How can gaming improve our everyday life part1 RTS
Being ultimate all-around gamer, helps me sense all benefits of different genres. Everybody is talking about how games can be bad for us, and even i pointed some problems in one of my previous posts . It is only fair to look at things from another perspective.
I have an idea of dedicating one post for every genre. Today we will talk about how RTS help us improve in life:
RTS - real time strategies
One of my favorite genres, RTS games help us decide faster, even more on competitive level. Taking care of both micromanagment and micromanagment, we are deciding almost every second of the game itself. Prioritizing resource gathering, expansions, building placement, analyzing terrain, and constantly worrying about pace of the game are all aspects that have to be taken care of. So lets talk about specifics.
Micromanagment
Micromanagment includes everything that is about tuning and finesse. Micromanagment in combat includes pulling injured units, keeping formation, giving individual orders instead of letting AI do that job. As a rule of thumb proper micromanagment will always do better. These optimizations will often put us in a mindset that everything can be done better next time, which can be also applied in real life. Because EVERYTHING MATTERS at least a bit.
Macromanagment
RTS games are about acquiring wealth which is used to grow and expand. Spending and acquiring. Knowing if something is needed now or later. Good macromanagment in RTS teach us how not to be impulsive buyer. It also helps us with tunnel vision. Sometimes its not worth spending time doing certain actions, and cutting losses on time is valuable perk. Scheduling and planning tasks come naturally.
Searching for weakspot
Part of every RTS is to analyze enemy defense, and to beat it cost-effectively. In everyday life we are facing problems that can tire us down quickly if we try to tackle it in most obvious way. Gamers enjoy creative approach, searching for easiest solution. Problem solving makes our life easier.
Shortcomings
Avoiding fights we can't win saves us from wasting time and energy. Identifying lost cause, and avoiding impossible situations seem a little easier after mastering RTS genre. Who wouldn't be a little more careful after being stomped and punished for every mistake over and over again.
Building placement and terrain
Map is deciding factor whether something makes sense or not, being resourceful and doing most with what is given, teach us how to adapt to different situations. Organisation makes everything smooth, logical and faster. Keeping environment tidy will come naturally for RTS fans. Everything has its place, and is found instantly.
Pace
Ordinary people aren't in a hurry, acting as if they are going to live 100 years. They don't respect time as a valuable resource as much as strategy players do. Timing attacks, visiting places before others, holding monopoly, being step ahead, makes or breaks final result.
Comment below your favorite genres, and if you would to like to read why are they making our life easier! Cheers
This post in right on my street. I really like it. I've been working on this game. It's hard to get the word out and give it the attention it needs. I would really appreciate if you could only read it and then decide what to do with it. It's a Quiz I want to launch here on steem. Daily, with winnings accumulated by people competing. This is gonna be a lot of fun IMO. Please take a few minutes to read it, I would be very thankfull. https://steemit.com/steem/@ernstjan/the-steemit-quiz-making-usd100-s-of-even-usd1000-s-next-week-here-on-steem-here-s-how-it-works
Cheers,
Ernst
Hello Ernst,
I am glad that you have your own project, that's commendable. I took time to read it, and despite the difficulties your quiz format has, like googling answers, copying or editing them, having everyone engaged and connected is great. However, your methodology of promoting quiz here, on loosely related article, with clear intent of stealing attention no matter what ( you upvoted yourself to bump on top) is just spam. I won't flag this yet, as i believe in honest mistake here and there, but i like people who care about others, without aggressive advertising. Quality of your content should be primary and in ideal world only way to attract people who share your passion. There are cool people on steamit who make sure things worth people's attention are mentioned again and again. If i kept article shorter as a form of respect for people's time, why would i encourage spammy behavior. Calling quiz a game just for sake of fake relevancy? I would ask @kafkanarchy84 for an opinion about this comment, since i like how he sees this platform.
For me It's very simple. This is the idea I have. My intentions are good for everyone. I've got a lot of positive feedback and your the only one that has been negative so far. What is stealing attention when I'm sincirly excited? I'ts something I would love to do. If you think I's disrespectfull please tell me why. Point out a comment please. Ive posted over 200 comments and you're the first one that is negative. If you're excited about something why can't you give a 100% for it?
Cheers,
Ernst
I consider threadjacking to be disrespectful, and would ask you not to do it again on my articles. Thats all i've got to say. Have a nice day.
I'm sorry maybe I should respect your opinion more.
It's anoying if people do this all over the community. Ill be more respectfull from now on.
Cheers
Ernst
I will defenitely not. I just wanted some help from the community. I'm trying to create something nice for every one. There were no bad intentions. I've been asking for help that's true. I will never ask you again. Have a nice time on steem.
Bye
Ernst
Video Games are Like Simulations for your Mind. They put you in Wild situations and Force you to Fight and Make Difficult Decisions to Persevere. Something the Common Person Lacks now days. They Are Also Know to Improve Hand Eye coordination! Game on!!
Exactly. I'm glad you enjoyed the read, and shared your viewpoint. Have fun !
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Great Post! Age of Empires, StarCraft, and Total War have been at the top of my playlist since I discovered video games. RTS games are great for problem solving, as long as you don't cheat. It's funny, thinking back on my childhood, the friends that relied on cheat codes tended to avoid employment as they got older lol
Thanks for feedback. Few years back i used to watch Koreans play SC all the time, GSL mostly. AoE2 is still popular on twitch. Total War and Europa Universalis are good for countless hours of chilling and enjoying.
You're damn right about this. I read somewhere a while back that the more people understand their mortality and meditate on their eventual death, the happier they tend to be.
That being said, I've always struggled with RTS games. There's just so much stuff going on all at once! That might just be my age kicking in, though. I'm probably a bit too old for some of this stuff.
I live in a small town where 20 year old people are drowning every year during summer swims in local dangerous river. Its hard not to take mortality seriously. Hey, as long as you're not eating with a straw, you are young enough :)
It maintains tackling situation during the outbreak of certain problem. And its damn true
RTS power lies in a simple fact that it simulates real life but at a muuch faster rate. Faster things happen, faster we learn and react. We adapt to that fast pace. Empire grows and falls in one session. Real life seems so slow after gaming, leaving plenty of time for right choices.