Game and Sports

Archive for August, 2009

Those who regularly read my articles know that I normally am all about business, all about opportunities. I decided this week to talk about something totally different, yet very satisfying in certain moments: Internet Games! Yes, I’m talking about those time-consuming, highly addictive activities many of us spend time on! Well personally, I don’t find them all that bad, and if you can control yourself, they are a fun (and free) way to get the tension out.

For the purpose of this article, I decided to sample and review a bunch of these games, and I then chose a few I will outline here, which had the biggest effect on my satisfaction level. Here they are:

For the purpose of this article, I decided to sample and review a bunch of these games, and I then chose a few I will outline here, which had the biggest effect on my satisfaction level. Here they are:

1) Mario 2. Several years ago, like millions of others, I bought a NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) and discovered Mario and Luigi, those fabulous little characters still generating massive revenues for Nintendo 20 years later. Super Mario Bros. and all its derivatives is one of the most successful game franchise ever created. Well today you can enjoy a free, Internet version of Mario 2, one of the series! Even if you never played the original, you will get a kick out of this one!

2) Miniclip Rally. Who hasn’t enjoyed racing games at some point in their life? Well Miniclip Rally will allow you to easily take control of different cars, on different tracks, and try to beat you opponents, and your high scores! Each track takes only a few minutes to complete so you can do a bunch to try and beat your record.

3) Gold Miner. Another one of my favorites. In each level you need to make more and more money (here I go again!) by grabbing the largest possible gold nuggets before the timer runs out. Between each level you can use your money to buy some bonus items that help you along the way. Really addictive, try it!

It is never a good idea to enter into ring with the intention of “going with the flow of things.” You cannot walk into a game and expect it to flow in your favor. You have to give some thought to specifics in terms of how you want to play your game and manner in which you will handle your opponent. In the absence of a game plan, all your moves will be a reaction to your opponent’s moves. Do you want to merely react all the time or do you want to play your best moves? Your chances of winning a game increase when you plan moves and use those at which you are most skilled.

Here’s a likely scenario of what might happen if you don’t have a game plan for your grappling or combat-athletics bouts:
• Your opponent may have a good open guard, and you may have problems with it since you did not anticipate it at all
• Your opponent may launch an attack and try to dominate the game at a very early stage of the match
• You may or may not be able to think up a strategy on the spur of the moment to tackle your opponent’s holds until its too late and the round is almost over
• When you finally find your momentum and initiate a submission, time may be up!

A framework for developing the game plan is outlined next.

1. Size up your opponent and Develop a Strategy -
• Analyze the history of the opponent’s performance in terms of wins or losses and skills or weak-points displayed in previous matches
• Try to recall and bring to fore any tactics that your opponent uses, so that you can build a strategy to neutralize it

2. Develop Strategies
It is essential to develop an opposing strategy prior to a game. If you merely size up the opponent, then you are only half way there. Strategies define the manner in which you plan your line-of-attack and the tactics that you will employ to unsettle your opponent. Your strategies will differ in accord with your opponent as no one is alike.