I ruined this thread by deleting my parent comment, sorry about that. My comment essentially was saying that I played played competitive Quake (1) at age 13-17

I ruined this thread by deleting my parent comment, sorry about that. My comment essentially was saying that I played played competitive Quake (1) at age 13-17 and was extremely good, but now I play competitive QuakeLive at age 30-31 and I'm even better. I really don't feel like my reaction times have noticeably decreased. Quake being such a pure game it's pretty easy to test one person against another. I play regulularly with a 17 year old kid who is a pro-level dueler. I can stand head-to-head with him in a big open space and win a rail-only fight. Sure, there's experience involved, but it's mostly twitch shooting. Like I told my last wife, I said "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see. Besides that, it's all in the reflexes."