He played a game, now he thinks he's an expert...

[CTU_Agent24]

Anyone notice how people who play a particular game (Eg, war, military shooters), think that they are an expert in guns and explosives afterwards?
I have a mate who is obsessed with CoD4, but know thinks he is knowledgeable on a range of weapons and knows how to stance, reloading mechanism proper way to fire them. We went shooting the other day (his first time), and he tried firing a .22 (simple Bolt rifle), he could barely hold the thing up on his own, he didn't realize how heavy REAL weapons were Lol.
Anyone else think of when someone who has played a game thinks he is an expert...?

P.S
I have NO idea about guns, weapons etc.. I've been shooting a few times, but haven't fired anything more powerful then a 303, and don't know anything more about weapons other then what i watch on "Future weapons" on the discovery channel. Don't get the impression i have a clue about weapons, lol.

 

[meatloaf231]

Yeah, people tend to be like that. I had a friend in middle school who when he played the original Age of Empires thought he knew everything there was to know about history.

 

[Unmannedperson]

I have a friend who after playing World in Conflict thinks he knows everything about what the Soviet military had to offer in the late 80's (or whenever the game takes place).

 

[Lord Krunk]

10-year old American Halo fanboys.

Kids who play Counter Strike who say OMFG H4x! every time you kill them.

And... well, I'll leave the rest to you guys.

 

[smallharmlesskitten]

Guy up my street who thinks that he now knows everything there is about car modding and what makes it look cool

Ultimate Ricer. THANKS NFS

I put an old shirt up his tailpipe just to teach him

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Eh, I'm half in this catagory. But I check a lot of sources on gun info and stuff. You know basic browsing. Did you know the Spaz 12 a miltaryish shotgun used to be able to be imported into the U.S. Also did you know that Spas 12 production has stopped?

 

[CTU_Agent24]

Yeah, people tend to be like that. I had a friend in middle school who when he played the original Age of Empires thought he knew everything there was to know about history.

YES!! lol, i know of the same thing

 

[Fire Daemon]

I'm not sure about games but after 300 came out everyone became an expert on Sparta.

 

[puffbro1]

I know a few people who are the exact opposite, who've been shooting in real life a couple of times and then think they can slaughter everyone in any FPS, but when they get their ass kicked they say "aww thats not like sniping in real life"

 

[Ace Jackson]

My friend plays the Naruto: Ultimate Ninga games a lot, read a few japanese books, and looks up samurai swords on the internet and thinks he's a ninja. It gets pretty annoying when he's all like "I just ninja'd you, I'm so badass". I can't wait till he goes to Japan and gets his ass kicked by a REAL ninja and wakes up the next day with a throwing star in his face and all of his possessions sold on the black japanese market.

 

[The Wooster]

My friend plays the Naruto: Ultimate Ninga games a lot, read a few japanese books, and looks up samurai swords on the internet and thinks he's a ninja. It gets pretty annoying when he's all like "I just ninja'd you, I'm so badass". I can't wait till he goes to Japan and gets his ass kicked by a REAL ninja and wakes up the next day with a throwing star in his face and all of his possessions sold on the black japanese market.

You're either the stupidest person I've ever met on the internet or my new satire god.

 

[Abako]

Oh wow how bout the kid who beats starcraft's campaign (or some other rather simple RTS) and thinks their a brilliant strategist. I had a freshman back in my senior year of highschool convinced he was awsome at strategy cause of a game and so he challenged me to a game of chess. Being the nerd that I seem to be, I decided to just see how bad he was and beat him with the 4 move checkmate (bishop/queen combo). It was hilarious.

 

[Copter400]

My friend plays the Naruto: Ultimate Ninga games a lot, read a few japanese books, and looks up samurai swords on the internet and thinks he's a ninja. It gets pretty annoying when he's all like "I just ninja'd you, I'm so badass". I can't wait till he goes to Japan and gets his ass kicked by a REAL ninja and wakes up the next day with a throwing star in his face and all of his possessions sold on the black japanese market.

You're either the stupidest person I've ever met on the internet or my new satire god.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[stompy]

My friend plays the Naruto: Ultimate Ninga games a lot, read a few japanese books, and looks up samurai swords on the internet and thinks he's a ninja. It gets pretty annoying when he's all like "I just ninja'd you, I'm so badass". I can't wait till he goes to Japan and gets his ass kicked by a REAL ninja and wakes up the next day with a throwing star in his face and all of his possessions sold on the black japanese market.

You're either the stupidest person I've ever met on the internet or my new satire god.

Depends: are you a cynic or believer... ?

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

I have friends who have spent days talking about and debating which guns are better, in real life and the different pro's and cons of each.
Neither has ever seen an actual gun

Oh yeah and a show i used to watch made fun of this.
guys who play dance dance revolution trying actual dancing "Wait till the ladies see my High-score skills!"

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

My friend plays the Naruto: Ultimate Ninga games a lot, read a few japanese books, and looks up samurai swords on the internet and thinks he's a ninja. It gets pretty annoying when he's all like "I just ninja'd you, I'm so badass". I can't wait till he goes to Japan and gets his ass kicked by a REAL ninja and wakes up the next day with a throwing star in his face and all of his possessions sold on the black japanese market.

He needs REAL ULTIMATE POWER!!1! [www.realultimatepower.net]

And anyway, before computer games go to that level, we had Combat and Survival Magazine.

 

[Jonathan Hexley]

No one? No one at all?
Fine, as usual, I'll make the reference to one of my favourite games.
GUITAR HERO.
This is the reason haters bash the series so much. Some smug twat plays it, and thinks he can actually play a real guitar. Little does he realise that if he tried to play one, he wouldn't know how to play Smoke on the Water's riff...
... Not that I know how to play all of it, but I'm learning, honest.
I've never known someone like tis in real life, but it's bound to have happened in the past, possibly to a man called John S. Retard or something.

 

[drivel]

My friend plays the Naruto: Ultimate Ninga games a lot, read a few japanese books, and looks up samurai swords on the internet and thinks he's a ninja. It gets pretty annoying when he's all like "I just ninja'd you, I'm so badass". I can't wait till he goes to Japan and gets his ass kicked by a REAL ninja and wakes up the next day with a throwing star in his face and all of his possessions sold on the black japanese market.

Seriously, I'm still lol'ing at this post.

 

[t0mme]

On some football forums, people actually recommend clubs to buy certain players based on Football Manager.

 

[ThePoodonkis]

During a game of paintball, a friend who played Gears of War thought he was able to roll like in the game. He dived forward and went face first into a tree.