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[–] [email protected] 1 points 47 seconds ago

I am an aggressively mediocre singer but the 2 hour rehearsal on Monday is the highlight of my week. It's so fucking fun man!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 39 minutes ago

Not good at all, but I'm just happy to be there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago

I feel bullied by this question

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago
  • Creating games: Good enough that my IT teacher was impressed enough that he recommended that I go into the game industry

  • Drawing: Good enough that I've got hundreds of followers and a lot of people like my art

  • Games: I can beat the original Pikmin in 7 in-game days and I also beat Mushihimesama Futari's final boss on Ultra Mode.

[–] HobbitFoot 1 points 2 hours ago

In a few of my creative hobbies, I've been complimented by others in a way that I would consider sincere to the work.

I'm shit at video games.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

A hobby becomes a job when you worry if you are good at it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

I don't think that's universally true, I agree with some other posters here that a big part of enjoying a hobby is the learning process and getting better at it.

Yes, excessive comparison to others and worries about performance and the like are killers for enjoyment, but the pursuit of skill is a major part of a fulfilling hobby for me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Video games? Bad at them. I play lowest difficulty and still die but I have fun. Baking? Pretty good! People like my baked goods and they are almost always eaten before they go bad (unless I make far too much)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm awful at video games to the point I can't progress. Instead I watch twitch which I really like. What kind of gaming do you do?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 minutes ago

A lot of roguelikes/lites where I just don't win runs. Also a lot of rpgs, but those usually on the lower levels give ways of reviving! Which is nice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

As good as I care to be. Hobbies are supposed to be fun.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Um, I beat Noita once. I beat FTL: Faster Than Light on Hard sometimes. I beat Pocket Rogue once. I also scored first-place in some hard-difficulty Moon Rider VR beatmaps, but I gotta get back into that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Not very good, but that's sort of the point for me; my favourite part of any hobby is the learning. I did a woodworking class the other day!

It's taken a lot of work to get to the point where I can be comfortable with being mediocre at something and just doing it for the joy of it. I'm quite an intense person, with perfectionist tendencies, so it's nice to be able to carve out some things that I can be more chill about.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm a good enough cook that several friends have seriously suggested I apply for Masterchef, but I have no interest in the restaurant side of the competition.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Holy shit!! How did you get to that level?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not entirely sure, a lot of it is instinctive. My weakness is baking because I'm mostly a 'measure by eye' kind of cook and baking requires more precision than that. I guess I also have quite a good ability to imagine flavor; if I can imagine how a combination of ingredients will taste then it'll usually be a pretty good meal even if I've never tried it before.

Also, I enjoy cooking which helps a lot. I like playing with good ingredients, learning how they react to different cooking techniques and so on. And I love to entertain and watch people eat food I've prepared. Food is love!

[Come on over to [email protected] and [email protected] - both could do with more regulars!]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Ahhh that's a big issue for me. Even when I'm tasting a spice I can't figure out how it'll make the dish taste (unless it's obvious like chilli). Good links thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

But I bet your cheese toastie game is on point!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 27 minutes ago

Well I don't want to boast... but yes, yes it is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

Boardgames, around 75%

Badminton, around 55%

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Mediocre at best, and I lack the mental fortitude to work at much of anything these days, so wherever I'm at, I'm not going to improve much.

Some people relish the feeling of swimming through molasses* for the next hit of progress dopamine, or they don't get that feeling at all, but that's what happens to me and it basically short-circuits something in my brain. It's bad enough that I struggled to write the last part of that sentence, and it's happening while I'm proofreading this as well.

* or treacle if the unintended concept of small mammal anatomy bothers you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Hey mate, are things a bit tricky for you right now?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago

I think it is a trap to think about it this way. My hobbies are meant to bring me joy and challenge, no matter what level i am on

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Ages ago, before i started to teach my techniques to the masses, i was considered the international specialist in that field. I have withdrawn since then, but I am still good.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Unless it’s programming or sysadmin, I’m mediocre at all my hobbies, but I enjoy them a lot. It’s great not feeling pressured to do them professionally like a paid job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Nice to get that balance and leave the deadlines and stress back at the desk. Good on ya. I don't even care what your hobbies are -- you advertise the right attitude towards them. Keep it up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Was consistently in the top 15 or 20 in my age group (obstacle course racing) and was gearing up to aim for a podium finish but got rear ended on the way home from work one day in November so in recovery for a back Injury. Hoping I can get back to it again by the end of the year to but gotta hurry up and wait.

