I am a gamer. I am an esports player. I play around 12 hours every day. Gaming has always been my passion. I have spent countless hours mastering my skills. Winning matches gave me a sense of achievement. Climbing leaderboards felt like conquering the world. The rush of competition kept me going. I lived for the thrill of ranking up.
One day, everything changed. I was scrolling through YouTube when a random video appeared on my screen. Its title caught my attention—“How I Transformed My Life from Gaming to Coding.” I don’t remember the exact words, but that video changed my life. The man in the video spoke with passion. For me, he is a god. He talked about something new, something beyond gaming, something equally thrilling.
He introduced me to CodeChef. I had never heard of it before, but as I listened, I got curious. I started exploring the platform. I saw people solving problems. I saw rankings and leaderboards. I saw competition. And suddenly, everything clicked. It wasn’t just gaming I loved. It was cracking leaderboards. The excitement of climbing up. The struggle to improve. The fight to be the best. That’s what truly drove me.
It could be gaming. It could be coding. As long as there was a leaderboard, I was in. I decided to start coding. It wasn’t easy at first. I faced challenges. I failed a lot. I got stuck on problems. But I refused to give up. I kept practicing. I kept learning. I kept improving.
But I had a strange habit. Whenever my rank dropped, I felt frustrated. Instead of pushing forward, I did something foolish. I deleted my account. Again and again. Every time I lost rank, I erased everything. It was a mistake. I thought starting over would fix things. But in reality, I was running away. I was afraid of failure. I was afraid of losing. But over time, I realized something important.
Failure is part of the journey. Every great player loses sometimes. Every great coder struggles at some point. What matters is pushing through. What matters is learning from failure. Deleting my account never helped. It only erased my progress. It only made me start from zero again. It was time to change.
I made a decision. No more running away. No more deleting accounts. No more fearing failure. I would climb no matter what. I would fight through every loss. I would embrace every struggle. And CodeChef helped me do that. Unlike gaming, it never made me feel discouraged. It made me feel excited to practice. It made me enjoy the process. It made me see the beauty of coding.
Now, I code every day. I solve problems. I compete in contests. I climb the rankings. I still love gaming. But I have found something more. Something that challenges me. Something that excites me. Something that pushes me beyond my limits.
I love cracking leaderboards. Whether in gaming or coding, I will rise to the top. And this time, I won’t stop.
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