• Dagnet@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    If any of my parents took any interest in any game I played when I was a kid, I would 100% play that game with them, alas…

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      My dad used to play some Mortal Kombat with me. Until one time, it was in my early teens, 13 or 14 maybe, I had been playing a lot of it recently and was just whooping his ass. Like 8-0 streak kind of ass beating. So he bet me $20 I couldn’t do it blindfolded.

      Well I did, I lost one round but won two to get the match purely off of sound cues and blind luck, and he paid me $20 and then never played a video game with me ever again.

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          No. No, it really wasn’t. I wasn’t socially aware enough at the time to think to throw the match. But to be fair I didn’t expect my dad to pull such an ultimate rage quit.

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            9 days ago

            Have you ever talked to him about it since? Maybe you could go “Hey dad, bet you $20 you wont play games with me again” then boot up some coop game, heard some beat’em up games like River City Girls are somewhat similar to fighting games.

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        At least you got $20. I got yelled after I whooped my dad on fucking Mario Party. Kept calling me egotistic but in hindsight, pretty sure he was protecting.

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      I’ve had a few opportunities to play Red Alert 2 with my dad. He always obliterated me, I was too much of a turtle player.

      There was one time I won against him, but it was pretty obvious to my 14yo ass that he let me. I asked and he just smiled.

      I should probably challenge him sometime nowadays