Ninja book excerpt makes sense of viral \u201cjust a game\u201d Tweet Twitter\/NinjaTyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins made waves on Twitter after he called out people who use the expression \u201cit\u2019s just a game\u201d in response to those who are serious about competing. However, his book explains a bit more than Twitter\u2019s character limit would let him. In the post, which was retweeted over 15,000 times, Ninja claims that people who stop getting mad about losing have actually \u201clost twice\u201d and that treating competitions as \u201cjust a game\u201d is \u201cweak mindset.\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle,\u201d the Fortnite star concluded. The phrase \u201cit\u2019s just a game\u201d is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you\u2019ve lost twice. There\u2019s always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle. \u2014 Ninja (@Ninja) February 18, 2020 While many agreed with his words, some felt he was promoting toxicity. Twitch streamer Ohmwrecker replied that he believes \u201closing helps you get better\u201d and \u201canyone doing anything competitive should find value in a loss.\u201d As the debates continued, Overwatch YouTuber Ryan Central of Hitscan seems to have uncovered more to Ninja\u2019s comments from his book Get Good: My Ultimate Guide to Gaming. In an excerpt, Ninja digs deeper into the \u201cjust a game comments\u201d and provides some real examples of things that happened to him growing up. Here’s a much better answer about @Ninja’s ‘Just A Game’ debate. It’s from his book and I think it better explains his point than his tweet pic.twitter.com\/VQCbfmATe7 \u2014 RyanCentral (@RyanCentral) February 19, 2020 \u201cI hated when teammates would say, \u201cTyler, why are you so mad? It\u2019s just a game!\u201d in the middle of an actual game,\u201d the excerpt reads. According to Ninja, people who are playing the game shouldn\u2019t be playing if they don\u2019t want to win. He went on to suggest that people would never tell legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady \u201cit\u2019s just a game\u201d when he\u2019s playing in the Super Bowl. \u201cI\u2019d be easier on myself if I didn\u2019t have that mentality, but I do,\u201d Ninja wrote. \u201cAnd I probably won\u2019t be where I am today without it.\u201d He went on to suggest that competitors need to ask themselves why they want to be the best and what keeps them going. \u201cUnless you\u2019re hungry, you\u2019re not really going to see the results you want and your time would be better spent just playing games, rather than trying to master them.\u201d Regardless of where you stand on Ninja\u2019s comments, he definitely makes a compelling case for competing and that to be the best, you can\u2019t just treat it like any other game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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