Manners Maketh the Game Part 1

Ugh...argh!

What are you up to, Sis?

Don't distract me, Midori! This is a critical moment!

One more hit... Just one more hit and I'll be victorious!

Oh, Student Fighter 2! You've been playing this game a lot lately, huh?

Yup, they just added online matchmaking in the last update. Now I can play in real time with people at the arcade!

I was starting to get bored because I was only finding easy opponents...

But after a while, I finally ran into a worthy challenger!

Good, I got 'em cornered! Now I just have to use a command grab to cancel their guard...

What the heck? They did a guard evasion into an uppercut?!

Followed by a big combo...and a finisher too?!

What, seriously?! I made one tiny mistake at the end and I got the tables turned on me!

So close. It was by a whisker!

Nothing you can do about it, though. A match is a match.

I should send them a thank-you message for that good game...

"Peach_Fighter: Good game, Sukeban312. Let's have a rematch sometime!"

Wh-What? That's completely uncalled for!

"Peach_Fighter: Come on, what's with that attitude? You're acting like a child!"

Granny?!

"Peach_Fighter: I almost beat you, remember?!"

Ugh! ...Where do you live?! Give me your address right now!

...

...Ooh boy, that's rough.

What the heck...?

What the heck is with this toxic player?!

Well, since they did that...

We're going on a real-life hunt!

What? Us too...?

You want us to come with you?

Of course! Intimidating the opponent is everything!

I'm a hundred percent sure that we're dealing with a video game nerd, so if we show up in a big group, they'll get scared and apologize!

Aren't we just as nerdy as they are, though...?

Do you really have to get so worked up, Sis? It's only a game. You lost and they trash talked you. That's all.

Just a game?! This is a matter of the Game Development Department's dignity!

That person not only trampled over my gesture of sportsmanship, but also called me a granny!

A granny... Ugh!

Absolutely unforgivable!

You're angrier about being called a granny than losing the match?

Actually, toxic players are a bad influence on the fighting game scene.

If this kind of unpleasant experience becomes the norm every time someone plays a fighting game, who will ever play them?

For the sake of a clean gaming environment, we must teach this toxic player a lesson!

I agree. When I was playing an MMORPG a few days ago, my character got killed by a max-level player. It was so painful that I just wanted to quit the game completely...

But since then, I caught up to their level and have already had my revenge!

You've already reached max level? Seriously, your obsessiveness scares me sometimes...

But don't you taunt the opponent sometimes when you win, Sis?

As soon as you finished a game of Fruitjellies with me, you taunted me! You said, "I could beat you using my feet"!

Uh, well... That's...um...

It's okay to trash-talk people you know! It's much more rude to say things like that to total strangers.

Whatever! Anyway, when I searched this person's match history, I found out that they logged in ten minutes ago from the nearby arcade.

Which means that we can find them if we head over there right away. Let's track them down and get them to apologize for what they said!

I happen to have some business at the arcade myself... I guess I wouldn't mind joining you.

It is like a quest to defeat the general of a demon lord! A four-player raid!

Uh...I don't have any business at the arcade, and I don't wanna get in a fight, either...

...Can I sit this one out?

No! In a group boss battle, each and every member has a critical role!

Zone control works best when there are four players, each blocking a side!

But still...

Oh, yeah! The new console that you've been waiting for should be on display there... Aren't you curious about what kind of new functions it has?

...A new console?!

You never go out on your own anyway. Let's take this opportunity to go see it together. What do you say?

Oh, all right. Fine...

But I won't get involved. I'll just watch from behind.

That's good enough!

Ta-da! A four-player party has been formed!

All right, let's go teach that insolent troll a lesson!