Smash Bros

Mr. Rocktober wanted a thorough write-up of a video game tournament last weekend. Unfortunately, it was not the wildly interesting event he may have been hoping for. It was really casual and well-run. So instead, I will narrate the tale of one hapless dork present that evening.

Three people walked into the Smash Bros tournament venue. Two dudes, one girl. All three had man-purses (cool!) which contained their video game equipment. They were playing Pokemon on their 3DS while waiting for the tournament to begin. Not too unusual a sight, yet.

Once the tournament began is when one of them, "Joe", started to shine. He ripped off his purple hoodie to reveal a Smash Bros Comic-Con shirt. He was eager to tell people that, yes, he was at THE Comic-Con that had an early preview of the newest Smash Bros game. If his spiky anime-style hair did not set off alarms, this should have. But hey, maybe that was an exciting event for the guy. He didn't go too overboard. He wasn't on anybody's bad side so far.

Then his name got called for the tournament. His girlfriend was only there to watch him play. The other guy competed but was not noteworthy. Joe was a Little Mac player, one of several there. However, he stood out. Whenever he would get his power meter full, he would perform his KO Punch. If he hit it, he would yell out
"GOTCHA!"

OK. One time, it may have been exciting. Maybe it was the game-winning move the first time, I don't remember. But he did this around 10 more times. He probably had been doing this his whole Smash 4 life ("We've been playing the game for the last 6 hours" he said, seemingly a boast of his dedication to training). This was his trademark now.

I didn't even play him, but man. The last thing you want to hear after getting hit by that move is GOTCHA! Yeah, you got me, you clever guy! You hit the B button when you were near me! Saying GOTCHA! really endears you to everyone here!

At the time, no one said anything, but in my mind I had the pieces to the puzzle: Man-purse, peacocking a free handout t-shirt, GOTCHA!. I didn't like this doofus.

Unfortunately, someone must've GOTCHA'd him at some point because he took 4th place to no prize. His morning training session was for naught. I was relieved to hear after the event that I was not the only one that noticed his peculiar behavior.

He really wasn't that bad, but hey! GOTCHA!