so there i was, practicing T5DR, winning a few games here, losing a few games there against the local middle tier players. after one of my many trips over to the token machine, i plunk my 50 yen in and glance over to my left… it was a FEMALE!! didn’t mash, knew the b&bs, and even won a few games! plus she had been using steve, my main since T4… i was amazed- and strangely aroused (strangely because her face wasn’t anything to write home about… or even post up on myspace about lol). so after i get knocked off of the machine next to hers, i make another trip to get some 50 yen pieces, and another player had just ganked my spot. i didn’t really wanna be an ass and beat this chick, but at the same time i kinda wanted to get my last games in so i could go home. then i said to myself fuck it, i’m hungry and ive been here too long, it’s time to get those last games in and bounce. i plunk my yen in and commence the American style* aggression… i get hit by some noobish things, but i figure her out pretty quick and subsequently peaced her out. i roll over some other noobs for a 7 win streak of my own until someone picks ling (these are jap cabs and you can’t ever see your opponents across the machine unless you stand up and look). i notice the kanji name: ooOO<kanji>OOoo, you know the way girls like to doll up their instant messenger names or whatever with certain letters for a special look and shit. i’m also impressed, curious, and almost intimidated by the win record of the card: like 65% wins with like almost 2000 games played. that first game i put up a good fight, went to the last round and lost with like a jab’s worth of life left. i’m forced to get up to make another trip to the token machine, look at my opponent as i walk by and lo and behold, it’s that chick! So I smile, and tell her, “good stuff” as I walk by, and she’s all smiling and nodding like, “yea you too, you sexy chinaman you. i didn’t know marines could play video games without snapping the joysticks, you are so god-like and handsome you studly manthing you.” obviously the language barrier prevented her from fully expressing these thoughts, but sometimes you can just read a person’s mind from their facial expression, you know what im saying? :clown: anyways, i come back and i lose two more games pretty soundly… 3-2 getting perfected the last round, and 3-1, where i spent most of the match guessing wrong over and over, lol. i get up and roll out, and tell the girl, “ggs” as i pass by, smiling the whole way to my car and the way home.
some of you may be like, “well shit i’ve been beat by a girl before, wtf its no big deal.” yea you might also suck at fighting games too. lol j/k. but seriously, even though im just getting into t5dr, im definitely no slouch at tekken, so for a girl to have the developed the execution and mental power to dominate me in a game i was brought up on, shit… that makes me happy enough in the pants to want to share with all my nerdy brethren. hence this post, :tup:
*what I mean by American style aggression is just simple play, not very flashy, using throws very liberally, with emphasis on mind games and tempo control. from what ive seen so far, local players here tend to be very technical and methodical; they’ll eat you up one juggle, setup, or trap at a time, and won’t really hit (or attempt) those quasi desperation power plays in a match for that burst damage you tourney vets are so familiar with.
