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In article <CD1n6...@news.cis.umn.edu> dej...@s2.ima.umn.edu (Brett De Jesus) writes:
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>Question:  What do you do when you're playing against some newbie ten
>years old who keeps on asking, "How did you do that?" and just keeps pounding
>the buttons and rattling the joystick?

Answer:  If their Mommy's watching, I'll fart around and let it go to
three rounds ;-)  And I'll also make it a point to play Scorpion, to
show her what her kid's idea of entertainment is.  *THWUNK*  (double ;-)

Seriously though.  I hate that, too.  It has the guilty feeling of
taking candy/$0.25/$0.50 from a baby.  I might try to teach them how
to play, but that timer's running down, and it's no fun for me. :^(


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In article <CD1n6...@news.cis.umn.edu> dej...@s2.ima.umn.edu (Brett De Jesus) writes:
>Question:  What do you do when you're playing against some newbie ten
>years old who keeps on asking, "How did you do that?" and just keeps pounding
>the buttons and rattling the joystick?
>

Usually I will get the kid in the corner and hop punch him to death the first
round, because this is extremely fun, very cheap, and newbies are usually the
only people I can do this to. Then the second round I will totally give to the
kid and help him practice moves with whoever he's using. Then I'll keep the
last round close so that maybe he'll play again. :)

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In article <CD1n6...@news.cis.umn.edu> dej...@s2.ima.umn.edu (Brett De Jesus) writes:
>If you want me to choose how I play, then, like everyone else, I play by
>my mood.  If I'm pissed, I play to beat (by his definition).  If I'm in a
>good mood and my # of wins is under ten, I just play.  I've noticed, if you
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>locally, so I visit some odd places around town and measure out the crowd,
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	Wow, I'm depressed.

	Here in Columbus, Mortal Kombat died a long time ago.  Used to
be I could go to any arcade anywhere and find a huge crowd of players
on the MK machine.  

	Then, about last February, they all started to dissapear.
Don't ask me where they went, I don't know... folks just lost interest.

	Now days I have to drive all over the place to find any games
at all.

	The computer has taught me more than anyone by now, since I end
up playing it most of the time.

	I'm sure that caused me to lose a bit of my edge.  But there
isn't a lot I can do about it.

	I still do run around all over town though, because occasionally
you run accross another Master, just as pleased as I am to find
someone who is good enough to be a challenge.  

	I am praying that when MK hits the home machines, the schlew of
little kids will cause a rise in MK around here.  Otherwise, I wonder
if even I will be playing in a couple of months.

	I totally agree with the poster who said he seeks to learn
a little something from every new person he plays.  I have found this to
be one of the things that gives the winning edge.  In the end, once you've
got the basic skills, it comes down to instinct.  The one with the better
instincts will win.  That's why it is so beneficial to play a wide
variety of people.  That way you learn to adapt.  When you play only the
same people all the time, you tend to cease doing so.  

	Well, anyway, it's late and I gotta go.  If any of you Mkers
are ever in Columbus, send me some email.  I'd love to have a game or two.

	-Michael