RE: I fall out of form again and am relegated from the Premiere League of bowling
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Hmmm... Your description brings me back to a deja Vu, not on bowling though. There was one time back in the mid 90s when the arcade was a damn thing, I spent thousands ringgits practicing there. I'm an average player by all means, somehow during a competition everything went well, and I actually outperformed my usual self the entire tournament. I won back a couple of thousand (tokens) given the money I've previously spent, this "seems like" rewarding.
However, the 2nd tournament I appeared as a defending champion, somehow all the consistency vanished. I become my old self again. Not particularly bad, I'm still an above average player, and I still have certain outstanding skills that other players couldn't do. I also set one of the most ridiculous single lap time during the 2nd tournament. The only problem was, consistency. I couldn't replicate what I've done previously on an "overall" scale.
In the end, I spent a couple more thousands and wondering myself what happened during the first tournament 😂 a few years down the road, the internet became more common, the arcade was no longer doing competition.
Until today, give me a quarter, I believe I can still show you some crazy skills at the Daytona USA, when I add those best laps and multiply it by the total laps competing, that's what I did during the first tournament.
While I was a fan of video games in the arcade days I can't really get behind the online gaming. I tried, but people are just too good at it and are quite aggressive if you aren't top-tier as well. So I just choose to not play.
Bowling is a tricky little game. I would much rather not have the highest score of the year and instead be a bit more consistent from week to week. This is something I have tried to correct many times but just can't seem to work it out.