My Oh My! What A Temper!

Righty ho, let me explain myself here: It's not often that I get agitated. In fact it's a damn rarity, but something happened tonight that just got my rag! Imagine the scene:

There you are. Playing EuroMIX on Maniac (Paranoia Rebirth to be exact), so far on 100+ combo and heading for AAA/SS. Some fools have already been trying to put you off on the previous song (Dead End Maniac) and made you miss a couple of steps by messing around on the second pad and putting their hands in front of the screen. Now, they've found a large pole and are playing about off the side of the stage. Suddenly they try and shove it between your feet.

Well, that's exactly what happened to me (Random) tonight. As I said, I don't often get annoyed, but I totally flipped. Remember I used to do that Matrix Walk? Well, I done something similar. I grabbed the back bar and used it to launch a flying-kick into his chest. Sadly, there wasn't a lot of power behind it. Next option? Move to a bigger area if a fight was to persue. I ran to the biggest area of the arcade. By this time the attendants had seen/heard the commotion and escorted the other guy out. I explained what had happened and they banned the other guy. Justice was served. However, the little knob-squad was waiting outside the arcade for me, so I had to take the alternate exit to the arcade. 1 or 2 I can handle (thanks to martial arts training) but a group of 7 is far beyond my capabilities.

Still, the night wasn't a total loss. Managed to play Ez2Dancer before that incident and can now safely select "Ztar Warz" and "Ez2DJ Theme" knowing that I can at least clear them. Next song to go for: Drum & Bass or whatever it is.

To end this report, I will only say the following few things:
DO NOT mess with people playing DDR. I.e.: Treading on foot panels, poking things under their feet, pushing etc... IT IS DANGEROUS! If those guys had tripped me up on such a difficult level, I could have very easily broke my legs, neck or fell into the screen of the machine. I also do not condone trying to put people off by messing about on the 2nd pad. Some people are not as tolerant as myself. Whilst I can take people messing about on the other controller, I will only strike out or become agitated when they attempt to interfere with my side or performance.
Lastly: If you are jealous of someone better than you, sod off and practice. It's the only way your gonna get good. It's taken me just under a year to get to where I am now, and I DON'T need some jealous pillock trying to make me fall over. Alright?

Sorry for the harshness of some of these words, but they have to be said, and the mood I'm in after that... well!

~Random Hajile~
17/02/02