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> requiring less attention span How ? Competitive gaming requires intense uninterrupted focus for 30 min to 1 h periods (which is what got me out of it).

pca006132 6y ago
I don't think it is really uninterrupted focus for 30min, but rather a lot of very intense focus for a few minutes or so? I think that is similar to videos in youtube/tiktok (not tiktok user, just heard from the others) that attract users watching a lot of videos, where each is <10mins. That said, I'm not a gamer and I rarely play games now.
- reader_mode 6y ago
  You really need to focus for 30+ minutes, there are 30 sec/minute downtime periods every few minutes, but especially in MOBA games where one mistake can snowball enemies lead, you need to be paying attention the entire match.
JauntyHatAngle 6y ago
You're dead right, and it's a tangent but this is why rocket league is now the game for me. 7 minutes of gameplay at a time. I can fit that around my life. CSGO? LoL? I play one game and 30-60 minutes of my day gone, half the time to a slow loss. I can't justify it as an adult steadily losing more and more of my free time anymore.
2pEXgD0fZ5cF 6y ago
> Competitive gaming requires intense uninterrupted focus for 30 min to 1 h periods This is technically true, but in most team based multiplayer games you actually get much shorter focus intervals due to breaks and pauses like dying (time to respawn or end of round, which can take up to multiple minutes) or running to the action from spawn (games like Overwatch). Also the team aspect hides much of it so a lot of players go "on autopilot" too in these games, you have to keep in mind that the far majority of players in the super popular games plays at a lower level. Compared to this a game like Starcraft 2 (1on1 competitive) actually requires uninterrupted focus for a full game with basically no breaks or pauses, but 1v1 competitive multiplayer games are not as popular as team based games.
- reader_mode 6y ago
  That's true but still doesn't back his argument that these games cater to short attention span people. People sink hours straight into these games.
Daho0n 6y ago
Competitive games and Competitive gaming is not the same thing though. You can play competitive games without being a Competitive Gamer.
- reader_mode 6y ago
  You literally cant - you get banned for leaving the game before the match is finished.

pca006132 6y ago

I don't think it is really uninterrupted focus for 30min, but rather a lot of very intense focus for a few minutes or so? I think that is similar to videos in youtube/tiktok (not tiktok user, just heard from the others) that attract users watching a lot of videos, where each is <10mins. That said, I'm not a gamer and I rarely play games now.

reader_mode 6y ago
You really need to focus for 30+ minutes, there are 30 sec/minute downtime periods every few minutes, but especially in MOBA games where one mistake can snowball enemies lead, you need to be paying attention the entire match.

JauntyHatAngle 6y ago

You're dead right, and it's a tangent but this is why rocket league is now the game for me. 7 minutes of gameplay at a time. I can fit that around my life. CSGO? LoL? I play one game and 30-60 minutes of my day gone, half the time to a slow loss. I can't justify it as an adult steadily losing more and more of my free time anymore.

2pEXgD0fZ5cF 6y ago

> Competitive gaming requires intense uninterrupted focus for 30 min to 1 h periods This is technically true, but in most team based multiplayer games you actually get much shorter focus intervals due to breaks and pauses like dying (time to respawn or end of round, which can take up to multiple minutes) or running to the action from spawn (games like Overwatch). Also the team aspect hides much of it so a lot of players go "on autopilot" too in these games, you have to keep in mind that the far majority of players in the super popular games plays at a lower level. Compared to this a game like Starcraft 2 (1on1 competitive) actually requires uninterrupted focus for a full game with basically no breaks or pauses, but 1v1 competitive multiplayer games are not as popular as team based games.

reader_mode 6y ago
That's true but still doesn't back his argument that these games cater to short attention span people. People sink hours straight into these games.

Daho0n 6y ago

Competitive games and Competitive gaming is not the same thing though. You can play competitive games without being a Competitive Gamer.

reader_mode 6y ago
You literally cant - you get banned for leaving the game before the match is finished.