What are some video games that you would show up to a local tournament for?

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.

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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!

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- 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.
  
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Slappers only, no oddjob

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- STAHP SCREEN LOOKING! MOOOM!
  
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- I'm sure I suck NOW, but I remember the rule back in 1998 was "Golden Guns only, you're Oddjob."
  
  I WANTED my opponent to be Oddjob. I turned auto-aim off, and let them keep it on. I did everything possible to give my opponent the advantage. There was still a long run where nobody could beat me. Like 2 years.
  
  And now I'm sad that my biggest flex in life is so meaningless and happened when I was 14. Other then some random VHS tapes that I don't know where they are, there's not even any proof that this happened.
  
  Part of me wishes it was the 90s again, because fuck the 2020s. But another part of me wishes it was the 90s again because I want to beat some punk ass kids at goldeneye again!
  
  Back in 2016 I went to a barcade and these college aged kids were playing. They were acting all macho about video games. It was very weird. I was PLASTERED. So I joined in on the 3rd game I saw them play. After 2 games playing, they were like "Ok, lets call a truce, and do 3 on 1 until he's eliminated." Still won. They accused me of cheating. We were using original hardware, with OEM controllers, and nothing in the rumble pack slot (yes, it WAS a mockery of the hardware not having a rumble pak). How the fuck COULD I cheat??? That's just called having skills, son! Get on my LEVEL!!!
  
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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.

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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.

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I wish my local fgc ran Skullgirls.

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- 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.
  
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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.

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Ms. Pac-Man is the definitive version though.

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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.

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- That would get me full on hyped. No bullshit
  
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- I would show up with a shirt that says:
  
  "I'm your daddy!
  
  Also I'm old
  
  enough to be
  
  your father."
  
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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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It's been actual decades since I've played Halo: CE multiplayer

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- It's playable on MCC, but the LAN Party experience is what I miss. Games, Pizza, Energy Drinks into the night. Use to do them monthly though high school. There were also pc lan parties with UT2k4 mainly and eQuake occasionally.
  
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Before we play, we’re doing a round table on how Unreal Tournament encourages Unrealistic body expectations and discourages those who aren’t Stronger, Faster, Better.

Voluntary attendance at the round table is mandatory. But it’s a good thing because we’re making the world a better place.

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- At a lan party? It's definitely the other group that's the problem. Hearing the same handful of sexist jokes ever time a woman shows up and they wonder why they never stick around. This is what I actually saw, not a hypothetical.
  
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Before we play, we’re doing a round table on how Unreal Tournament encourages Unrealistic body expectations and discourages those who aren’t Stronger, Faster, Better.

Voluntary attendance at the round table is mandatory. But it’s a good thing because we’re making the world a better place.

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snes killer instinct

snes Mario world or Mario 3

GoldenEye 64 or perfect dark 64

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I'd wreck you at KI noob

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- idk, i got bored one summer and started playing with the characters others didn't like to use, got really good with jago
  
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Geoguesser

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Super Hexagon

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

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UT99!

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

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

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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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I would ABSOLUTELY attend a local tournament for AC6. The netcode is absolute ASS but the gameplay is so crisp, if we could play it without lag or ghost hits it would be great.

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There are some legit pros in my local Smash scene, I ain't going to any of those tournaments lol

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- You should go, AND DO THIS!!!
  
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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.

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Dance Dance Revolution and Left 4 Dead 2.

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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.

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tony hawk's pro skater

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Super smash bros

Mario kart

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Guitar Hero/Rockband!

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uniracers

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THPS.

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Tetris

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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.

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WWF No Mercy.

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Good one! Wcw vs nwo and wwf no mercy are the pinnacle of wrestling games. It was all downhill after that.

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Beetle Adventure Racing! A masterpiece!

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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

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

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Quake 3 Arena, Quake Live, Quake Champions

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I add Warsow to that.

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StarCraft 2

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The only competitive game that I've ever been particularly good at was Battlerite (Blossom main), and that was completely abandoned by the devs and community.

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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

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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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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.

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Bushido blade

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Fronk from Game & Wario on Wii U

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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.

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Minecraft Bedwars or CS1.6.

MC Anarchy PvP or HvH in CS:GO.

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

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Sim Rally Racing and Minecraft.

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I'm curious how competitive Minecraft would work

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- Theres a whole plethora of ranked, competitve Minecraft games, ranging from time trial type survival challenges, to parkour, to classics like Survival Games (battle royale) and Spleef. Alternatively, for something more casual, just use a whole variety of minigames.
  
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Quake 3 Arena, but only if the tournament lasts no longer than 15 minutes. My heart can't take more...

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Man. NBA Showtime. Also maybe Mortal Kombat OG-3

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looks at screen name

Should I say the thing? sigh Ok.

Username is relevant.

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- <3
  
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If there a hunting simulator where you go after the 1%? Not Hitman though it comes closest I think. That one.

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Street Fighter 6

Tetris

StarCraft 2

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Stellaris, 100%

Niche Sci-Fi game. 100% fun with strangers but to see people play out the battle of a Galaxy competitively playing as their empire meta or not meta would be an absolute blast.

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NHL 2007-2013

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In person? None. I ain't about to spend all that money on gas to drive to some place where I for sure am about to get my controller handed back to me in pieces. Definitely not when I would probably need a respirator due to attendees reputation for less than ideal hygiene.

Online? Name the game. Dead By Daylight? Pyramid Head main reporting for duty. Halo? Any of the Bungie games, any map. Smash? Melee or Brawl only, Final Destination no items. Forza? I can handle any of them but prefer Motorsport 7 with no assists enabled. Heck, I'm even down to do score competition in Silent Hill The Arcade via Teknoparrot.

Most of the time I play for fun. I don't try to be good or win or whatever. But that doesn't mean I don't know how to, and if I get a challenge I ain't declining out of fear of losing. I might decline if I can't be online at the desired time or for long enough to complete the match though.

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Mario Kart 7, but 8DX would be fine, too.

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Sim Racing. (iRacing, Assetto Corsa, or Richard Burns Rally).

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Gorf.

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PONG

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