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From the Ted Talk by William Collis: How video game skills can get you ahead in life
Unscramble the Blue Letters
And all these three categories of skill, mechanical, strategic and leadership, they have a crucial element in common. They're all almost entirely mental. Unlike my ability to have a bsalkatbel craeer at five-foot-ten, esports doesn’t care how tall I am, what gedenr I identify as, how old I am. In fact, esports controllers can even be adapted to pros with unique pihscayl needs. Look at gamers like "Brolylegs" who can't move his arms or legs or "Halfcoordinated," who has limited use of his right hand. And these pros don't just cmtpeoe, they set records.
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And all these three categories of skill, mechanical, strategic and leadership, they have a crucial element in common. They're all almost entirely mental. Unlike my ability to have a __________ ______ at five-foot-ten, esports doesn’t care how tall I am, what ______ I identify as, how old I am. In fact, esports controllers can even be adapted to pros with unique ________ needs. Look at gamers like "Brolylegs" who can't move his arms or legs or "Halfcoordinated," who has limited use of his right hand. And these pros don't just _______, they set records.
Solution
- basketball
- gender
- physical
- career
- compete
Original Text
And all these three categories of skill, mechanical, strategic and leadership, they have a crucial element in common. They're all almost entirely mental. Unlike my ability to have a basketball career at five-foot-ten, esports doesn’t care how tall I am, what gender I identify as, how old I am. In fact, esports controllers can even be adapted to pros with unique physical needs. Look at gamers like "Brolylegs" who can't move his arms or legs or "Halfcoordinated," who has limited use of his right hand. And these pros don't just compete, they set records.
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