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I have to say after so many years of gaming, I would be considered as an experienced gamer, which basically means I know the tricks of the trade; what's to come in a game; how a game will play in terms of control and so on. Being experienced is like a privilege because when I play against others less experienced than me, I always have the confidence of winning every time. That's the way it's supposed to be, isn't it?
Well, two of my cousins came round the other day and they both also had a PS2, only the spoilt gits have a GameCube and Xbox as well. Anyway, I challenged them both to play me on Pro Evo 2 and Sam, the youngest, hurriedly claimed he had first go, and I couldn't be more pleased. I'm quite competitive when it comes to games, so guessing I had an easy task ahead I placed a wicked smile on my face. I loaded everything up, he chose Man United (typical), I chose Chelsea and then I set all my useful tactics up, whilst he left everything and stared at the screen like a deluded fool.
The game got underway and my usual dominating strength was already showing, passing the ball about, doing pieces of skill and so on. But things didn't seem normal, as if something was holding me back. I had my chances, some which I would normally bury the ball in the back of the net, but I was squandering them. Then, what happens, the first chance the little sod gets on goal he scores. I mean how..what the...? I started blaming everything, "Crap Keeper! Where the hell was my defence!", whilst my cousins both laughed at my misfortune. I was whole-heartedly frustrated through the duration of the match because I just couldn't score! The final whistle blew, Sam jumped up for joy and I sat there thinking of a vengeful remark.
I felt some kind of outer force propelling my cousin's performance and degrading mine. His players were like supermen whilst my players seemed as if they had just been through a world war or something, and been shot in their backsides. There were a number of things holding me back from scoring, like the referee’s dodgy decisions - when I cleanly challenged for the ball, he blew. Then when my player was blatantly fouled by a bad sliding tackle, he let play go on. Is this evidence of terrible computer AI or just a plain computer malfunctioning? Well, it certainly seemed that way!
I've had experiences of this quite a number of times and for a while I haven't been able to figure out the cause of such mishaps. Now I've got it. It's the battle between positive and negative forces occasionally stumbling into another world, namely 'gaming'.
I once thought it was just the computer strongly rebelling against its usual losing streak it more than less faces, but not after what just happened. In the past, beat'em up games were a charm to play (don’t get me wrong they still are), but it happens more often with these types of games. In most fighting games, you have to progress through different stages in which the fighters get increasingly hard. But there always comes a stage (not the boss level) where it takes about twenty tries to finally get passed them. Could it be the case of AI hormones at work or some kind of abnormal force acting towards the game? After constantly been insanely driven by these levels I keep getting stuck on, I would go with the second option.
When you look at it from a more distant perspective, you’ll see that games are produced with more of a chance of players winning than losing all the time, or else obviously they won’t be bought. So, during play, just like physics, there are positive and negative forces battling it out, only the positives are in a greater amount. This means in theory that when abnormal events occur in a game (when you can’t defend yourself from losing), it is because negative forces have broken the usual balance becoming the dominant force.
In almost any game you play or have played, you’ll notice that there always comes a point where things get stupidly difficult and it takes more attempts than usual to overcome. Also, there’ll always be a time where you think you just have to win, but you end up losing. This is a result of an abnormality between both negative and positive forces, which have emigrated from the outside world. Don’t worry though, through research (playing my games) I’ve found that these alien effects have a life expectancy of about 15 minutes on average, until they return to their usual habitat.
But for now, stay very alert because their next visit might just end up being on your videogame!
Until next time ...
Well, two of my cousins came round the other day and they both also had a PS2, only the spoilt gits have a GameCube and Xbox as well. Anyway, I challenged them both to play me on Pro Evo 2 and Sam, the youngest, hurriedly claimed he had first go, and I couldn't be more pleased. I'm quite competitive when it comes to games, so guessing I had an easy task ahead I placed a wicked smile on my face. I loaded everything up, he chose Man United (typical), I chose Chelsea and then I set all my useful tactics up, whilst he left everything and stared at the screen like a deluded fool.
The game got underway and my usual dominating strength was already showing, passing the ball about, doing pieces of skill and so on. But things didn't seem normal, as if something was holding me back. I had my chances, some which I would normally bury the ball in the back of the net, but I was squandering them. Then, what happens, the first chance the little sod gets on goal he scores. I mean how..what the...? I started blaming everything, "Crap Keeper! Where the hell was my defence!", whilst my cousins both laughed at my misfortune. I was whole-heartedly frustrated through the duration of the match because I just couldn't score! The final whistle blew, Sam jumped up for joy and I sat there thinking of a vengeful remark.
