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The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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Imagine being this cool

The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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The story:

https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/florida-woman-wins-mortal-kombat-tournament-while-holding-newborn-daughter/

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  • xxce2AAb@feddit.dk
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    “When you were a baby, Mommy was ripping out people’s spines while breastfeeding you.”

    “…I can respect that.”

    “You’d better, honey.”

    • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOP
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      The husband was one of her victims in the tournament too, so everyone in the house should be wary of crossing her.

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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      It looks like she was playing in these events all throughout her pregancy, including a win at 7 months.

      • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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        BRB

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    “I’m still recovering from a brutal c-section that almost resulted in a rupture (but went well because my surgeons are goated). Glad that I left the house and it gave us a small idea of how to gauge bringing our daughter to tournaments and travel. She was actually chill.”

    Feels like every “make me a sandwich” asshole [G]amer on earth just got humbled.

    I know it’s “just a local” but as someone with a history in (very technical & skill-based) competitive gaming during my youth: mad respect

  • Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world
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    Florida is trully not for the weak.

  • Klear@quokk.au
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    Babality!

    • Fandangalo@lemmy.world
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      https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Babality

      My first thought as well.

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    There are florda women too? How progressive.

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    When the baby is that small, it’s the perfect time to do stuff like this. You have to be “on call” if they need you, but they spend 90% of the time sleeping. So just hold them or have them strapped to you and do your thing!

    I got caught up on so many shows during the first few days when my daughter was still nocturnal, and I know my wife beat a few games she had on the back burner.

    • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOP
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      Same. I played FPS games and caught up on my streaming backlog while my first slept on me. I didn’t imagine that I’d be able to do stuff like that.

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      I finished Netflix during night feeds for the first 6 months of my son’s life.

      • TwentySeven@lemmy.world
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        You finished Netflix? Impressive.

  • Fmstrat@lemmy.world
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    The player worked her way through a four-person bracket …

    So, she beat… 2 people?

    Still… Noyce.

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    Credit where credit’s due, but it seems like great pains have been taken to hide the fact that this was a tournament of 4 players.

    Looks like she also had a 1st place finish in this tournament, which had over triple the entrants (14), and she did it while 7 months pregnant—that’s much more impressive, imo.

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      As someone who is sitting next to his newborn who he just brought home yesterday - the fact she did literally anything besides sleep is much more impressive

      Edit: grammar. I’m so tired

      • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOP
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        Huge congrats! Hang in there - everything gets easier soon.

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          soon

          Could you please be more specific? It’s been 13 years. Maybe in another year?

          • ook@discuss.tchncs.de
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            Yes. Another year. Or another life. I keep mixing up these terms.

          • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOP
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            Next week for sure.

    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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      Classic Dexerto, making a headline that gives a wildly inaccurate impression of reality.

      The headline made it seem like she won a tournament on the likes of EVO, not some small local tournament that could have just been among family members. Its cool she did this, but the author is REALLY trying hard to live up to their name (Virgina Glaze ).

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    Thus proving that Mortal Kombat is an easy game made for babies.

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      BABALITY

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        deleted by creator

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    That’s kind of the total opposite of the typical “Florida man” scenario.

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      Because Florida Man is such a shambles Florida Woman must shine extra brightly

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    Ended every match with a Babality.

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    $28!?!

    • ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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      It was a 4-person tournament, what kind of prize pool do you think that’s going to have? lol

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      Florida…uh…Florida’s not doing so well

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      And that’s with a $50 entering fee

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        So whoever put on the contest made $50 * 4 = 200 - 28 $172‽

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    These games always seem like random button mashing, ftw to me. Unfair advantage to be 2 player :P

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    Queue the Finnish hymn.

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    Of course she won; she had a literal second set of hands to help her. It’s the same reason that Goro is the best character in MK. I obviously never win when I play as Goro, but that’s because everyone else is cheaters.
    /s

    • al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com
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      She was just feeding the baby it wasn’t cheating!

      • fartographer@lemmy.world
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        To what???

        • al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com
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          babality! Finish him!

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