Things you think you are good at:

[J_V]

Things people say they are good at but have no idea what good really is:

Ping Pong
Bond
Pool

[DireWolf]

are you a master at these things?
or have you just observed this to be true?

[Non_Comformist]

certainly poker for most people.
being funny as well.

[jdl22]

bowling
pretty much any FPS (I thought I was good at Doom back in the day and then I played somebody good)
math

[scotty34]

Any video game.

[tbach24]

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Things people say they are good at but have no idea what good really is:

Ping Pong
Bond
Pool

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Funnily enough, I'd say that I'm good at each of those, but no where near good enough to say I'm great. Better word you could've used: legit

[Freakin]

You forgot Poker.

Freakin

[NLSoldier]

I am good at ping pong, I suck at the other 2 even though I have a pool table.

[Subfallen]

Writing belongs on this list as well.

[nothumb]

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Writing belongs on this list as well.

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And as far as Ping Pong goes, I doubt I am the best at 2+2.

Bowling, I don't think I'm great, but on any given day I can give you a run for it (which is what I said in the other thread).

NT

[jakethebake]

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Bond

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[J_V]

Im very good at Ping Pong. And when in form can beat 99% of "great" ping pong players, but I am a joke compared to the truly great players.

The others I blow at, but observed to be true. I knew a very good Bond player and he beat so many "awesome" Bond players it was stupid. I'm sure there are people that could make him look like he never played before.

As for pool, people ask me if I'm good and I always say I stink and they invariably say they are "real good". Yet, I almost always win.

People have no clue what good is. I always try to remember that if you haven't dedicated your life to something, you probably aren't as good as you think.

[Alobar]

whats bond??

[jakethebake]

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whats bond??

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[J_V]

James Bond: N64 game?

I thought it was a pretty popular game when it first came out. Maybe not, I'm not a huge video game person.


I'll add another video game to the list, but I'm sure all video games work:

Starcraft

[Alobar]

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People have no clue what good is.

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thats not true. If they've seen the best do something, then they have an idea. I can watch billiards on ESPN and get an idea of what the top level is like. I can watch the olympics and see what badass at ping pong really is.

Its the people who have never venutred out and seen that stuff, and just have the mediocre people they play against for comparison, who have no idea what good is.

[tdarko]

i am great at golf.
i am great at mario kart (on 64).
i am good at a lot of things.
i am bad at a lot of things.

[mmbt0ne]

I suck hard at all 3

bond = Goldeneye on N64

[jakethebake]

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Starcraft

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Well there's the problem. It's a video game. By the way, I've never heard of this one either. And i have no idea what N64 is.

[J_V]

How good at golf?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

I will PWNZ0RZ!!!1!1!ONE1!!! anyone here on any incarnation of MarioKart.

[tech]

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Things people say they are good at but have no idea what good really is

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This is probably true about most things in life.

[JTrout]

98.2% of people say they are better than average drivers.
I think poker is similar.

I am better than average at poker and driving. /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Alobar]

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James Bond: N64 game?

I thought it was a pretty popular game when it first came out. Maybe not, I'm not a huge video game person.


I'll add another video game to the list, but I'm sure all video games work:

Starcraft

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oh, ok. I think any first person shooter would work. I was huge into doom2 and quake, and have played with some of the best players in the world, but yeah, there were servers full of people who had never played anyone of that caliber, and thought they were good.

I remember when I first started playing doom. Me and my friends played over the modem ALL the time against each other, and thought we were pretty bad ass. Then we got on DWANGO (just pretend it was the internet, same principle) and we were full of [censored] talking and stuff, then we had a HUGE wake up call because we saw that we royally sucked. I think thats how lots of people are, they dont have much to relate their skill level too, cuz they dont play anyone outside a certain circle.

[jakethebake]

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I will PWNZ0RZ!!!1!1!ONE1!!! anyone here on any incarnation of MarioKart.

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where you been hidin?

[tdarko]

4 years ago: handicap +4
today: scratch

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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I will PWNZ0RZ!!!1!1!ONE1!!! anyone here on any incarnation of MarioKart.

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where you been hidin?

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New Orleans. They've got me working on-site, as opposed to from my home office (where I can post on 2+2 all day). I've got about 6 weeks left.

[SomethingClever]

Agreed.

I am decent at ping pong, lousy at pool and above-average at Bond.

Piz0wn0red is world-class at Doom 2.

[PokerFink]

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I think thats how lots of people are, they dont have much to relate their skill level too, cuz they dont play anyone outside a certain circle.

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This is very true. I saw a quote by Chip Reese that was something like (I'm paraphrasing) "If you haven't seen people that play on the top level (of poker), you woulden't even know that level existed."

I'll add beer pong (or beirut) to the list.

[Dead]

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4 years ago: handicap +4
today: scratch

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I have a handicap of +81. We should play sometime.

