I won't give up

[bojackx]

What's that Rayman Origins? You think that this level is too dangerous and I should leave since I've died 10 times?

"Yes, maybe I'll skip this level and then I'll eat a few French Fancies and maybe take a lovely scented bath to clean my massive vagina!"

Yahtzee quotes aside, I spent literally 2 hours on the same 2 minute stretch on some levels of Rayman Origins, never stopping until I succeeded or (much more irritatingly) because my friends decided we should give up.

Same thing happened with New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario 3D Land/New Super Mario Bros. 2, which wasn't that bad in the former because it just let you attempt the level again, but in the latter two, it gives you invincibility and a raccoon tail power-up if you die 5 times in a row, and a teleport-to-the-end-of-level thing if you die 10 times. I wish I was fucking kidding.

 

[Worgen]

I've never given up plenty of times but the one that comes to mind right now was back before quake wars launched. I was playing the multi demo and the other team had us pretty heavily pinned in the starting point, turns out they were clan who was practicing on scrubs. The way the game worked is on that map you needed to drive a mobile missile launcher though a number of check points then it would fire a missile and destroy a powerplant wall so the humans could blow up the plant... or something like that, its been awhile. Anyway they kept us pinned in the starting point so we couldn't even lower the bridge to get control of the missile launcher.

So I said in chat 'Fuck it, I'm getting the first objective done.' I grabbed a quad and weaved in and out of fire then took cover by the controls and managed to get the bridge lowered, taking the fire the whole time. We still lost horribly but the clan was impressed and invited me to join.

 

[NightmareWarden]

Every single boss in Ys: the Oath in Felghana. The first and third boss in that game each took me over an hour and a half to defeat them on NORMAL. I finally just gave up on the third boss and decided to upgrade my gear. Beat him on the first try after that so I suppose upgrading from the first sword and first armor helped a bit. Probably one of the hardest games I've ever played. Considering my reaction and how many games some people here have played...I should probably play some more difficult games.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Spoiler: You're never gonna give up, huh?

Well, someone had to.

That situation kinda happens every week when I go into a raid in World of Warcraft with my guild, since we keep smashing our heads against a boss even if we're not making any actual progress within the fight mechanics. Gets kinda draining, to be honest.

It's happened a few times with games like Devil May Cry or Dark Souls, as well, but that's mostly just down to the difficulty of the game and not because of some extra challenge or anything.

bah you ass,setting things on autoplay, i forgot my speakers were on max volume, nearly flew out of my chair -_-

OT: For FTL, the first time i beat it, i had played the campaign 8 times that day until i finally beat that son of a *****.

also, back when i had a psp and was playing FF dissidia, being HIGHLY underleveled, jecht was mopping the fucking floor with me, i refused to give into that bastard, and finally by 3 a.m. i beat the bastard and went to sleep..only to get up at 6:30 for class -_-

 

[barbzilla]

At every martial arts grading I have had. 2 hours on and your body feels weak and you feel sick, but I ain't giving up, no one else is. I will carry on and:

Spoiler: Sorry xD

I had the same exact feeling in Jujitsu Tournaments, after your third match of the day you don't want to do anything but soak in a hot tub filled with Epsom salts, but giving up means being disqualified and if you were going to quit why start in the first place.

 

[barbzilla]

Spoiler: You're never gonna give up, huh?

Well, someone had to.

That situation kinda happens every week when I go into a raid in World of Warcraft with my guild, since we keep smashing our heads against a boss even if we're not making any actual progress within the fight mechanics. Gets kinda draining, to be honest.

It's happened a few times with games like Devil May Cry or Dark Souls, as well, but that's mostly just down to the difficulty of the game and not because of some extra challenge or anything.

bah you ass,setting things on autoplay, i forgot my speakers were on max volume, nearly flew out of my chair -_-

OT: For FTL, the first time i beat it, i had played the campaign 8 times that day until i finally beat that son of a *****.

also, back when i had a psp and was playing FF dissidia, being HIGHLY underleveled, jecht was mopping the fucking floor with me, i refused to give into that bastard, and finally by 3 a.m. i beat the bastard and went to sleep..only to get up at 6:30 for class -_-

How did you feel the first time you got to Inward Chaos and you weren't Cloud or Titus? I felt fine up until that fight, but I didn't beat him until I played through as Cloud. I tried with Onion Knight, Ultimicia, and Cloud of Darkness all at 100 and failed so many times that I quit for 6 months. I ended up looking up a guide and did the cloud technique. I guess I just sucked at the game.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Spoiler: You're never gonna give up, huh?

