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[Col WillieSharp]

I don't know why, but I was unstoppable at Knockout Kings 2001 for the PSX.
Give me David Tua, and a functional R1 button, and I think I could win with my eyes closed.

 

[Ralemont]

RE2 speedruns. 1h 52 mins come at me!

 

[Solid SOAP]

I was top 5 on the Sonic Generations leaderboards for a little while.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Mortal Kombat Deception.

I'm not proud of this.

 

[Hansel]

We ❤ Katamari

I was really high on the leaderboards for Beautiful Katamari and I played way more of We ❤ Katamari and was way better at it. It didn't really have anything to do with skill I guess, but I was very determined and very in love with that game.

 

[Raiden]

First person shooters really. I manage to be in the top 3-5 almost everytime and have an averahe K/D of 2.00.

 

[ShemhazaiX]

Dunno about proper video games, but I'm pretty damn awesome at Yugioh. So I guess it applies to the Yugioh games they released.

Beyond that, I guess MAYBE Dark Souls or World of Warcraft. Though that latter is more of a curse since I can't actually stand playing WoW any more yet I'm JUST SO DAMN GOOD AT IT. Q_Q

#modesty

 

[Anteater]

I'm incredibly good at button mashing games like those olympic ones on the snes

 

[Zen_Arcade]

I wouldn't be the best at anything. But the closest is either Gears 1 (I was in the top 8,000 in the world at one point) or THPS3 because I can beat it and complete every mission in a couple hours. But I'm pretty sure I've seen people 100% that game in way less time then I have.

 

[sn00zer]

HL2 Deathmatch
Trackmania 2 Stadium
Dystopia

Basically Im good at games most people dont play

 

[backflip10019]

Halo 3. I was pretty good. Got to the level where I was playing against pros most of the time in the MLG playlist.

 

[Loxley]

I can drive like a motherfucker in GTAIV - a game that was heavily criticized by a lot of people for it's weird vehicle handling.

 

[Ce-Lin]

Killzone 2 PS3:

I was #1 in KDR, overall kilss, score and headshots for a couple of months until Killionaire got me playing the game non-stop 24/7, I couldn't keep up with him.

Resistance 3 PS3:

Same story, #1 until some crazy good Japanese player arrived.

 

[Not Spaceghost]

WoW by far

At the height of the first raiding tier in Cata I was all like.

 

[lewisgone]

I don't think there's a single game I'm even particularly great at, thinking about it

 

[kodecraft]

I would say Street Fighter 4.

I would win 50% online ranked matches over like 300 matches. I can beat anyone who DOESN'T know what they're doing... I won't lose to someone who picks up the controller and mashes stuff. I've played in a Tournament and never won a match set against anyone.

That makes me happy.

I'm a way. I'm similar. My style is basic though. I rarely use juggles and link combos. I do use combos though l...but barely. Yet I can kick a good amount of ads , even the fancy players get beat. I'm not cheap either, my man is Cody.

I can play Cody as a rush down and I can turtle Cody. Throws my opponents off. A lot.

 

[nkarafo]

F-Zero X

I also beat most people when i play 2D fighting games like Street Fighter and MK. But i was in a competition once and couldn't even get to the 2nd round, although it was a different SF game, on a different gamepad with different controls, so basically i was trying to figure out where is what, lol.

 

[PaperFlame]

Smash bros 64, people stop playing with me after one match..

 

[Rentahamster]

Dynasty Warriors 3 XL, until Shadow780 destroyed me and everyone else in the online rankings.

 

[Jimnymebob]

and have gotten a "Superb" rating on every stage in Rhythm Heaven and Rhythm Heaven Fever.

Wubba dubba dub is that true?

 

[bananafactory]

I am bad at everything

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Time Crisis 2

There was a time in my love where I would always do a quick 15 min play through of TC2 after school. Like...hundreds? Learning every enemy location, every bonus bad guy, every way to maximize combos or prolong combo detriation.

I'm the beat at that game brehs. Top 1% in the world at least

 

[Khrno]

In a work group of around 40 people, and during nearly 8 years, I was the go-to guy for RPGs.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

in the day - Halo 2.

was a god damned god.

won a tourny back in college.

 

[Deified Data]

Probably better at Dark Souls and Pokemon than the average player, but nowhere near the top tier of either.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Dunno, I'm really good at every game I play but I'm not really the competitive type.
Though I was top 1% on the leaderboards of ME3MP.

 

[E the Shaggy]

WWF: No Mercy.

I'd put my skills with Bradshaw against the best in the world.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Probably Football Manager.

 

[AmethystEnd]

Minesweeper, Tekken 5 and 6(Fell off the wagon at TTT2, but hopefully I get back on at T7.), Devil May Cry 4. Uhh,,,Chrono Trigger somehow. Yeah, Somehow.

 

[Kotetsu534]

The "Rumble" puzzle in the Puzzle Pirates MMO (a competitive variant on Bubble Bobble). I was one of the top 10 players across all servers for around a year, practicing at least 2-3 hours a day. At my best I had a >50% winrate against all but the top 2-3 players who I could regularly take games off.

 

[Rephil]

wipeout - dont blink, dont breathe

 

[daydream]

I'd say I'm pretty ok at rhythm games.

I was also in the worldwide top 10 for Killzone Liberation despite not being in a clan like most other players. That online mode was fantastic (RIP!).

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Resident Evil 4.

