It's funny the things I care about at laser tag and the things I don't. Most of
the time I could care less about accuracy as long as I'm racking up the points.
As my strong suit is as a sniper, if it sometimes takes an extra shot I'm still
getting my target. Meanwhile, tonight I was playing SM5 and found myself
focusing on the bases (proud of myself for taking them very quickly in the
first game) and just staying alive (which I did right up until the last three seconds)
and picking off any target with more experience (which is just about everyone
who comes out for SM5). What I don't pay any attention to are the achievements.
No idea how they work, what I've done to earn them or what to do once I've got
one. But as I am still learning I got inquisitive tonight and asked about the
little trophy icon next to my two bases. I was told that I unlocked an
achievement. Ok, that's cool...what does that mean? I was shown my latest on
the monitor.
My achievement was "You'll Be Back...return and play a game
on another day." What?! What does that even mean? The general consensus is
that it means absolutely nothing. Clearly...but to me that particular
achievement is so...random...that "it means nothing" is so accurate I
can't even deal with it. I love a trophy (even a digital icon of one), but it
HAS to mean SOMETHING! If all it means is I appear likely to return...well,
that sounds more like an achievement I might get next time I actually do
return!
I may be dwelling on this achievement because it's easier than dwelling on the fact that I thought I played pretty well that game, but my scores seem to indicate otherwise. Sigh. Now I was in the same range as a few others, so maybe it's just tough for me to identify where my scores realistically should be landing at this point. Second game felt like I performed weaker, but I had a slightly higher (though not by all that much) score. It's tough to go from being a top dog in certain arenas to recognizing your weaknesses in other scenarios like this. I think I have to just focus on the personal improvement (forget scores, I know I played better this time than last time) and just not sweat the numbers because I know I'm playing with a whole different dynamic here. Like the last game when I played ammo...got my bases, stayed alive...and I know in that position that means I was doing my part. So I guess I just need to keep persevering at SM5...and keep unlocking meaningless digital achievements. :)
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