Started growing my own veg a year or two ago so getting steadily better at that and enjoying the process. (this one kinda skirts the line between just being self sufficient and a hobby though so make of it what you will)

Similar to others, pretty adequate at plenty of other stuff, the two above just immediately come to mind

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

I have no idea honestly. I do mountain bike trail riding but I've never done it with anyone else so there's no one to really compare myself to. I do ride on lot of trails that I rarely see other bike tracks on but I don't know wether it's because the trail is too technical or because it's just not fun to ride.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

One of my hobbies turned professional :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

You ended up actually selling your soul to a devil IRL in exchange for dark warlock powers?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

That d10 cantrip doesn't come without cost

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Fighting games: I'm a solid upper-intermediate player in most of the games I play. I've got a few tournament wins under my belt for smaller local brackets. At majors, I usually go 2-2 or 3-2, consistently finishing in the top half. Best I've ever done in a large bracket was 9th in Them's Fightin' Herds at Combo Breaker 2022.

Riichi Mahjong: Master 1 on MajSoul, 7th Dan on Riichi City. Our local club runs a seasonal league where I took 2nd last season and am currently ranked 4th this season, though with IRL games the sample size is a bit small. I know I have a lot to improve on still, my deal-in rate is akin to repeatedly putting my hand on a hot stove.

Versus puzzle games: Retired out of spite for the sad state of the competitive scene today, but I used to be the top Puyo Puyo player in my state, peaked at a 2700 rating back then. That is a big fish in a small pond though, top Japanese players are so far ahead of us because barely anyone in the west ever took this game seriously. Which leads into the long rant about why I called it quits... I've dabbled in a lot of other games as well, but when it comes to competitive scenes everything else is even more nonexistent than Puyo. There are a lot of games I can call myself good at just by default.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say I'm pretty decent at bouldering, and have noticed that some people at the gym have started to ask me how to do problems and stuff, so that's cool.

Woodworking it really depends, sometimes I surprise myself and make something I actually quite like, other times Ill mess up the most simple things again.. But i just started out with my first hardwood project and I'm excited to see how it will turn out.

Sewing I'm very much a beginner and ask my girlfriend for help every step...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

I’m pretty decent at bouldering

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

I'm pretty good at super smash bros.

Everything else is complicated. I want to improve but I also don't. I also don't want to stagnate or get worse. And I don't want to abandon them either but I hate doing them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

One hobby turned into a career (software engineering), which hopefully means I'm decent at it. I also play the bass guitar, which I okay at, but eagerly trying to reach a high level. I have a million other hobbies that I do fine at. But grading yourself is only useful as a way to keep from stagnating and to create healthy goals. The internet is really dangerous in this regard, because you'll always find someone who's way better than you. At the end of the day I just want to keep my brain stimulated and have fun with the time I have.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

I'm fine in poetry, and terrible in skeleton reconstruction or things like taxidermy because I'm terrible with my hands, but I'll keep trying

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

I'm terrible at them Baked a flat pancake that was supposed to be bread. Fumbling on the guitar. Haven't drawn anything in the past 3 years. Electrical projects on hold.

I think I have to focus a little bit more 😅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Fucking terrible, I took up hockey last year as an adult.

I'm the best I've ever been, but I'm skating with guys my same age that have three decades more practice.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

My hobby has a leaderboard, so for better or for worse, I know exactly how good I am at it. Currently sitting around the top 0.01% of Power Shift players in The Finals, down from top 0.001% last season. Part of me hates knowing this, because I tend to obsess over it. But another part of me loves it because I never get to gloat about anything in life, so it's fun to brag once in a while.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's a kind of "side" mode in The Finals, which is an FPS game. In Power Shift, 2 teams of 5 try to push a floating platform from the center of the arena into their opponent's base, in a sort of reverse tug-of-war battle. As the platform traverses the arena, it effortlessly demolishes all structures in its path, so the destruction and chaos are cranked to 11.

It's sort of similar to "payload" type objectives in some other FPS games like Overwatch or TF2, but instead of teams taking turns, they're both pushing against each other with the same payload. It's a ton of fun!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Thanks for the explanation! I am not much of an fps player, so i had no idea, but it sounds fun for sure :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

I played Clash Royale and was top 5 in Chile for some seasons, I play Risk Global Domination and ranked Grandmaster, I play chess in Lichess with ratings just under 2000(I once luckily defeated a National Master at a simul), I do Windsurf and I'm terrible at it, I have played Football all my life and I'm average, I like painting and I'm worst than terrible at it. That's about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Decent at some and a beginner at others. Tbh, I have more hobbies than time to practice and really get good at all of them. So progress is slow, but I enjoy each one of them and don't want to give up any just yet. Guess I'm taking the scenic route to mastery, maybe by the time I retire I'll be really cooking. And if not, I still would consider it time well spent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

On a scale of total novice to master, 1 to 10, I'd say I average about a 3. Handily capable compared to the layperson, but unremarkable compared to other hobbyists. I do have a lot of hobbies though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

I used to do my hobby as a full time job, I realized I didn’t enjoy it as much when it was my job so I switched careers so I could still enjoy it.