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...really pisses me off.
I don't know why. Surely I should be rejoicing that video games are becoming so popular. If someone becomes competitive, that's another person I'm better than.
But I just get really mad when someone says how awesome their headshot was in Halo 3 yesterday. Or how much better than another person in Guitar hero. Or what level their Warrior is, or what quest they completed on runescape.
I'm not a dick about it or anything. In fact, these people don't know that I'm a gamer. Most of them don't even know I exist, so its not like I confront them or anything.
Anyone else?
 
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I only get annoyed when people think winner = fun EVERYTHING ELSE DOESN'T MATTER that kind of mentality pisses me off it's a fun sucker imo. I'm about the adventure not the end.
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ye but they dont piss me off, they doing nothing to me are they?
let them be, dont torture yourself  (or invite them to a SC 1v1)
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I get annoyed when competitive/tournament level gamers want to ruin everyone else's fun by turning a fun hobby like games into an X-treme sport.
People play games to have fun, why should you be pissed off about that? No one gives a shit if you're good at video games if you can't even have fun with it. Like when I play SSBM with some friends who play in tournaments and suddenly I'm a faggot because I like to use items.
Games aren't always about winning and have the biggest digital penis.
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it just sounds like you need to lighten up. my advice is to ease up on the proper typing, maybe start smoking weed?
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
What's wrong with someone enjoying video games; I thought that's what games are for? Do you get mad when people talk about their favorite scenes in a movie, or their favorite song from a band? It's all entertainment, you shouldn't get upset.
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what's wrong with people talking about games they play...?
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Yeah, I have a lot of friends like this actually. With other stuff though, like music.
Just chill out and don't get pissed that other people are enjoying stuff.
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Who the fuck cares? People are enjoying their games, not everybody has to like Starcraft
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United States1866 Posts
On January 17 2009 13:38 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
I get annoyed when competitive/tournament level gamers want to ruin everyone else's fun by turning a fun hobby like games into an X-treme sport.
People play games to have fun, why should you be pissed off about that? No one gives a shit if you're good at video games if you can't even have fun with it. Like when I play SSBM with some friends who play in tournaments and suddenly I'm a faggot because I like to use items.
Games aren't always about winning and have the biggest digital penis.
A lot of people have way more fun playing SSBM without items than with them.
You are taking the opposite extreme - not everyone wants to play the most easy/luck based version of a game because games are about "chilling out" - they want some mental stimulation/challenge and that IS fun to them.
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United States3573 Posts
On January 17 2009 13:47 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
Yeah, I have a lot of friends like this actually. With other stuff though, like music.
Just chill out and don't get pissed that other people are enjoying stuff.
Glad you edited, I was trying to understand the guitar post. lol
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On January 17 2009 13:54 Atrioc wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2009 13:38 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
I get annoyed when competitive/tournament level gamers want to ruin everyone else's fun by turning a fun hobby like games into an X-treme sport.
People play games to have fun, why should you be pissed off about that? No one gives a shit if you're good at video games if you can't even have fun with it. Like when I play SSBM with some friends who play in tournaments and suddenly I'm a faggot because I like to use items.
Games aren't always about winning and have the biggest digital penis. A lot of people have way more fun playing SSBM without items than with them. You are taking the opposite extreme - not everyone wants to play the most easy/luck based version of a game because games are about "chilling out" - they want some mental stimulation/challenge and that IS fun to them.
No yeah, that's cool. I like playing with no items often times.
But it's like I shouldn't be ridiculed because I enjoy playing with items. It doesn't always have to be the most x-treme skill based thing, or the easiest/lucky thing. Just whatever is more fun at the time.
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Fun to me is winning. Mainly because I like things to be this: 2 people using their brains to their fullest ability to acheive a victory. If this isn't happening then it isn't fun. Because otherwise their is no point to the sport of it. Might as well be playing against a computer
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Meh. It's a little the opposite for me. I don't exactly care if gamers talk about games a little but when you are near one or with one or something, and the first thing they always bring up is a video game, I'm like "dude wtf, that's all you talk about.". When there is a silence they will start talking about video games, and when I leave to say bye or something they are like "dude when you get home you should go buy WoW and play it with me!!!1!11!!!" THEN it pisses me off. Seriously, it seems like they have no life.
No offense to any of TL(im a member too after all), because it is a site that is based around a game, so I don't consider TL a part of that group I hate. Unlike people who bring up video games when it is completely off-topic like when me and some friends are at the theater or w/e and one of them stops paying attention to the movie and brings up video games I won't hesitate to be like "DUDE, YOU ARE A FUCKING FAGGOT, STFU AND WATCH THE GOD DAMN FUCKING MOVIE!!!!!!"
EDIT: LOL just read yubee's comment :D
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Germany1716 Posts
I don't think it's about being competitive or not. I think it's the way of talking about games which matters. If some random casual dude wants to go into debate with me over SC2 being good or not based on SC:BW facts I get pissed off.
But I don't care if the casuals are talking about Halo3 or some shit like that. This just goes for internettalk, I don't talk seriously about videogames with people I hang out in real life. The only exception was SC when I used to play with some guys out of my town, but they all quit and I don't play other games (competitively).
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i live in a country where dota is really being played everywhere, and it bugs me out everytime in public when i overhear people talking bout dota
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I'm on the same page as you. I constantly get into arguments about games taking "skill". Obviously they are oblivious to what real skill is as far as playing a hard game. But yeah, like I said it pisses me off, I shall not elaborate any further.
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i get into arguments on game skill often.
i even got into an argument about which takes more skill: playing SC or WoW....
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Why would somebody brag about beating a quest in runescape? I had quit playing that game 7 years ago and picked it up around a month ago for nostalgia and I already have only 4 quests left undone pvp is the only fun thing about this game.
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lol this reminds me of when i heard two kids in my programming class talking about starcraft. I heard starcraft and im like oh sweet people here play sc! im thinking about joining in the conversation then i listen in and they are like "yeah i love sc i play on fastest map and get a million carriers and type in power overwhelming and just kill 2 comps at once!" and the other kids like "yeahhhhhh man!!!" and im like okay nvm.
But yea i think starcraft players or other e-sport gamers tend to think about games based on skill where the majority of your everyday gamers just play with their friends for fun. Think about it, we are actually the minority and they are probabally the ones thinking "hey isn't it annoying when competitive people talk about games and all they care about is how much "skill" their game takes?"
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