The only thing more annoying than impassable invisible walls is impassable VISIBLE walls. Like in Assassin's Creed when areas of the map would be blocked off by giant walls of blue light until your character "remembered" enough for Altair to access it. Major cop-out, if you ask me.
And, as an RPG gamer, I am no stranger to level grinding. The thing is, I don't mind it in most cases. A big part of the appeal of RPG games is training up your characters until you can FINALLY beat the boss/level you have been stuck on. It gives me a huge feeling of accomplishment. The key, I guess, is to find the balance between too much and too little level grinding...after all, if your character leveled up so easily you could just destroy everything in sight on your first try, RPGS wouldn't be nearly as engrossing
1. You are trying too hard to sound cool 2. The whole point of this article was that shitty players SHOULD admit they suck 3. You are exactly the kind of egotistical gamer that they were talking about
oh, and P.S., if you had tendonitis and arthritis, holding a controller is the LAST thing you'd be able to do
I am a member of the "bad players who know they are bad" tier of gamers. Especially when talking about first person shooters; I SUCK at those.
I'm "decent", I suppose, at a few games, and somewhat good at RPGs, but I'd never go so far as to claim that I was REALLY SKILLED at a game...the closest I could say is maybe Super Smash Brothers, which I am somewhat OK at. I'd probably get my ass kicked in a competitive tournament, but I can usually hold my own otherwise.
Also, props for saying "BIG BOYS AND GIRLS" Though I'm a guy, I still think it's nice when people admit there are good girl gamers too.