That's if I had to pick a single game, and even then I probably wouldn't crack any Top 100 leaderboards of any sort, but still. I have beaten that game more times than I can count. Fresh runs on Professional end up with me overflowing my attache case and having to sell herbs/ammo/etc to the merchant. (I play RE4 in the style of the old games... super conservative with ammo and health). I have gotten decently high scores with everyone except Leon in Mercenaries (because in Mercenaries, everyone is super awesome except for Leon, he kinda sucks, especially against double-chainsaw Dr. Salvador). I routinely do "fun" runs on the main game with just the Red9. Etc etc.

I also got pretty good with the main campaigns of REs 1-3, and had pretty damn good speedruns, especially in RE2. The only thing I kinda sucked at in those games was doing RE3 Mercenaries with Nikolai... getting a good score with him was nearly impossible for me.

At one point, I was also pretty damn good at Guilty Gear XX. Like, tournament-level good (although I never played in a tournament... that's not my thing). I mained about 5 or 6 characters, and I was really, really good with ALL of them. Even beyond that, I knew strategies with the rest of the people I didn't main, and I had the timing down on almost all of the False Roman Cancels in the entire game. But that game was consuming too much of my life at that point, so I had to drop it, and I've forgotten quite a bit by now.

As a genre, I'm consistently fairly good on both 3rd person shooters and most especially 2D platformers. 2D platformers... that's really my jam, man.

 

[SephCast]

Alien Front Online on Dreamcast. I was once ranked #2 in the Arcade Mode leaderboards.

 

[Mitch]

Tried to think of a game, but I'm drawing a blank.

If there was a leaderboard for "biggest backlog", I think I'd be pretty high up there.

 

[gngf123]

Probably one that does have leaderboards interestingly, either Cloudbuilt or Super Hexagon.

I've been top 100 on most levels in both games. For Cloudbuilt, occasionally in the top 25. Been a while since I've played though.

 

[FreshCakes]

Uncharted 2 pre 1.05

 

[Squirrel Killer]

I was listed on Twin Galaxies' high score list for a handful of early console games; Venture (ColecoVision) and Bank Heist (Atari 2600) were two that I was either the top score or trading back and forth with someone else for the high score. Looking at the current database, it looks like that version of Venture has been removed, but I'm still high on the list for Bank Heist, Frantic Freddy, Jungle Hunt, Donkey Kong Junior, Frogger, Heist (besides Bank Heist, all for the ColecoVision, note that Heist is a completely different game than Bank Heist.)

I don't think it was ever on that list, but I would imagine I'm also one of the better players of Ultimate Wizard (C64) as well. Made it through all 100 levels (or was it 150?) starting from level 1 and without cheating.

 

[Sushi Nao]

Ugh, this is tough... I'm an incredibly dedicated gamer, love to go hard on many games... but honestly, I've never been particularly *great* at one game, which surprises some people who see how much I play. There are some games I feel a strong facility with, or certain parts of some games that I definitely excel at, but I'll never reach pro level. Thinking about some examples...

- I'm great at gleaning systems and behind-the-scenes mechanics with minimal information. Just by "feel" I can be like, "oh ok, this system uses this stat number divided by 2 over this period of time" or whatever. It just feels clear.

- I'm an extremely proficient Halo 3 Ghost and Warthog driver, hijacker, and neutralizer. Few games have actually seemed like "work" to me, but I seriously dedicated myself to those roles, and it paid off with some epic vehicle moments for the good of the team.

- I'm a reasonable Mitsurugi and Blanka (SFII) player.

- I'm a ridiculously focused and perfectionist in-game level designer, specifically Halo Forge and, lately, Far Cry 4. I really take pride in how I guide the player via visuals and map pressures and innate knowledge of game flow. I'd love to make maps professionally someday.

- Oh, and Borderlands online often feels like a series of quite muscular button and stick combinations, completed at maximum efficiency in order to keep up with a co-op team, and when it clicks and you're accomplishing all tasks without falling behind, it really feels cool.

 

[SOME-MIST]

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I'd be pretty high up on the list. I would say pretty easily the top 20 of all time.

team fortress classic would be the next one, but I probably wouldn't even make the top 100 tbh..

 

[Cheat Code]

Taz Wanted. Come at me peons.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Blur

 

[MikeyB]

Half-life 2 death-match killbox maps were the only things I dominated in any sort of ranked fashion. I haven't played in over two years though.

Amongst my friends, I do really well in Zen Pinball.

 

[Marcus]

Trauma Center: New Blood.

I had a top 3 score on the leaderboards for almost every operation.

 

[User 479360]

3 on 3 NHL Arcade

I was in the top 150. Others had played it so much more.

 

[To Far Away Times]

~80% win rate on Soul Calibur V's online ranked mode with 100's of matches played.

Top 20 Arakune on Xbox Live based on Player Points in BlazBlue Calamity Trigger

I beat R Type 1 & 2 without dying.

I beat Metal Slug 1 without dying.

A rank clear and no continues on Contra: Shattered Soldier

 

[PooBone]

Contra.

 

[MikeyB]

HL2 Deathmatch

Favourite weapons? Probably the magnum for me. Pulling a headshot on an airborne player about to grav gun toss a grenade was my favourite thing. They get knocked back, grenade drops, explodes, and then they fly.

 

[Regiruler]

The only one that comes to mind is Kid Icarus Uprising, but there comes a point where it's less so skill and more so weapon matchups.

 

[system11]

Midnight Club 2+3, at one point I held the track records online for every track in the game simultaneously. There were 2-3 people I knew at that kind of level.