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In a few of my creative hobbies, I’ve been complimented by others in a way that I would consider sincere to the work.
I’m shit at video games.
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Creating games: Good enough that my IT teacher was impressed enough that he recommended that I go into the game industry
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Drawing: Good enough that I’ve got hundreds of followers and a lot of people like my art
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Games: I can beat the original Pikmin in 7 in-game days and I also beat Mushihimesama Futari’s final boss on Ultra Mode.
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I feel bullied by this question
A hobby becomes a job when you worry if you are good at it.
I don’t think that’s universally true, I agree with some other posters here that a big part of enjoying a hobby is the learning process and getting better at it.
Yes, excessive comparison to others and worries about performance and the like are killers for enjoyment, but the pursuit of skill is a major part of a fulfilling hobby for me.
Video games? Bad at them. I play lowest difficulty and still die but I have fun. Baking? Pretty good! People like my baked goods and they are almost always eaten before they go bad (unless I make far too much)
I’m awful at video games to the point I can’t progress. Instead I watch twitch which I really like. What kind of gaming do you do?
As good as I care to be. Hobbies are supposed to be fun.
Not very good, but that’s sort of the point for me; my favourite part of any hobby is the learning. I did a woodworking class the other day!
It’s taken a lot of work to get to the point where I can be comfortable with being mediocre at something and just doing it for the joy of it. I’m quite an intense person, with perfectionist tendencies, so it’s nice to be able to carve out some things that I can be more chill about.
Um, I beat Noita once. I beat FTL: Faster Than Light on Hard sometimes. I beat Pocket Rogue once. I also scored first-place in some hard-difficulty Moon Rider VR beatmaps, but I gotta get back into that.
I’m a good enough cook that several friends have seriously suggested I apply for Masterchef, but I have no interest in the restaurant side of the competition.
Holy shit!! How did you get to that level?
Boardgames, around 75%
Badminton, around 55%
Mediocre at best, and I lack the mental fortitude to work at much of anything these days, so wherever I’m at, I’m not going to improve much.
Some people relish the feeling of swimming through molasses* for the next hit of progress dopamine, or they don’t get that feeling at all, but that’s what happens to me and it basically short-circuits something in my brain. It’s bad enough that I struggled to write the last part of that sentence, and it’s happening while I’m proofreading this as well.
* or treacle if the unintended concept of small mammal anatomy bothers you.
Hey mate, are things a bit tricky for you right now?
Ages ago, before i started to teach my techniques to the masses, i was considered the international specialist in that field. I have withdrawn since then, but I am still good.
I think it is a trap to think about it this way. My hobbies are meant to bring me joy and challenge, no matter what level i am on
Was consistently in the top 15 or 20 in my age group (obstacle course racing) and was gearing up to aim for a podium finish but got rear ended on the way home from work one day in November so in recovery for a back Injury. Hoping I can get back to it again by the end of the year to but gotta hurry up and wait.
Started growing my own veg a year or two ago so getting steadily better at that and enjoying the process. (this one kinda skirts the line between just being self sufficient and a hobby though so make of it what you will)
Similar to others, pretty adequate at plenty of other stuff, the two above just immediately come to mind
I have no idea honestly. I do mountain bike trail riding but I’ve never done it with anyone else so there’s no one to really compare myself to. I do ride on lot of trails that I rarely see other bike tracks on but I don’t know wether it’s because the trail is too technical or because it’s just not fun to ride.