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Monday
Dec272010

Would You Rather Have Luck Or Skill?

I was watching this video on YouTube earlier and it got me thinking, during a tournament, would I rather have luck on my side or would I prefer to just be playing at my highest potential? It's hard to deny that though small, luck does play a role in everything including fighting games. Personally I think a lot of shit gets chalked up as luck but without the quick reactions of the player or person, that lucky moment would have never taken place.

In the vid below you will see several people narrowly escaping fucked up situations with their lives. While you watch it, think about how many of these situations were actually luck VS. a display of skill and reaction times. I think you will be surprised.

So I guess the answer to the question, both. You need luck to give you the opportunity to display your skills. These two things work together to give us fighting game moments that will live on forever.

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Reader Comments (21)

Skill obviously, but great video. the clip I thought was the scariest was the one where the person had jsut parked their car in a parking lot, then a large metal object falling from the sky suddenly crushes the whole car, totalling the car mere seconds after the person exited the car, truly scary. Some of this stuff should be in movies starring such actors like Bruce Willis. Trains are scary.

Monday, January 3, 2011 at 9:19 PM | Unregistered CommenterForest

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