So, I crush my BF in most games...

[aubreymcfate]

Also, I was on the opposite end of the gaming thing with my boyfriend. I'm an above average gamer without a doubt, and can absolutely hold my own in pretty much any game. FPS is an exception only because I haven't been playing them all my life, but I'm okay at those too.

That being said, he's better than me, and it boils my blood when I don't think he's playing to the best of his ability. It's a pretty standard response, I think. I want to constantly better myself, constantly improve, and I'll be fucking damned if any of my wins have to do with him going easy on me.

I just like to be the best. Always. And if I can't have that, I sure as fuck won't settle for being treated charitably in any sort of competition.

[swiggidy]

That being said, he's better than me, and it boils my blood when I don't think he's playing to the best of his ability. It's a pretty standard response, I think. I want to constantly better myself, constantly improve, and I'll be fucking damned if any of my wins have to do with him going easy on me.

I just like to be the best. Always. And if I can't have that, I sure as fuck won't settle for being treated charitably in any sort of competition.

Sometimes being the far and away best player (I'm thinking video games here) gets boring. I think it's interesting to find sub-optimal ways to play that can still be victorious. Sometimes you get caught with your pants down, sometimes you end up in a hole and have to channel every ounce to make a come-back. One can always fall back on a beat down in the next game to re-establish dominance. I find these dynamics interesting, and if I'm the worse player I don't mind pulling out the occasional win if the first person is leaving a hole in their game.

Sorry to hear that you caught the Bi, JKDS. How long before it turns into full blown Gay?

This is out of place, even on the internet. JKDS has already established that he is still interested in girls and aubreymcfate just makes a post about the social stigmas regarding a male liking both genders.

Apologizes if you two have a previous dynamic I am unaware of. Even if this is true the joke is about 50 posts too late.

[aubreymcfate]

Sometimes being the far and away best player (I'm thinking video games here) gets boring. I think it's interesting to find sub-optimal ways to play that can still be victorious. Sometimes you get caught with your pants down, sometimes you end up in a hole and have to channel every ounce to make a come-back. One can always fall back on a beat down in the next game to re-establish dominance. I find these dynamics interesting, and if I'm the worse player I don't mind pulling out the occasional win if the first person is leaving a hole in their game.

I know what you mean. One of the best natural highs is constantly losing something but not giving up, and finally winning it. It's awesome in any kind of game. It actually sucks when things are too easy, especially in turn-based RPGs (god, the beginnings of every Final Fantasy is just rapidly pressing the button through battles), so I imagine that's what it would be like if I had mastered everything.

[Lukie]

I know what you mean. One of the best natural highs is constantly losing something but not giving up, and finally winning it. It's awesome in any kind of game. It actually sucks when things are too easy, especially in turn-based RPGs (god, the beginnings of every Final Fantasy is just rapidly pressing the button through battles), so I imagine that's what it would be like if I had mastered everything.

Try the original Final Fantasy for NES. Granted you can beat Garland (first boss) at level 1 with no danger, but there are a lot of bosses in the game that require good strategy and optimization. There are also a lot of dangerous random encounters. If you don't know the game extremely well you will die. A lot.

Set battle speed to 8 on the start menu.

[aubreymcfate]

Try the original Final Fantasy for NES. Granted you can beat Garland (first boss) at level 1 with no danger, but there are a lot of bosses in the game that require good strategy and optimization. There are also a lot of dangerous random encounters. If you don't know the game extremely well you will die. A lot.

Set battle speed to 8 on the start menu.

Interesting. I did start playing that but I was emulating it and stopped using that computer soon after, so it fell through. I wouldn't mind going back to it. I'm currently playing FFIV on my phone. Older games tend to be good like that. Breath of Fire 2 was fucking great and fairly challenging, if I remember correctly. Chrono Trigger was relatively easier but the battles were always so damn fun for some reason. Marle's Haste always felt sooo cheap though. What else was good... Oh! Speaking of simple but challenging: Earthbound! Earthbound was a fucking fantastic game on all fronts.

[Lukie]

Interesting. I did start playing that but I was emulating it and stopped using that computer soon after, so it fell through. I wouldn't mind going back to it. I'm currently playing FFIV on my phone. Older games tend to be good like that. Breath of Fire 2 was fucking great and fairly challenging, if I remember correctly. Chrono Trigger was relatively easier but the battles were always so damn fun for some reason. Marle's Haste always felt sooo cheap though. What else was good... Oh! Speaking of simple but challenging: Earthbound! Earthbound was a fucking fantastic game on all fronts.

The original FF is one of my old favorite games. Try the party fighter/fighter/red mage/white mage. The fighter duo makes the game a lot easier (put them in front), red mage is just generally solid and has key spells (FIR2, FAST, et al.) as does the white mage. You can use HRM with the white mage to deal with packs of undead monsters early in the game. S/he also gets a lot of other useful spells, and there is a point midway through the game where you can get an item called the zeus gauntlet, which when used as an item in battle acts as LIT2. It gives the white mage a good general attack for the second part of the game. There are other good parties of course, but that is a good one to get started with.

Chrono Trigger and FFIV are also great games. I have probably played through CT once or twice and FFIV a few more times.

I never played BoF2 or Earthbound. Might check those out when I have a little more time.

[kiwiMark]

This is out of place, even on the internet. JKDS has already established that he is still interested in girls and aubreymcfate just makes a post about the social stigmas regarding a male liking both genders.

Apologizes if you two have a previous dynamic I am unaware of. Even if this is true the joke is about 50 posts too late.

meh it's late but given the tone of the thread and jkds I think it's clear this is harmless

although having said that I was blissfully unaware the world's in a state of slightly rife bi-guy-denial, sigh