I used to be pretty capable and could hold my own in a lot of fights, but there was always a bar I couldn't get past. Primarily because I have nerve damage in my fingers which became noticeably worse over the years, so long bouts of high-energy dogfighting became increasingly difficult and painful for me to keep up with. That's something that is never going away for me.
Time is another factor. I'm not in my teens anymore, so I don't have buckets of free time to dedicate to practice or roaming around. Nor is there really much to do in all that time.
Lastly, mechanically speaking - it's not very rewarding to participate in fights, nor is the current short TTK fun for me personally, as I typically am out of the fight in the first two minutes or less.
