Naturally gifted at playing games?

I've always thought of myself as a good gamer but I only get good with plenty of practice but I have a friend that can pick up games in seconds, thats not to say he's a better gamer than me as the games we both like and have played for a while are really evenly matched but If we played a new game he would dominate me until I played it for a while.

So I just wanted to know what you guys think of yourselves?
(I know thins is a games forum and most of you think your pro gamers but try be honest)

Yep, Games like Smash bros as an example, My friends would only team with me, not fight me.

I hate it when people do that... its not hard to improve... it only takes common sense with games.

Yep, Games like Smash bros as an example, My friends would only team with me, not fight me.

I hate it when people do that... its not hard to improve... it only takes common sense with games.

Meu2k7

i think if you play games enough you kinda know what is expected of you, likely paths the game will follow etc etc. You know, a seasoned gamer will know when a big battle is about to begin whereas a newbie wont. It's like people that watch movies a lot can predict what will happen, likely scenes etc etc, because most films follow standard paterns... games are very similar.

i like to consider myself one, but it really depends on what game

still though, few games if i play enough i wont be good at

I can usually pickup a game and know how the controls work and play a game with out being to confused of what i have to do, but it stil takes time getting some skills.

my friends on the other hand takes a little longer to master the controls and options of a game, and its almost unbearable sitting and watching them doing pirouettes trying to shoot some guy right in front of them, but they usually get better, and it evens out over time. :)

I've always thought of myself as a good gamer but I only get good with plenty of practice but I have a friend that can pick up games in seconds, thats not to say he's a better gamer than me as the games we both like and have played for a while are really evenly matched but If we played a new game he would dominate me until I played it for a while.

So I just wanted to know what you guys think of yourselves?
(I know thins is a games forum and most of you think your pro gamers but try be honest)

ants83

Yup, I have 2 friends who are jsut naturally gifted at gaming. Funnily enough, one isn't even a gamer. Best example is, I got Guitar Hero 3 and neither of us had ever played any rhythm games before. He picked up the controller, played a track on easy and did it. Then immediately tried one on medium and did it. Then immediately went up to hard mode and passed it. Took me a while to catch up to his level.

i dont mean to sound like im bragging, but i have been called a couple of names:

yu-gi-oh "king of games"

the wizard

the master

lucas (the dude who demonstrates the power glove in the movie "the wizard" lol)

the one (i dont like this one lol)

THE NATURAL "this is my favorite nickname"

just my brothers, family, and friends being silly since i pick up games very easily

Not really. Good, but not exceptional.

Seen some pretty gifted players in quake 3, these guys were literally like human aimbots.

MY best gaming achievement is a three-way tie between getting a 15 kill streak on Perfect Dark, beating Donkey Kong only dying three times, and collecting all the stars on Super Mario 64. Yea that takes some skill....I hope
N64_John

oh ya? i beat ninja gaiden 1-3 with no cheats, i also beat the original contra and super contra without dieing (i dont need no konami code son!), also beat ninja gaiden:black on hardest mode, i beat all halos on legendary alone (no co-op pfttt, was extremely hard though), had a pretty high rank on starcraft:broodwar back when they had the ladder system and also placed a good spot during the wgt tours, i beat devil may cry on dante must die, beat god of war 1 and 2 and hardest god difficulty, on cod4 pc version i am almost done with all possible achievements (multiplayer wise). i cant remember back to perfect dark and donkey kong country games that was so long ago, but getting all stars on mario 64 was not too hard imo, but gj none the less some ppl dont even try.

It was only after I trained hard in the Taklamakan desert with the 7 Noble Shaolin of dual fist technique that I mastered games. Also I use Gamefaqs regularly.... sue me.Hoobinator

lol

Not naturally, but once I practice I'm dang good.

When I first played COD2 online before I even played the game normally. I absolutely anihhilated kids. It would be a rarety for me not to have top score.

Halo/2/3 I could beat my friends all the time who would play it constantly. Even when we would go online it would always be me and my friend mike neck and neck for most kills or highest score in a match. I dont own any of these games.

I used to play blackhawk down awhile ago online. Man I would destroy people on that. Most memorable moment I had in that game was when I had a silenced MP5. And I always knew that wher kids would come from and try to storm and area. So I would hide behind this porter potty thing and just lean out and lean back in. I racked up over 15 kills with in 10 minutes. The funny thing was people never knew I was there even though I had been there so long.

I dont really need to mention games like STALKER online, BF2 online, and 2142 online. I wasnt the best but I was pretty good. Especially STALKER online.

Its only certain games and mostly FPS. LikeI couldnt get into Gears online so I never really played it and I just wasnt very good even if I did play it.

I pick up most games easily, except for sports games... Captain_Waffles

Im pretty good at sports games. The thing that hates me most is the difficulty settings they have. Take madden 08 for instance. If I turn the difficulty up to pro guys will jump literally ten feet in the air and INT a pass even though the ball was no were near the defender. They magically no where the ball is all the time. I love when defenders INT my ball when there head isnt even turned around to see where the ball is they just throw up the hands and they magically INT the ball. This is why I turn up the difficulty to all pro and just manually turn down some of the most ridiculous things.