I really suck at games.

[IIIIITHE1IIIII]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

I must say that it seems to run in the family though, since both my brother and my sister usually have no problems beating hard difficulties in any game. Sadly, the painful truth is that we are not all born winners.

Don't you think that your skill comes from your competitiveness with your siblings growing up? Your FPS skills most likely come from previous playing. I am on my third match in Blops 2 and I am mauling people, but I know I get my controlled bursts from Halo and KZ3. I ultimately attribute those skills to Goldeneye and Unreal on my Dreamcast when I was younger. I was slaughtered by my older friends but I came back.

Well, it certainly pays a great role. No matter what you do, practicing will make you better. But for some people it doesn't matter how much they practice; they will still be worse than those who are "born" with more skills and who only practice from time to time. For example, some old friends from my childhood spent a lot of their freetimes playing games, and sometimes they decided to bring one of their games over to my house. They still lost shortly after teaching me the basics. To this day, they still perform alot worse then me (well, and my brother) when we gather for some Halo multiplayer.

But yes, I can't rule out the potential influence that competing with my siblings may have had. The OP suggest that this influence might as well be minimal though.