I felt some kind of outer force propelling my cousin's performance and degrading mine. His players were like supermen whilst my players seemed as if they had just been through a world war or something, and been shot in their backsides. There were a number of things holding me back from scoring, like the referee’s dodgy decisions - when I cleanly challenged for the ball, he blew. Then when my player was blatantly fouled by a bad sliding tackle, he let play go on. Is this evidence of terrible computer AI or just a plain computer malfunctioning? Well, it certainly seemed that way!
I've had experiences of this quite a number of times and for a while I haven't been able to figure out the cause of such mishaps. Now I've got it. It's the battle between positive and negative forces occasionally stumbling into another world, namely 'gaming'.
I once thought it was just the computer strongly rebelling against its usual losing streak it more than less faces, but not after what just happened. In the past, beat'em up games were a charm to play (don’t get me wrong they still are), but it happens more often with these types of games. In most fighting games, you have to progress through different stages in which the fighters get increasingly hard. But there always comes a stage (not the boss level) where it takes about twenty tries to finally get passed them. Could it be the case of AI hormones at work or some kind of abnormal force acting towards the game? After constantly been insanely driven by these levels I keep getting stuck on, I would go with the second option.
When you look at it from a more distant perspective, you’ll see that games are produced with more of a chance of players winning than losing all the time, or else obviously they won’t be bought. So, during play, just like physics, there are positive and negative forces battling it out, only the positives are in a greater amount. This means in theory that when abnormal events occur in a game (when you can’t defend yourself from losing), it is because negative forces have broken the usual balance becoming the dominant force.
In almost any game you play or have played, you’ll notice that there always comes a point where things get stupidly difficult and it takes more attempts than usual to overcome. Also, there’ll always be a time where you think you just have to win, but you end up losing. This is a result of an abnormality between both negative and positive forces, which have emigrated from the outside world. Don’t worry though, through research (playing my games) I’ve found that these alien effects have a life expectancy of about 15 minutes on average, until they return to their usual habitat.
But for now, stay very alert because their next visit might just end up being on your videogame!
Until next time ...
Cheers mate!
PS: Cool tagline :)
PS: Cool tagline :)
Heh, interesting concept, and well written.
:)
:)
I have to say after so many years of gaming, I would be considered as an experienced gamer, which basically means I know the tricks of the trade; what's to come in a game; how a game will play in terms of control and so on. Being experienced is like a privilege because when I play against others less experienced than me, I always have the confidence of winning every time. That's the way it's supposed to be, isn't it?
Well, two of my cousins came round the other day and they both also had a PS2, only the spoilt gits have a GameCube and Xbox as well. Anyway, I challenged them both to play me on Pro Evo 2 and Sam, the youngest, hurriedly claimed he had first go, and I couldn't be more pleased. I'm quite competitive when it comes to games, so guessing I had an easy task ahead I placed a wicked smile on my face. I loaded everything up, he chose Man United (typical), I chose Chelsea and then I set all my useful tactics up, whilst he left everything and stared at the screen like a deluded fool.
The game got underway and my usual dominating strength was already showing, passing the ball about, doing pieces of skill and so on. But things didn't seem normal, as if something was holding me back. I had my chances, some which I would normally bury the ball in the back of the net, but I was squandering them. Then, what happens, the first chance the little sod gets on goal he scores. I mean how..what the...? I started blaming everything, "Crap Keeper! Where the hell was my defence!", whilst my cousins both laughed at my misfortune. I was whole-heartedly frustrated through the duration of the match because I just couldn't score! The final whistle blew, Sam jumped up for joy and I sat there thinking of a vengeful remark.
I felt some kind of outer force propelling my cousin's performance and degrading mine. His players were like supermen whilst my players seemed as if they had just been through a world war or something, and been shot in their backsides. There were a number of things holding me back from scoring, like the referee’s dodgy decisions - when I cleanly challenged for the ball, he blew. Then when my player was blatantly fouled by a bad sliding tackle, he let play go on. Is this evidence of terrible computer AI or just a plain computer malfunctioning? Well, it certainly seemed that way!
I've had experiences of this quite a number of times and for a while I haven't been able to figure out the cause of such mishaps. Now I've got it. It's the battle between positive and negative forces occasionally stumbling into another world, namely 'gaming'.
