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For most games though, reading the wiki is the best way to accelerate your knowledge of the game.
Let's Plays are often pretty good, if the creator really explains their thought process.
Team-based games like League of Legends can be kind of frustrating simply because your control over the outcome of the match is proportionally less than in a 1v1 game. It doesn't mean you can't influence the match to an outsized degree, but even the best players lose matches sometimes because their teammates perform too poorly to be "carried" to victory. Managing this frustration and taking a long view of performance is key to improving at these kinds of games (or at least climbing the ranked ladder).
And here is the video itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY
If you're playing a shooter game, are you moving in/out of cover? are you pre-firing corners? If there is radar, are you using that to your advantage? Are there perks on weapons/special abilities? Are you chaining these or getting the perks to go off? Are there other utility weapons/gear to use like grenades/flashbangs/stun? Learn how to time those, throw those accurately, etc. Are there options/settings that are better for you like a square radar image (its larger), color adjustments, controller settings, field of view, etc.
If you're playing a battle royale style game then learn the mechanics of circles closing and timing of those, many bad matches are had wandering around looking for "better" loot and getting behind. Think of the closing circle as a spiral and move clockwise in the area being closed in between the closing circle and safe zone. As it closes players will be literally running in front of you to get to the safe zone. The magic in this is as you rotate with the circle you have "cleared" the area just behind you since its the gas/bad circle so you don't need to worry too much about people coming in behind you (still check).
Step 1: spend a lot of time playing video games Step 2: play video games that reward deliberate practice and skill Step 3: put in effort on reducing lag, especially if you're playing games developed in the time of CRTs. Modern games are built and tested with modern everything and you get more time to react to things, but games built for CRTs expect nothing more than a couple gate delays between the video out and the…
All great points. I'd like to add that depending on the game or game type, you might want to also incorporate "drills". It's easier to practice some things when not under pressure or overwhelmed by lots of decision making. Edit: Drill should be like... If you play 7 days a week, have about an hour to an hour and a half of drills a week. Pulled these estimates out of my ass kinda, butt the general consensus is you sho…
Speaking of mechanical skills, step 0 is setting up a comfortable, ergonomic workspace to play. If you're going to be spending a lot of time on any task, you want to make sure it's not going to wreck your body. PC gaming is easy ergonomically, because we know how to setup an ergonomic computer workstation, but pay a bit more attention to the mouse. Console gaming, you can setup like a computer workstation, and put the controller where it's comfortable. Or do a traditional tv + couch setup, but at least make sure the heights of things are good.
YouTube. Watch someone who is very good at the game. > What in your opinion is the quickest, most effective way of learning faster and getting better? Humans are really good at imitating. Even better than critical thinking in some ways. I remember seeing a video with a “trick box” with a bunch of dummy knobs and levers. [1] A researcher demoed it to a child, doing all sorts of superfluous actions before finally dispe…
And then, like all things, just doing it. You don't get better at running by reading running 'zines, you just go out there and beat your feet. Same deal with coding, same with cooking, etc. etc.
Also recommend getting a good chair, desk, comfy setup, etc. It's a lot easier to focus when everything else is working for you. Same holds true for a lot of other work.
YouTube. Watch someone who is very good at the game. > What in your opinion is the quickest, most effective way of learning faster and getting better? Humans are really good at imitating. Even better than critical thinking in some ways. I remember seeing a video with a “trick box” with a bunch of dummy knobs and levers. [1] A researcher demoed it to a child, doing all sorts of superfluous actions before finally dispe…
You can learn a lot of strategy from YouTube, but I suspect that some YouTubers effectively cheat with their videos. Maybe they save-scum and play for days to get 10 minutes of great footage to make them look like a rock-star. Maybe they use mods or use cheat codes.