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Playing to Win: Becoming the Champion
by
David Sirlin
Winning at competitive games requires a results-oriented mindset that many players are simply not willing to adopt. This book walks players through the entire process: how to choose a game and learn basic proficiency, how to break through the mental barriers that hold most players back, and how to handle the issues that top players face. It also includes a complete analysi...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
April 24th 2006
by Lulu Press
(first published October 31st 2005)
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An extremely unique perspective on the nature of competition.
Brilliant.
This book is an almost TOO dorky dissection of winning strategies for competitive video gaming. Sirlin goes as far as using quotes from Sun Tzu to support his tacital recommendations.
The author is a competitive Street Fighter player and professional game designer. Playing to Win is a book about just that, how to play not to have fun or be entertained, but to dismantle opponents.
Very short, off the wall different kinda book. If you are gamer looking for some bathroom mat...more
The author is a competitive Street Fighter player and professional game designer. Playing to Win is a book about just that, how to play not to have fun or be entertained, but to dismantle opponents.
Very short, off the wall different kinda book. If you are gamer looking for some bathroom mat...more
This guy's attitude towards winning is why playing competitive games with strangers is generally not very fun.
El manual para ser un despiadado y eficiente competidor no sólo en juegos, sino en general.
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