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I‘d say I‘m very proficient with FPS games. I also got to Global Elite in CS:GO. My take is that you mainly need two things, map awareness and aim. The first can only be acquired by playing A LOT. The latter too but the time it takes by playing gamemodes line Free For All Deathmatch where you get to practice the shooting aspect very frequently.

If taken seriously I‘m confident a player can get proficient within 500-800 hours of playtime. That sounds like a lot but with daily practice/playing ofr 1-2 hours its not that big of a deal.




And talent. CS is one of the first times in my life I saw people try very hard at getting better. But it just didn't work. Like some people put in a fourth of their effort and they would still run circles around them.


it's actually trait openness/ cognitive flexibility: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366388355_Cognitive....


Yeah FPS never clicked for me. I put 500 hours or so into CSGO and came out just as bad as I went in.

I choked all the time.. feels like my brain isn't designed for that sub second decision making


> proficient within 500-800 hours of playtime

Depends on the definition of proficient.

It would take someone of great natural talent to get to global in 500 hours.


Yep, doing something over and over again is how you get good at it for sure




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