I once thought it was just the computer strongly rebelling against its usual losing streak it more than less faces, but not after what just happened. In the past, beat'em up games were a charm to play (don’t get me wrong they still are), but it happens more often with these types of games. In most fighting games, you have to progress through different stages in which the fighters get increasingly hard. But there always comes a stage (not the boss level) where it takes about twenty tries to finally get passed them. Could it be the case of AI hormones at work or some kind of abnormal force acting towards the game? After constantly been insanely driven by these levels I keep getting stuck on, I would go with the second option.
When you look at it from a more distant perspective, you’ll see that games are produced with more of a chance of players winning than losing all the time, or else obviously they won’t be bought. So, during play, just like physics, there are positive and negative forces battling it out, only the positives are in a greater amount. This means in theory that when abnormal events occur in a game (when you can’t defend yourself from losing), it is because negative forces have broken the usual balance becoming the dominant force.
In almost any game you play or have played, you’ll notice that there always comes a point where things get stupidly difficult and it takes more attempts than usual to overcome. Also, there’ll always be a time where you think you just have to win, but you end up losing. This is a result of an abnormality between both negative and positive forces, which have emigrated from the outside world. Don’t worry though, through research (playing my games) I’ve found that these alien effects have a life expectancy of about 15 minutes on average, until they return to their usual habitat.
But for now, stay very alert because their next visit might just end up being on your videogame!
Until next time ...
Well, two of my cousins came round the other day and they both also had a PS2, only the spoilt gits have a GameCube and Xbox as well. Anyway, I challenged them both to play me on Pro Evo 2 and Sam, the youngest, hurriedly claimed he had first go, and I couldn't be more pleased. I'm quite competitive when it comes to games, so guessing I had an easy task ahead I placed a wicked smile on my face. I loaded everything up, he chose Man United (typical), I chose Chelsea and then I set all my useful tactics up, whilst he left everything and stared at the screen like a deluded fool.
The game got underway and my usual dominating strength was already showing, passing the ball about, doing pieces of skill and so on. But things didn't seem normal, as if something was holding me back. I had my chances, some which I would normally bury the ball in the back of the net, but I was squandering them. Then, what happens, the first chance the little sod gets on goal he scores. I mean how..what the...? I started blaming everything, "Crap Keeper! Where the hell was my defence!", whilst my cousins both laughed at my misfortune. I was whole-heartedly frustrated through the duration of the match because I just couldn't score! The final whistle blew, Sam jumped up for joy and I sat there thinking of a vengeful remark.
I felt some kind of outer force propelling my cousin's performance and degrading mine. His players were like supermen whilst my players seemed as if they had just been through a world war or something, and been shot in their backsides. There were a number of things holding me back from scoring, like the referee’s dodgy decisions - when I cleanly challenged for the ball, he blew. Then when my player was blatantly fouled by a bad sliding tackle, he let play go on. Is this evidence of terrible computer AI or just a plain computer malfunctioning? Well, it certainly seemed that way!
I've had experiences of this quite a number of times and for a while I haven't been able to figure out the cause of such mishaps. Now I've got it. It's the battle between positive and negative forces occasionally stumbling into another world, namely 'gaming'.
I once thought it was just the computer strongly rebelling against its usual losing streak it more than less faces, but not after what just happened. In the past, beat'em up games were a charm to play (don’t get me wrong they still are), but it happens more often with these types of games. In most fighting games, you have to progress through different stages in which the fighters get increasingly hard. But there always comes a stage (not the boss level) where it takes about twenty tries to finally get passed them. Could it be the case of AI hormones at work or some kind of abnormal force acting towards the game? After constantly been insanely driven by these levels I keep getting stuck on, I would go with the second option.
When you look at it from a more distant perspective, you’ll see that games are produced with more of a chance of players winning than losing all the time, or else obviously they won’t be bought. So, during play, just like physics, there are positive and negative forces battling it out, only the positives are in a greater amount. This means in theory that when abnormal events occur in a game (when you can’t defend yourself from losing), it is because negative forces have broken the usual balance becoming the dominant force.
In almost any game you play or have played, you’ll notice that there always comes a point where things get stupidly difficult and it takes more attempts than usual to overcome. Also, there’ll always be a time where you think you just have to win, but you end up losing. This is a result of an abnormality between both negative and positive forces, which have emigrated from the outside world. Don’t worry though, through research (playing my games) I’ve found that these alien effects have a life expectancy of about 15 minutes on average, until they return to their usual habitat.
But for now, stay very alert because their next visit might just end up being on your videogame!
Until next time ...