I recently read this study of Halo players from Microsoft, and the authors found that spacing out your play made your gain rating faster per game played, BUT if

I recently read this study of Halo players from Microsoft, and the authors found that spacing out your play made your gain rating faster per game played, BUT if you space it out too much, then you'll simply be outmatched by players who play a lot more. In other words, if you want to improve at Halo efficiently, space out your play more, but if you want to improve in sheer absolute skill, you will want to simply play more games. http://jeffhuang.com/Final_HaloLearning_CHI13.pdf http://jeffhuang.com/Final_HaloLearning_CHI13.pdf