King of Kong

When we first started watching King of Kong in class I thought it was such a waste of time, and that it was something I could just go make fun of with my friends after class, but this was not the case. There really is more than meets the eye in this movie. It shows that if you work hard enough at something, you can do whatever you want.
Steve Wiebe started to play King Kong when he had more time on his hands. He worked and worked trying to get the highest score he could. When he did get his high score and it was refused, he did not give up! This is something that everyone should learn to do. He shows how much he believes in himself by wanting to face the ever so bold Billy Mitchell. When Mitchell didn't show up to play him several times, I think this made him feel much more pride in himself and what he is doing.
This whole story made me think of the time in my life when I first started out with volleyball. Somehow I managed to get on the varsity team my first year out, and I was super excited to be on the team and learn how to be a better volleyball player. The first day of practice after we were all warmed up and done with peppering, the coach wanted us to get into hitting lines. I had never really gone up for a hit before and it seemed like everyone else did it like it was second nature.
The first girl went up and she hit it into the net. This made me feel a lot better about how I would do. Now the second girl went up to hit, and she hit it over, but not so hard or anything. Now it was my turn. I was nervous and wanted to look good in front of all the older girls. I started my approach and bam! I totally messed it up. The coach made me look like a fool in front of all the other girls, but I knew I could do it after practicing it over and over.
I was determined to hit the ball over and place it just in the correct spot for my team to score. I practiced at our practice timing, with my mom in all the spare time she had, just about any moment I could I was practicing my hitting. Some of the older girls who always started off the games would make fun of how much I was doing it over and over again. This only made me want to be better so I could take over their spots as starting off the volleyball games. Just like how Steve would work harder and harder to beat Billy, and one thing that pushed him into it was because how Billy thought he was the best and how no one could ever beat him.
At our last game of the season I had my hits down! I was so comfortable in hitting, and I knew that I could place it in the best spots for the other team to let it drop. It was time for our coach to tell us the starting lineup. By my surprise I was on the list for starters. I could hear the older girls whisper amongst each other about how this "could not be happening" and that coach must have made "some kind of mistake."
I did not let their comments get to me, in fact it pushed me even more to do the best I could ever do! Just like Steve did not let the comments of Billy or his little spy get to him. Like I believe he said in the video that the crowed that Billy's buddy got around him when he got the blackout on King Kong, was that the crowed got him going, and basically got him more into the game.
Watching this video King of Kong has really opened my eyes to how video games can be more than just something to do after homework. They are games that help you be the best you can. If only everyone in this world could be as committed to something like Steve Wiebe was to getting a high score for King Kong, everyone would be working on something, and get a sense of accomplishment just like Steve in the end.