you can blame esports becoming a mainstream thingthe average Joe never gave a hoot about minmaxing until they were able to taste what it meant to be a professional gamer through LoLDotaCSGOFGC . people realized that , if they worked hard enough , they could be professional . they could be elite . it wasn ' t something that ' s outside of their reach if they truly worked hard enough , they could become a paid professional . it feels good to feel elite , to feel like the best , and that sentiment is wholesomely reflected in today ' s minmax culture . <| sep |> But but but . what about them 25 schmeckles ? !?<| sep |> A literal Hunger Games <| sep |> Well if you ' re conservative that ' s not necessarily true . I use a 25 ftx 1 , 13 ftx 1 and 7 . 5 ftx 2 and I can pretty much do anything I want with that