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10:59 AM, Friday July 29th 2022

Reminds me of when you play an old school game that is really hard; back in the NES era you would gradually get better, but then you reach a point where you suddenly are kinda rubbish, which is just before you get really good.

I think it is you getting so used to ghosting lines that you are starting to subconsciously do it, which causes you to have a few hiccups. Work through the bad phase, or take a small break. Whichever seems best for you at the time.

8:52 PM, Friday July 29th 2022

Thanks. I know exactly what you mean, it's almost like "beginner's luck", I guess, where the first thing you do is get substantially worse at something before gradually improving back to where you were, whereupon you keep going. I am hoping that's the case here, Benj who gave me official critique feels I should keep going, which is promising.

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