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Topic	The Board 8 Discord Sports Chat Ranks Their Top 100 Respective VIDEO Games pt. 2
TheKnightOfNee 01/25/21 10:40:35 PM #247:	TheKnightOfNee posted... Maybe I'll throw a curve by starting the second half of my list with something that people might've expected to be a lot higher? Time to jump into the second half of my list! #50. Windjammers (Arcade, 1994) Windjammers is so strong on the 90's aesthetic. It's like neon colors and rad extreme sports and like something you'd see broadcast on ESPN2 back when ESPN2 was new and filled was filled with all these wild things and its own unique style. I first played Windjammers only a few years back, maybe 2015 or 2016? There was a Windjammers arcade cabinet set up at an anime con. A couple friends of mine in the fighting game scene were really into this game, (the Windjammers scene has a heavy overlap there) so they showed me how to play. Windjammers is a very simple game to understand the basics of, but it's surprisingly deep, and heavy on mindgames. I learned the basics pretty quick, and because my style in fighting games always relied more on the mindgames than learning complicated situations, I was able to focus on the intricacies early on. It helped to learn against people that had played in tournaments too, because I got to experience all the grimy, tricky plays right out of the gate and learned to counter them. I was kind of hooked on the game from the start. Surprisingly, I ended up winning the first two Windjammers tournaments I entered. This was right around the time of the re-release on PS4. I was on the top of the Michigan scene for about a year, but people were grinding away at this game to get better, and some folks eventually proved able to beat me. It's good that people put in more effort though, it helped the scene grow, so we have more local tournaments, and more people playing, and keeps me improving. Also, through the magic of Windjammers, I was able to meet fellow B8er SHINE and play against him in the Michigan Masters 2019 tournament. Our match ended up deciding which of us would make the top 3 and get awarded a medal. Who knows if any of this would've happened in any game besides Windjammers! This video contains very, very, very important B8 lore, the match beginning at 1h09m20s. Me vs. Shine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySjt8o7hVJM&t=4160s I also bought the Limited Run Games special edition for this, because of course I did. It came with a frisbee! --- ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER. Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi... <cite>TheKnightOfNee posted [p:949923888] in The Board ... [t:79241274]...</cite> <quote>TheKnightOfNee posted... </cite> <quote>Maybe I'll throw a curve by starting the second half of my list with something that people might've expected to be a lot higher?</quote> Time to jump into the second half of my list! #50. Windjammers (Arcade, 1994) Windjammers is so strong on the 90's aesthetic. It's like neon colors and rad extreme sports and like something you'd see broadcast on ESPN2 back when ESPN2 was new and filled was filled with all these wild things and its own unique style. I first played Windjammers only a few years back, maybe 2015 or 2016? There was a Windjammers arcade cabinet set up at an anime con. A couple friends of mine in the fighting game scene were really into this game, (the Windjammers scene has a heavy overlap there) so they showed me how to play. Windjammers is a very simple game to understand the basics of, but it's surprisingly deep, and heavy on mindgames. I learned the basics pretty quick, and because my style in fighting games always relied more on the mindgames than learning complicated situations, I was able to focus on the intricacies early on. It helped to learn against people that had played in tournaments too, because I got to experience all the grimy, tricky plays right out of the gate and learned to counter them. I was kind of hooked on the game from the start. Surprisingly, I ended up winning the first two Windjammers tournaments I entered. This was right around the time of the re-release on PS4. I was on the top of the Michigan scene for about a year, but people were grinding away at this game to get better, and some folks eventually proved able to beat me. It's good that people put in more effort though, it helped the scene grow, so we have more local tournaments, and more people playing, and keeps me improving. Also, through the magic of Windjammers, I was able to meet fellow B8er SHINE and play against him in the Michigan Masters 2019 tournament. Our match ended up deciding which of us would make the top 3 and get awarded a medal. Who knows if any of this would've happened in any game besides Windjammers! This video contains very, very, very important B8 lore, the match beginning at 1h09m20s. Me vs. Shine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySjt8o7hVJM&t=4160s I also bought the Limited Run Games special edition for this, because of course I did. It came with a frisbee! --- ONLY FIVE CAN LADDER. Sushi, kamikaze, fujiyama, nippon-ichi...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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