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Since this has nothing to do with any specific game or video game, i dont really know where i should post.
Guess off topic works?

Most of us play some sort of games one form or another , so i'll list somethings that seriousely agitates me :"P

Duelings ( any games with 1vs 1 situations , pvp or such ):

If A wins, its because he is godly, or simply because B sucks. But if A loses, its oh because there is lag. ( never considered B to be lagging to start with )
If Both A and B plays together at same place where lag isnt an issue, A loses again, its because of RNG random number generated against his favor.

You all know the A type of players? always in FPS or MMORPGs.

Now to warhammer...

Ppl that chose to blab about their perfect strategy during the game , blabbing about how his opponent will never stand a chance...
as if we dont exist standing right in front of them.

Ppl that takes pride building armies solely on exploiting a certain known combo. ( power gamers i guess they are called? )

Ppl that openly say stuff like " i'll go easy on them because they are : a girl, a kid, etc etc ".


or... to a lesser problem but still annoying never the less.... people that have bad breath, bad body odor , or sometimes overly friendly
to the extent of been invading other's private space , stalking behavior, trying to sneak in body contact etc etc. ( freak? perverts? )

thats all i can think of right now based on my experience in the past before freaking out and never went back to gamming again.

Hi, I'd like to be the first to welcome you to the internet and also to gaming. I hope you have a wonderful stay.

LunaHound wrote:
Ppl that openly say stuff like " i'll go easy on them because they are : a girl, a kid, etc etc ".

I prefer to talk smack before playing girls and children, and then act patronizing if I lose.

"Well, I figured you're still learning the game, so that's why I brought my 160 boy list. I mean, if I had used my 180 boy list it wouldn't have been much of a challenge. But still, congratulations on beating it! I can see that you're getting better!"

(Also, it's not my fault I lost, I just got really unlucky. Can you believe I only wounded 8 out of 20 times, when it was supposed to be a 4+?)

I wasn't out played my dice sucked. It's the only reason I ever lose.

I only lost because your army list is stupid, if you'd paly a real army I would crush you.

(In mmo)

I lost be cause you are a greedy J%@, souless N^&&$*, Mexican &*^%, and your mom's a whore.....oh and your gay.

I always lose because of everybody else on my team.

In online games;
1)The endless amount of patches.
2)sore losers who blame me if they lose.
3)People calling me a noob for asking a question!


In wargamming:
1)My friends who tell me their right about a certain rule when they are not!
2)People who are fluff and paint Nazi's.
3)People who take it to seriousally!

Ah, Luna. Your first example reminds me of a pretty hilarious situation.

I was playing a Half-Life mod called The Specialists (Don't know if anyone's heard of it before, but it's a great game) online. Just a one-on-one deathmatch. The guy I was facing had one (yes, one) health left. I had just picked up a grenade powerup, and I threw it at him. The grenade itself hit him (but didn't blow up). He died. How do I know that he died from getting hit by the grenade itself? It bounced off of his dying body and exploded five seconds later (Thank you, Half Life engine). Right after that happened, he started screaming at me through his microphone about how the only reason he lost was because he was "used to playing LAN and had too much ping" (also please note that he had like 15 ping, and I had somewhere around 60). I already had like 80 frags, while he was sitting somewhere around 5. I laughed for so long. That was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a videogame.

In fact, I still laugh whenever I think about it.

1. Guild Drama
2. Net Drama
3. Drama in general
4. Did I mention Drama
5. Lists that should have ended sooner

malfred wrote:1. Guild Drama
2. Net Drama
3. Drama in general
4. Did I mention Drama
5. Lists that should have ended sooner

the drama thing is abit confusing for me sometimes....

arguing about something wrong the guild leader did = drama.
talking about anything the guild leader dont care about = drama
been abused by the leader's pet and if i talk back one word = drama

no matter how bad the drama get , its ok aslong as if its done by someone the leader favors.

Thats my experience with mmorpg :x

What annoys me.... WOW players who make avatars like...




But look like....

So maybe the inverse is true. People who play as Meatsacks in MMORPGs are
hawt ladeees.

Hahah, often at least one of my mains in any MMO is black, and I'm a pasty white guy!

