What’s up guys, Patient here with my first blog! Yay! I’m a blogger... No Homo. I just want to start off by welcoming any newcomers to our site here. Carlisle Go has been so gracious to bless us with a site to meet and discuss local fighting game news.... We will, on occasion, talk about other games out there, but this is mostly for “competitive” fighting games.
My topic for today is “Mood”. I noticed the other day, when I was playing MvC3, I went 15-1 but the next day when I played I lost horribly. I didn't know what happened and then it dawned on me. I was tired from lack of sleep and a long day at work when I lost. When I went 15-1 I was in a good mood and ready to play. This may seem obvious, but when you have an obsession with a game you want to play all the time. If I've had a bad day, I usually tend to play bad, but I don’t always put the two together. I get home and think, do I really want to play right now… so I do, and I get rolled by my opponent…its like I'm playing in slow motion while he is dancing all over the place. I will get so pissed off and I come damn near throwing my stick. (I’ve done that before and learned a lesson, so I would prefer not to do that again.) On the other side of the road, I have a good day at work, come home and I'm pumped to play, I usually do so well, its almost like the other person is playing in slow motion and I can read their mind....
So, if you too are like this, this is what I can recommend... If you start playing terrible online against people, just chill out, go into training mode or mission mode and do combos... if u start missing every one of your combos... take a 10 min break and come back. Usually taking a few minutes to relax will lower your blood pressure and ease your mind. If you come back and are still just not getting it, play something else and try the next day. Don't give up, just take a break from it. I cant tell you how many times when I was playing street fighter every day, I would have a day where I couldn't win a single game... I say F*** this game, and turn it off for a few days.. then I have a feeling of confidence and an urge to play, and I start dominating.
All of this has to do with your mood while playing. I'm not saying that you shouldn't grind it out in training mode making sure you nail every one of your combos, cause that can be frustrating as well. You, as a player, need to know yourself as a competitor, to really win at fighting games. Sometimes you need that extra push from a friend to get you into the right mindset to play. When I first got MvC3 I loved it, the next day I hated it, then I said I’m never playing again... then a couple of friends kept telling me to play it and it will get better, and it has... But at the same time, I still think there are a lot of things that need to be fixed....
Well, that was probably a bunch of unorganized sentences, but it still has a message in there somewhere... Next blog, I will be writing on what I like and dislike about MvC3 and possibly SSF4 AE, and about the upcoming release of Mortal Kombat
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