attack patterns down to the tenth of a second but shieet… that story is a banger.