I think it's the universal MMO truth: Nothing is as it seems.

malfred wrote:So maybe the inverse is true. People who play as Meatsacks in MMORPGs are
hawt ladeees.

i think thats definately true .

here is what i think ( its not 100% accurate so dont yell at me lol )

ugly attention seeking girls = always let everyone know that shes a girl. always constantly bringing that up despite
it has nothing to do with ANYTHING.

real girls with no self esteem issues does not need to boost their confidence by
seeking attention from horny bored 12 year old guys on line.

I don’t think it really matters whether its on-line gaming, miniature gaming, roleplaying, whatever, dysfunctional behaviour seems to have the same common causes.

A lot of people invest way too much of themselves into a game. It might be in their apparent skills, in how amazing their army is, or in how brilliant their new character is, but it’s generally because they’ve invested too much of their own ego into a game, and it’s almost guaranteed to turn out poorly.

I’ve seen people freak out in on-line games when they’ve lost, and carry on for hours afterwards. At one lan a guy was close to freaking out and getting violent after a couple of poor games (he was the best player on a bad team, but I don’t think crying is the solution).

I’ve spent the full half hour it took to pack up my army listening to the other guy explain how I stole the win. It was basically one sentence and it didn’t stop until the dice were blamed, my broken list was blamed (talking third ed high elves here), my cheesy play was blamed, and culminated in him declaring that warhammer was absolute rubbish. He was looking for another game around ten minutes later.

And yeah, I’ve seen someone cry after their character was killed in an Earthdawn game.

Actually, putting all of that together, I think the only thing that’ll make me go wtf in future is letting strangers into my gaming groups. There’s some weirdos out there.

Warhammer in general: When people think it'll go their way with a certain unit and they'll win because of it---because thinking that way guarantees that they'll get screwed over.

"If my Farseer can Eldritch Storm their Havocs, then my Banshees will get there no problem! It's foolpro-"

Farseer gets sniped.


Or how about---

"My Bloodthirster will appear right next to your Hammerhead and it'll kick your ass! KICK YOUR ASS! You don't stand a f**king chance! Just remove your models now because you are so screwed! I'm so gonna get an On-Target for his Deep-Strike roll and oh man you are so f**ked it's not even---" *

Bloodthirster scatters into the Hammerhead itself and gets killed.

*Thats an example of the guys I play with. IN-ING- CESSANT.

sexiest_hero wrote:I wasn't out played my dice sucked. It's the only reason I ever lose.

Actually my dice do suck. It is a well known fact. One of my friends was at a store one time that we play at. He was talking about a game against mne while there. he mentioned that for a while i had him on the ropes and another couple of people there could not believe it. The quote going around were to the extent of:

"he can't roll to save his life."
"He is the only person who could fail a 2+save WITH 2 rerolls"
"he is the only person who could manage to not kill grots with a 20 pack of gaurdians within 8 inches"

You get the idea... My dice rolling is legendary.

LunaHound wrote:

... people that have bad breath, bad body odor , or sometimes overly friendly
to the extent of been invading other's private space , stalking behavior, trying to sneak in body contact etc etc. ( freak? perverts? )

thats all i can think of right now based on my experience in the past before freaking out and never went back to gamming again.

I'm not sure I know what this 'gamming' is, but it doesn't sound very fun.

Arctik_Firangi wrote:

LunaHound wrote:

... people that have bad breath, bad body odor , or sometimes overly friendly
to the extent of been invading other's private space , stalking behavior, trying to sneak in body contact etc etc. ( freak? perverts? )

thats all i can think of right now based on my experience in the past before freaking out and never went back to gamming again.

I'm not sure I know what this 'gamming' is, but it doesn't sound very fun.

Grammar Trolls; We are on your internets, correcting your grammar. And spelling.

How bout whenever the video game freezes just after you've gotten a whole bunch of items and increased your stats and haven't saved the game for the past 1 hour. That really sucks.

captain.gordino wrote:

Arctik_Firangi wrote:

LunaHound wrote:

... people that have bad breath, bad body odor , or sometimes overly friendly
to the extent of been invading other's private space , stalking behavior, trying to sneak in body contact etc etc. ( freak? perverts? )

thats all i can think of right now based on my experience in the past before freaking out and never went back to gamming again.

