I’m in my 40’s and I was just wondering when is the cut off when improvements stop happening and hand eye co-ordination decreases? I assume it does as you get older or is that not so? (I am a Gamer and I enjoy gaming as a means of stress relief and just wondering if there’s been studies saying such.)
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This is true, but not in all cases, plus there are other factors at hand. I started playing CS from beta, during the end of Quake 2 era. Long-story short, I was a clan leader of a locally successful team for many years. I eventually moved on when I went to uni and joined an international team for CS, while I was invited to the UK team in a niche quake mod. I noticed that my aim was missing more, my eyes went a bit; now needing reading glasses, I was relying more and more on experience and outsmarting opponents, plus the younger generation who are born into it see and play the game in a different way which equates to higher challenges, plus I was getting bored due to repetitiveness, and excited by other things in life. I now own an xbox and play random games. In conclusion, I would say there is a minority of people from back in the day who remain top-notch and are still active to this day despite their age.
Edit: Part of what made me good was game knowledge from being there from day 1. But I still have the reflexes, but you lose game skill if you are not grinding and training regularly. Like all other skills.
Here’s my amateur scientific analysis for you: it is rare but not unknown to have F1 drivers in their 40s, same with fighter pilots, so you clearly can be at the highest level of reaction based sport/professional specialism into your 40s. Something must happen that age cos you don’t see the same in their 50s.
But we’re talking about gaming here. I imagine, if you really want to be topping leaderboards in twitchy FPSes etc then now is probably your last chance. If you just want to play games for the entire rest of your life, don’t fret, you’ll be fine as long as you look after your hands, careful of carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis. And even then there’s a whole host of games you can get into. I’ve conventianerly found a love for turn based strategy games as I’ve gotten older, no reaction time required!
52 CSGO player here and I can confirm. But don’t worry you still can own teenagers, you will compensate with other skills, you will play more “brainly” and you will have tons of patience.
Ive personally noticed that gaming for long periods of time has started to make my head go around. Its actually logical, since ur eyes are tracking movements all the time, but ur body stays still. I didnt use to have that when i was younger.
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