Elma skills
I just cruised Bumpy Journey for five minutes and saved a replay. Just random driving. Then I watched the replay about five times analysing my braking, accelerating and turning techniques. I was amazed. I’m great to control the bike - at least when comparing to normal player (total time 1h). I remember when Champi0N was playing, I loved his replays (I had played only a year or two back then). Nowadays I like Zweq’s control. He adjusts the front wheel angle so well by spacing.
Ask some amateur guy (your friend for instance) to play battles. Watch him playing for a few hours and then try out the levels yourself. You can beat his times in a few tries. At least I was pretty amazed. I thought my friend’s 18 seconds in one level was quite nice time and I was wondering if I can beat it in 10 minutes. One attempt and I made 14,88.
Six years practicing must give some skills. But was it worth it?