Casual vs Competitive Gaming

     I've been thinking about this idea today, the idea of casual vs competitive gaming. Mainly because today I was playing some games after watching the terrible Krumpus movie and I was playing Starwars Battlefront III for the first time since the day I bought it. I hated it at first and today I gave it a second chance. I don't completely hate it now because I've been playing the best game modes and its been a blast. It makes you feel like you're truly in a Starwars warzone, complete with all the lasers and terrain. The thing that kind of sucks is that you will die from things that you can't stop in this game. You'll die from bad spawn positions, random grenade shots, heroes who are way overpowered, and armored vehicles that take your whole team to take out. I would say this game is completely casual first person shooter status, and for me, that is great. Sometimes being a casual gamer is really fun. But I would also say I'm a competitive gamer as well. I did really terrible at Battlefront III today but I've only played the game twice so there's room for growth as a player.
     On the other hand, I played the new Starcraft Legacy of the Void and I completely crushed enemy players' hopes and dreams. Out of like 6 games I won 5, somehow even though today's the first day I played multiplayer on Legacy of the Void I'm really good at it. I think I'm good at it because it moves at a much faster pace than Heart of the Swarm does, especially for Terran, my main race. For Terran there's all kinds of new openings I can do with all the extra workers you get in the beginning of every match. I haven't tried out too many of the new units but I did use some cyclones in one match. It was pretty cool to have them mixed in with my standard mech army. I would say I'm a pretty competitive Starcraft II player. I know I won't be the next Flash, but then again, who says I can't become super good at the game? To me, super good would be something like Diamond-Master League. I doubt I would ever put enough time in this game on the ladder to ever get a Grand Master MMR. Being Masters though wouldn't be as difficult although its easier said than done.
     Although I have a job, I only work part time so there's a lot of time to just enjoy life, play games, play music, and go out and have a good time. For the most part I spend my time being a gamer. I consider myself a pretty high tier competitive gamer, especially when it comes to Super Smash Bros 4, Project M, Super Smash Bros Melee, Starcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Starwars The Old Republic (used to), World of Warcraft PvP (used to), and to a small degree Warcraft III. I've only been to one Smash Bros tournament but I plan to go to more in the future, I'm just not sure when because I usually work on the weekends when most tourneys go down in California. I usually play multiplayer games because I like that cooperation and versus mode feeling against real live competitors. Nothing feels as good as crushing someone in Starcraft II. It's a very cerebral win. Beating someone in Smash 4 is another kind of winning feeling, more of rush.
     Whether you're just gaming casually or playing tournaments or competitively online gaming is truly a great past time, probably the greatest past time for me since I first got into music. The future of gaming is the online market and it's been great being a part of it and having lots of friends to play online with and converse with. Enjoy the new Starwars Battlefront III game. I'll be online a lot playing Legacy of the Void. I want to test my new found powers of Terran. In addition, I want to get better at Battlefront III. May the Force be with you!