Any PC Gamers Around?

[Captain Snooze]

Wooooo! Less than 26 weeks to go for 2077!!

[Julian]

COD 4 and FIFA 20 now

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by Julian

COD 4 and FIFA 20 now

Mmmm... Translate was of no help.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Wooooo! Less than 26 weeks to go for 2077!!

can't be any worse than that time long ago in 2020!

my grandparents told me about it.

[Jacky Smith]

Thanks to lockdown I started to play lots of games on PC and mostly these are shooters like CS GO. Did a couple courses to improve gaming skills now beat all my friends

[alphasaur]

Originally Posted by Jacky Smith

Thanks to lockdown I started to play lots of games on PC and mostly these are shooters like CS GO. Did a couple courses to improve gaming skills now beat all my friends

Courses to improve skills?

[weederr33]

Just played through the PC Halo 2 remastered. It was fun to play again but there were some optimization issues

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by alphasaur

Courses to improve skills?

2 posts. curiously reads like spam.

[Jacky Smith]

Originally Posted by alphasaur

Courses to improve skills?

Yes. I hired a skillful gamer to teach me. It is quite popular nowadays. Here are more details https://skin.club/en

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Jacky Smith

Yes. I hired a skillful gamer to teach me. It is quite popular nowadays.

That's about as loserish as things get, if I'm being honest.

How much money do you make per year with these sweet skills you have now?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Cole

That's about as loserish as things get, if I'm being honest.

I don't think so. I didn't know its a thing, but its no different then taking lessons from any other "expert" for your hobby. Some examples:

* Hiring a driving instructor
* Hiring a physical trainer
* Hiring a Tennis coach
etc..

these are all folks you wouldn't think twice about if someone hired, why would a gaming coach be any different? Heck, I wouldn't mind a few tips myself so that I'm not always the last on the scoreboard with my sons.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I don't think so. I didn't know its a thing, but its no different then taking lessons from any other "expert" for your hobby. Some examples:

* Hiring a driving instructor
* Hiring a physical trainer
* Hiring a Tennis coach
etc..

these are all folks you wouldn't think twice about if someone hired, why would a gaming coach be any different? Heck, I wouldn't mind a few tips myself so that I'm not always the last on the scoreboard with my sons.

Because generally there's zero return on a gaming coach. So what, you can flex in some public lobbies on your friends, outside of that, nothing.

Driving instructor has real world, tangible benefits outside of becoming better. You can be a safer driver on the road. Physical training in general, or in a specific discipline is also the same, there are other tangible real world benefits to it.

Just pretty blown away that there are people willing to toss money to a video game coach just to beat their friends.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Cole

Because generally there's zero return on a gaming coach. So what, you can flex in some public lobbies on your friends, outside of that, nothing.

Driving instructor has real world, tangible benefits outside of becoming better. You can be a safer driver on the road. Physical training in general, or in a specific discipline is also the same, there are other tangible real world benefits to it.

Just pretty blown away that there are people willing to toss money to a video game coach just to beat their friends.

I disagree it is zero return but I see where it would be a polarizing concept.

By your thought, there is zero real world benefit to hiring a music instructor if you never play in public. People do it because they like improving their skills just for themselves. To me, its the same. YMMV

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I disagree it is zero return but I see where it would be a polarizing concept.

By your thought, there is zero real world benefit to hiring a music instructor if you never play in public. People do it because they like improving their skills just for themselves. To me, its the same. YMMV

And by his own admission hes not doing it for himself. He did it to beat his friends.

I know my friends would have a lot to say if I spent money on a coach to beat them in video games, and none of it would be praise.

If you want to improve something for yourself, then by all means go for it, but if the only reason you're doing it is to impress people, that's pretty lame in my opinion.