From: skillian@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Seth James Killian)
Subject: Re: Worldwide Guide to SF2 Etiquitte (Survey)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:21:31 GMT

kchchang@remus.rutgers.edu (kai chang) writes:

>kt12+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenichiro Tanaka) writes:

>>On 18-Jan-93 in Re: Worldwide Guide to SF2 ..
>>user Seth James Killian@ux4.c writes:

>>>>>(3) Person is kicked out of arcade
>>>>Never that I know of, it's just a game.
>>>	Happened to me before, twice.  Both times in the burbs and once at 
>>>	the Galaxyworld in Carol Stream.  Not by the local losers, they usually
>>>	called the manager and security guards to get me to leave...

>>What does the manager say?!  "I'm sorry, but you're being cheap--you'll
>>have to leave."?  Did they at least give you back your credits?  :)


>>Ken
>	I have a feeling that he might have been verbally abusive on top of being an excellent fighter.

	Actually, I rarely speak to those whom I'm playing against, unless it
	happens to be someone I know.  I don't think I spoke a single word to
	any of them until I was asked if I really thought I was any good when
	all I could do was throw (incidentally, I was not even really ticking,
	a loser no throws mind just seems to get distorted by even one throw
	into the "all the bastard does is throw" mode).  I replied, quite
	calmly, that I didn't just throw and asked them how much talent it
	required to sit in defensive crouch for the entire round.  That's it.
	No verbal abuse.  If I'm feeling funny or am among friends, I talk
	trash as a game.  When I'm playing in a foreign arcade however, I find
	that remaining completely silent is a much more intimidating approach.
	Safer too, generally speaking.  Plus, I think it's much more irritating
	to play a guy who could silently kick your ass, than some loud mouth
	who likes to brag.  You deprive them of the same satisfaction they
	would get out of beating the loud mouth, and just quietly return, like
	your never going to go away until you beat them for good.  BTW, I don't.	Time permitting, I used to play against guys who could beat me pretty
	bad.  These were the ones which I felt had something to teach me.  I
	also like it when there is maybe just one or two other people in the
	machine and they think they are hot shit.  You just sit there and keep
	beating them in humiliating ways without saying a word or even smiling.
	Then, when it's time to go (although it requires a little time to set
	this up) I love to have them dizzy at the end of a round and then just
	walk away from the machine without saying anything, or maybe handing
	the game to some scrub who's been watching forever without playing.
	Very insulting (IMO), but not the in your face type of insult that
	starts fights.

		Seth Killian

>	
>	I'm one of those SF2 fame from 2-3 years ago, when it was less popular.  Back then, I had my glory days of beating the pants off EVERYONE that challenged me.  But machine change, people improve, and I couldn't keep up with it, so I now fall into the catagory of "average".  	
>	From my personal experience, arcade managers have the tendency of kicking out the "loudest people" when conflicts do occur.
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