Friday, May 30, 2008
Hey yo.
Went to the NSC to have treatment for my foot again. I guess i just need to back a few more times and that's it.
Finally a burden off my shoulders after passing up Marketing Management Project. If it's not for the project, i won't be going to school as the make-up lecture was a complete waste of my time to be honest. 40 mins.
After school, had dinner with JP and went around lookin for stuff to buy in a week or month time. GSS eh :D
And without fail every friday, the arcade!
Had some good Soul calibur training with Aheda, Vinci, Mich and CK. My reflex is definitely not as good as last time. Need to play more, if not how to improve? Sigh. Couldn't block some stuff consistently. And WCG is a few months away. Aiyo. Mich insists that i should start saving money to go Japan and train and not letting my talent go to waste. I mean if i had the money, i would have been at Super Battle Opera last August playing with the best players around the world, would be damn proud to represent Singapore. Soul Calibur 4 is coming out at the end of July, gotta start training!
Of course, even though gaming is important to me, yea, some people just don't understand me? Even my parents. I don't blame them, they are of different generation. Even my friends. They ask,"What's so nice about gaming?" Well, it's like a sport to me, i put in more effort in gaming than my studies. It's as important as basketball to me. I guess my bro will have the same views on this as me. My bro's awesome in CS and DoTA, won multiple competitions with his team. But my parents always nag at us, maybe for our own good sometimes. As for me, i also won multiple tourneys for Soul Cal over this few years. Haha, i wonder if our parents are proud of us sometimes? My bestie Raymus is in Japan right now training, well a little too bad for me as i am not in the financial position to go plus i have school.
Oh, and yea, people sometimes think that arcade are full of people that have no life, and are gangsters in someway or another. Well, sorry to say, you gotta to be there yourself to know it. No matter how much i explain, u guys won't believe me. I've been to an arcade since i was Primary One. The atmosphere you get there is something you won't get anywhere esle. When you challenge someone on the other side of the machine, it's like you have something to fight for, you wanna win or esle you have to put in another coin. The excitement, the adrenaline rush you get when you win the battle with style, or lose just because you hestitated for 1 second. This is something you don't get when you decide to get a console and play at home. Lose ah? Just press start again lor.
I must say i met people and wonderful friends from the gaming community. Some which you can learn from. I met really funny people, some weird ones here and there. Regardless, everyone got along well. Arguements do happen time and time again over style of play, and one person not liking another one. Sometimes it does get abit political. I remember i use to idolise one of the best players at that point of time. I told myself that i'm gonna be better than him one day. That was 4 years ago. And yea, i have indeed achieve that. But in the process i also learnt that people have to change, they have to adapt to changes in order to proceed to the next stage. I was in my own world about an year and a half ago. I thought that since i could beat everyone i was best. I entered each battle with over-confidence. Until one day, my friend Rein showed me the light. I still can remember his words clearly. "Jov, u're too cocky!"
That's what he said on the tournament day itself. Well, i lost one and manage to get back 2 to win the tournament. I knew i was stuck at my level of gameplay. So i decided to improve further. Learning more stuff and at the same time, i always reminded myself to not be so cocky, and be humble. I know myself, i'm a person with great ego. I always think i'm right. Well things gotta change (: yes indeed i'm a great player, but so what? Respect is earned. All along, the greatest enemy has always been myself.
Rein has been a great friend. So is Aheda, you sure can learn some shit from this dude. Not to mention the community who nv fail to help me when i needed help. I organised tournaments for the community with the help of Mich and CK. Yea, they have all been successful i must say. The arcade supported me, they let me use their areas to host the tourney. Greatly appreciate it. Recently, my friend Tetra (He's the best D.O.A. player here, i consider him the best in the world though) got sacked from CGS for doing something which i won't mention here. I felt sad for him as people like him truly puts in effort and he's an example to follow for the many young gamers who wanna be the best one day. Never give up, train hard!
I remember, 2year ago. I had a fan boy. LOL. Yea, his nick was HKW. He posted in the forums saying that i was an awesome Sophitia(A character in SC) player and wanted to really learn from me. I was kinda shocked though as this was the first time this happened. But i'm proud of him now eh.. He's slowly learning. And yea, he's no gangster or anything. In fact, he's from a darn good school (:
So what i'm tryin to say literally is that: I went through alot and learnt alot and like it or not, it definitely impacted my life in a positive manner. I dont know why i'm even saying it here but i just felt like saying it. Some people think that i'm a nice person, some people think that i'm a bastard. But whatever it is, I'm still Jovian and hell yea, i will shine on for everyone! So keep smiling!
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Jovian winks
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