Most Ignorant thing somebody has to said to you about gaming.

[Brad Shepard]

"kirby is like a crappy version of mario"

"Everyone knows that Xbox controllers are just better"

"What's Final Fantasy?" (and from the same guy) "Oh, Cloud? isn't he the one that was in Kingdom Hearts? So they did a spin-off series for him?"

All of these jst made me cry.

ive heard the same thing about squall, ive yelled at people about it. ITS SQUALL DAMNIT!

 

[chozo_hybrid]

This wasn't about "video" games... but a game none the less...

It went something like this:
A-"You play warhammer? You must lead a sad pathetic friendless life"
B-"Yeah... because you play warhammer by yourself... You don't... you know... go over to a 'Friends' house to play with 'Friends' or anything..."
A-"Wait... it's single player"
B-"No you complete cretin. It's probably one of the most social games ever made."
A-"Oh..."

My hat is off to you sir, I have had the same issues with table top gaming and ignorant people.

Mine would be that "Playing video games is a waste of time, go play a sport or something." Yeah... Because I like the crap getting kicked out of me getting a ball from one side to the other, then there was one person I met who was into racing. He said more or less the same thing, I just told him at least mine doesn't needlessly waste copious amounts of rescources every race that could be used else where.

 

[Valdsator]

"DOOM SUCKS. SRSLY, THE WALLS FACE YOU IN THAT GAME."

...

What?
I tried explaining to him that only more complicated objects in DooM were sprites that always faced you.

"NUH UH, THE WALLS FACE YOU."

This is why I hate some of my friends. It's nothing but the newest and most popular games for them, which most of the time aren't that great (MW2).

 

[Ataxia]

The most ignorant thing anyone has ever said to me about video games is,... what was it oh yes. The following took place in my advanced science class.Me and my lab partner were working on a project that involved having common sense, something the three large noisy sports buffs on the other side of the counter didn't seem have. They were mixing various compounds in no particular order and getting thick mixtures of brown goo everywhere. As I look up from my experiment I ask the guys if the could do the experiment properly as the were making a mess. In response one of them looks up from their mess and says

"Why don't you shut up Evan, what do you know about science? All you ever do is play video games. You probably won't even make it through school you stupid loser."

Having learned to ignore people who stupidity borders on that of a mental handicap I return to what I was doing.

The guy returns to talking to his friends laughing at what he said to me. They all break into laughter right before their oversized experiment explodes into their open mouths. Unfortunatly for them the compounds we were working with that day included Copper sulphate and other indegestible things, which then caused them to break into fits of vomiting soon after.

Sorry for writing so long. I hope you all enjoyed my story. it's true. and it was funny.

Karma is a ***** ain't she?

Great story man loved it.

(I wish this would happen to kids in my school who constantly bother me about WoW even though most of them played it longer then me D:...)

 

[ImSkeletor]

I only realy hang out with gamers and my parents never cared about my gaming, actualy they have started playing more often. My dad used to say that they will rot my brain but he jokes about it now, I got him hooked on tower defence games (Plants vs Zombies was pure gold for him) and my mom hooked on item searches.

my sister has probably been the most ignorant but she learns quickly.

Spoiler: My sisters gaming evolution

2 years ago
Me and my friend are playing halo, he uses a plasma grenade and sends my body flying across the room
Her: THATS VIOLENT!
my friend: says nothing but walks over to the body and teabags it as a response to her statement.
Me: Yes it is violent, thats why its rated mature. <runs over old body and friend, still teabagging>
Her: Oh

1 year ago
My younger sister comes down to my basement lair.
her: What are you playing
me: Oblivion
her: Why did you kill that woman!?
me: because she was a bandit and im not sexist.
her: oh

This year
Im playing Call of Duty MW2
her: Hey thats Call of Duty!
me: yes it is (Fully expecting her to complain about the mission i was on: No Russan)
her: Can we play Nazi Zombies?
me:
her: you know the game where---
me: I know what you meant but i didnt know if you knew what you just said.
her: Oh yea, I love Nazi Zombies
me: well thats CoD World at War this is MW2 so no Nazi Zombies
her: Awww, that sucks can we play Halo 3?
me: I left that at college
her: Aww, come on man, you didnt bring any fun ones?
Unknown to me while i was at college she became addicted to CoD:WaW while at her friends house.
Now whenever I go home and play games she wants to play them with me. Im thinking of letting her play Mass Effect 2 when I go home over the summer since she seems to like Sci-Fic and Fantasy games.

