I started playing my first fps game in college and learned how to get really good at it. It was cool to learn about esports from people who played in the first

I started playing my first fps game in college and learned how to get really good at it. It was cool to learn about esports from people who played in the first tournaments for games like Unreal Tournament. In my experience, everyone at a certain stage had a similar level of mechanical skill but they did not have the same level of interpersonal ability or management/strategy skills. It was interesting to see the dynamics and the people who could pick out the weakest link of a team and exploit it to win the match. We played CTF pickup games where teams were always changed so you could learn everyone's strengths and weaknesses, as well as keep it interesting. But even in a quick CTF match, these players would easily be able to ID the weakest link and exploit it within minutes. It also taught me about skill level. Even though everyone I played with was at the top 1%, there were still people on a whole new level. I used to play with people that now play professionally. The game I played had a small competitive community, a lot from TF2. As a new player, I was used to being wrecked on a daily basis but I still remember to this day how hard my gaming dreams were destroyed by one player. You could practice for hours every day but there were players that could just log on and be practically godlike. There was no contest. Even though I decreased my kill speed to under a second, their kill speed was .1 second and I was probably never ever going to achieve that ever. Thanks surefour. I have never ever experienced as much adrenaline again as I did during those days. The fast paced game play and level of communication and coordination was amazing. It was probably like crack. I guess I sort of found it again in entrepreneurship. It will never be as fast and as easily rewarding but what makes a great esports team and a great business team is the same.