My New Year's Resolution

In my last piece, I may have said a few things about my feelings on Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R and BlazBlue Central Fiction. Those feelings may have been largely negative feelings where I admitted my frustrations and losses came from a lack of knowledge, but then I rationalised my lack of desire to play these games as simply not wanting to fill those gaps in my knowledge.

I can’t help but feel like I was scrubquoting hard in doing so.

Like, boo hoo, you don’t like that you don’t know how to deal with Order Sol pressing Jump Heavy Slash? You’re sad that it requires more effort for you to deal with A.B.A. mashing Danzai than it does for the A.B.A. to mash Danzai in the first place? Frustrated that you lost to Lambda because you literally just don’t know how she works? Grow up.¹

People are prone to saying shit when they get heated – especially me, being a highly opinionated man and all. Like for god’s sake, I have a blog. The only way I could get more self-aggrandizing about my own opinions is if I hosted my own podcast to platform them. And my opinions can be… muddled, let’s say, in the face of emotional distress of any kind.

So. A new year’s resolution for 2022:
I resolve to not say anything when I get salty. Nothing at all. Shut the fuck up.
When I’m covered in salt up to my eyeballs, I will shut my ass up, and go do something else.
Lab another fighting game. Boot up some Crimzon Clover. Turn on the PS2 and bust some heads in Time Crisis.
Do literally anything except say words that probably won’t be reflective of my thoughts a week later.

Here’s to a 2022 of continual attitude adjustment.