Men plan; God lols!!!

In case you've been living under Knowledge-proof Rock, in the backwoods of Alonesville, Nowhere. Population... you! Mortal Kombat X (MKX) is out for any system you can possibly think of. (ALL of them. Every! Single!! One!!!) 

My PS4-owning friend downloaded it yesterday. (He's one of the "New School" gamers who aren't "hung up" on owning a bright, shiny, tangible DISC. He doesn't understand the JOY of having a disc in your hands and marveling at your reflection as you wipe its pristine surface with a microfiber cloth. He doesn't see the need to revel in the primal and satisfactory act of ripping off the plastic wrapper and savoring that "New Game" smell that wafts as you pop open the casing for the first time. Sometimes I wonder how is it that we're friends? Then I remember we have other things in common like our love for his PS4.) From what I hear he has been playing MKX, non-stop, in an effort to prove to the world (and by the world I mean himself, myself and who ever HE thinks, thinks that he only plays Street Fighter) that he can play something other than Street Fighter. I spoke to him a couple times since he's gotten it and so far it sounds like a project I may take up. We made plans to have a "Practice Session" so that we can polish up our characters of choice (He likes Kano and Mileena and I'm gonna be nostalgic and go with Sub-Zero and Scorpion) before we debut them but that doesn't seem like its gonna happen anytime soon.

Day 1

• He tweets that he's downloading MKX and issues a challenge to a dude we know. 
• I call him to arrange a time for us to practice and sort out our characters. 
• Boss asks me to work late and I don't get to play!

Day 2

• He calls me about a non-MKX related issue and I stealthily sneak MKX into our conversation.
• I go online and look up info on MKX and try to memorize inputs (think a sequence of buttons that do something) so I can impress.
• Boss changes my schedule and I don't get to play!

Day 3 

• is not here yet and I have been totally screwed over by my new roster
• since my allotted gaming time has been absorbed by my new schedule and you should see where I'm going with this... 
• I'M GONNA BE WORKING AND I DON'T GET TO PLAY!

Don't you just hate when that happens? *insert thoroughly upset, frustrated almost to tears, disappointed face here*
I want to play MKX NOW. Now that it's fresh and everybody is still learning. I don't want to play a week after everyone else and get handled (think being beaten over and over)!

I mean I got a job so I could make money to buy the games I want so I can play them but then the same job requires the time that I would devote to playing the games I bought. Who came up with this and why didn't my younger self know to avoid this vicious cycle?