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i dont want to glorify video gaming ...and specifically fighting games..
muggles have an opinion : about everything..specially arts/crafts..
..there is a certain skill developed : to win over man 2 man arcade figting..
like in any skill..
after a time : it becomes about 'mental'..
pressure and fear : different amounts of it..
in different circumstances..
but : it is mostly about 'pre-empting' your opponents' moves..
in real time..
this would seem like a lot of guesses..
but something weird happens : you tend to know your human opponent..
how he thinks..
his base primitive instincts..
how he reacts : when under threat..
and if he is just a sucker : who baits for aggression...
it become mental : and fast..
the body : muscles fingers : have to be in total millisecond' sync..
which sounds : almost impossible..
but it happens : a lot ..
it is flow..as i call it..
peeps have different triggers for it..
but they have all : felt it ..
after a while : it just become you fighting yourself : your flow ..
further thoughts...
i lost interest in cricket after realizing this simple fact..
a timed move by a batter in few minutes..sure there is skill involved - both hand eye and mind..
but in fighting games : the rate : is almost millisecs..in an equal intense match.
thats way more 'performance' and 'choices' in 90 secs.