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Recently there has been a growing trend that deems time spent on gaming as inherintly a "waste of time". While there are many rational reasons behind why spending excessive time on gaming can lead to suffering in the end, I want to offer an alternative perspective that demonstrates that there can be invaluable benefits to competitive gaming as well, including strong carryover and confidence towards achieving other things in life, as long as you discover the correct insights during gaming.

MUSIC:
LoL OST - Season 2 Log In Screen Soundtrack
LoL OST - Old Twisted Treeline
LoL OST - Old Summoners Rift
LoL OST - Dominion Soundtrack
LoL OST - Summoners Rift Soundtrack
Bad Snacks - City Night Lights
Professor Kliq - Suburban Breakbeat (https://www.professorkliq.com/)

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 I started playing League 12 years ago
1:32 My first time playing ranked in Season 2
2:36 I started making videos about League
3:20 Season 3 (the most memorable season)
4:45 Season 4
5:05 Season 5
5:24 Season 6 (starting to improve & a mindset shift)
7:15 Season 7 (going for Diamond, confidence towards improving)
8:40 Season 8 (Falling out of a strong mindset)
9:17 Discovering my breaking point
10:22 Reflecting on how my mindset should have been different
11:45 I already had that mindset, but it wasn't engrained enough
12:13 Season 9 (forfun duos with friend)
12:22 Season 10 (going for Diamond again, mindset still wasn't perfect)
13:04 I reflected on this period in my old video
13:24 Climbing is a number game based on your skill/winrate, so don't tilt
14:05 League is not like other, cumulative skills
14:36 Season 11/12/13 (mostly forfun duos again)
14:51 I enjoyed the game but it made the rest of my day more difficult
15:20 Retiring from League (but not before one last final climb)
15:45 Wasn't satisfied with hitting diamond too easily on main acc (S2023 S1)
16:00 Climbing on my smurf account (S2023 S2)
17:03 Arriving in Japan (and shop review)
17:57 I had always wanted to try online gaming in Japan
18:10 I learned Japanese partly because I wanted to experience the Japanese internet
19:07 I made an account in the jp server in 2019
19:30 I played with premade Japanese players in voice in 2019
19:50 If I wanted, I could play League in Japan now
20:00 I livestreamed the Japanese League server, but stopped after 4 games
20:30 Is it worth playing League in Japan? (Yes, for me)
21:46 NordVPN Sponsor Segment
23:20 Starting my climb to Diamond in Japan
23:33 Getting double inted by a streamer and a troll
24:12 High winrate climb
24:26 I didn't know Riot removed tier skipping
24:55 Already had interesting experiences in the Japanese server
25:11 Hitting Emerald, and my first lose streak
25:37 Hitting Diamond
26:23 Going for Master!
26:58 I enjoyed playing with the same players
27:22 I still had negative experiences too
27:31 1 game away from Master! (and a 2 week break)
28:07 One of the worst losestreaks I've had
28:41 How toxic is the Japanese server?
29:28 Climbing back from the losestreak
30:05 I was against a RANK 5 (former RANK 1?) JP player
31:08 HITTING MASTER!
31:22 Decay games & The Vanguard Incident
32:45 JP server reaction to an earthquake
32:59 Interesting Japanese usernames
33:07 Was spending ~5000 hours on League of Legends worth it?
33:39 You can easily spend thousands of hours on games "unproductively"
33:56 Instant gratification from video games isn't usually fulfilling in the long-term
34:14 Why do I not regret playing League despite wanting to use my time impactfully?
34:28 Why I'm making this video
35:00 Learning what it means to do everything in your power to improve
35:25 Climbing in League isn't easy, it takes more than just lots of hours
36:21 Reaching difficult goals after working towards them is going to give you invaluable confidence
36:35 Even if I spent those hours on learning something else, I might not have been better off
36:49 League was a hobby of so many of my friends when I was younger
37:08 The negative experiences in League made me so much stronger
37:42 I feel genuine fulfillment over reaching my goals in League
37:55 Even the bad periods were lessons learned that I can apply in other areas of life
38:18 What even is "regret"?
39:00 Will I keep playing League?
39:39 Sometimes the things we value must be sacrificed for a greater purpose
40:10 Dangers of not allowing you to enjoy something you do anyway
41:00 If you're going to do something anyway, do it full intent, instead of half-heartedly
41:27 After fully accepting something, you can enjoy it to the extent that you ironically don't need to engage in it that often
41:44 Conclusion
42:10 Outro
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