Your gaming accomplishments

[SovaNu]

i never learned Hearts, i always wanted cuz of Hearts In Atlantis.

[Alex179]

Ex-pro-gamer? What did you play?

I hussled Tekken at a local snooker hall until people stopped playing me.
Tekken was quite popular at the time- regular tournament events in Vegas with side-games going on for $1000+ per bout.
But when the skill over luck factor is too high, then the games dry up and you don't get any action.
So I learnt how to play cards.

Nowadays, gaming has become popularized - you arent going to get any money or a decent game against these players noobing around on skill-less games like WoW and MGS.

Fighting game and FPS achievements are impressive.   My friend Tom has trophies from playing Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter 2 and Tekken.   He is damn good at fighting games.

I wouldn't dismiss WoW as it is not skill dependent on the individual but as far as organizing a large group to remain disciplined and act out a strategy to fight a new enemy that is interesting.   When a new boss/raid is introduced in a MMORPG, it is a new challenge for all players to test strategy as far as ways to combat the monster.    My LS started off fighting Tiamat and taking 3 hours the first time, and now we can kill it in less than 45 mins.   It all has to do with teamwork and doing things in an efficient manner as far as executing a strategy goes.   A new raid in WoW is often an experiment and a group that can clear it first is usually the most skilled and organized (and willing to try new things).

MGS is about sneaking around and having patience, but it isn't as skill dependent.

[Leto729]

i never learned Hearts, i always wanted cuz of Hearts In Atlantis.

It is also in games section where You play freecell.

[Trigger 11]

74 on minesweeper.   

worship me.

I was going to, having just read this, but now I won't!

I won several awards for "Ladybug" tournaments. Kind of like Pac-Man, but with a ladybug and other insects, and some of the walls could rotate, changing the board.

I've won the Stanley Cup on NHL '94, '95, '96, '97, and '98 on my Sega Genesis.

I've won the Super Bowl on Madden '92.

I've completed the Atari 2600 Raiders of the Lost Ark game with only one-half of a diamond below perfect in the end. Damn Tsetse Flies!

I've completed Dragon's Lair many times.

I was quite the wiz on the fast version of Ms. Pac-Man. I won't play the slow version.

On the TRON arcade game I regularly got to the eighth level.

[SovaNu]

i never learned Hearts, i always wanted cuz of Hearts In Atlantis.

It is also in games section where You play freecell.

yeah but i never learned to play it

[Phlexor]

I got to the point where I could clock Atari 2600 Asteroids many times in the same game. To the point where the game only ended because I got bored with it! 

I don't know if that's lame or not, I usually suck at games. Currently I'm filling up my modded Xbox1's hard drive with games that magically come through my internet connection 

[Frolic_Fun]

i love the way all you serious RPG and RTS game-playing people are too cool to even acknowledgement an ex-pro-gamer.

Some of us don't give a shit.

[Peter]

74 on minesweeper.   

worship me.

I was going to, having just read this, but now I won't!

I won several awards for "Ladybug" tournaments. Kind of like Pac-Man, but with a ladybug and other insects, and some of the walls could rotate, changing the board.

I've won the Stanley Cup on NHL '94, '95, '96, '97, and '98 on my Sega Genesis.

I've won the Super Bowl on Madden '92.

I've completed the Atari 2600 Raiders of the Lost Ark game with only one-half of a diamond below perfect in the end. Damn Tsetse Flies!

I've completed Dragon's Lair many times.

I was quite the wiz on the fast version of Ms. Pac-Man. I won't play the slow version.

On the TRON arcade game I regularly got to the eighth level.

I wish eugenics wasn't such a taboo subject these days; it would be  interesting to breed elite gamers together and see if it could produce humans with superior reflexes and hand-eye coordination.  Did you meet your wife at one of these tournaments, by any chance?

[DirtDawg]

Wouldn't that be awesome!

Only game I ever played much was the early Zelda then Hexen, Heretic, Doom (all way too easy).

I think that a modern 3D shooter (since I now have a bad ass monitor and my spare/disposable machine finally sports killer graphics) would capture my interests again, if I had the time between cunty postings, that is.

[Frolic_Fun]

Get UT3 and have a match.

[DirtDawg]

Get UT3 and have a match.

Sounds fun.

Which hardware do I need? I plan to buy a system this season, but they don't really seem all that different, which, in reality, means I don't know enough about them. (It is mainly going to be used as a kid educational support/reward system, but I like the blu-ray and internet parental control offers)

[Frolic_Fun]

Best get it custom built, PCs in shops seem to be severely handicapped hardware wise.

[DirtDawg]

Best get it custom built, PCs in shops seem to be severely handicapped hardware wise.

I meant the platform. If PC is the required/preferred method, no problem. PCs, I can build (already planing a new media PC for my blooming media network, geared around music and movies). We should finally get cable internet next spring! (I live in a remote small town, survive via dial-up)


I am still planning to get a self-contained gaming system for the kids, though. I just don't know which one. Fact is, any one would be better than none.

[Frolic_Fun]

Well, PC of course. You can get a PS3/360 version of UT3 but you can't play against PC players online.

[Gluey]

Sonic 1, Sonic 2 and Clay fighters on Genesis, Mortal combat on SNES, Sonic adventure 2 Battle both on Dreamcast and Gamecube, Pokemon Diamond and Crystal, Happy Feet for gamecube which sucked cause it was too easy. Took me 15 minutes to beat that game,
Every quest in Oblivion expect Knights Of The Nine because it was lame in my opinion and I prefer to be a dark character than a Holy Warrior.
A few quests in Morrowind like the fighters guild, theives guild, half way into the main quest ect.

I have almost beaten Resistance Fall of Man except that level with the two spider things that not even my friend who is really good at FPS could beat.

Now I'm currently playing Fallout 3. It's like Oblivion but with guns and more violence.