D is right. I think we all could use a break from this game. We are kind of like a disfunctional family lol. The problem is, this game is addicting. It's like a fix of cocaine for us lol.
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Max,
within this team there are various skill sets and various outcomes.
against mediocre to bad teams, these don't show up as much.
against very good teams, our deficiencies really show up. just look at our game vs konisburg.
you made a really nice post before to give kudos to everyone on the team. if we really want to compete with the best teams, we also need to talk about what we need to improve. I know I've got holes in my game, and I'm wide open to hearing other problems that I have that people see.
its the only way we're going to get better. I have lots of other games to have "fun" with. I play games to win them, not to just pass time. Similar to running a business. I'm not doing it to just show up every day. I'm doing it to dominate our competition. I enjoy the people I do it with. and we all have a common outcome.
So when someone else has an outcome of "I don't care about the team game, I just want to have fun and do my own thing", I tend to want to play with that person less.
Well the point of being a team is to play as a team and have fun with each other. I have fun playing this game with everyone as well as winning. I think it's selfish to only play with certain players or bitch about someone else's game when you have your faults as well. I do get pissed off when we lose because player x wasn't in position, or didn't make a pass when another player was wide open...but I try not to single them out because I have my faults too. I think the problem with everyone on this team is that they think they never do anything wrong and it's always someone else's fault. Instead of blaming other players every game, I work on making myself a better player. That's why my defense improved a lot from NHL 09 (up until now since I've been playing forward more and my D sucks again lol.)Originally Posted by nosoupforyou
Invite me back tomorrow. I'll stop with the drama. I just want to win since we are finally showing how good we really are. I don't want anymore messages about who ****ed up on what play, because by now I know who doesn't like who lol. I will also not complain if players don't wait for me, because before tonight I didn't realize how annoying it could be after every game. I'm not gunna stop smoking, but I'll try to space it out after every 2-3 games lol. This wouldn't even be a problem if I could smoke in the house haha.
We can all be back to normal tomorrow night and each get our own fix of the cocaine. Druggies unite!
Actually bud in all seriousness you are right. I really should have just left instead of trying to squeeze in one more game. I really had no time...sorry man...you and Kwan got screwed.
Max, again, sorry dude...I enjoy playing with you (especially when yer defensive game is sharp)...like you said, you were in the room, then you left, then you came back and said BRB...and I was like "I HAFTA GO" so...well...I went. I do feel bad.
HOWEVER...
One positive to develop from all this is some open dialogue about the team. And I'd like to add to the discussion. Which I shall do shortly...
Not to sound "clique-ey" but those quotes articulate how I feel EXACTLY.
Now if we contrast that with this:
We can start to see the differing views on the game...and just by looking at this alone (regardless of "skill set" or anything like that) we can kinda start seeing why certain players might gravitate towards one another.
I don't understand why this is a "bad" thing. Some guys play better with others and share an outlook on the game. While other guys share a different view of the game and (ironically enough) have found some chemistry of their own and play better with each other (while putting up W's for the team in the process). Not that I agree with the "clique" theory AT ALL...but if two groups within the LGK team can be throwing up wins on a consistent basis how is this anything but GOOD?
To your credit Max, you seem to play well and have fun with every single guy on the team. That is awesome.
But what are you supposed to do when you ARE'NT having fun with each other? The point of video games (in theory) is to have fun. Yer putting the "team" before fun. My time is valuable and my personal fun has to come first...and as stated earlier my idea of fun is a bit more in line with some of the other guys on the team. I've tried my best to develop chemistry with everyone and it's just not possible. So why waste time playing a game Im just going to get pissed off at? I think your ability to have fun with everyone (as cool as it is...and it IS cool) makes it hard for you to understand that it's not an ability that everyone on the team shares.
For the record, I hope it doesn't seem like Im only willing to play with 2 or 3 guys...I enjoy playing with the vast majority of the guys on the team...depending on what position they happen to be playing that day lol.
Honestly bud, I'm not really a fan of tomorrow "everything goes back to normal." Nothing has been resolved.
My personal opinion on how to help this situation is for people to communicate before they enter the dressing room. I guess to some this is going to seem rude, but what I mean is, if you see guys on yer buddy list in game, don't just go sit and wait in the DR. Send a pm and ask if they're down to play...or wait and get an invite to play. Again, to some this may sound rude, I guess I just see it as a logical easy fix.
Hell I already practice this. I have NEVER jumped into a DR I wasn't invited to.
(Right now yer probably thinking something like "Huh, I never noticed it but, yeah I always to have to ask him to play.")
So if I see you guys online playing in a club I belong to, I have to ask if I can play???? "Pretty Pretty Please" WTF is that? and if I don't I get a nasty message telling me to never talk to you again? Thats just ridiculous. This club never has been (or hopefully ever will be) like that. Everyone is welcome to play (whatever position) they want whenever they want.
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