[Multiplatform] Burger King of Fighters XII - Free with large Whopper meal

Originally Posted by Yamigarasu

Indeed having your "family jewels" handed to strangers is a part of the arcade gaming, it's pretty much what drives people to get better, the whole competition thing.

Heck, the only reason I know how to play every single 2d fighter out there is because I was tired of having my ass handed every time I was at the arcade, It's annoying, but exciting as well, It's cool when you do kick some ass and people look up on you.

Which reminds me of a time, when Marvel VS Capcom was the hype, my local arcade had this huge ass 70" projector, right up front so everyone would stop to see the epic fights, and I managed somehow (I still don't really know, lucky I guess) to beat the dude who had just won an small torney there, the feeling man, it's awesome, heck, I won several small torneys after, and managed to get better than my rival (another friend who also loves fighting games and was a lot better than me when I started) but the feeling of that victory, is still the best one.

I fully agree with this. I enjoyed online fighters with the Xbox for a time, but there's simply no comparison to going to an arcade with 20 or so game junkies watching you pwn/get pwned. My favorite times were spent in a dark hole at our local mall, racking up win streaks in mid-late MvC 1 and early-mid MvC 2 (back before everyone used more than four characters). I learned MvC 1 from the ground up (and I was only one to constantly play Megaman...no one understood how to use him, besides the rockball trap). We never did get any "traditional" SF games or SNK ones though.

The early 90's were cool too. I learned Chun Li really well and I remember being 11 and beating a lot of guys twice my age (this was at another arcade that had closed by the time MvC had come out). My favorite victory was doing a spinning bird kick through a fireball and killing this one guy's Ken. This was after a load of shit talk from him in front of his girlfriend. He left after that.

And I still remember one time, this hot Asian chick just came into another arcade and started destroying people in 3rd Strike. Didn't say a word, just Chun Li beatdown after beatdown. Wasn't even close. Now THAT is something I'd like to see online gaming provide!

How ya doing, buddy?