I can understand what the original poster is going through. Actually, I am quite obsessed with SFIV too, but I don’t mind as long as my other real life activities are not (overly) affected. Problem is, I even can’t play as much as I actually wanted to play.
You know, there’s a GF to attend do, things like work, a social life, writing, reading, watching a good flick with friends or my girlfriend and finally also going to MA-training in real life again.
To the original poster (I won’t write “OP”, because OP=overpowered hehehe):
It’s just important to find a good balance between all the stuff you like to do and the stuff you have to do (you know, like work…), and not going to extremes that start affecting your life negatively. From your post I take it that you realised that yourself and started to correct your behaviour by yourself.
yea pretty much i mean i love streetfighter, (as do we all) but i wouldnt let it take over my life as im certainly never gonna be up to tournament standards personally i couldnt train like 8 hours a day on one single game id just get bored ya know? props to anyone who can tho id love to get played for playing games all day but i know for most of us that day will never come ha ha.
been off SF for like 4-5 days now so ill probly get bback on it and practice my inputs on combos and what not still lots to learn
At the bars last night I had visions of my combos in the middle of all my drunken conversations. It’s sad when you can’t even get SF out of your head when you’re trying to get laid.
all it was is i had a couple of restless nites is all. i think people have got the impression im totally seething with anger or flying off the walls or something like that when i lose but thats not the case (and never was).
it seems most of the messages ive had back about this have been people misunderstanding me thinking im quitting altogether cos im losing to scrubs or something (also not the case)
so when people turn around and tell me im ‘emotionally immature’ and shit like that its kind of a surprise as the spammer comment i made isnt really meant to be the focus of the thread. but people have just taken that and completely run with it. any attempts iv made to defend myself have been rendered moot by more people accusing me of being a sad scrub either blaming lag or being pissed off that i suck.
so i appreciate the concern but theres really nothing to be concerned about i think everyone probly has a restless nite or two cos they want to play a game or whatever.
i even say in the first line of the OP ‘not as bad as it seems’ so people cant really say i wasnt being clear with it, and also the fact that i dont once ask for help or advice on my game or anything like that. its gud people wanted to help but ahh, thats just one thing that annoys me is people dont read posts properly most of the time they read what they want to read and then you get a whole backlash of abuse for something you never said ha ha.
I also feel really sucked in since Championship mode kicked in…
The system is a nice idea (though improvements are needed), you can hardly stop during a tournament and if you do lose, you want to have your revenge right away…
I can play 60 - 100 games every day without even notice how long I’ve been playing
I am thinking of giving up SFIV because of the patch as well. Punishing d/c’ers is a good idea, but there are too many false positives. I played several matches today where I won, only to have less points than I started with once I returned to the online home menu. I can’t tell you how much the really angers me. For some reason it thinks I disconnected, when in reality I did no such thing. My connection is fine and 95% of the games I play are completely lag free.
This is a borderline dealbreaker for me. Previous to the patch I LOVED this game, regardless of the occasional ragequitter. Needling those people via message after the match was kind of fun actually. I was even getting ready to build my own joystick for the game. Now, after the update, I have just lost the desire to play. Even if they patch the patch, it might be too little too late.
