How to Suck for beginners
Beginning Boot Suckage
by Josh Jones
- Don't read the instruction manual.
- Don't put in the 5656 code.
- Don't push X to stop bombs you kick.
- Don't push select to change your color in the selection screen.
- Don't know the terminology.
- Drop bombs so they only blow up one brick at a time, thereby minimizing chances for prizes.
- Drop one bomb at a time always.
- Never execute a nice take.
- Don't know that exploding bombs set off other bombs.
- Lay bombs in a manner that makes it easy for the adjacent bomberman with gloves to connect you by upchucking or throwing down.
- Stand in hallways one wrap-around throw away from an explosion.
- When another player dies, leaving prizes everywhere, get the blades last.
- Let people throw bombs on your head even when you have a throw.
- Never carry bombs above your head by pressing and holding A twice.
- Kick bombs that have been sitting for three seconds.
- Kick bombs into explosions.
- Connect only yourself.
- Get clogs.
- Once you get clogs, make a bee-line for another player.
- Play like the computer.
- Be greedy.
- Hide in corners.
- Don't have a kick.
- Tell everyone you don't.
- Panic.
- Don't watch the whole screen.
- Lay lots of bombs when early on, when a player within throw of you has a glove.
- Don't realize that when someone hits you with a bomb you are frozen for a second.
- In roulette, don't push A two spaces (or sometimes one) after the prize you want.
- Kill your friend in tag mode.
- Always ignore any computer players, especially when they get a glove.
- Don't blow up prizes someone else is about to get that are unreachable for you.