Being easily convinced is not a virtue.
Gaming
StarCraft and the Noob Mentality
Jul 13th
Countless times over the 10+ years I’ve been playing StarCraft, I’ve heard the following complaint from a player:
“Man, can we do something else now? These 1v1s are stressing me out, I need to relax…”
It is no coincidence that it is almost purely newcomers that express this complaint. The question is why? I will provide you with some actual context, in which a reddit user asked:
“I know its just a game, and whether I win/lose doesn’t make a difference. I’m not a top tier player, but playing ranked matches drain me mentally. I get very tense, anxious, and practically stressed out. I can play 2 or 3 ranked matches in a row tops, before I have to play some UMS games to calm down. Is there a way to overcome this, aside from just playing more?”
There’s actually nothing odd about getting tired from playing lots of StarCraft. It’s an intense strategy game so naturally your brain is on full-throttle for 15 to 40 minutes at a time. Getting anxious, tense and practically stressed out however, is not so natural. More >
I got my TE FightStick
May 9th
I’ve been sick of late, so perhaps it was good timing that my Capcom/MadCatz Tournament Edition FightStick showed up recently to ease my pain. These things are nothing short of awesome. The workmanship is brilliant, the parts are genuine Sanwa Denshi parts, exactly what’s used in the $15,000 arcade cabinets. The joystick is effortless to move but still decisively clicky, as are the buttons. Start/Select buttons are on the rear of the unit, so as to not accidentally press them. It works perfectly on both Xbox360 and Windows. Now all that’s left is for Street Fighter 4 to come to PC.
