This handy guide will teach you how to treat that younger brother/girlfriend/parent/technology deprived friend when at your house. You'll have to tone down your uber skills, you can't pwn their ass or they'll not like you. Read this guide to know what to do and not do.
If you're playing a single player game and they say, "Are you winning?"
DO: Say yes and explain how its a one player game.
DON'T: Explain how its so obvious that you are playing by yourself.
If you are playing a Puzzle Game and they ask to help.
DO: Allow them to help. If they are much younger than you, then use it as a way to bond. If they are older than you, explain what you are trying to do and some of your ideas. Make it a group activity and when you solve it, thank them.
DON'T: Refuse their offer and solve it yourself. Also, if you do let them help, don't step on their ideas or solve it before they get a say.
If you are playing online and they ask to try:
DO: Explain that is it online and you are playing against others. If the person is important to you (girlfriend, mom, sibling) then join a game with less experienced players and let them play for a bit. If they get a kill/score/etc then thank them and let them know everyone else playing online saw that. They will feel like they helped you.
DON'T:Tell them that they wouldn't win or make your stats worse. This will make them annoyed.
If you are asked to stop the game for a bit (errand, private talk, etc):
DO: Tell them to please wait until you find a save point. Or until you leave the game to the main menu. Explain how you can't just be sitting around in the open.
DON'T: Tell them that you're doing the above and not do it.
When playing Co-op with them:
DO:Play at their pace and help them with troubling enemies. Explain the game controls and teach them cool tricks. Teach them about new weapons as they get them, don't overload them with information. Watch every cutscene if they're interested, even if you already saw it.
DON'T: Jam the manual down their throat and expect them to play well. Don't rush ahead or be a Rambo. Don't use advanced moves and keep the execution method a secret. Do not skip dialogue just because you know it already.
When playing against them in a vs match:
DO: Give them an advantage to make them feel confident. Teach them the tricks you use and tell them what your style of play is. Give them time to learn the controls by them self if they want to. Congratulate them on a victory, and pretend to feel bad when you're about to get a victory.
DON'T: Play with all your skill and beat them. Don't rub victory in their face. Don't hide information from them like map layout, item tricks, and use them against your opponent. DON'T EXPLOIT and not tell them its an exploit!
If your sibling is a little shit who always messed up your games:
DO: Destroy them in multiplayer with every power weapon. Don't let them attack or move, and don't let them know of exploits that you should abuse. Do take their epic defeat as proof that they are subhuman and deserve to die.
DON'T: Lose to them, they will rub it in your face.
If you're playing a single player game and they say, "Are you winning?"
DO: Say yes and explain how its a one player game.
DON'T: Explain how its so obvious that you are playing by yourself.
If you are playing a Puzzle Game and they ask to help.
DO: Allow them to help. If they are much younger than you, then use it as a way to bond. If they are older than you, explain what you are trying to do and some of your ideas. Make it a group activity and when you solve it, thank them.
DON'T: Refuse their offer and solve it yourself. Also, if you do let them help, don't step on their ideas or solve it before they get a say.
If you are playing online and they ask to try:
DO: Explain that is it online and you are playing against others. If the person is important to you (girlfriend, mom, sibling) then join a game with less experienced players and let them play for a bit. If they get a kill/score/etc then thank them and let them know everyone else playing online saw that. They will feel like they helped you.
DON'T:Tell them that they wouldn't win or make your stats worse. This will make them annoyed.
If you are asked to stop the game for a bit (errand, private talk, etc):
DO: Tell them to please wait until you find a save point. Or until you leave the game to the main menu. Explain how you can't just be sitting around in the open.
DON'T: Tell them that you're doing the above and not do it.
When playing Co-op with them:
DO:Play at their pace and help them with troubling enemies. Explain the game controls and teach them cool tricks. Teach them about new weapons as they get them, don't overload them with information. Watch every cutscene if they're interested, even if you already saw it.
DON'T: Jam the manual down their throat and expect them to play well. Don't rush ahead or be a Rambo. Don't use advanced moves and keep the execution method a secret. Do not skip dialogue just because you know it already.
When playing against them in a vs match:
DO: Give them an advantage to make them feel confident. Teach them the tricks you use and tell them what your style of play is. Give them time to learn the controls by them self if they want to. Congratulate them on a victory, and pretend to feel bad when you're about to get a victory.
DON'T: Play with all your skill and beat them. Don't rub victory in their face. Don't hide information from them like map layout, item tricks, and use them against your opponent. DON'T EXPLOIT and not tell them its an exploit!
If your sibling is a little shit who always messed up your games:
DO: Destroy them in multiplayer with every power weapon. Don't let them attack or move, and don't let them know of exploits that you should abuse. Do take their epic defeat as proof that they are subhuman and deserve to die.
DON'T: Lose to them, they will rub it in your face.