The conversion is almost complete [sub]hehehehehe[/sub]

2 years ago.
Me: want to play call of duty.

Her: no, put i'll play crash bandicoot.

a few months ago after she moved in with her boyfriend Ted.

Her: Can I borrow your copy of bioshock.

(SHOCK)

ME: um....OK.

Her: Me and Ted pulled a all nighter to beat Resistance.

MY THOUGHTS: HOLY CRAP. THANK YOU TED.

 

[Ataxia]

"The PS3 is gay"

and the response to that
"Nu-uh the 360 is gay-er"

really, that was how they tried to prove which system they was better. Both are just fine, no need for such silly and poorly formed arguments.

Agreed.

Although I am a bit pissed at Microsoft, for not covering my box's red ring with the warranty.

I know exactly how you feel except mine won't even turn on .

 

[acturisme]

You're getting bad grades son. Put down the Nintendo controller and go study.

15 years later.

Thanks Dad.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

ugh... all the time...

I hear this statement too often- "Halo ODST takes place after Master Chief is dead"

Rarrgh!

as an avid halo fan, I feel it is my duty to correct them in this. Because of my obsession with correcting brain-dead issues, I find myself with a near constant headache on the subject when it is brought up.

I dislike Halo, yet I have enough respect to shut up when I don't know something. I did however know that one as my little brother plays the games

 

[Traumaward313]

My dad once blamed what he called 'the death of common sense' on people playing more video games.
He said something like this; 'Kids are spending too much time on their Playstations or Xboxes. I heard somewhere that the average is about 30 to 40 hours a week. They aren't going to learn how to look after themselves or anything useful playing those things'.

That's all I can think of really...

Although he IS right im an avid gamer but i'm also insanely active. Some people just can't have it both ways....

Pretty cliche'd one here but any time any adult say 35+ finds out you play xbox etc they automatically assume you have never leave your room. ever.

 

[Traumaward313]

Also I think people to be an "encyclopedia" on the halo or gears of war universes are pretty ignorant.... There isn't a great deal to know really.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Also I think people to be an "encyclopedia" on the halo or gears of war universes are pretty ignorant.... There isn't a great deal to know really.

How is that ignorant? Your post there was quite ignorant to be honest. Like I stated earlier, I don't play Halo, but what is ignorant about learning more about something you like? Because there is quite a bit to know if you want to look, it just doesn't interest everyone, there is a difference.

It's when they spout off that it's better then other things for no real reason that it's ignorant.

 

[Greeboz]

Also the new generation of young gamers do less than impress me.

It's a good thing we're not trying to.

I have 'bad habits' accord to my friend(Only because I've beaten Mass Effect 2 5 times already. Pshhh.)She play video games, every space in her room either has a dragon or Starwars action figure on it and I'm 90% sure she's a furry.

 

[Ataxia]

My second rant on MMOs.

In my first rant I talked about the hate of MMOs because of the few who become zom-WAIT A SECOND THIS IS A STEREOTYPE!

Now the ignorance of people who say 'MMOs are not worth the money you put in them' yes if you don't like it it wasn't worth the money but let's say you like it then it's worth it I understand if you can't afford a 60$ dollar game every month and 15$ you could use for other purposes but I mean the other one where it's too expensive.

Example: If you go to movies every month for 15$ just the ticket for one person nothing else and you like the movie you got 2-3 hours of entertainment. With an MMO that you like for this example WoW 15$ you can play more like 2-3 hours A DAY...a day...Even more so think about that next time your going to say an MMO is worth your money as opposed to buying say a 60-100 dollar game each month or more. The entertainment value is more then the actually cost by far.

 

[Ataxia]

generally any kind of diarrhea dribble that comes out of the catholic churches mouth about video games.

Spoiler: Article

http://lhla.org/breaking_news/?p=3966
this was in a different forum recently, and while i read it, at first i was amused, then mad, then ashamed that people from my own religion say this crap.

That article bothers me for the hyprocrisy in it. Hear me out.

Most games bash on Satan and God is the hero which is how Christians see it.
Ever hear of a Satanist complain about this? No? Thought so.
Yet a game about God is the bad guy or it propels the story and your a cultist or something and you see a bunch of people raving about how this might cause the apolcayse or some other ignorant bullshit.

EDIT: They can't be pleased can they? Dante's Inferno has the player kick Satans ass and they aren't happy I thought they wanted them to stop making games about killing God or working for the devil hmmm?

