r/MadeMeSmile • u/SMUDGEONTHEWALL • Nov 04 '20

Wholesome Moments Dad play goldeneye after a long time

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u/godbullseye Nov 04 '20

We are buying my son a Switch for the soul purpose of also buying Super Smash Brothers and Mario Kart...kids going to get an education in how we did it in the 90’s

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u/MaebeeNot Nov 05 '20

Beware! I gave my 6 yr old a controller to "play" against me on Mario Kart on a 100cc race, knowing she would just mess about in last place and I might possibly get a few moments of peace from her UNENDING torrent of chatter. She came in 4th. The next race she came in 2nd. I have never won another round of Mario Kart again unless that beautiful blond hair blue eyed demon is sleeping.

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u/houseaddict Nov 05 '20

Mate, I think you're just shit at it.

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u/Dannypan Nov 05 '20

My dad hates losing and will happily beat his children in video games to prove “adults are better than kids” at gaming.

It didn’t take very long for me to prove him otherwise when I was 7-8 in multiplayer. Kids learn how to play games fast.

Case in point, I’m now 28 and believe kids ruin multiplayer games. I say it’s because they’re toxic but it’s mostly because they’re better than me.

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u/houseaddict Nov 05 '20

Oh yeah man, I've been gaming my entire life and I'm now almost 40.

Yeah, I'm still pretty good and I made champ in Rocket League... but fuck me I am very aware that even with 3000+ hours I'm total shite compared to the kids.

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u/houseaddict Nov 05 '20

Oh yeah mate, experience can count for a lot.

What's funny is I still (try) to play football (soccer to you probably) at least twice a week and have done for decades with the same group.

On occasion, we've had a game against an outside group which are nearly always half our age. Yeah, we win some and lose some, but we always surprise them and give them a tough game.