Meme and GG reflections
I got tagged to do some Meme. I'm supposed to tag 8 other people, but I'm not gonna. But if you wanna do this feel free. I feel this'll be interesting for myself, as long as I can remember to do it, that is.
The rules are that for 8 days you have to post something that made you happy that day. Tag 8 people to do the same.
My days are... weird to say the least right now, sleeping at 1PM, work at 10PM. I guess I can start with today, since the day won't last much longer, excitement wise.
*I am starting to play Guilty Gear better than ever, I think. With my last performance at a tournament (oh god...) I am really happy to see a comeback out of myself, and even more. I just need to get to play more actual people, work has been effing that up for me recently.
So. I was in a tournament this last Saturday for Guilty Gear. Real fancy building place in Downtown Denver. I was thinking that I oughta do alright, win a round here and there, or at least play really good rounds and be happy for myself!
The level of play I played at the tournament was so goddamn atrocious. To anyone who didn't know me there, they probably thought I had picked up the game yesterday. Seriously, it looked that bad. I spent a lot of time throwing out random kicks trying to do a quarter-circle forward special move. A fucking quarter-circle. I've been doing quarter-cirlces since Street Figther II. I was so so so very unhappy with myself. I know Rob was trying to help me out, giving me tips while I was playing, but I was having so much trouble pulling any move off in the first place that it looked like I wasn't following his advice, most of it I already knew, I was just having retarded input issues.
I honestly thought that the fact my shoulder was being a bitch with injury mighta been affecting my gameplay; making my timing of pressing buttons slightly-off cue. But when I was at home a couple days later, shoulder mostly better, I popped in GG and I realized that I really had just downgraded back to day one, and I have no flippin' clue why. And boy, was I PISSED.
So since then, I've been playing practice mode a lot mixed in with Arcade mode runs, trying to get everything back to what it should be, and then some. Trying to come up with new shit, because there is no excuse for the performance I had at the tournament last weekend. I have to become better, stronger, faster (<-- Huge emphasis on this.) I seem to be getting better than I was before, but still, I think about that tournament, and I feel a huge drop of attitude when I realize how embarassing it must have looked to be jumping around like a retard because I can't pull off my moves. That honestly made me really depressed. Not to say I didn't have fun, but I couldn't have been more disappointed with myself. And I still am really.
(Just a random side note, when I say I'm playing and Arcade Run, I mean I'm playing every stage, beating every character up to the last boss, I-No, who I give a single try on, because otherwise I'll be pissed to oblivion fighting an overpowered character like that which will come to small use if I ever face someone's I-no.)
Hopefully what I have been learning, doing, and all that will come use in actual PvP gameplay though. Still, there's no excuse for that weekend. I don't know why I retracted in ability so far backwards, but all I can do is recover lost ground and keep on trucking forward. Siiigh.
I'm tired though, and not feeling well. I wouldn't go to work tonight if I could. I wanna see some people too, I'm feeling rather lonely... Oh well, back to Persona 4! (Which is fucking incredible so far. I haven't been this impressed by a game in a while!)
Whoops! Forgot to add in new movies watched.
Casablanca
Blues Brothers
Arthur
Hard Candy
Drillbit Taylor
Roman Holiday
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Speed Racer
Iron Man
Lethal Weapon (1)
The Birdcage
Liar Liar
Back to the Future
Grease
Gone With the Wind
27 Dresses
Get Smart
The King of Kong
Cashback
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Caddyshack
The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis / 1963 version)
Zorro: The Gay Blade
The rules are that for 8 days you have to post something that made you happy that day. Tag 8 people to do the same.
My days are... weird to say the least right now, sleeping at 1PM, work at 10PM. I guess I can start with today, since the day won't last much longer, excitement wise.
*I am starting to play Guilty Gear better than ever, I think. With my last performance at a tournament (oh god...) I am really happy to see a comeback out of myself, and even more. I just need to get to play more actual people, work has been effing that up for me recently.
So. I was in a tournament this last Saturday for Guilty Gear. Real fancy building place in Downtown Denver. I was thinking that I oughta do alright, win a round here and there, or at least play really good rounds and be happy for myself!
The level of play I played at the tournament was so goddamn atrocious. To anyone who didn't know me there, they probably thought I had picked up the game yesterday. Seriously, it looked that bad. I spent a lot of time throwing out random kicks trying to do a quarter-circle forward special move. A fucking quarter-circle. I've been doing quarter-cirlces since Street Figther II. I was so so so very unhappy with myself. I know Rob was trying to help me out, giving me tips while I was playing, but I was having so much trouble pulling any move off in the first place that it looked like I wasn't following his advice, most of it I already knew, I was just having retarded input issues.
I honestly thought that the fact my shoulder was being a bitch with injury mighta been affecting my gameplay; making my timing of pressing buttons slightly-off cue. But when I was at home a couple days later, shoulder mostly better, I popped in GG and I realized that I really had just downgraded back to day one, and I have no flippin' clue why. And boy, was I PISSED.
So since then, I've been playing practice mode a lot mixed in with Arcade mode runs, trying to get everything back to what it should be, and then some. Trying to come up with new shit, because there is no excuse for the performance I had at the tournament last weekend. I have to become better, stronger, faster (<-- Huge emphasis on this.) I seem to be getting better than I was before, but still, I think about that tournament, and I feel a huge drop of attitude when I realize how embarassing it must have looked to be jumping around like a retard because I can't pull off my moves. That honestly made me really depressed. Not to say I didn't have fun, but I couldn't have been more disappointed with myself. And I still am really.
(Just a random side note, when I say I'm playing and Arcade Run, I mean I'm playing every stage, beating every character up to the last boss, I-No, who I give a single try on, because otherwise I'll be pissed to oblivion fighting an overpowered character like that which will come to small use if I ever face someone's I-no.)
Hopefully what I have been learning, doing, and all that will come use in actual PvP gameplay though. Still, there's no excuse for that weekend. I don't know why I retracted in ability so far backwards, but all I can do is recover lost ground and keep on trucking forward. Siiigh.
I'm tired though, and not feeling well. I wouldn't go to work tonight if I could. I wanna see some people too, I'm feeling rather lonely... Oh well, back to Persona 4! (Which is fucking incredible so far. I haven't been this impressed by a game in a while!)
Whoops! Forgot to add in new movies watched.
Casablanca
Blues Brothers
Arthur
Hard Candy
Drillbit Taylor
Roman Holiday
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Speed Racer
Iron Man
Lethal Weapon (1)
The Birdcage
Liar Liar
Back to the Future
Grease
Gone With the Wind
27 Dresses
Get Smart
The King of Kong
Cashback
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Caddyshack
The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis / 1963 version)
Zorro: The Gay Blade