4 situation of video games that will teach you life

Situation 1. Monster stronger than you

• Teach: to plan their actions in advance.

Suppose you do not know how to think of the action in advance. In life, it is difficult to trace the cause-and-effect relationship between poor preparation and poor outcome. But in games it is usually obvious.

Let's say you are playing Monster Hunter: World. It is a Japanese RPG, in which you need to kill huge monsters. It would seem that so tough? You take the weapon, find the monster, and... die, wasting time and resources are wasted. Because he did not know where to strike and what not Zatar kits are not produced weapons. After a dozen unsuccessful battles inevitably will start to plan their activities in advance.

The first stage - the collection of information. The MHW before the battle with the monster you need to find out what it is dangerous, and what he has weaknesses. Then - to prepare the appropriate equipment: forge armor, which is well protected from attacks of this particular monster, select the right weapons. For example, the hammer is perfect for piercing armor, but to cut the tails better than the sword.

Contingency should definitely stock up healing potions, explosive barrels, and other consumables. And more to eat: food temporarily increases the different skills and even gives extra life.

If you do everything right, the monster quickly give up, and you feel the difference between good and bad training. In life, you would not have to fight with the monsters, but to learn to consciously approach to complex problems will surely be useful.

Start hunting for monsters

Situation 2. Are you ready to fight one monster. But now the two of them

• Teach: adapt to the situation.

Planning - that's great. But the reality often is different. Something is bound to go wrong, as it was intended, and then comes in another important skill - the ability to adapt.

In the same Monster Hunter: World during the battle with the monster can happen anything. Let's say you were hunting a monster, but the sounds of battle came another - twice. Extra you have no ammunition, no weapons for it was intended, it will crush your armor in a jiffy. What to do?

First, drop the initial plan. Important time to understand what this new situation, and it should be solved by other means. Secondly, you need to figure out how events will develop further. The game has a happy opportunity to press pause, to give yourself time to think. Most likely, in our example, the first big monster eats little, and then will be accepted for the player.

Then you need to evaluate the options, starting with the most obvious: to escape, to continue the fight or try to equalize the forces. Continue to fight - means to lose one life and a lot of resources to escape - then lose time (because the monster had to track down a long time). The most optimal would be a third option - to equalize the forces.

This can be done in two ways: use the signal pistol to call random players (from two or three hunters much better chance against big monsters), or result in a monster on the territory of another large the predator. They grappled, and the player will have time to escape.

These three stages - to abandon the initial plan, estimate the options and choose the best - working not only in the game, but in life. The more you play, the more opportunities you see for the resolution of each emergency. It all depends on the experience and of the risks to which the person is ready to go.

Situation 3. You are fighting not one

• Teach: work in a team.

In Monster Hunter: World has a co-op mode - is an important part of the game. If in any online shooter simply shoot straight to your team won, the MHW for successful hunting requires real teamwork. In this mode, the monsters get stronger, and without concerted action to cope with them.

The main thing in a team - high-quality communication. It is important that each holding the other in the course of their actions. While one hunter hammer knocks the armor, the second can cut the monster's tail, and the third - to place explosive barrels around in case the animal will break and wants to escape. That there was no misunderstanding, it is useful to decide in advance what skills and activities will be useful for solving the problem, and who will do what.

Regardless of whether you hunt monsters, or simply helping a friend with moving, teamwork - it's great fun. It is much better to learn it in the virtual world, you make annoying bugs in the real. And if it does not - at least you how to have fun.

Situation 4. You fought bravely, but still killed

• Teach: accept defeat.

The ability to easily accept defeat - a very important and rare character trait. Nurture it in a very convenient with the help of games: they have time between the action and the result of the minimum, and the loss of all virtual. However, to learn to relate to the loss of peace is not enough just to play - you need to do it wisely.

Typically, a person's first reaction to defeat in the game - a disappointment and frustration. You came for the head monster, and he beat you, and at the same time in terms of the mission was registered only one attempt. We'll have to again gather resources for crafting potions and repair of equipment for a long time to prepare for battle and hunt down the beast. This is very annoying.

But the truth is that to win easily and effortlessly you probably would be boring. Moreover, the developers hope that the players will play, and build gameplay including around it. The essence of the game is not to perfect pass each level, and to extract lessons from the defeats and thus improve their skills.

So if you, say, cut down the monster in Monster Hunter: World, after the first reaction (to be angry herself or game) is necessary to remind ourselves that failure - is also part of the game, and it is possible and it is necessary to treat it philosophically. Then, each time the destruction will take everything calmly. It is not mistaken only one who does nothing.

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