i was making a bad joke about riding a bike sorry :s
btw just saying i was born with 1 hand and can play fighters just as good as anyone even if im not the best mentally to beat diago.
the more you worry about your “handicaps” the more they will be handicaps.
the first step to being good at something is sucking at it.
I don’t know if that’s your case TC, but losing the drive to compete or even play at all is also a sign of aging. As someone already mentioned, testosterone plays a big role in this. Maybe that’s why females don’t have much interest in fighting games, I guess.
Entitlement is also a problem when it comes to videogames. Since it’s “just a game” and they paid money to play it, most people feel they simply deserve to win no matter what, and when they realize they have to work for it, they get demotivated and quit.
Personally, the thing that always bothered me about competition in general is how some people are naturally more talented than others. For some reason, they were just born that way and will have an advantage by default (like that chess guy). “Fair competition” is a fallacy, there’s no such thing.
The question posed in the OP applies to the OP itself.
Most of what we do beyond sustaining ourselves physically is just stuff to do while we’re not sustaining ourselves physically. I mean, we could all just drop what we’re doing and roll in piles of shit till we die of starvation and in the grand scheme of things it wouldn’t make a difference. And even if it did, why would that matter?
Yet, being human we push on and try to find purpose.
Like happiness, it’s fleeting and even spontaneous, mostly found in things you wouldn’t at first expect.
Sharing a laugh with friends is unpredictable and only lasts for a minute, much like a ranked match with a moroccan rashid on wifi who may or may not have ragequit on you the last three-four times you’ve played. But still, both of these things give us some reason to keep going instead of stripping naked and cannibalizing babies at the local strip mall.
I am perplexed with the amount of games the OP plays. Clearly he/she has a passion to play multiple titles. I only play SF and honestly don’t find myself that good. I continue to play and practice because at the end of the day I am my own competition. It’s gratifying to witness improvement over your own time and pace. Don’t get me wrong, I am in complete awe when I watch Infiltration as his skills/talent dominate the competition.
Would I want to have the same skill/talent/success? Sure!
Would I dedicate as much time as he does to get to his level? Maybe not.
Playing games doesn’t have any relation to my career, wife, ambitions/goals but losing and winning equates to a fun and exciting journey of SFV!
Your perception maybe skewed with the idea of losing. Change the way you perceive things and you will have a different outlook in life.
Watch this video on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/1iI2Z46T_PQ
Op are you implying you could be good at the game if you really tried? Because I doubt it.
In an absolutists strict perspective of logic, you are correct.
On an emotional level you are very wrong. For me personally I continue to “bother” both for hope and because I just like to learn certain things. I’m not interested in learning and competing in the stock market… Really wish I were since its waaaay more lucrative than games… But I balance things. I have a good job.
I like to get better at streetfighter just to learn and feel like I’m moving forward with something, I like the accomplishment of actually pushing past limits, I like “hope” hope that maybe this game will be the game where I realize my potential, hope that this character is the one that really resounds with me, oh and yeah, characters are like toys to me. The more the better and I like playing with more than one toy. It’s the same with fighting games in general, I like learning new FG systems and feeling frustrations and overcoming those frsutrations.
Are there more fruitful endeavours than fighting games monetarily speaking? Of course. But in terms of being the person I choose to be, fighting games are near perfect, and I hope to play as long as my reactions allow me to be of an average strength.
It’s the journey not the destination that keeps us all interested.
Because there’s nothing like outsmarting another man on the journey to feeling like a man.
Chess, Street Fighter, flipping pancakes, growing a beard… you play to win. That’s what makes your fucking balls big. That’s it, that’s the answer.
^That post made this entire thread worth it.
Because you don’t have a choice; just accept it. Street Fighter is a hell of a drug.
Ryu would never ask this question. Look to him for your answer.
never give up
I was going to give you some advice that helped me in a time fight game induced depression, but, in your words, you just don’t see a point in becoming a good player. So none of us here actually can identify with you, especially myself.
I enjoy winning over another human being and I enjoy seeing that the work I put into the game pays off. I got into fighting games so that I could get to a tournament level (I’m working on it still). I don’t understand how you see no purpose in trying.
I’d recommend you drop fighting games and move on to something where no body gives a shit about how good or bad they are.
So that I stop losing and starting winning?
I’m sorry but this is a really stupid question.
Niggas in here busting out them ryu win quotes in shit.
old fortune cookie ass dudes
I don’t understand why a lot of posters tell OP that ‘fun’ should at all times be the single objection that his time-investment should be measured against. Of course, it is absolutely essential that it should be there at the start, but honestly, overcoming a steep learning curve never comes down to still having fun all the time. Because no one who is competitive enjoys losing again and again and again. But we somehow posess this weird little quirk that makes us want to overcome the obstacles in order to become skillfull, strive for greatness but most importantly, obtain personal growth in our journey to reach what is only is attained by few. We feed on this growth. We are just a stubborn bunch of *****, and while we can endlessly philosophize about the meaning behind all that, all we know is, we want to feel strong and competent. If a person doesn’t get that, he will never get that. Perhaps he is the sane one, and we are insane. Perhaps it’s the other way around. Who can tell, honestly. All i know is that a lot of ‘games’ deliver a challenge that can really excite and aggrevate this particular quirk in a very pure sense in us, where day-to-day reality delivers it often in a far more diluted way.
I’m just a newbie at this ‘game’, but i’ve learned to hold my own in several others, chess for instance. Also just a ‘game’ for some, but one of the best teachers@life for others.
I don’t speak natively english, so i hope people get what i’m trying to express.
This is stupid thinking any way you look at it. If you can’t grasp that the skills like, problem solving, memorization, math, thinking fast under pressure, calculated risk taking, and social skills cany be used in the real world then there isnt any reason to keep posting here.
Ass burgers in paradise
There is no logic in playing video games, win or lose. It’s all subjectively based on whether you’re having fun or not. Even top players don’t make so much money that they couldn’t have made more if they put all that time into getting a well-paying “proper” job. From your interpretation of a “logical” point of view, you should only eat for sustenance and seasoning is pointless, drinking alcohol only shortens your lifespan, posting on SRK is wasting time you could be using for something productive, and sex should strictly be for procreation. That sounds like a pretty shit life.
I play fighting games because I enjoy it. I happen to get better the more I play, and I find more enjoyment the more I can understand of how to play them effectively, but at the core I’d still like it even if I’m scrubbing it up super hard and randomly mashing buttons.
The more a nigga lose the better they get my G