[Dubra]

Tecmo Super Bowl for Nintendo

[Jazza]

i see a few people mentioned N64 mariokart

i like to think i pwn at mariokart, but in all honesty i haven't seen any top level comptetion, but i clearly pwned every person i've ever played agaisnt in the game (about 25)

[Dead]

I like to think that I can lay some pwnage in foosball.

[Alobar]

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Piz0wn0red is world-class at Doom 2.

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What was his alias back then?

[Alobar]

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I like to think that I can lay some pwnage in foosball.

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my friend works with a guy that plays on the pro circuit and is ranked like 9th in the world or something.

[Dead]

That's cool.

I own the only book that I know of about foosball. Zen and the art of foosball. It is a good read.

I killed many hours in high school playing it in the lounge.

[jesusarenque]

My brother could beat Jesus Christ at Mariokart.

[Ianco15]

Madden NFL.

Everyone thinks they pwn at that game. I am about 100-0 but I know there are approximately a million people who could destroy me.

[ilya]

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Bond

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Golden Eye for the N64

[thegrammarnazi]

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Madden NFL.

Everyone thinks they pwn at that game.

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Everyone thinks he pwns at that game.

[tdarko]

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Everyone thinks he pwns at that game.




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i don't, in fact i KNOW that i am terrible.

[Ianco15]

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Madden NFL.

Everyone thinks they pwn at that game.

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Everyone thinks he pwns at that game.

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pwns that game everyone he thinks at.

[Inthacup]

I know I'm not very good at either ping pong or pool, but I destroyed everyone I ever played at Goldeneye.

[tdarko]

i think the #1 thing everyone thinks they are good at (even if they are are aren't) is sex. then you can list pool, poker etc.

[Skipbidder]

I think that when someone says they are good at ping pong, it is usually a pretty good sign that they might be good at ping-pong but aren't so good at table tennis. They'll place their off hand on the table for slams. Their serves will be illegal for at least two different reasons. If you show em some backspin, they'll drive it right into the net.

Personally, I was good enough to win intramural competition fairly easily at a small liberal arts college, but get my ass handed to me when I played in the club at the bigger state school. People who knew what they were doing made me look like a no-talent assclown.

You can beat a better pool player every once in a while. You aren't going to beat a better table tennis player very often.

[thegrammarnazi]

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i think the #1 thing everyone thinks they are good at (even if they are are aren't) is sex.

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I think the #1 thing everyone thinks he is good at (even if he isn't) is sex.

[thegrammarnazi]

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I think that when someone says they are good at ping pong, it is usually a pretty good sign that they might be

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I think that when someone says he is good at ping pong, it is usually a pretty good sign that he might be.

[J_V]

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If you show em some backspin, they'll drive it right into the net.


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I could beat most good ping pong players without bringing my paddle above the table for this reason.

[Punker]

If you play ping pong/table tennis with anyone who's remotely serious about the game, it is not pretty.

A game where there is the greatest gulf from "beginner/kitchen table" to "good player" to "great player" is chess. There is almost no chance of anyone from beginner beating good or good beating great. And the worst is that when you are good, and you play a great player, you know you're going to lose, and you don't understand how you lost when it's over. It's *really* frustrating.

[iMsoLucky0]

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I like to think that I can lay some pwnage in foosball.

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my friend works with a guy that plays on the pro circuit and is ranked like 9th in the world or something.

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i have played private homegames with the repeat world champion (in singles and doubles) from a few years ago. He was amazing to watch. He travelled around the world looking for games. It finally got to the point where he coudln't find anyone to gamble with him anywhere. It was ridiculous.

[Shajen]

I used to be pretty decent at pool.

I played an average of around 4 days a week for several hours a day.

On a typical friday night in a pool hall, I was maybe top 5. There are some people that just get the game better than you. They are more creative, better shot makers, conceptualize better than you do, etc.

I wish I had more time to play, but life got in the way. Kinda like with poker. I don't have enough time to be anything more than a donator.

And that sucks.

[M2d]

fishing and poker (the two things I think I'm actuallygood at) are the two things you don't have to be good at to enjoy.

[turnipmonster]

foosball/kicker

[HesseJam]

I own foosball/ kicker, and that's in Germany!

I am at least in the top 2 percentile in the art of sexually pleasuring women. Seriously! Laugh as long and hard as you will, naysayers, but it's true.

[sfer]

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Things people say they are good at but have no idea what good really is:

Ping Pong
Bond
Pool

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You can add driving, sex, and telling interesting stories to the list.

[DMBFan23]

I used to think I was "good" at

Poker
Guitar
Ultimate Frisbee
Math

now I realize that I am merely better than average in all three, but by no means "good". I'm only "good" relative to what I've been exposed to. I imagine the longer I'm around, the worse I'll get at all of these.

[Schneids]

I am a world-class Mario Tennis player.