There we better games out there to make money in. I was also told by a local or every other local in the area how much I pretty much sucked. I took it in the opposite direction and decided to make something out of myself, instead of being the local scrub of the community. Now supposedly I’m “legit.” but I still feel like I’m a DP mashing Cammy mainer, and that I could always do marginally better in tournaments if I had just thought instead of just feeling.
Life is more than just videogames yes, lol. But honestly it’s the only trade I’ve found myself decent at.
Edit : Also David Sirlin makes some okay points, but I wouldn’t take everything he’d say and consider it the bible.
It’s as simple as this to me, but mine’s stemmed from a long history of losing to my cousins.
I originally learned Street Fighter to be able to beat my cousins, but upon getting into the scene, I found something I really wanted to compete in. Now, it’s about getting past whomever the opponent is. Case in point, I surpassed my cousins and moved on to a bigger scene.
no, I’m usually told that during Car rides, I’m not ready yet for money matches.
Some of them do get tempting though…
Are you implying that you can win a fight WITHOUT being fierce, tough , mobile or calm?
…Yes, I would agree though , some of Sirlin’s stuff is out there.
Fighting games are not an existential journey, but like anything competitive and requiring of dedication, practice and intelligence, it can be used as a catalyst to better oneself in those respective categories and more. People who competitively play sports cite it as being one of the largest benefits to their psyche and life as a whole. Tone that down a mote and you have the potential psychological positives that competitive gaming can hold.
I play both simply for the entertainment and the environment,
but I would be lying if I said competition as a whole did not breed a want for improvement in myself.
I never seen any counter arguments, just bashing. Just by reading his articles I can tell it was written by a a pro. Seems to be another case of pearls before swine.
I get better because there no feeling like going man to man with your opponent. Nothing else matters but you and them. You get to take all of your experience and knowledge and clash it with theirs.
And nothing feels worse than losing at that. It means all of your practice and hard work could mean nothing at all.
I just want to beat whoever happens to cross my path and make both of us realize I’m the better player, that’s always my goal when I play anyone. if I get beat I try to get the most out of that session so that next time I can be better than him.
That’s my mentality in-game. Otherwise I just enjoy the community and hanging out once in a while playing games cracking jokes.
I’m fortunate enough to live in part of the world where the arcade era is still going on. Believe you me, Chinese people talk some shit, too.
The one quarter philosophy is definitely a motivator, but one of the things about SF that has always appealed to me is the problem solving aspect. For a lot of the time I’ve been playing in Beijing, I haven’t had a lot of people to bounce stuff off of if I was having problems (a lot of Chinese SF terminology is outside my command still) so I’ve had to learn to be more self-reliant in the past.
Scraping out wins against people that used to own you is so gratifying.
when i was unemployed when sfiv came out i had nothing better to do than win or place in ranking battles and use the 25-50 pound winnings to buy my groceries as i didn’t like the idea of dipping into my savings whilst i was on garden leave. ended up in 2nd place at the end of the season. After i got a job my motivation dried up a little, but ultimately its still nice to be thought of as a top player for your character of choice. little bit of practicality, a little bit of ego, a whole lot of fun.
I just want to get better, I want to be able to go to a tournament and hold my own against the best, never really given it much thought beyond that really, you could say the reward for the goal of getting better would simply be getting better.
That and it’s a hobby where you can see results coming out of effort put in, it’s not like watching TV or something where you only benifit whilst watching it, it’s something where you can practice, look back at some of your old matchs and think “I’m better then I was before” and that feels satisfying and gives motivation to go further and try harder.