Hi, I'm Muddy Waterz. I'm 19 and I just moved to California. I spend most of my time working and going to college. The games that I like to play are mostly fighting games. Street fighter is my favorite but I'm willing to try others. I also like to play RPGs. I normally don't play them but over time I developed a taste for them. The first RPG that I played was Final Fantasy VIII and Ive been playing RPGs ever since. I also played FFXI on the PC for about 2 years (quit a long time ago) on the Remora world.
Favorite Games:
Sega Genesis:
1. Sonic 2
2. Street Fighter 2
3. Shinobi 3
4. Streets of Rage 2
5. NBA Jam
6. TMNT: Turtles in Time
Nintendo 64:
1. Zelda Ocarina of Time
2. Super Smash Bros
3. Mario 64
4. GoldenEye 007
Playstation:
1. Street Fighter Alpha 3
2. Marvel vs Capcom
3. Final Fantasy 8
4. Final Fantasy 7
5. Metal Gear Solid
Dreamcast:
1. Marvel vs Capcom 2
2. Street Fighter 3
3. Dead or Alive
4. Soul Caliber
Xbox:
1. Halo 1/2
2. Star Wars KOTR 1/2
Playstation 2:
1. Final Fantasy 10
2. GTA San Andeas
3. GTA Vice City
4. Metal Gear Solid 3
5. Shadow of the Colossus
6. NBA Street Vol. 2
7. God of War
Playstation 3:
1. Metal Gear Solid 4
2. GTA 4
3. Heavenly Sword
4. Call of Duty 4
Xbox 360:
1. Bioshock
2. Gears of War
3. Braid
4. Rock Band
Out of your group of friends there is someone who always takes it too far. The one who yells after every touchdown or basket he/she makes. The person who glares at you whenever you win a round in a 2D fighter. The ass who smiles when you fail to win against them. They always want"one more match" when you beat them. I think we are all guilty of this at some point in our lives. I have to admit, I have fell victim to this terrible sin on numerous occasions.
As a kid I used to have Street Fighter 2 tournaments at my house with my friends from the neighborhood. Everything would go fine until the trash talking. It wouldn't be me who would start it, but I didn't help either. One person would keep winning and talking shit until fists fly. Somebody would get in trouble and the day is ruined, but we start over the next day the same exact way.
As the years passed and the games changed, the attitudes came with it. Another altercation happened while I was playing NBA live (enter year here) with my friend. I was getting my ass kicked by him repeatedly but I wouldn't give up. I would keep saying "One more game!" Each time we played I promised I would beat him, but it never turned out that way. The rage in me would rise with each failure. What bothered me the most was he would keep his composure with every insult I threw at him. So my anger would reach it's maximum level and I would leave like an asshole. The next day we would play again like nothing happened.
For those who suffer from this, here is a list of games that you may consider. (In bold for special
consideration)
[Games that destroy friendships]
1. 2D fighters (Street Fighter's, Marvel vs Capcom, Capcom vs SNK.)
2. 3D fighters (Tekken, Soul Caliber's, Dead or Alive, Super Smash bros?)
3. FPS's (COD4, Halo, Counter Strike.)
4. TPS's (Gears of War.)
5. Sports games ( Madden, NBA live/2k, NHL, MLB and so on.)
6. Racing Games ( Gran Turismo, Need for Speed, Mario Cart)
[Games that will tame the beast]
1. Co-op Beat em ups (Streets of Rage 2, Ninja Turtles: Turtles in time, Castle Crashers.)
2. Strategy games (Civilization, Command and Conquer, Starcraft)
3. Board games
4. Wii games? (Wii fit etc.)
5. MMORPG's
Haha I can't help but agree with this. I have a friends who is a total douche when it comes to games. When I beat him, I never brag or anything but when he beats me, he totally walks off with an asshole's amount of confidence. Even worse, if anyone else beats me he always has to comment on how much I suck. ugh..
I used to work with a guy that would ragequit all the time when we played COD4. The problem was, he was the best guy on our team, he just couldn't handle losing even a single match even if he had won all the others.
Yep I had a friend when I was a kid who was one of those smug "assholes", he might of kicked my ass with Kitana (he had an aversion for picking female characters in games) in MK2 but I just fired up and kicked his ass in real life ;-)
Nice article. I can relate with some of those moments in my life, for sure. I don't entirely agree with your "Games to Tame the Beast" genre--some of those games can cause as much rage as the friendship-breakers. I can get just as angry, except the controller gets thrown at the computer instead of a friend.
I've got a pretty mixed bag of friends, and we all excell at a certain type of game, so it just depends on which game we're playing who gets to be the "champ" :-)
there was one guy who sucked at most games we played, until I brought home Links 2004 ( original XBOX ), and he wasted all of us in it like crasy, so that was his turn to shine :-)
luckily we all really liked the "golf-chill-out" after several hours of brutal racing action, heavy fighting and shooting so he got to feel great a lot too :-)
I totally understand why you don't entirely agree. These are just a few games that I played with others that had little to no incidences. Thanks for the heads up.
Hahaha, this stirred up some memories from extended Tekken 2 battles in my mates bedroom back in `97, where 7 or 8 of us would cycle through and try and win out. Don`t want to sound cocky, but i was the shit with Law, which is probably because he`s easy to control. Anyway, i`d always end up fighting my mate who would always play as that big, military geezer (Jack?), and I would get a little alarmed as he could not deal with me beating him, and would get proper vexed. And I did beat him. Many times. That mate of mine is now in the SBS (branch of the Royal Marines), so, i wont be encouraging a rematch any time soon, in case he gets as heated as he used to ;)
And Street Fighter 2.....ahhh, nearly lost a couple of best mates to that game too!
Awesome post man. I can totally relate with this. I'm usually pretty busy with school and what not. But since break started I've been playing a lot of Halo 3 or Gears 2. In a couple of instances I've almost found myself losing it. Usually when the the margin of the score is wide or super narrow. A few times I'll almost rage quit, then only to find myself catching up. Then fall behind. I'll never completely insult someone but I'll say something like "lucky shot" or "Omggg, I suck today." Thing is when you're losing there's nothing you can really say that you're having an off day without sounding like a sore loser. I guess the best policy is just to win. That way you'll never have to worry about being a gracious loser. Jk! =]
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Also great post. If you wanna loose friends play a card game called Munchkin.
there was one guy who sucked at most games we played, until I brought home Links 2004 ( original XBOX ), and he wasted all of us in it like crasy, so that was his turn to shine :-)
luckily we all really liked the "golf-chill-out" after several hours of brutal racing action, heavy fighting and shooting so he got to feel great a lot too :-)
I totally understand why you don't entirely agree. These are just a few games that I played with others that had little to no incidences. Thanks for the heads up.
And Street Fighter 2.....ahhh, nearly lost a couple of best mates to that game too!