Mostly_Harmless
Tribe of Judah Unreal Tournament Chapter Co-leader
I'm cross posting this from a Facebook post I made. I thought it would be a good discussion to have here as well as share something that was an HUGE accomplishment on my part.
"You know what guys? It's so rare in my life that a video game frustrates me or gets me upset. I am an extremely calm gamer. I have never broken anything or thrown anything across the room in anger from failing. Then I download this game called Osu! and I have never had more anxiety and stress then ever before. No, I didn't break anything or throw anything across the room, but I swear, if you're going to blame video games for violence in society, don't blame the violent games. Blame games like Osu! that make people work so hard to simply get to the very end of a song only to have it fail you over and over just before you beat it. Man, right now my hands and arms are literally shaking so hard with anxiety and my heart is beating a million times a minute in my throat. I finally was able to do this. It had to take at least well over a full hour of non stop playing this song over and over until I could finally do it. I can't even tell you how many times I got to the very last section of the song that came down to just a few more beats to hit before I died. The life bar difficulty is just so freaking harsh in the game and it punishes you so badly if you make the slightest mistake. It is also is decaying constantly which forces you to have to be even more accurate with your rhythm. I think I lost about twenty years off my life just trying to beat this song.
I guess I will ask you all a question. How do you all handle losing in games? Are you normally a gracious and calm player in defeat? If the answer is yes, then has there ever been a game that has driven you mad or caused you to literally have panic attacks from playing? Has there been a certain stage or level that you JUST couldn't beat and had to spend hours of your time replaying the same thing over and over again? Share your stories of your frustrations with a certain game. I'd love to hear them!
As for the beatmap I was able to beat that literally caused me to have anxiety attacks, here is the video of me playing and beating this song. I worked so hard to do this!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CLeWmo6F_g&feature=c4-overview&list=UUtGu93u52i_6AWeiOWNq_yQ
"You know what guys? It's so rare in my life that a video game frustrates me or gets me upset. I am an extremely calm gamer. I have never broken anything or thrown anything across the room in anger from failing. Then I download this game called Osu! and I have never had more anxiety and stress then ever before. No, I didn't break anything or throw anything across the room, but I swear, if you're going to blame video games for violence in society, don't blame the violent games. Blame games like Osu! that make people work so hard to simply get to the very end of a song only to have it fail you over and over just before you beat it. Man, right now my hands and arms are literally shaking so hard with anxiety and my heart is beating a million times a minute in my throat. I finally was able to do this. It had to take at least well over a full hour of non stop playing this song over and over until I could finally do it. I can't even tell you how many times I got to the very last section of the song that came down to just a few more beats to hit before I died. The life bar difficulty is just so freaking harsh in the game and it punishes you so badly if you make the slightest mistake. It is also is decaying constantly which forces you to have to be even more accurate with your rhythm. I think I lost about twenty years off my life just trying to beat this song.
I guess I will ask you all a question. How do you all handle losing in games? Are you normally a gracious and calm player in defeat? If the answer is yes, then has there ever been a game that has driven you mad or caused you to literally have panic attacks from playing? Has there been a certain stage or level that you JUST couldn't beat and had to spend hours of your time replaying the same thing over and over again? Share your stories of your frustrations with a certain game. I'd love to hear them!
As for the beatmap I was able to beat that literally caused me to have anxiety attacks, here is the video of me playing and beating this song. I worked so hard to do this!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CLeWmo6F_g&feature=c4-overview&list=UUtGu93u52i_6AWeiOWNq_yQ
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