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Gaming Observations Essay

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At 1:15pm Saturday afternoon, I am currently hanging out at the student gaming center with the pool tables and a line of arcades in front of me. At least nine to twelve players are gathered around 2 gaming arcade machines in front of me. The two main popular ones that are of interest would be the Street Fighter 3rd Strike and the Marvel vs Capcom 2 machines. The gamers are heavily immerse in watching the players and cheering them on. I am observing four players playing on two separate machines. The two players who are on MVC2 are wearing both hooded jackets and baggy jeans with tennis shoes. It seems they were here for quite a while. Backpacks are off to the side of the machines or lying around randomly near them on the ground and some …show more content…

I can see the vines pulsing on the sides of their forehead and one of the players just picked up a Gatorade bottle and drank the yellow liquid, lemon flavor I presume. His opponent next to him just wiped the sweat off his forehead with his right arm and yelled that that was a cheap and dirty move. The players that have more spectators I observe a higher level of energy being presented and a potential hostility. The gamers who are playing on the 3rd strike machine were a lot more calm and benevolent. I will hear the players commend each other about how that was a great move and basically playing nice. Compared to the players on the MVC2 machine where the players would suggest that it was a lucky shot in a mean way. The players that are watching contribute to the heat by instigating and yelling out fighting words I can see that the players are irritated and playing much more aggressive, the tapping of the buttons and movements of the joystick is much more prevalent and erratic. The players on the 3rd strike machine even stopped a few times to watch the battle going on and two guys from the pool table nearby would occasionally look up to watch the commotion. After thirty minutes in, there had been three rotations of players on the MVC2 machine and I noted that one of the players had been winning against all his opponents. The surrounding people at the center are all wearing casual dress attire and after fifty minutes

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