The Mega Buster

It was a lazy morning that day; the sky wore a heavy blanket of grey. I had been awake for some time, idly passing the time with meaningless tasks. I suddenly received a text from my good friend about meeting up for an event. It was past noon already and I was mad at the fact that I had pissed away my morning instead of practicing for the upcoming Megaman10 night, a night that was supposed to celebrate the release of MM10 on the Xbox, complete with T-shirt gift prizes.

I had talked to Phire about an appropriate challenge with which to put the prizes up for grabs. We didn’t reach a decision then and there, but we had a good amount of ideas to let cook in our heads. Not wanting to waste time however, I fired up my trusty PS3 and my copy of MM10 (in case you are wondering it came out on Wii first, then PS3 some time later, and then Xbox got it last), to practice my megabuster skills. The next few hours were spent rigorously training against possibly the hardest boss in the game assuming you aren’t using special weapons. After countless and innumerable deaths I had began picking my slack up. It had taken me hours, but I had finally seen the light, and completed the hard mode challenge with a gold (which means I had beaten the boss on hard mode without getting hit and no special weapons). Feeling like I was ready for anything, I had begun my trek into the city.

Upon my arrival into the city I assume my role as helper-bot as I help Phire set up the equipment for the event. While we did that I caught a glimpse of the other player running through the stages. I would be lying to you if I said I was unimpressed or unafraid, I could tell he knew his Megaman. After all the boring parts were over with, it was finally time to start playing. Since there were only two people playing for the prize, we decided on a stage race, first player to clear all eight default stages wins. Seeing as this wasn’t my strong suit, I excel at bosses but am a bit weak in stages, nerves had begun piling up. I sat at my seat uncomfortably gripping the Xbox controller, not something I was happy about since I have a great dislike towards Xbox equipment of all kinds. It was almost time to start and I was getting uneasy. It didn’t bode well for me.

“GO!” echoed through my head as we were off to start the race. My hands refused to cooperate with the alien controller causing me to make many errors, one resulting in a very early and untimely death, securing the other player’s lead early on. Things only got worse from there and eventually I was a whole stage behind. It wasn’t until the next stage started that a miracle happened in a very strange way. The Xbox had red ringed and I was unable to play any further (it furthered my already large amount of disdain towards Xbox systems, even if it did save me). We were forced to find an alternative solution to the challenge. You can imagine my joy as it had been announced that it was to be a boss-rush, fastest time against all eight bosses wins, no stages involved. My resolve turned to steel when the only rule is that we weren’t allowed to use any special weapons. With renewed confidence I had watched the other player start his run. After a near seamless run of the first seven bosses he had reached Solar Man, the boss I spent all day training against. The player had spent several minutes alone on Solar Man and I knew I had this. He finished with a time of fifteen minutes as it finally became my turn I did my best to shake off any lingering doubts. Keeping focused, I had managed to take care of seven bosses with seven minutes to spare. I relaxed in my chair a little bit. There was no way I was going to let myself lose this. The fight started and immediately the whole day replayed through my head. Patterns, attacks, jumps, and timing all seemed so clear to me as I breezed through the final fight. With a time of nine minutes and some change, I had secured my victory.

Proud of a job well done, I wear my new t-shirt triumphantly. That had been one of only a very few times I had won any kind of competition. Just goes to show you that practice makes perfect, eh? I’ll keep trying to improve so I expect you folks to do the same with whatever you attempt. I’ll see you all at the next CL event ready to test my skills so keep a lookout. Until then I have some things cooking in my pot that I hope you will like when they’re ready. See you all later folks! This is Krismas returning to his pokeball.