Nicholas Reynolds
September 16, 2014
Self Deprecation
I
have always had a tendency to overreact when playing video games. This happens
especially when playing FIFA 14. Something about getting scored on drives my
temper to the point in which I am yelling into the microphone and cussing at
the television. Some people would tell
me “it’s just a game”, but in my head I tell myself that it is so much more
than a game. It is my life. It is something I enjoy playing and have spent so
much time on.
The
score is 1-1 and it is the 90th minute, game just about to end in a
tie…then all of a sudden my opponent cuts in and out of my defense making them
fall over as if they were pins struck by a bowling ball. His player cocks back
his leg and rips a crackling shot just under the crossbar flying into the net.
My goalie, not even moving, was completely stunned. Moments later the referee
calls the game. It is over, and I have lost, the final score being 2-1. At this
point I was fueled.
Without
hesitation I scream and start cussing at my television. That was not enough
however. I throw my controller at my wall, putting a dent in it and breaking my
controller in the process. The battery pack breaks off of my controller and
shoots across my room. Then I hear my mother screaming “What was that”?
I immediately start yelling at her and becoming more
and more heated. She does not understand that I have just been relegated on
ultimate team, which means I drop down a division and need to start all over
battling my way to the top.
Out
of all of this anger, I decide it is time to move on from FIFA. I decided to do
what any other FIFA player would do at this point, and that is snapping my disc
in half. Goodbye FIFA.
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