What are some video games that you would show up to a local tournament for? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

GoldenEye. 1997 version, of course. License to Kill, pistols only.

Although, I might be able to hold my own in a 30+ tournament of newer games. Those kids are just too fast for me to keep up.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

1997 version, of course.

Obviously! Why even specify? This should just go unsaid. Only a psychopath would invite you to play Goldeneye, and then pull out the Wii. Like you would think weird if you showed up to a friends house, and he was like "Hey, thanks for showing up! I got beer in the fridge. My wife isn't tied up naked in the bedroom. We'll throw the burgers on the grill at sunset."

I mean. Why would your friend say something so odd? OBVIOUSLY you wait until sunset to throw those burgers on the grill! That's prime grilling hours! Everybody knows that!

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I didn't even notice the sunset thing, I was hung up on why he mentioned beer in the fridge. Why wouldn't there be? Did he get shitty beer? Very suspicious.

[-] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Slappers only, no oddjob

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[-] Joelk111@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Me? None. I just play for fun, I'd lose bad.

If there was going to be a game I'd show up for it'd be Forza Horizon, I've got the most hours in that and kinda do ok when I occasionally play online against randoms. Haven't been playing much recently though, so the former statement probably still applies.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

I already attend local tournaments for Skullgirls, Street Fighter 6, and Guilty Gear Strive. If you're looking to improve in fighting games, you'll never get better faster than by going to locals.

[-] shelf@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

I wish my local fgc ran Skullgirls.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

What's your nearest major city? Work with the TOs of the most similar game's local and make it a side bracket with a small pot bonus or something, and see who shows up. Otherwise, there are majors like Combo Breaker and, this year, East Coast Throwdown running the game as an official tournament.

[-] shelf@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

The nearest local that runs Skullgirls is juicy in Orlando/Oviedo and it's not every week. I've been talking to the people who run the closest local about it but there's not much interest. Everyone just wants strive and Tekken

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

You could probably make that work with Strive. Just make sure you're helping them out and pulling your own weight. I know CEOtaku runs Skullgirls, and I know there are some SG players in the state, but I can't speak for how much of a hike they are from Orlando. I think there's hope for you yet. Otherwise, you can approximate the experience with online tournaments, as there's one almost every night of the week.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Pacman

Okay, I'm old, sue me.

But that game was my thing back in the eighties. And I wad good at it. Maybe not national best tier, and definitely not world tier, but it was not unusual for me to keep high scores on it that never got beat. The one actual arcade in town, I was never bumped off at all, nobody in town came close. I can't recall the gap but it was enough higher that there was an extra digit between me and the next highest.

The arcade over in the nearest city, the gap was nowhere near as big, but it was there.

Even when I visited my cousin in Charlotte one summer, I took top spot on the machine there, though it did get beat later on. But I never went below third, at least at the time my cousin stopped going there.

There wasn't much I was good at that was showy back then. I wrecked shit in spelling bees, and was a decent beatbox (though only decent). Nobody gave a shit about those. I'd play pacman and have a crowd watching. It was fucking awesome for my confidence at the time.

Wasn't too bad at centipede either, but I would hover up and down in top ten at the two arcades I could visit regular, which isn't that impressive if you know the game.

So, yeah, I'd go and watch pacman players if the event was close enough. I'd even try my hand at it if I didn't have to go up against kids with their rassafrassin better reflexes lol.

[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

Ms. Pac-Man is the definitive version though.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

My idea was to possibly have a tournament season of around 8 events, one every few weeks, with different games at each event and players separated into different age groups like <12, 12-20, 21-30, 30+ Make T-shirts for each event as "trophies" and a few special ones for season point winners. That way a game like pacman could be one week, while an fps could be another, etc.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I would show up with a shirt that says:

"I'm your daddy!

Also I'm old

enough to be

your father."

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

That would get me full on hyped. No bullshit

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Arena Shooters. Any Halo, Unreal Tournament, Quake. I don't even care about it being a prize tournament. I'd just like a lan party.

Just so that we're playing the game. I don't want to hear about how you think video games are too sexist/not sexist enough. I just want to shoot a flak cannon into someone's face.

