So gaming saved my life.
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Probabally tactical thinking, a little finance management, resourcefulness, improvisation, and it has allowed me to practice the teachings of the zombie survival guide.
On a possibly more important and altogether disturbing note, it's probabally saved not really my life but the lives of those around due to the fact that if it weren't for gaming, i'd have gone mad and killed at least three of them.
On a possibly more important and altogether disturbing note, it's probabally saved not really my life but the lives of those around due to the fact that if it weren't for gaming, i'd have gone mad and killed at least three of them.
Wow, that's awesome.
OT:Just general information I guess. I've encountered a few questions in quizzes that I had the right words`to due to gaming.
OT:Just general information I guess. I've encountered a few questions in quizzes that I had the right words`to due to gaming.
Well, the first thing is that if I'm sneaking into someone's house to kill them, and I find that they're asleep, gaming teaches me to take advantage and get a headshot. Don't get me wrong, it's good that you're alive, but honestly the guy who tried to kill you is an idiot.
Now tell me, was your first instinct to sit in cover while the redness in your eyes went away?
In seriousness, congratulations for surviving the ordeal.
Gaming has taught me to assess the mess before plunging in and coordinating my available resources (courtesy of countless RTS and TBS games), swing for the other guy mid-attack (counters in fighting games), and if something seems too tough to tackle, come back with more stuff or training (RPG's and JRPG's)
In seriousness, congratulations for surviving the ordeal.
Gaming has taught me to assess the mess before plunging in and coordinating my available resources (courtesy of countless RTS and TBS games), swing for the other guy mid-attack (counters in fighting games), and if something seems too tough to tackle, come back with more stuff or training (RPG's and JRPG's)
So umm...why'd he stop trying to kill you? Did he think you were some kind of blanket monster after that or was he using one of those fancy new fangled 4 shooters? Also, getting cover isn't something games should teach you...that's common sense. Really, the only thing gaming ever gave me was awesome typing abilities.
As much as I want to believe it was video games, it was most likely survival instinct that made you do what you did.
Finding cover from a gun is something I didn't need ot learn from a video game, and having just read a credible article on the reactions of fear, Ima gonna go with survival instincts on this one.
You'd be suprised at what the human body and mind can achieve in emergency situations.
And if you wanted to read the article... http://discovermagazine.com/2010/the-brain/04-stages-fear-attacked-mountain-lion-edition
Finding cover from a gun is something I didn't need ot learn from a video game, and having just read a credible article on the reactions of fear, Ima gonna go with survival instincts on this one.
You'd be suprised at what the human body and mind can achieve in emergency situations.
And if you wanted to read the article... http://discovermagazine.com/2010/the-brain/04-stages-fear-attacked-mountain-lion-edition
Gaming has tought me that hot babes are evil.
On topic, I got pretty good at swordfighting in my boffer club by playing Soul Calibur and mimicking what I saw. That's actually saying a lot considering at least five of our members were in their second year of Fencing class. Of course I was still thwarted by a noob whose style was to brutally swing his Buster Sword-sized boffer hard enough to break our padded PVC clubs. I got my revenge though; my frustration unlocked my Critical Finish: smacking his knuckles with my dual sticks until he wussed out. He got fed up and screamed at me, getting himself kicked out of the club. Next time he challenged me(outside the club) he wore hockey gloves. LOL
On topic, I got pretty good at swordfighting in my boffer club by playing Soul Calibur and mimicking what I saw. That's actually saying a lot considering at least five of our members were in their second year of Fencing class. Of course I was still thwarted by a noob whose style was to brutally swing his Buster Sword-sized boffer hard enough to break our padded PVC clubs. I got my revenge though; my frustration unlocked my Critical Finish: smacking his knuckles with my dual sticks until he wussed out. He got fed up and screamed at me, getting himself kicked out of the club. Next time he challenged me(outside the club) he wore hockey gloves. LOL
Wow, you deserve something, a medal, or a badge, or at the least a real life achievement, seriously that's great, I might've paniced.
As for me I was fighting with a friend, well he was really a douche bag, and the fight went into an alley, he came after me, so looking around I grabbed a big shingle and used It to deliver a slash across his nose, now he had height and age on me, so basically the gamer instincts kicked In to help me find a weapon. That's about It though.
As for me I was fighting with a friend, well he was really a douche bag, and the fight went into an alley, he came after me, so looking around I grabbed a big shingle and used It to deliver a slash across his nose, now he had height and age on me, so basically the gamer instincts kicked In to help me find a weapon. That's about It though.
Well its your prerogative to believe it or not or if my source was credible. However... I think gaming DID have an impact because I was calm, I wasnt panicked I looked at the situation the same way I face a new situation in a game, Evaluate and decide.
As for the blanket... it was to obscure my body so he couldnt see what body parts he was shooting at. I held it in front of me, but contorted my body in a C shape. There was one bullet hole in the blanket and had I just been standing behind it, it would have hit right around the right lung area. I was also considering using the blanket to throw at him for enough disorientation to get the jump on him, but by that time I was loosing a lot of blood and opted for cover behind a wall.
As for the shooter, he shot all the ammo he had. I guess given that he had a pillow to use as a silencer that 4 shots would be sufficient. Im guessing he thought he would sneak in and not wake me, but I was awake the second he opened the door. `He didnt count on me charging him, or even getting out of bed. So that is likely the reason why he retreated.
As for gaming, you learn from gaming what can be used as cover. With gaming It was easier to know what part of my room would make for the best cover available, whereas without gaming, I might have had to spend time I didnt have thinking about it.
So yes it might have been survival instinct, but survival instinct wouldnt have allowed me to be so focused and readily knowledgable of combat situations. So I still thank gaming, I thank the kind words of the people who posted, and Yes, I thank god for surviving such a situation.
As for the blanket... it was to obscure my body so he couldnt see what body parts he was shooting at. I held it in front of me, but contorted my body in a C shape. There was one bullet hole in the blanket and had I just been standing behind it, it would have hit right around the right lung area. I was also considering using the blanket to throw at him for enough disorientation to get the jump on him, but by that time I was loosing a lot of blood and opted for cover behind a wall.
As for the shooter, he shot all the ammo he had. I guess given that he had a pillow to use as a silencer that 4 shots would be sufficient. Im guessing he thought he would sneak in and not wake me, but I was awake the second he opened the door. `He didnt count on me charging him, or even getting out of bed. So that is likely the reason why he retreated.
As for gaming, you learn from gaming what can be used as cover. With gaming It was easier to know what part of my room would make for the best cover available, whereas without gaming, I might have had to spend time I didnt have thinking about it.
So yes it might have been survival instinct, but survival instinct wouldnt have allowed me to be so focused and readily knowledgable of combat situations. So I still thank gaming, I thank the kind words of the people who posted, and Yes, I thank god for surviving such a situation.
You ever tried to kill someone? It's a bit nerve-wracking. Just a bit. Especially for first timers. And if you haven't handled a gun before? Missing someone who's asleep isn't a stretch. He probably went in and just started shooting. Nervous people make mistakes.ProfessorLayton said: