I've been reflecting on my progress in chess, and how my SFC experience might relate. I don't train as hard as I might, and I realize that I need to put in much more time into my chess to get better.
I do not know if anyone has done a study of how much time we spend on this game, or how you might compare it to other disciplines. Let me compare it to pursuing a Bachelor's Degree.
In college:
15 hours in classes a week, 30 hours in study a week, 45 hours total
45 hours a week X 16 weeks in Fall=720
45 hours a week X 16 weeks in the Spring=720
Summer: 6 hours in class, 12 hours in study, 18 hours total, 8 weeks 18X8 = 144 Hours
720+720+144= 1584 hours annually.
1584 X 4 years = 6,336 hours for Bachelors Degree
This assumes 144 semester hours, which is a bit much, but many people end up with that many hours for a typical 120 semester hour degree, the numbers in class and study work out to 5,400 hours. Let's call it 6,000 hours, of which only HALF is usualy in your major, or 3,000 hours in study in your discipline.
An Associate's Degree is also at the 3,000 hour mark.
Now, let us assume a SFC player who has been playing this game for five years. Understand that there are people who have been playing for almost seven years, but I'm using five years.
This player plays four hours a day five days a week. this play includes Gamespy, Dynaverse, and single player
four hours a day five days a week. 20 hours
44 weeks X 20 hours =880 hours
Five years X 880 hours = 4,400 hours
SIX years X 880 hours = 5,280 hours
So a player who has been pretty regular for five years has put in more thna the time to get an Associate's Degree, and is closing in on a Bachelor's Degree. Nutters---People that played over 8 hours a day in the Grand Times -- Put in even more time, and could be at or beyond the time required to earn a Master's Degree.
It's a darn shame we can't get the Dynaverse accredited. We could award degrees.
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