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At our local store the other day we came onto the topic of pet hates, those little things that annoy you. Music became the main topic obviously with most of us gamers being Metalheads. But mine was Queen, I understand they are good but I can't go anywhere without hearing them and I cannot stand listening to them.

So what are your pet hates?

You mean pet peeves? as a gamer?
Internet lag, children in rated M games (children in general (and by that i mean childish people, including man childs, i don't mind playing with younger players so long as they act like sensible people))

 Desubot wrote:
You mean pet peeves? as a gamer?
Internet lag, children in rated M games (children in general (and by that i mean childish people, including man childs, i don't mind playing with younger players so long as they act like sensible people))

Pet peeves then for you over the pond Yeah, the irritating screaming kids on CoD and the like.

I just hate whiners in everything, listen, no one forced you to play this game, either Man up or stop playing.

My response last time this thread came up (http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/489430.page).

I don't get angry often but when I do 90% of the time it's over the most stupid things, but one of the things that irritates me is people who fill up a seat on the bus with there bag or items they were holding why not put it on your lap, between your legs, on the floor or under the seat?

That way other people can sit down as well, allowing easier movement in and out of the bus. The reason this is a stupid thing though is the problem can easily be solved by asking them to move there stuff so you can have a seat, but If they don't then they're a self-centered witch (or it

could be what they're carrying is simply too big to be able to move elsewhere). I also hate people who play there music so loud on there mp3's that you can hear it, but I could always tell them to turn it down (but then they might get mad ).

Yeah, I love dogs but small ones are often too hyper for my tastes.

Bratty kids, people who whistle and grammar Nazis.

People who pee on toilet seats or on the floor (unless they're dunk) but not flushing after you gak pisses me off, especially if someone else has shat on top of it then you have such a large mountain of turds that it clogs the toilet.

Also having no toilet paper when you're taking a crap.

People who talk really loudly or groups who walk down a path in a horizontal fashion (instead of vertically) blocking the way, it they're coming towards you have to dive to the side and if you're behind and they are slow you might as well be a sloth that inches your way to your

destination. Also people who stop, talk and block entrances and walk ways, if you have something to say how about talking to the fething side instead of inconveniencing everyone around you.

Pet hates as a gamer? It depends, with online gaming it's people who leave their mics open so you can hear everything that's going on in the background. Music, arguments, people breaking wind, annoying little siblings etc etc...

Bad winners. You know the kind, "Yeah! What'd ya think of that then mo fo?!, I kicked your ass, you suck at this!"

And I'll throw in bad losers there too, blaming the dice, the weather, the time of day, the music in the background, the game pad... You lost, man up and learn from the expeariance.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I just hate whiners in everything, listen, no one forced you to play this game, either Man up or stop playing.

Yeah, I hate whiners.

And there is a difference between actual whining and just playful bashing. Like I will jokingly say "OP! NERF!"

The whiners irritate me to no end! A good buddy of mine is the biggest manbaby ever whenever he looses a match in world of tanks, eh always blames everyone/ everything but himself (hes the kind of player that rushes out front and then bashes/rages at the team for not supporting him while they are trundling up a hill)

Another one is Team killers.... why.... just why..... sure if the entire team is fed up and everyone agrees to confuse the hell out of the enemy then it can be hilarious

I hate games that nobody has put any effort into in terms of atmosphere or story.

Not that I'm mentioning anything allmodernmilitaryshooterswithfewexceptions.

Press Start. Why? Why can the software not just present me with the start menu instead of making me press a button in order to conjure it? Last night I loaded up Bioshock Infinite and was greeted with the customary Press Start screen, so I pressed 'A' instead and was treated to the start menu as if I hadn't just ignored the explicit instruction to press start, so why not simply have 'Press Something' instead?

My major pet peeve is with the bugs on skyrim. Being killed by a falling dragon skeleton that came out of no-where whilst hunting down a goat is not my idea of a joke, howevere hilarious.

That and the lack of quests with real longevity. I found once i hit level twenty it was close to impossible to die easily, and now at level fifty i'm stuck with possibly no major quests and doing mediocre tasks for the thieves guild / companions. sadly I think skyrim has become a bit of a bore.

 phantommaster wrote:
At our local store the other day we came onto the topic of pet hates, those little things that annoy you. Music became the main topic obviously with most of us gamers being Metalheads. But mine was Queen, I understand they are good but I can't go anywhere without hearing them and I cannot stand listening to them.

So what are your pet hates?

other gamers.

 DaDieselBoyz wrote:
My major pet peeve is with the bugs on skyrim. Being killed by a falling dragon skeleton that came out of no-where whilst hunting down a goat is not my idea of a joke, howevere hilarious.

