Lago | 220 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I used to consider myself generally good at games. In my younger years I am on the bad side of average now. I didn’t think I was the best at anything until Tecmo Super Bowl came out. I played that game constantly. My favorite team was the Giants. I was an absolute terror with Lawrence Taylor on defense. I didn’t just play with the Giants. I played with all teams. I was unbeatable. Until one day, I’m over at my uncles and some people are there I’ve never seen. Some punk was talking about how good he was. I laugh because I am better. There’s only one way this can be decided. I pick my beloved Giants and he picks the 49ers. He then proceeds to pummel me. Plays as the nose tackle on defense and instant sacks me every time I am not in shotgun. I don’t remember the score, but the game was mercifully stopped at half time. I didn’t have a prayer. Your turn! I can’t be the only one this happened to. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I actually use to think I was good at nes games. Then bea and gloves showed me how wrong I was. very humbling. I mean I’m pretty good but there are some players that are just on another level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,195 Moderator · Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Super Mario Kart - used to destroy all of my friends growing up, then I saw the infamous Miles play at MGC and was blown away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty | 187 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I thought I was decent at gradius 3 and then Maximus clean picked it up , first flipping try, and destroys me. we also then played baseball stars which I’d played a million times and he’d never picked up, only for me to win by the narrowest of margins. Hes good, I’m not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snk2d4ever | 96 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Halo 1 I thought I had figured out. So much so I drove 15 hours to Atlanta to play in MLG and got wrecked. Good learning experience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastCat | 246 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Every game ever. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acromite53 | 337 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Smash bros Melee. I can hold my own against my friends, but when I played against a pro, I was totally destroyed. This was before I knew about the crazy smash bros scene. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 The game = every damn NES games The guy = Tom Votava 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trj22487 | 350 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 My friends used to treat me like a NES Tetris wizard in the mid 2000s. Let's just say I don't show off on that one anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trj22487 | 350 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 In terms of physically being owned by a friend, earlier this year when I got my Mortal Kombat Arcade1Up I spent about 2 hours playing the first game and thought I got pretty good, and then invited over a friend who hadn't played the arcade machine since the 90s. I thought I was gonna serve him up but within a minute or two he'd remembered all the moves simply through muscle memory and he won most of the matches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 5 hours ago, guillavoie said: The game = every damn NES games The guy = Tom Votava You beat me to my own answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkTone | 984 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Street fighter. Met a guy who loved fighting games and I challenged him on SF2. I played Ryu, he mained Gief. Not only did I lose, one round he got a perfect. He humbled me, and told me about the FGC. The rest as they say, is history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonest3 | 28 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Goldeneye I thought I was unstoppable when I was 12.... now I realize I’m basically a storm trooper in that game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I've never thought I was exceptional at any game because I know that all to well. However, back in the day of THPS3, I use to play the airport because I had a run that could net be about 8m points which was waaaaaaaay more than any of my buddies could do. I was in college, living in a dorm at the time and a guy on the other end of the hall casually walked into my room, saw me playing the level and just threw out there in a non-bragging way, "That's a fair run. My high is 21m, what's yours?" After I just made something like 7.5m I was like "Um... 8.5?" Later I had to walk to his room to confirm that, yes, this semi-casual gaming, college basketball team member could, in fact, absolutely cream my "killer score". Eventually, I think I was able to break 10-12m, but I NEVER got up to 21m. Jeez, that's God-Mode to me and I'm pretty sure on YouTube there are many more far higher than that guy's score. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I don't think I ever had that kind of realization directly but the rise in popularity of competitive esports Quake in the early 2000s showed me how utterly worthless I was at FPS. The rise in popularity of speedrunning in the modern era has showed me how worthless I am at every other game. When some guy has a timer on the screen showing he's been playing Batman and only Batman on NES for 500 hours to get a run that isn't even perfect, I know I don't have the dedication to one game to get real good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,195 Moderator · Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 4 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said: You beat me to my own answer! Yeah, I didn’t realize quite how good he was until I watched him break a game I thought I was pretty good at, Burger Time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I thought I was at least ok at street fighter 4, but then my friend decided to actually do research and git gud and boy did he ever. Just trashed me after a week or so of learning about frames and whatnot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Frequency on PS2. I could whip all of my friends and all newcomers who happened to wander into any of our group game nights. That all changed the moment I got a PS2 broadband adapter and the online disc for Frequency...never have I been so shamed at a game that I'm actually good at in single or multiplayer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 16 minutes ago, doner24 said: Yeah, I didn’t realize quite how good he was until I watched him break a game I thought I was pretty good at, Burger Time. I totally remember this one, he just raped the game while we were trying to 'play' it, lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuy82 | 767 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I thought I was pretty good at double dragon 2. So when it got picked in a tournament a few years back I thought I had it in the bag. But then I found out double dragon 2 is some folks religion around these parts. And uhh... I pretty much got owned by everyone. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,649 Administrator · Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 15 hours ago, Lago said: I used to consider myself generally good at games. In my younger years I am on the bad side of average now. I didn’t think I was the best at anything until Tecmo Super Bowl came out. I played that game constantly. My favorite team was the Giants. I was an absolute terror with Lawrence Taylor on defense. I didn’t just play with the Giants. I played with all teams. I was unbeatable. Until one day, I’m over at my uncles and some people are there I’ve never seen. Some punk was talking about how good he was. I laugh because I am better. There’s only one way this can be decided. I pick my beloved Giants and he picks the 49ers. He then proceeds to pummel me. Plays as the nose tackle on defense and instant sacks me every time I am not in shotgun. I don’t remember the score, but the game was mercifully stopped at half time. I didn’t have a prayer. Your turn! I can’t be the only one this happened to. I did that to my buddy on one of the NCAA games (either 99 or 2000). If you played as Texas A&M, Dat Nguyen could tackle the quarterback before the handoff. As far as games, I thought I was pretty good at MTPO until I saw people getting first round TKOs on Tyson. Also thought I was decent at Tetris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiRD | 137 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 11 hours ago, LastCat said: Every game ever. This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portabello | 99 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I thought I was good at Tetris... then I watched YouTube videos.... uggghhhhh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 3 hours ago, BriGuy82 said: I thought I was pretty good at double dragon 2. So when it got picked in a tournament a few years back I thought I had it in the bag. But then I found out double dragon 2 is some folks religion around these parts. And uhh... I pretty much got owned by everyone. Double Dragon 2? Never heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) Another one, sort of. Like everyone in the mid-90s, I loved GoldenEye. On the main game, I got to where I could beat the game at the maxed difficulty level. I thought I was rather proficient at memorizing an running the levels and then, on IGN, someone posted a grainy speedrun of the Facility. I can't recall the time but it was ridiculously fast and IIRC, it was my introduction into "speed running". I studied that video and every move, even though it was around 21MB, I think, and super grainy. It helped me a lot and though I never beat that players time, I think I did get within a 3-5 seconds of matching it. Edited November 7, 2019 by RH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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