Steem Pong Rangers — Mastering the Act of Focus

The game is a very interesting game I smiled and it took me to memories when me and friends used to play a kind of game. I really enjoyed the ten live lines although i wasted two lives before I got it straight in the third one. But in terms of comparison I will compare it with table tennis the only difference between the game and table tennis is that it doesn't bounce on the floor but the ability to hit the ball from end to end and also changing the direction of the ball, and also the lines draw in-between the computer player and the human makes it look like table tennis.

Immediately I started the game that my eyes see was the live line which reduces down when you did not hit the ball, so my live initially was ten so I tried to maintain my board in it position so that when the ball comes down it will be very easy for me to bounce it back the live time I really enjoy the most was 8 because me and the computer Player hit the ball true and fro up to 15 times the long time period really help to conserve the lives and increase the play time.

Like I said I lost the first two lives easily because the first play I used it to see the live line before I could watch the ball escape my board, so the second live line I tried to move the board which I hit on it twice before I lost it so I had to calm myself in the third time because I used to be familiar with a kind of game as a kids and then the third play becomes the longest play time.

It wasn't easy to get a strategy especially under that pressure, what I tried to do was position the bar fast when the computer player plays the ball straight because I observed that when the ball has been played straight it becomes very slow so I will find it easy to return it back. But when the ball is played bouncing on the two sides of the wall I will just position my bar at either of the edges so before the ball will fall off I will quickly move the bar to the position in order to return it back which really helps me in the game but at some point the strategy fails.

Losing the first 2 lives was because I wanted to get to understand the game, so I still had that confidence that I will get it which I did in the third round which helped me end the game with a good point. Maybe if I had known that it was a memorial game of childhood I wouldn't have lost the 2 lives easily.

That was when the game was coming to an end but it was not possible to buy lives to add and it was getting very interesting that I didn't want it to end. But what made me lose was over confidence that I can't lose again and the moment I had that mentality on my head the ball begins to fall off as if I wasn't the one that started it but before I will correct myself the live line. Was already zero.

Truth to be told I feel conquered and dead. What made me feel like I have conquered the game was because I kept the third play sounding on my head because it was the longest play time which earned me more of my points but I feel dead and bad at the end of the game because I started well but overconfidence ruined everything because the ball then began to fall off which made me finish on higher points.

My highest score came from the longest play time which lasted for a few minutes before the ball fell off and ended me 515 point while the lowest started when I start to have boast of myself that I already know how to do it which was a lie but ended up being a mess and have my lowest points as 256

Although I made several mistakes but the biggest mistake of all was allowing the longest play time that gave me the highest score made me feel like I am the creator of the game that I was how I began to allow the ball fell off because of pride then I ended up I the score below my expectations.

One of the reasons I lost was because my phone screen isn't long enough for me to take my time to position the ball well especially when it hit on the both sides of the wall before reaching the other player the ball use to move like speed of light so before I could see the ball most times it is already off the playing ground, but I believe wait a long screen for view I will be able to be a good player in controlling the bar and making the computer player find it more difficult. The second failure reason was that I felt like I could do it without concentration anymore because of the past result I got earlier.

Yes the game needs focus and concentration because you needs to watch the ball closely to hit back to your opponent and the ability to control your bar fast is the key to winning the game in order to earn more points and get enough playing time so focus is the main key in games like this, low focus will only get you low points.