That and the lack of quests with real longevity. I found once i hit level twenty it was close to impossible to die easily, and now at level fifty i'm stuck with possibly no major quests and doing mediocre tasks for the thieves guild / companions. sadly I think skyrim has become a bit of a bore.

With Skyrim I find starting over with a fresh character can be great fun, the lower levels are much more challenging. Especially if you try to play with a different style than you usually would, if you normally play sneaky, bow armed characters, try a dude with two handed/heavy armour, or a mage or something... Mix it up a bit, stops it getting stale

That said, not quite a bug, but a funny thing that happened to me one time; I was walking to Dawnstar from Winterhold, and before I'd even got half way I'd had to fight of 6 seperate Sabrecat attacks... I fething hate Sabrecats...

I also got attacked all at once by a Sabrecat, Spriggan, 2 wolves and a goat... Yes, the goat was actively hostile I have no idea why

Overuse of emoticons in signatures.

People wearing masks.

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
Overuse of emoticons in signatures.

and Iron Maiden avatars.

DB's on the internet.... so I hate myself.

Wait, now I've actually read the OP I can see this dude actively hates queen.

I wasn't aware that was possible.

 phantommaster wrote:
At our local store the other day we came onto the topic of pet hates, those little things that annoy you. Music became the main topic obviously with most of us gamers being Metalheads. But mine was Queen, I understand they are good but I can't go anywhere without hearing them and I cannot stand listening to them.

So what are your pet hates?

My pet hate is people who dislike Queen

But really, it's people who refuse to listen to an argument because they don't like what the conclusion is, or because they dislike the person making the argument rather than the argument itself.

Ohhh dear, pet hates, shall I name them all or just the one

My main 3 are:
People who breath down the mic while playing online and in chats.
People who brag about how much money they have.
The generation after me

In wargaming:
People who cheat/distort/bend the rules
People lacking any semblance of sportsmanship whether they win or lose, including those who whine the entire game
Back seat gamers
Rowdy children who aren't being supervised by their parents/guardian
Body odor


In videogames:
Team killing/griefing (if you and your friends want to screw around please do it in a private lobby)
Mouth breathers
People having conversations with other people in their own house (mics have a mute feature for a reason)
People singing down the mic
People using Kinect as a mic (I hate that tinny distorted noise that passes for speech)
People who are idle in game for prolonged periods (yes, I get that real life intervenes at times but if you're going to be idle for an hour stop taking up a spot that could be better filled by someone else)
Underwear on head slowed AI

 Cheesecat wrote:

People who pee on toilet seats or on the floor (unless they're dunk) but not flushing after you gak pisses me off, especially if someone else has shat on top of it then you have such a large mountain of turds that it clogs the toilet.

I can tell you're a guy...

Unflushed terds are disgusting for sure, but nothing beats being the poor woman stuck waiting in line for 10 minutes just to go. Then a stall finally opens up, and across the toilet seat is splashed some dumb b's Aunt Flow and floating in the toilet itself is a used sanitary napkin that means you can't flush because it'll not only clog the toilet, but likely cause it to overflow that Red Fury everywhere as well...

I hate other women.
In general, I find women are absolute filthy pigs in public. I've run into the above so many times in public facilities that if I can, I'll just hold it until I get home so I don't have to risk the women's bathrooms.


Oh, and I hate male gamers who tell me to play Blood Angels becuase their Red Thirst rule is themed to my biology...

Experiment 626 wrote:

I've run into the above so many times in public facilities that if I can, I'll just hold it until I get home so I don't have to risk the women's bathrooms.

Oh, and I hate male gamers who tell me to play Blood Angels because their Red Thirst rule is themed to my biology...

Wow, thanks for that, you have utterly destroyed my carefully maintained illusion that the ladies toilets are pristine white marble affairs with cushioned seats of silk and mahogany, where your hands are washed in the crystal waters of a mountain spring. It was the only thing I had to take my mind of the fact that the average pub/bar men's toilet is a metal trough encrusted in urine, saliva, cigarette butts (note, smoking was banned in public places over 4 years ago, it's just these things are stuck on there pretty good) and rust .

Also, it could be worse, they could tell you to play wood elves

As for me, my 'gamer' hates are:
any game that uses micro-transactions for anything (I downright refuse to pay real money to buy an item in a videogame)
ALL (and I mean all) sports games. Instead of playing FIFA against random people online, go get a ball, find a large flat area, and play a game of football (soccer for those of you that keep leaving the 'u' out of 'colour' ) with your friends, thus socialising, and exercising at the same time, or don't sit in your house playing snooker/pool/etc, how about you go to the pub ith some friends, and have a couple of pints while playing it on a real table)


Otherwise, much like cheesecat, people who take up more than one seat on public transport with their stuff is one of those things that really fills me with the rage of a thousand weasels

War Gaming: People giving tactical advice in a game they aren't playing. STFU!

