5 Gamer Skills You'll Need in School

Of course, excessive fascination with virtual reality is detrimental to our studies, as our relatives do not forget to remind us. However, if you are a true gamer, you probably have a professional skill - a soft skill that you can turn to your advantage in school or college!

#1. Patience

Market products in the game industry are often grounded in the monotonous repetition of similar actions in a circle. You will be asked to endlessly collect ingredients for recipes, kill monsters in search of rare loot (game trophies), perform similar tasks NPC (wizard or robot) to advance in the story. Of course, the developers are trying to add variety to the process. Gamers are enticed by the beautiful picture, unexpected turns of the plot, or non-standard mechanics of the game. But the essence is the same: any game sooner or later gets boring. If you are able to spend more time at the console than others, then your specialty - perseverance!

Learning without assiduity is difficult. Even if you have a good memory a new skill must be worked on: monotonously repeat similar actions. But we already know you can do it! For motivation, think about what helps you not to retreat from the goal.

Lifehacks for gamers on perseverance

1. If the game attracts you to the process, try to organize your studies in such a way that you want to spend time on it. A cozy place or small pleasantries after each achievement. Read a block of theory - indulge yourself with chocolate, solve a difficult problem - rolled battle in the tanks. Just one!

2. If you play for results, and here learning has something to offer. Reward for the work will be an excellent scholarship to college, recognition by classmates, and respect of teachers. Another nice bonus is the liberation from the oppressive feeling of accumulated debts. Sometimes it inspires so much that the desire to perform academic exploits flares up with renewed vigor!

#2. Ability to analyze information

Modern games offer you to make your own decisions about the development of the character or the tactics of promotion in the story. Of course, connoisseurs on the Internet have long ago compiled ready-made options, but the real professional analyzes the possibilities on their own and creates a unique strategy!

Whatever genre you are attracted to, to become a true master of the game, you will have to study in detail all that the gameplay offers:

- the properties of the game items,
- the characteristics of a vehicle or character,
- their influence on each other,
- the difficulty of obtaining the items you need to level up
- and much more…

Information games should be analyzed and make an optimal plan for the development of actions or characters: that are not too costly, not tedious, and effective! This is a real mathematical problem. Are you capable of such a high-level game? This means that you have systems thinking - a valuable soft skill, and have everything you need to do well in school or college.

Studying any subject essentially follows the same algorithm: gather information, structure it and apply it in practice. When something is unclear in the mechanics of the virtual game, other gamers will help you. You can also ask your tutor, a fellow gamer, or a tutorial on the web for help.

#3. Language Proficiency

Online games with an international audience are a great way to improve your foreign language skills. To join the company and feel the difference, you have to learn to communicate in an international language. Also, those who seek to learn from top players often encounter videos or articles in English. If you play online, you often have to chat in English.

English is an international language. In the future, there is hardly a person who is not familiar with it. Whichever profession you choose, English will only strengthen your position and your business. Studying with the knowledge of a foreign language will be easier for engineers, medics, social workers, economists, and almost everyone!

#4. Sociability

In the online game, this skill will help you find allies and agree with the opponents and it is another soft skill. If you add leadership qualities and knowledge of the mechanics, you're an indispensable member of the team! You'll organize a crowd of newcomers, deliver your tactics to everyone, make sure the plan is carried out, and lead everyone to success.

Shining charisma and eloquence are also useful when studying. Ask the teacher to repeat the incomprehensible material in detail or help the group and the teacher to find common ground. And, of course, negotiate a little indulgence for yourself when virtual reality has taken all the time, and the session crept up unnoticed. However, do not abuse the patience of the dean's office! Every time you neglect studies in favor of the game, the risk of leaving university without a diploma is slowly growing.

Only people with good communication skills can participate in team games and win in cybersports

#5. Stress Resistance

Sometimes even the game you love is masterful. The glitchy plot, slow allies, lucky opponents, crooked developers… We can go on and on! Some in a fit of righteous anger take out their emotions on innocent machinery! If your keyboard or joystick has been working properly for several years, you are probably a calm and balanced person.

The professional soft-skill skill of emotion management is sure to help you in the difficult time of being a student. The university reporting system will force you to take sessions several times a year. The marathon of credit week and exams is stressful for every student. Self-mastery will help you not to fuss at the last moment but systematically close the session. At the exam, all the formulas and definitions will not disappear from the head of a calm person, and the speech when answering will be clear and consistent.

Not every gamer has the skills that we have listed. But they will help everyone to succeed in their favorite pastime - the conquest of virtual reality. If you have a dream to become a cyber-sportsman or a gaming blogger, you will need them. In any case, whatever you decide to become, you can always find the right education. The same skills can help you with both your studies and your hobbies.