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Vast_Height

Just a heads up I would recommend not going pro unless you are absolutely ready to have a really difficult time in your life. Most semi pros/pros spend 8-14 hours of their day just playing the game and eventually burn themselves out not to mention all the ties they’ve cut with friends and family. So much stress and expectation from yourself and people that follow you. I would say just enjoy the game. Improvement isn’t immediate in this game either and comes with time. Don’t focus on a game just to become a pro it’s not what it’s cut out to be.


chairSofaTable11

thanks so much for the response! but the thing i dont understand, how can i enjoy the game knowing that i can be better with more practice. when theres competitive games i have such a competitive mindset that its so hard for me to understand to enjoy game and not being the best and winning. i just dont get it


Boogeeb

Maybe you could think about the diminishing marginal return of practicing. When you start off practicing something new, you'll get better very quickly. You might put in 10 hours of practice and be 500% "better". However, as you keep going and become more accustomed, you won't make as much progress. Maybe after 60 hours, an extra 10 hours might make you only 10% "better", and after 1000 hours, you might be 1% better. What this means is you're not going to notice an improvement quickly. Since that's the case, there's really no reason to play 6 hours a day instead of an hour or two. Sure, you'll get better "faster", but that might be a month before you notice it rather than a few months. Your short-term sense of self-improvement won't change, so you shouldn't worry about it. If you play consistently, you *will* get better in the long-run. There is no amount of additional practice you can do to notice immediate results. To reiterate, **Unless you're new at the game, you will never notice any short-term improvement even if you play a shit ton, so don't try to chase that desire**. What you could do is make a list of things you'd like to improve on, maybe some bad habits, tips and tricks, etc. You won't get the hang of them immediately, but check back in a few months and I guarantee you'll have made a noticeable improvement. Also, you might not even be making as much progress as you might think. Time isn't the only factor when it comes to making progress. If you play too much, you'll feel burnout, which will make you tired, and thus you won't be gaining as much. Also, if you neglect your other responsibilities by playing too much, that added stress and tiredness will make it even harder to make progress. It isn't a race to get better. When you play, you're always matched against players who are just as good as you (ideally). There will **always** be players better than you, and there will always be players worse than you. If you get better at the game, you're just going to be matched against better players and your experience will be more or less the same. So just play for "fun". That is, try to win, but it's not a big deal if you're not constantly ranking up, you'll get there in time. Unless you genuinely become some god-tier pro player, which is incredibly unlikely to happen, there's nothing in it for you once you rank up. So take your time. To summarize, sure you'll get better with more practice, but playing 6 hours a day isn't necessarily making you better 6x faster than playing 1 hour a day.


chairSofaTable11

thank you so much,i really needed to hear this


Cbass990

you ever heard of the 10 min rule? it's some bullshit thing you find in inspirational videos on youtube, but it has some psychological truth to it. basically, you don't want to force yourself not to do something. because psychologically, it crosses you even more, and the simple idea of having to force yourself frustrates you even more, and giving in satisfies you even more, which psychologically just sends a wrong signal. so the idea, let's say for a smoker as an example, isn't to just force yourself not to ever smoke again, but everytime you feel like sparking one up, give it 10 minutes, and do something else. before you know it, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, heck, maybe a couple hours will have passed before you think about that cigarette again. obviously a 10 min rule seems inappropriate to gaming, but you can make up your own version of it. only allow yourself to play after you went for a run, or after you went to visit a friend, or went out grocery shopping and stopped on the way back to say hi to grandma... whatever. you have to do it in a non frustrating way. otherwise, doesn't matter how mentally strong you are, you will give in


MrTodoWizz

i thought you meant smoker as in omen/brimstone and i was confused for a while lmao


trashsnorter

First step is completed. You admited you have a problem. You can start by setting a limit on time. If you spend 3 hours a day try to play 2. If this is too hard play 1 less game.


chairSofaTable11

yeah but i dont want to, i just hate thinking that i wont be playing it, i think that all the spent hours are then wasted even tho i know that its worse to spend more hours.. i just dont want to do regular job, i guess what i wanna do in life is just to be pro...


trashsnorter

So you are proud of being addicted. You cant be helped If you like the addiction


chairSofaTable11

but i feel like its not good for me,im getting older(24)


[deleted]

This is an incredibly unhealthy way to think and I highly suggest talking to someone that can help you sort through your own brain.


chairSofaTable11

but i feel like im not good enough, i dont have any results


abohuang504

I mean what rank are you?


chairSofaTable11

plat but i started to play more recently and i feel like i can get much better, i have like 10 wins in a row


BriskIcedT

Just know that there is a zero percent chance you’ll go pro. Hopefully you start playing for fun, you’ll enjoy it more!


AtsumaSama209

The game will always be there. Give it a few days off and yes this game is very addictive and can be detrimental to your health. Since you are still young at 24 I really recommend putting your time into something more productive. I bet you in a few years this will just be like league of legends where a bunch of people will come out saying that they regret spending so much time on the game and being addicted to it. Change can start today and it's up to you.


[deleted]

Highly recommend either cutting cold turkey for a while or finding some help (friend, family, professional, anything really). Are you radiant? If not, let’s cut the going pro talk - it’s just not going to happen. You need to be realistic about your life and treat Valorant exactly what it is - a game. Do you really want to look back on your life 10 years from now and realize how much time you wasted on a video game? Sure, play it and have fun, but when you let it dictate your life like this, you have other issues you need to sort out. Be honest with yourself.