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[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

snes killer instinct

snes Mario world or Mario 3

GoldenEye 64 or perfect dark 64

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[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Geoguesser

[-] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Super Hexagon

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago

Overcooked 2 tournament. It has a 2v2 mode. I want to see blood

[-] miseducator@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

UT99!

[-] Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Or Quake! Even though I suck at arena shooters, any of them I'd want to hop in for.

[-] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you for saying it! Absolutel best lan game around.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Rocket League, Smash Bros, Armored Core 6, Elden Ring...

I've actually done a local smash bros tourney before. Came in 4th. Pretty much anything I already play for fun, I would sign up for a tourney because I usually play competitive games (or at least games with a fun competitive aspect, as with Elden Ring duels and invasions) and I'm not too bad.

When I still played RL, I really wanted to find some good team mates and try out for RLCS. I was already regularly playing with pros I knew by name due to being in the highest ranking bracket.

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[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 2 months ago

To... participate or watch? Because these days I can't say I'm competitive enough in any game to bother. Not that I'm all that interested in competing either, anymore. Ten years ago me and my then Dota-friends were toying with the idea of signing up for something for a period there when we were playing a lot and doing well

To watch, well... I'm not sure. I don't really play any esports type games currently. It's a cop-out, but it would depend on the organisers. After mainlining the Olympics for a month I think I could probably get into anything - provided the commentators are good.

[-] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As a viewer or as a player? As a player, I'd be interested interested in joining for Dota, and maybe CS2. As a viewer, Dota, CS2, or maybe some of the classics that are easier to understand on a surface level like Age of Empires or Smash Melee. That said, it'd obviously depend on specifics; as much as I love any excuse to play more Dota, for example, I only have one consistent teammate and tend to rely on randoms for other lanes.

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Dance Dance Revolution and Left 4 Dead 2.

[-] deanne@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

tony hawk's pro skater

[-] Gemini24601@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Beetle Adventure Racing! A masterpiece!

[-] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

I just won a five-man local bracket for Under Night In-Birth II last weekend. I play a lot of Riichi Mahjong at the local club as well, but haven't been able to make it out to a proper tournament yet.

I also play Skullgirls and Them's Fightin' Herds online, and have been to a few tournaments in the past, but they don't have local scenes around here anymore. One trip a year traveling out to Combo Breaker is the extent of my offline play for those games.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

WWF No Mercy.

[-] 8000gnat@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago

uniracers

[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

THPS.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Tetris

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Guitar Hero/Rockband!

[-] mods_mum@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

Quake 3 Arena, Quake Live, Quake Champions

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[-] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Titanfall is likely the only competitive game I'll ever dabble in going forward. I'm not even particularly good, I just love the moment to moment gameplay, the meta, the artstyle, everything. If i saw a local tournament, I'd definitely show up just for fun

[-] Banichan@dormi.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Friday the 13th: The Game. Best asymmetrical PVP game that ever existed.

[-] Reach@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

StarCraft 2

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Any cod before black Ops 2, any infantry milsim game. Tekken. Age of empires 3 or beyond all reason. Osu or clone hero.

If i was just watching add the following to the list. Street fighter, mortal kombat. Counter strike, unreal, quake, sc2, aoe2. Halo

[-] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Fronk from Game & Wario on Wii U

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I would probbaly attend a local sim-drifting tournament for fun and to support but I'm not very good.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 2 months ago

we used to hold pong tournaments at uni, using a circuit-accurate simulator of the original hardware and home-made replica paddles. really got the crowds going.

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 2 months ago

Pretty much anything that was not card related. But where I live there's gamers still gather in holes in the ground and I'm not into that.

I flew once and catched a League of Legends All-Stars event, but it was clearly too corporate and didn't have that great of a time. I hope I'll get to catch The International next year.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

I'm probably not as great at it as I think I am, but would absolutely love to at least participate in a local Sonic Riders Zero Gravity (PS2 version with stock controllers to ensure a fair fight) tournament.

First eight unlocked characters only with default extreme gear. A test of how well you can play the character. So long as I can get anyone besides the two default air riders, I'll be fine.

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