Has gaming actually ever helped any of you in real life, making you: 1) Confident. 2)...

[Sultan Taimoor Durrani]

Has gaming actually ever helped any of you in real life, making you:
1) Confident.
2) Assertive.
3) Wiser.
4) Alert & vigilant.
5) A powerful decision maker.
6) Effective planner & strategy developer.
7) Productive.

 

[John Softcheck]

I'd say it's made me perhaps a bit more self aware. And occasionally a better problem solver. But definitely not more productive.

 

[Minh Phạm]

1. No
2. No
3. Yes, you just have to pick the right game
4. Yes, have you ever played FPS or RTS?
5. Yes, see 3
6. Yes, RTS
6. No

 

[Juan Pablo Torres]

1) No
2)No
3)maybe idk
4)Yes
5) No lol
6)No
7)No

and you missed one faster reaction times ) Yes xd

 

[Charles Harper]

Yes to all , OG Gamer here

 

[Ronaldo Barraza]

Gaming just makes me want to murder people in real life.

 

[Alvaro Vargas]

stop spam

 

[Keyeric Bristol]

Short answer: yes
Long answer: millions across the globe use gaming as a sort of self boost, in addition to stress relief.
There are articles all over the internet about it

 

[Jake DeLauro]

I think this might be your most retarded post yet!

 

[Erkka Virtanen]

yes

 

[Brennan Thompson]

It’s made me lose my 4.0 GPA from playing games instead of studying

 

[Joshua Farkas]

Sorta, sorta. Yes I guess, only in video games, nope, sure, nope.

 

[Shilo Mikey Alderson]

1. No I'm definitely less confident now lol
2. No lol
3. Yes
4. No I still walk into lamp posts
5. No I just make a decision and roll with it.
6. No
7. Hahaha more like it helps me to procrastinate

 

[Alex Elward]

it taught me the right choice between "let me say you something" and "let me tell you something"

 

[Ian Raben]

1. No
2. Not really
3. I dunno, maybe
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Yes, especially from RTS games and hardcore tactical shooters
7. Yes and no, it has both helped me figure out better ways to get tasks done, but it has also made me procrastinate

 

[John Eric Pelago]

Erection

 

[Andro Samala]

It made me throw projectiles more accurately in real life, by throwing it to where my target is going, so

 

[Pedro Pinheiro]

1 no
2 no
3 no
4 yeah
5 yes
6 yes
7 yes

 

[Seth Pierce]

iRacing has made me feel like every trip to the store is a race, and I always win, so hell yeah!

 

[Sander Westerberg]

1) No
2) Don't even know what that means (english isn't my first language)
3) I guess, in some situations
4) Sort of, my reaction times and overlooking skills have increased
5) Nope, definitely not
6) Nope
7) No comment.