Well, someone had to.

That situation kinda happens every week when I go into a raid in World of Warcraft with my guild, since we keep smashing our heads against a boss even if we're not making any actual progress within the fight mechanics. Gets kinda draining, to be honest.

It's happened a few times with games like Devil May Cry or Dark Souls, as well, but that's mostly just down to the difficulty of the game and not because of some extra challenge or anything.

bah you ass,setting things on autoplay, i forgot my speakers were on max volume, nearly flew out of my chair -_-

OT: For FTL, the first time i beat it, i had played the campaign 8 times that day until i finally beat that son of a *****.

also, back when i had a psp and was playing FF dissidia, being HIGHLY underleveled, jecht was mopping the fucking floor with me, i refused to give into that bastard, and finally by 3 a.m. i beat the bastard and went to sleep..only to get up at 6:30 for class -_-

How did you feel the first time you got to Inward Chaos and you weren't Cloud or Titus? I felt fine up until that fight, but I didn't beat him until I played through as Cloud. I tried with Onion Knight, Ultimicia, and Cloud of Darkness all at 100 and failed so many times that I quit for 6 months. I ended up looking up a guide and did the cloud technique. I guess I just sucked at the game.

you know it's been so long since i last played, my psp was on the verge of breaking (the slot wasn't shutting right) so i got rid of it and sold my games i just remember him being an absolute pain in the ass with his crushing abilities and speed, i wanted to beat him straight up at his own style (which obviously as we learn is NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE)

i think i did eventually beat him with cloud, i have NO idea what you mean by "cloud technique" though.

 

[s0p0g]

I needed to get to the train station in time to avoid letting my then-girlfriend wait. I had five minutes, and I'd never gotten there in less than eight. So I thought to myself This isn't impossible. This doesn't even come CLOSE to impossible. And then I ran like I'd never run before, not stopping even when my heart pounded like Maxwell's silver hammer. And I did make it.

you're a gorramn ninja - screw you xD

i'm very good at letting this happen to me more often than not; which is not entirely a bad thing: during winter it keeps you warm on the way to the station, and it's a nice little extra exercise

it also makes me feel that i earned the rest of the evening

 

[mitchell271]

Last time was when I learned how to finger tap on guitar. Used the solo from Metallica's One to practice it and I ended up spending a few hours on playing 3 notes.

 

[Avalanche91]

I Wanna Be The Guy

Admittedly, I didn't beat it. I don't think many people downloaded it and beat it....But I took down Tyson and Mecha Birdo.

 

[Lord Garnaat]

Any difficult part in a video game is this for me (I'm extremely stubborn and persistent), but Call of Duty 4 on Veteran was probably the worst. I can't even imagine how many hours I put in to beat levels like Mile High Club or the ferris wheel gunfight. There was a lot of screaming and teeth grinding, but I managed to do it.

Completely worth it.

 

[barbzilla]

Spoiler: You're never gonna give up, huh?

Well, someone had to.

That situation kinda happens every week when I go into a raid in World of Warcraft with my guild, since we keep smashing our heads against a boss even if we're not making any actual progress within the fight mechanics. Gets kinda draining, to be honest.

