{"id":186144,"date":"2023-01-14T03:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T03:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-to-heal-from-competitive-gaming-burnout-know-when-to-take-breaks\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T03:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T03:07:01","slug":"how-to-heal-from-competitive-gaming-burnout-know-when-to-take-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-to-heal-from-competitive-gaming-burnout-know-when-to-take-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to heal from competitive gaming burnout: Know when to take breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’ve played fighting games for quite literally my entire life. Starting back in the early 2000s as a kid, I used to sink hours into playing with friends or through arcade mode in games like Capcom vs. SNK 2<\/em>, Marvel vs. Capcom<\/em> 2<\/em>, and of course, the Super Smash Bros. series. It was a simpler, much more innocent time \u2014 a time when mashing buttons was prevalent and training mode was a foreign concept. And then I discovered the fighting game community and realized that I was hot trash.<\/p>\n Have you ever thought to yourself, I want to get better at games, but I don’t want to destroy my life? We’re here to help with a special week dedicated to all things video games and health. One day, as if it were fate, I was surfing YouTube and ran into two videos. One of them was made by esteemed fighting game content creator Maximilian Dood as part of his \u201cAssist Me\u201d learning video series, and the other was a video of a match from Evo, the largest fighting game tournament. Both featured my favorite fighting game of all time, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3<\/em>. Suddenly, I was thrust into a new world. I realized that if I wanted to improve, I basically had to treat gaming like homework. And my lord, I wanted to go for some extra credit badly. <\/p>\n While I eventually dropped Marvel<\/em> 3<\/em> from my playlist out of frustration (that game was not kind to the younger me, and I still had no clue how to use training mode), that experience led me into a greater world of competitive fighting games. I started going to tournaments beginning in 2015 and was dead set on that classic \u201cgit gud\u201d mentality. But although I started growing my fundamental skills, I never truly found my stride. There was never a time back then when I’d truly call myself good, or even OK. And to be honest with myself, that continued for a loooong, long time.<\/p>\n\n
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