Post by sybaris on Mar 11, 2016 20:03:54 GMT
It is well known, given my bitching and whining on these forums and beyond, that i am having issues with the game these days.
I suppose i am not alone bearing that sort of veteran patch of irritability. It's a chronic ailment that seems to ruin the game for whoever is afflicted.
I remember when i was young (20 years ago), the silliness of the game and the fun that it was to watch both teams suffer a plethora of failures one after the other. Nowadays, it seems i am prone to become bitter as soon as Nuffle swings a way more than the other.
I suppose i am one of the few being blessed (or cursed) with a woman that, amongst many other amazing things, agrees to play to any game i dare her to...and actually is pretty good at doing so, she plays blood bowl and has a lot of fun painting the miniatures that i build.
This week i was fed up with BB after my matches, but she reminded me that she used to watch my games and i didnt mind...while lately i just grunted when someone looked over my shoulders. It made me realize that so few girls like BB, let alone watching their man play...that i was acting like a cunt and decided to change that.
We decided to play the tabletop game. She chose Chaos Dwarves (my bane) and i used the first team i played ever (Undeads), which balanced it. The game was an eye-opening affair and ended as a superb 2-2 draw, with long-bombing hobgoblins and dodging Bull Centaurs. Granted, she taunted Nuffle with critical risk plays, but it worked for her and it was -fun- to see, play and share.
And i think that's where i lost myself a bit with the online game. I can't share the match experience with the opponent, and am left stranded facing my failures and that of my team (because honestly, i think the last season(s) have been pure shit for my team). But not only, that, i seem to have become more and more focused on my "performance", becoming sour whenever Nuffle decides to take a shit this side. That's something i didn't care about before. On the tabletop, all those wild odd plays and fails make sense and become part of the "movie" that the game is...but online, the same things seem unfair and irritating. When things go my way, i sort of feel bad for the other player and i can't enjoy it either. Go figure!
But more important than all, my wife made me enjoy BB again this week.
I suppose i am not alone bearing that sort of veteran patch of irritability. It's a chronic ailment that seems to ruin the game for whoever is afflicted.
I remember when i was young (20 years ago), the silliness of the game and the fun that it was to watch both teams suffer a plethora of failures one after the other. Nowadays, it seems i am prone to become bitter as soon as Nuffle swings a way more than the other.
I suppose i am one of the few being blessed (or cursed) with a woman that, amongst many other amazing things, agrees to play to any game i dare her to...and actually is pretty good at doing so, she plays blood bowl and has a lot of fun painting the miniatures that i build.
This week i was fed up with BB after my matches, but she reminded me that she used to watch my games and i didnt mind...while lately i just grunted when someone looked over my shoulders. It made me realize that so few girls like BB, let alone watching their man play...that i was acting like a cunt and decided to change that.
We decided to play the tabletop game. She chose Chaos Dwarves (my bane) and i used the first team i played ever (Undeads), which balanced it. The game was an eye-opening affair and ended as a superb 2-2 draw, with long-bombing hobgoblins and dodging Bull Centaurs. Granted, she taunted Nuffle with critical risk plays, but it worked for her and it was -fun- to see, play and share.
And i think that's where i lost myself a bit with the online game. I can't share the match experience with the opponent, and am left stranded facing my failures and that of my team (because honestly, i think the last season(s) have been pure shit for my team). But not only, that, i seem to have become more and more focused on my "performance", becoming sour whenever Nuffle decides to take a shit this side. That's something i didn't care about before. On the tabletop, all those wild odd plays and fails make sense and become part of the "movie" that the game is...but online, the same things seem unfair and irritating. When things go my way, i sort of feel bad for the other player and i can't enjoy it either. Go figure!
But more important than all, my wife made me enjoy BB again this week.