Kai : Rendez-vous

[kekken3]

Hey guys, just passing by to say hi. I've kinda forgotten about Pure for a while but today a friend I and Mr.X introduced to the game a few monts ago came back to town and we got together for a few casual races. After a few duels we started directly on Ascension and the the game was a fantastic triple draw with everyone at same points. One of the best games ever, especially with offline laggles play (kinda - PSP wlan still lags a bit).

Anyway the session has been mad fun for quite a while. MrX being the strongest one graciously played with his first love Puma instead of Triakis, I juggled a bit of Goteki, Tigron and Vanuber and turbo, the least seasoned player, but still an extremely quick learner, played mostly Triakis. All fun and all, but the more I played the more I began loosing my nerves, becoming depressed at every situation where I died totally at random. Sure, statistically the best will win in the long run, but I just couldn't take it... Frustration had the better of me. Once I even turned off my PSP after bouncing flipper-style on bombs and going from leading with almost full energy to dead. Better then smashing the PSP into the wall, which was, in those few moments, a very close alternative. Pfff. Anyway,... point of this all, besides telling everyone we're still alive is: I bow down to everyone who is able to enjoy the game as fully as you do, even when getting smashed by three random quakes after we did our best, played optimally for a whole race against a better player then us and totally "deserved" the win; and other regular nerve-wrenching stuff Pure can and will deliver. I know, it's a game and sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. But it really takes some freaking positive will to stay sane sometimes. Kudos, you're all winners.

I really hope you have a kickass time at the meeting. Borut and I have considered visiting but we just didn't find any viable airline solutions. Today, despite all of the frustration, I've rediscovered the greatness of multiplayer WipeOut and regret we cannot join. Again, have a great time and take care.