I'm not sure I know what this 'gamming' is, but it doesn't sound very fun.

Grammar Trolls; We are on your internets, correcting your grammar. And spelling.

Don't make me digress into a paragraph, whippersnapper.

LunaHound wrote:or... to a lesser problem but still annoying never the less.... people that have bad breath, bad body odor , or sometimes overly friendly
to the extent of been invading other's private space , stalking behavior, trying to sneak in body contact etc etc. ( freak? perverts? )

Except for the stalker/perv thing, you are in the wrong hobby.

The parent gamers who yell at their kids when they lose, even though the kid is only 10.

In the photo Mr. Gonads posted, why are the horses hooves on fire then ?

People who spend far, far too long trying to work out the precise, exact angle of the arrow on the scatter dice, often taking *minutes* to do something which really should just take a few seconds...

Back Seat Gaming. You know, the self appointed Tactical Lord and Master of the Store, who insists on offering advice to all and sundry whether they are listening or not...Really gets on my wick that one!

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:People who spend far, far too long trying to work out the precise, exact angle of the arrow on the scatter dice, often taking *minutes* to do something which really should just take a few seconds...

Or better yet, those people who ever so slowly change the angle to something less steep so my Battlecannon doesn't hit their Farseer

Back Seat Gaming. You know, the self appointed Tactical Lord and Master of the Store, who insists on offering advice to all and sundry whether they are listening or not...Really gets on my wick that one!

I don't mind it, because the Master of the Store (well, usually) at my store doesn't go around shouting that he's a tactical lord and you're not and he happens to be a good friend of mine. I actually want him to at least watch any game I have with my friend's Necrons/IG (because...well, you know...cheaters..). Also, he doesn't give as much advice to my friends, rather he forces it on them. He'll get it through their empty skulls even if it kills him

sebster wrote:A lot of people invest way too much of themselves into a game. It might be in their apparent skills, in how amazing their army is, or in how brilliant their new character is, but it’s generally because they’ve invested too much of their own ego into a game, and it’s almost guaranteed to turn out poorly.

These people usually have a poor self-identity. Any sense of worth is tied up in their gaming, whatever it is. When they fail in gaming, you see the extreme reactions. Their gaming, or attitude toward gaming isn't the problem, per se. The real problem is their attitude about themselves.

As a youngster, RPing.

One mate who packed up his books and went home when his character died, leaving the rest of us unable to play, because we wouldn't let him come back to life with the same character.

Another who ruined a full day of RP by arguing for about 90 minutes about how his Paladin (Str 18/00, of course, just like all of his other "honest" characters) should be allowed to try and parry a 6' x 6' wooden block that was a baby giant's toy.

Why? Why why why?

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:What annoys me.... WOW players who make avatars like...




But look like....

AW MY EYES!!! GET THE SALT AND PEPPER SPRAY (ever chef should have one.heh heh, cooking joke.)

Anybody that has good jokes but crappy timing. When a di** at your school makes fun of you for reading a 40k book, but oddly your friend, who is uber not nerdy, somehow enjoys looking at your white dwarf. Maybe it's the sisters o battle. Eh, how should i know? Luna, wtf is your avatar from? It sort of kinda looks familiar?

Nofasse 'Eadhunta wrote:

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:People who spend far, far too long trying to work out the precise, exact angle of the arrow on the scatter dice, often taking *minutes* to do something which really should just take a few seconds...

Or better yet, those people who ever so slowly change the angle to something less steep so my Battlecannon doesn't hit their Farseer

My friend cannot use the scatter dice at all.

Every time he moves it the wrong angle; not that it even matters most of the time, he just has no sense of direction.

Title changed for spelling as it was interfering with the voices in my head it was so annoying.

EDIT: then I saw that picture and all the voices went silent. Then it all went dar...

malfred wrote:1. Guild Drama
2. Net Drama
3. Drama in general
4. Did I mention Drama
5. Lists that should have ended sooner

This is why I enjoy reading about and participating in SA groups. Getting drama to erupt and drinking nerd tears is the best game.