"That was a really good match!"
 

Sorry, just a random thought entering my head. And I'm speaking mostly of FPS multiplayer games where a team vs. team is involved.

How many times have you entered into an MP game, busted your ass, won, everything was perfect and you say to yourself, "WOW! That was an amazing game!" And then just completely forget about it weeks later. I just had that experience again with a random round of "Paladins" and it occurred to me that this is an ongoing thing. Deja vu. "I've felt this way many times before," and so on. I think the brain sort of triages this stuff as, "Oh yeah, that's not important stuff" and it goes right in the back, to ebb and fade quicker than the rest. Some of them stick better than others, but probably 90% of them are completely gone. Yet I KNOW I've been in exactly this place before.

I mean, there's times I get into an epic 2 out of 3 match in SF 5 or 6 and I win just barely by the skin of my teeth and I'm like 'gawd damn that match was epic'.

I once gathered some buds and we did a Streets of Rage 4 offline 4-player game. It got intense near the end since both me and my bro (the beat-em-up vets) died and it was down to my girl and my buddy (the newbs) to beat that final giant machine boss on their last life each. We cheered when they landed the final hit. It's the kinda experience you can only have with your buddies actually in the room with you.

The purest example of "living in the moment", at least when it comes to gaming.

I remember when I was a bud's place and we were playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and it was around the time Sephiroth was just released. Every one of us tried the challenge of unlocking him, and they all got murked. When it came to me, I barely made it and unlocked him, and the rest of my friends were gathered around me watching like I was diffusing a damn bomb or something. Haha.

They cheered their butts off when I won, and it was a thrill for me. Ironically, it's one of the memories I still remember.

I understand this phrase and feeling completely, but it isn't something I've experienced in a long time. Like..... Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare on the PS3 long.

Never really thought about this until now.

Why is it the matches I DO remember were just the infuriating ones. Like playing Halo and some guy teabagging me while screaming "that's embarrassing!" Into the mic. The general annoyances of being a girl on a FPS at the time.

I was into Modern Warfare 2 and I was pretty good until they patched that damn knife glitch.

I'm still friends with a few of my team mates from thoes days. We had a lot of good games I'll never remember.

That was funny. I remember mocking it back when you would get a kill on them and you would tell me to shut up. It was interesting watching you play; never heard you curse so much.

Put some truckers and sailors to shame, I did.

Had to put out that "biggest dude in prison" attitude. Thoes 12 year olds were SAVAGE. :lol:

Me when I lose in Street Fighter to someone with the magic pixel of health left. I swear if I didn't have a PS5, I would've "Banzai Dropped" my controller ages ago.

That's why I just take breaks nowadays.

Who is this girl you speak of? :razz:

That aside, I have to agree with you and others. There’s nothing like playing a game with others in the room with you to share the moment. It’s a bit nostalgic to think about since I’m sure the majority of people on this board grew up pre-internet and how if you wanted to play with others, it had to be in person. Thinking back to the mid 90s when I’d hang over at my cousin’s place, much to my mother’s chagrin because I was always the only girl surrounded by boys, but it was fun playing games together.

Oh you know the one, you ninja funster you! :lol:

That is hysterical..... I imagine that is an instance in the game where by all rights someone should have been defeated but they are somehow still going and then because of the frustration and nerves related to the survival, the attacking player gets nervous and starts throwing anything they have for the last hit.

And then of course, the player with the magic-pixel-of-health changes play tactics and does the "do nothing but counter with one button" strategy. :lol:

That's what I got out of it at least, but I haven't played SF probably since SF III was new in arcades.

It happens more often than you'd think. I can literally use all my fingers and toes to count how many times I became a victim to the magic pixel health comeback.

Nerves are a big factor in fighting games. One moment you're blocking and parrying with no problem, and then, one sudden whiff of an attack, the mental armor breaks.

On that, I can't wait for Tekken 8. Haha.

Absolutely. It's been too long since I've played an actual 3D fighter, and Tekken 7 hasn't aged well graphically.

For the longest time, Call of Duty 4 was my sole reason for playing a ps3. We have likely bumped into at each other on a Team Deatmatch lobby in the distant past.

Absolutely. I loved that game. It was one of the first truly "crystal clear graphically" FPS games I played. Those team death matches were a ton of fun. Even back then I'm pretty sure I STILL would have been "IMJ". I've been using "Ironman John" for at least 20 years online.

Eh, I never really cared for graphics at least when it comes to fighters. As long as it's visibly clear and the mechanics are easily accessible for combos or basics, it could be N64 graphics as far as I'm concerned.

Then again, I grew up on Melee and 3rd Strike, so maybe I'm just biased. :lol:

I happened to be at the arcade the night they launched the very first Tekken game. Electronics Gaming Monthly was there (they were headquartered in Lombard, Illinois although there are probably a lot of young people here who don't even know EGM existed).

I played in the "launch tournament" and got a poster, a shirt and my picture was in the magazine. Interestingly enough, so was my car at the time because I parked directly under the arcade's sign that night, which they took a picture of.

I had no idea what "Tekken" was - nobody did - but I guess NAMCO made a big enough deal out of it to have a "launch party" and invite the magazine.

On a similar note, back when we were in Vegas, we lived downtown when they opened (the now-closed) arcade bar, Insert Coins. There was some dude getting filmed as he was talking about it and I just walked past him and checked the place out with my bro. It wasn't I saw the news the following day or (still read newspapers to an extent back then) and realized the dude was Stuttering Craig from Youtube videos, Game Trailers I think? I literally walked past the guy LOL. But I mean, I only knew his voice from the Top Ten videos back then, not his actual face.

It's like knowing of a guy named Rob Paulsen voicing Raphael (and other characters) but not knowing what he actually looks like, so you just... walk past him not thinking much of it, if ever there was a chance to bump into him.

I'm not much of an online player. I dislike FPS games in general and I couldn't care less about games like League of Legends, DOTA 2, Fortnite, Overwatch, etc.

The most I play online is fighting games. They're short sessions and feels so satisfying whenever I manage to win.