Unlucky With Items

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Pandapowah

King Bowser
Is anyone else here horribly unlucky with items in Mario Kart. I never seem to get useful items in Mario Kart. I was up against a very skilled player in Mario Kart DS and I finally passed him. But then he got a Blue Shell. And while I was in second place all I got was green shells and sometimes even a Banana.

EDIT: Or did anyone have any very unlucky moment?
 
This is actually an interesting lesson in psychology...

Because the bad things that happen to you are worse than the good things, the bad luck always stands out in your mind while you forget the bad things rather easily. The same principle applies as to why people think that there are more accidents on nights with the full moon: they notice the full moon, and they notice the accident. They didn't notice the other phases of the moon when there was another accident, so it seems less important.
 
Dr. Javelin said:
This is actually an interesting lesson in psychology...

Because the bad things that happen to you are worse than the good things, the bad luck always stands out in your mind while you forget the bad things rather easily. The same principle applies as to why people think that there are more accidents on nights with the full moon: they notice the full moon, and they notice the accident. They didn't notice the other phases of the moon when there was another accident, so it seems less important.
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This is very true but I only remember very few lucky times I had on Mario Kart. One of my luckiest moments was when a computer kept using a Thunderbolt when I was in a cannon like 2 times ;D
 
This is called the "Mario Kart Syndrome," otherwise known as the "CPU advantage." It's more frequent in Mario Kart Wii, but it can happen in any game. (I'm totally making this up)

That's really strange to get a Blue Shell in second place. Though, Green Shells are very useful.
 
Actually, it happens in real life. People naturally remember the mean things people have done more than the nice things, right?

Psychology is fascinating.
 
Leonyx said:
This is called the "Mario Kart Syndrome," otherwise known as the "CPU advantage." It's more frequent in Mario Kart Wii, but it can happen in any game. (I'm totally making this up)

That's really strange to get a Blue Shell in second place. Though, Green Shells are very useful.
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Not where I was. He was way ahead of me.
 
Probably because good things don't tend to tramatize people. I'm not an expert in psychology or anything, but bad things tend to shake up what you though you could do, and keeps you in check. When good things happen to you, it tends to be an "easy way out" (for lack of a better term), so you take them for granted.

Pandapow said:
Leonyx said:
This is called the "Mario Kart Syndrome," otherwise known as the "CPU advantage." It's more frequent in Mario Kart Wii, but it can happen in any game. (I'm totally making this up)

That's really strange to get a Blue Shell in second place. Though, Green Shells are very useful.
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Not where I was. He was way ahead of me.
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Yeah, you can't do much too with them then. You could use them to hold second place more tightly though.
 
LOL The other 2 players disconnected. There is always someone there who will disconnect after 1 race.
 
Well, that just sounds like bad luck all around.
 
I always have bad luck.
However, my luck is higher in MKDS or MK64, than in MKW or MKDD.
 
I'm always pretty lucky in Mario Kart Wii, actually. The worst thing that happened to me was hitting myself with a shell that bounced around like crazy. That was awesome. But I do get spiny shelled before the finish line incidents.