 

[Bojinglez]

When people tell me that movies are better than games.

I have nothing against movies, I like a lot of movies, but people don't just understand how the potential for story in video games is way better than in movies. I mean to have a good story you have to be attached to the characters. In movies you get about 2 hours to know the characters and then you're suddenly supposed to care what happens to them? In video games you spend a much longer time with those characters and you even get to play as them and experience the story first hand. This is why I personally love video games, and anyone who doesn't understand why or doesn't even bother to find out, is not even worth talking to.

 

[Traumaward313]

Also I think people to be an "encyclopedia" on the halo or gears of war universes are pretty ignorant.... There isn't a great deal to know really.

How is that ignorant? Your post there was quite ignorant to be honest. Like I stated earlier, I don't play Halo, but what is ignorant about learning more about something you like? Because there is quite a bit to know if you want to look, it just doesn't interest everyone, there is a difference.

It's when they spout off that it's better then other things for no real reason that it's ignorant.

No ofcourse not, I should have phrased it better. I'm talking about the elitist kind. "lolzzz halo is the greatest thing ever and the only reason you dont think so is because you dont know what I know." etc as if it's something special. Being that annoying kind of fanboy basically. I didn't outline what I meant nearly enough

 

[Ataxia]

That article about nazis http://lhla.org/breaking_news/?p=3966 feeding nothing but bs about 'satanic' things in games. How about this if you don't like it then don't buy it for yourself or your kids it's that simple, and not everyone needs to share your views!

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Also I think people to be an "encyclopedia" on the halo or gears of war universes are pretty ignorant.... There isn't a great deal to know really.

How is that ignorant? Your post there was quite ignorant to be honest. Like I stated earlier, I don't play Halo, but what is ignorant about learning more about something you like? Because there is quite a bit to know if you want to look, it just doesn't interest everyone, there is a difference.

It's when they spout off that it's better then other things for no real reason that it's ignorant.

No ofcourse not, I should have phrased it better. I'm talking about the elitist kind. "lolzzz halo is the greatest thing ever and the only reason you dont think so is because you dont know what I know." etc as if it's something special. Being that annoying kind of fanboy basically. I didn't outline what I meant nearly enough

Ah okay, I apologize for that then In that case, yes I agree with you. Except I take that kind of player from anything and give them that too.

 

[FalloutJack]

Christ, where do I begin...?

Console wars. Everything I have ever heard from a console war is utter trash and nonsense. It serves no useful purpose. The best console in the world will not be decided by these blithering twats, SO STOP IT!

Console/PC wars. Same, only the over-zealous console-users mentioned above fight it out with their PC/Mac/Whatever counterparts. Also, same response to them all, because no amount of debate will solve this EVER!

The "Such-and-so game was built for such-and-so system and doesn't belong on any other" morons. These people piss me off because every time they speak, their voice changes into fart-sounds and a big yonker grows out of their forehead. (i.e. They're talking out of their ass.) If a game company put said game on multi-systems, then it was made for them all. This is another form of degradory remark to attempt to make their system look better. Shut up. You're just annoying.

Likewise, the "Such-and-so game is god of all and everything else sucks" overhyping jackasses. I cannot touch Halo because it's surrounded by an inpenetrable forcefield of people that won't shut up about it. I'm sure Halo is a good game franchise. Unfortunately, the way people behave about it is as disturbing as obsessive WoW addiction and so I will not go near it. Funny comedic machinima is my limit.

Finally, people who BS alot for both winning AND losing (especially if they're a controller-thrower) have no right to speak to me. It is a game, it is meant for entertainment. Jokingly complaining in a non-serious manner to lighten the mood and be a good sport is fine. Outright bitching will be looked upon with disappointment. I suck at some games and excel mightily in others. I do not piss people off either way, nor am I ever pissed.

(Just as a note, this is not aimed at any person in particular on a personal level. If you find that you exhibit some of these traits which I hate to hear or deal with, then it does not mean I automatically despise you. I would only do that if you personally went out of your way to do all these things in an asshole-like manner. If you have these qualities, don't show them to me. I remain courteous to those who are equally so. If you find that you are not of these qualities explained above, but feel I offended you somehow, then I apologize. It wasn't aimed at you, but rather the jerk who's intensely out of whack.)

 

[alithanar8]

As a huge Warhammer (not just WAR but TT too) buff my biggest gripe is:

Person: Warhammer just stole all of its lore ideas from WoW...
Me: (long spiel about how warhammer came out before Blizz formed)