So Saturday night, some of us Southwest Floridians were having a get-together with an out-of-stater from Illinois, and playing lots of Smash (both Melee & Brawl), with a sprinkling of Mario Kart, Guitar Hero, and Monopoly. Fun times being had by all. After playing all Friday night, and most of Saturday, it was getting late, almost to 2 AM. I had a good 5 or 6 beers in me, and was lying down in front of the TV. We were about to start Brawl teams when I noticed that it was set on 4 stocks, which is the standard for Melee, but is 3 for Brawl. I fix it, and everyone starts messing around with it, playfully moving it up and down, until someone spam-starts the match with 4 stock. Saying cmon, I reset it and move it back to 3 stock. RockCrock, who is sitting on the bed above me, moves it back to 4 stock and starts the match. I again reset it, and this time Rock (who is completely sober) leans forward to the Wii and unplugs my controller, and starts a teams match (2v1) as such. I roll my eyes and reset the Wii with my toe which is nearby. A friend asks if we can please get started, and I point out Rock unplugged me and he mumbles something apologetic. Next thing I know, Rock jumps up and starts stomping on my face and hitting me. I was completely on my back, arms at my side, couple of beers slowing my reaction time, and glasses on my face. I've never seen someone go so psycho over a small thing in a video game. I don't really know what else to say, except watch out for people like that.
On another note, the other thing I learned from the weekend: over the past few weeks I've been playing Brawl less and less, thinking I was missing Melee. But after playing a lot of both this last weekend, I realized that I was more over Melee, and that I was just johning because I had set an impossibly high standard for what I had hoped Brawl to be. However, after playing both, I realized that, while Melee was fantastic, it's hayday is over for me in terms of motivation and enjoyment, and Brawl is very refreshing and fun (especially teams).
On another note, the other thing I learned from the weekend: over the past few weeks I've been playing Brawl less and less, thinking I was missing Melee. But after playing a lot of both this last weekend, I realized that I was more over Melee, and that I was just johning because I had set an impossibly high standard for what I had hoped Brawl to be. However, after playing both, I realized that, while Melee was fantastic, it's hayday is over for me in terms of motivation and enjoyment, and Brawl is very refreshing and fun (especially teams).