It's happened a few times with games like Devil May Cry or Dark Souls, as well, but that's mostly just down to the difficulty of the game and not because of some extra challenge or anything.

bah you ass,setting things on autoplay, i forgot my speakers were on max volume, nearly flew out of my chair -_-

OT: For FTL, the first time i beat it, i had played the campaign 8 times that day until i finally beat that son of a *****.

also, back when i had a psp and was playing FF dissidia, being HIGHLY underleveled, jecht was mopping the fucking floor with me, i refused to give into that bastard, and finally by 3 a.m. i beat the bastard and went to sleep..only to get up at 6:30 for class -_-

How did you feel the first time you got to Inward Chaos and you weren't Cloud or Titus? I felt fine up until that fight, but I didn't beat him until I played through as Cloud. I tried with Onion Knight, Ultimicia, and Cloud of Darkness all at 100 and failed so many times that I quit for 6 months. I ended up looking up a guide and did the cloud technique. I guess I just sucked at the game.

you know it's been so long since i last played, my psp was on the verge of breaking (the slot wasn't shutting right) so i got rid of it and sold my games i just remember him being an absolute pain in the ass with his crushing abilities and speed, i wanted to beat him straight up at his own style (which obviously as we learn is NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE)

i think i did eventually beat him with cloud, i have NO idea what you mean by "cloud technique" though.

Cloud was one of the few characters that actually stood a fair chance against IC, the reason being his charge attacks combined with proper avoidance. The Cloud technique was getting above him and waiting till he gave an opening then doing his downward thrust into him, then you follow it up with the upward slash and wait in the air above him again. It was a pretty cheesy tactic, but then again so was having to kill the guy three times with the same health bar.

 

[sextus the crazy]

I refuse to let this fucking broken hip beat me. I love running and probably run more often during any given day than I run. I've been working at getting independent so that I can return to Uni and actually finish my classes.

 

[Vuliev]

Super Hexagon will not beat me, even though my brain feels like a lead rhino after a couple hours of playing.

 

[Duck Sandwich]

My first amateur kickboxing match. I was severely outclassed, fighting someone who was far more experienced than I was. Also bigger, taller, and stronger. About maybe a minute and 10 seconds into the first round, I get smashed with an overhand right and collapse to the ground. I regain consciousness before the referee starts the 8-count, take a few seconds to rest, think to myself "this isn't a good idea, but I'm not finished yet" and get back up. 30 seconds later, the same thing happens. After I get up again and the referee asks me again if I'm okay to continue fighting, I reply "yes" (I lied... again), the doctor decides "that's it, fight's over. You're done."

 

[Karhukonna]

Here's one, it's not videogame-related however.

So I was pretty early into my military service, and I was still in a pretty bad shape. We were going on a march, during which we practiced moving as a platoon, as well as individual squads. Whenever the lieutenant gave the signal, we had to rapidly make our way to his position. My squad was the last in line, and I was the last in my squad. I fell behind quite a bit, and the instructor pretty much just mocked me, asking me in a sarcastic tone if I was out of breath. I was panting and trying to catch my breath like I was dying.

So our squad leader decides to move me up in the line, so I was immediately behind him. That dude was pretty much in the shape of his life, so he didn't have any trouble keeping up. I decided then and there that I wouldn't lose sight of him. Whenever the call came, and he'd start sprinting towards the lieutenant, I just pretty much blacked out and ran like crazy. I remember hazily seeing our squad leader's back bobbing back and forth in front of me, never getting out of my sight. Whenever we caught up to the instructor, I'd fall on one knee and look behind me, only to see the rest of my squad trying to keep up.

And I've never been capable of sprinting quite that fast since. I guess something just snapped in my head and took the safety off or something, 'cos I was seriously running like a professional athlete. Our squad leader, who later worked with as us a staff sergeant, always gave me mad props for my inhuman feats.

 

[Angie7F]

For me it is work in general.
Sometimes I feel I am in way ovr my head, but then I refuse to be defeated.
This is why I keep working with only 4 hours sleep these days, and feel liek I am losing my mind.lol

 

[Lynx]

Dancing. When I'm choreographing, learning a new trick or trying to heal from an injury (as I still am), I just keep going no matter how long it takes. I completed last year's piece by practicing it endlessly and by being a complete perfectionist. This winter I've done exactly the opposite, by resting and taking a break from my dance classes, even though I desperately want to get back in the game. I tell you, it took a lot out of me to just sit back and not participate...

 

[Smeatza]

The "Harder Dick's Balls" trophy on PAIN on the PS3.
I spent a good week completing that trophy then never played the game again.