Online Gaming: (no longer play) But people that treat my Cleric like I'm their personal Heal-Bot.

Life-in-general: screaming babies in restaurants. Look, I came to Pizza Hutt to treat my woman to a damn fine meal for our 15th anniversary! I didn't put on my blue jeans without holes and/or stains and my one polo shirt that doesn't have my name on it just so I can listen to your kid scream!

 Easy E wrote:

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
Overuse of emoticons in signatures.

and Iron Maiden avatars.

DB's on the internet.... so I hate myself.

Oh yeah? I see where this is going... I tried to find a Judas Priest avatar but the site rejected all of mine.

 Leigen_Zero wrote:


Otherwise, much like cheesecat, people who take up more than one seat on public transport with their stuff is one of those things that really fills me with the rage of a thousand weasels

I take up multiple spaces with the explicit expectation that people can behave socially and use their faculties in articulating the words to express a desire to occupy a seat on which my things are perched. Naturally, I do this automaticallly if I spot someone looking for a seat, or someone looking like they need a seat. What drives me to murderous rage are the idiots that ride public transit, and refuse to take more than half a step away from the door once the seats are taken, or plow onto the train/bus before permitting those wishing to disembark off of the vehicle. It's gotten to the point where if someone steps on in front of me, I plow through them to get off, in dense traffic, inevitably dragging them back off the train. Same for busses. There is room for 10 people at the back. The driver already asked people to move back. If the idiot refuses to move, I will push them aside and plow through them with my massive military grade backpack. I've also almost made someone piss themselves after staring them down and yelling at them full-throat to move, after the driver had already asked 3 times to move back...

My biggest pet peeves calgary's transit system in general. I am tired of the pride of a useless overpriced sub-par service. It should not take me 30 minutes+ to get to the city core, never mind 1.5 hours to travel from one quarter of the city to another point in the same quarter. 30 minute intervals for a major route is unacceptable, especially when the first driver is fast, and the second slow........


OH and iPads and all apple devices. I hate iPads. I've had mine for almost a year, and it's completely turned me off of mobile technology.

I absolutely fething hate bad helicopter pilots in BF3. Nothing is more irritating then finally getting in the gunner's seat of an attack chopper only to have the douchebag driving it crash into a building or jump out and leave me to die.

Oh! And Russel Brand, his continued breathing annoys me no end

 Coolyo294 wrote:
I absolutely fething hate bad helicopter pilots in BF3. Nothing is more irritating then finally getting in the gunner's seat of an attack chopper only to have the douchebag driving it crash into a building or jump out and leave me to die.

as pilot, i operate on the implicit assumption that I'm driving for the gunner. ESPECIALLY for the gunship, as the gunner is the only one can do a darn thing when holding station.

I'm skullbuckett on the PC

 poda_t wrote:

My biggest pet peeves calgary's transit system in general. I am tired of the pride of a useless overpriced sub-par service. It should not take me 30 minutes+ to get to the city core, never mind 1.5 hours to travel from one quarter of the city to another point in the same quarter. 30 minute intervals for a major route is unacceptable, especially when the first driver is fast, and the second slow........


OH and iPads and all apple devices. I hate iPads. I've had mine for almost a year, and it's completely turned me off of mobile technology.

I hate Burlington's clusterfethed timed traffic lights! Seriously, our streets our Christmas themed year fething round in this city. Garanteed, if the light you're sitting at is red, the next light is green, and the light after that is red again... and once the light you're at turns green, the next one is just about t turn amber so by the time you get it, it's red!
Hell, you can tell who's not an actual resident of the city or who's the perverbial 'new guy in town' because the first things any newer comer/visitor asks is, "what's with all the f'ed-up traffic lights in this city?!'


And yes, mobile devices drive me up the wall, or rather, the techno-zombies who can't be bothered to unplug from their mobile gadgits for more than 30 seconds and aimlessly meander into you or cut you off.
If some dumb is more concerned with their texting gak instead of paying attention to where they're walking and that I'm only 4 feet away from you, well, I'll just plant my feet, drop my shoulder, pull back my poor concused head and lay you out with a bodycheck. Next time, pull your head outa your , pay attention to where your walking and step off to the side if you need to text instead of blindly walking into the poor crippled dude on crutches!

 Cheesecat wrote:
SNip

I am on of those people who uses my bag on the seat of th bus. Let me tell you why.
I hate my body touching other people, It literally sends me into a fight or flight response. If there is one extra seat why does it matter?