This Reddit thread from a TCG player getting destroyed in his first IRL play speaks to me, and all of the other players being supportive of him is really helping my perspective. www.reddit.com/r/pkmntcg/co...

This is such a sweet thread. I actually recently went to Orlando Regionals a couple weeks back and I wonder if he was there -- I hope he was. I've been in and out of Pokemon TCG for years, even being a League Leader and Professor for a while, and I always used to tell people to just give it time.