12 reasons to stop playing competitive videogames

[Im no one]

I just wrote down some personal reasons as to why I want to quit competitive games for good and thought you guys might appreciate it.

1. They are addictive. You will always want to play 1 more match and you end up playing a lot longer than you had initially planned. This happens almost always.
2. As a result you will waste a lot of time playing that you could have invested into something more productive like reading, going out, socializing, making plans etc.
3. They are only fun if you are winning. So there is always a 50% chance that you will not have any fun for any given match which makes it even more of a waste of time.
4. Limited influence on the outcome. Since you are only 1 out of 10 players participating you only have limited influence on the outcome of the game. Given that I am personally a very inconsistent player, 7 out of 10 matches are decided by players better than me which in turn makes it addicting because every match also feels like a gamble for a win.
5. Prone to frustration. This limited influence also causes a lot of frustration because even if you are playing well and you are trying to have the most influence possible on your team to get a win you will still lose a lot matches as MVP because the enemy team as a whole played better than your team as a whole.
6. The chase for a higher rank in these games never ends and is among one of the most pointless things that you could be spending your efforts in. Ranks mean nothing, often even inside those games but especially not outside of them. You are essentially seeking validation from a game where no one cares about your rank to compensate for a lack of feeling important in your actual life. It is pathetic and leads nowhere.
7. Due to the addictive, toxic and frustrating experience that these games induce they have a somewhat anti-social/negative effect on you. When you are playing and get caught in a losing streak (which will happen no matter how good you are playing) or you have toxic people in your games you will be in a bad mood after playing.
8. Speaking of toxicity, remember that you are the sum of the 5 people you spend the most time with. By spending time in these types of games which always have toxic players in them you will in turn become at the least somewhat influenced by a negative or maybe even toxic mindset.
9. They always leave you with a bad feeling after having played. Knowing how much time you just wasted, having achieved nothing and you know you are building a bad habit instead of building a positive habit with a more productive activity (like reading e.g.). This “guilt” essentially leads to a lower self-esteem which is extremely detrimental to all aspects of your real life.
10. There are better options to have fun with much more positive side effects. Why even spend time on a hobby which is supposed to be fun and fails at this task half the time and with so many downsides when you can just be doing something else that is fun more consistently without any of those downsides?
11. Time is precious so the older you get the more you really need to think about how you are spending the remainder of your free time (which over time will only become less). It is obvious that despite the occasional good game, competitive videogames have overall a net negative impact on your life with little to no upsides.
12. In conclusion, they are stopping you from advancing in life. The toxicity, the lack of consistent fun, the pointlessness of it all, the addicting nature and therefor the wasting of many hours all result in slowing you down in achieving your goals in real life (the things that actually matter).

 

[Daengsupog]

That's correct

 

[Nicolit29]

tama

 

[louiebemine05]

Tamang Tama . Tinigil ko na pagreregister ng ng ML10 sa TNT. I focused now in finding ways to earn. wika nga ng kanta ng 21 Pilots " You need to make money. "

 

[Nickfury]

maka ilang beses ko na din na uninstall ang MLBB at CODM pero natutukso pa din e install , kaya heto bago mag reset naka abot ng mythic... dalawang accnt tsk

 

[arsenal1205]

that's why i don't play valo, ml, wildrift, apex, codm and lol...

 

[BoyBawang-78]

Kapit bahay ko nagmumura kapag naglalag o natatalo sa ML. ganyan lang ginagawa buong araw, 7 days a week. Sana bumalik na F2F na school para di mababad sa ganyang mga games.

 

[KilleerR8]

It may varies from person to person on the basis of their self-discipline, but I somewhat agree with your opinion.

 

[Strawberry_]

tho kahit sa phone wala na akong game hahaha. yoko na bumalik sa pagka addict . but now ang binabawasan ko naman is si socmed

 

[ketx012]

kapag solo player ka . HUMINTO KA NA. yung mga sinabi ni TS . applicable sa mga solo player . nakakaFRUSTRATE talaga. hindi ka naman maistress kung trio-5man kayo . like me im playing only brawl mode . 4 seasons na wala na ako pake sa rank down.. literal na libangan lang talaga..

 

[TRDLC]

13. Magastos, hindi naman maiwasan yan lalo na kaakit akit yung mga items ingame. Isa nadin ako don, pero may bad and good terms ang paggastos sa ganyang mga competitive games. Thank you paps!