BombermanBoard

Plasma Bomber · #2 Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:14 pm

I voted no, but it begs some explanation.

I've got a SNES and a Hudson multitap with five controllers, and every SNES/SFC Bomberman installment for variety. I've brought it to gatherings before, and people have played it. However, those gatherings no longer occur, and on the rare occasion that I've had a few people together, I'm not likely to bring the system and game(s). There are two basic reasons.

1) Nobody else around here that I know is really that into Bomberman. Some of them have enjoyed playing it a little, but they don't take great interest in it. This leads into...

2) I've been playing this game since I was a kid, and so playing against me isn't fun for the inexperienced. It's difficult to tone down my game in order to provide a more level playing field. Some games have handicaps, but even these can be overcome by tactics and other players' ineptitude. Nobody expresses any interest in playing if I try to just watch, either. This presents a conundrum by which it's difficult to teach people the game when I'm playing, but people won't play unless I am involved.

So, I've played with people sometimes, yeah. But not regularly. And they don't seem all that interested. Thus, a no.

With that being said, there are people on this forum who sometimes like to play Bomberman together online. Anyone reading this who isn't aware of this, maybe try hitting up the chat when people are around to see if someone wants to hook you up with a game. Keep in mind that time discrepencies and schedules and whatnot may make this more difficult than trying to find people to play with in person, though.