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

[Jonny49]

-Modern Warfare 2 is the worst game ever!
-Modern Warfare 2 is the best game ever!
-That game looks rubbish because it's graphics look all cartoony.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

when people think games are still in 2d with wired controller and still make silly beepy noises, with the screen flashing constantly and the player button mashing furiously.

This sounds awesome I want to try.

AAgggh!
I hate it when movies and shows get games wrong! All it takes is spending $200-$300 of your multimillion dollar budget on a stupid game and a system!
Instead they make up some POS that makes no sense, and the characters are furiously mashing buttons! C'MON, PEOPLE!

 

[Triforceformer]

when people think games are still in 2d with wired controller and still make silly beepy noises, with the screen flashing constantly and the player button mashing furiously.

This sounds awesome I want to try.

AAgggh!
I hate it when movies and shows get games wrong! All it takes is spending $200-$300 of your multimillion dollar budget on a stupid game and a system!
Instead they make up some POS that makes no sense, and the characters are furiously mashing buttons! C'MON, PEOPLE!

At least the Reese's Puffs commercial has 360 controllers.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

It's been said before but I'll say it again: "Modern Warfare 2 is the best game ever!"
There's this one guy who will argue this to the death, and when I pointed out the horrendous amount of bugs in the multiplayer his counter-argument was that they fixed them (eventually) and that they got rid of all of them (which I'm fairly sure they haven't). I find it hard to want to play a game when 90% of the stuff I hear about is about the glitches, or the lag, or how something's overpowered.

dumbass -"its fun to play as the communists" me-*slaps dumbass* "You're ignorant"

Might I ask what game the dumbass was talking about?

OT: Some guy I met at the bus stop-"Oh so your a gamer huh? SO you should know that games cause school shootings and make people disbelieve in god" Me-"So your religious? You do know that millions have been killed because of religion."

modern warfare 2 online play

Suddenly your comment makes so much more sense.

Cool beans I thought.

You say cool beans too! This is totally worthy of a post!

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Straight from IW itself:

...Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is actually the biggest investment Infinity Ward has ever made into the PC version of our games...

Not that substantial, as word of mouth has it.

...Matchmaking & Smoother Gameplay: When you want to player a multiplayer game on PC, in the past. You?d have to scroll through a Server Browser which listed every available server which was hosted by individual server admins. Each had their own private rules, mods, or ways of playing the game. Most players would also use the server browser to find just the best quality game (based on PING). With IWNET matchmaking, it takes all that into account for you. All you have to do is select the playlist (pre-set gametypes with custom rules) that fits the style of play you are in the mood for. When you do, it will automatically find you a game with the best performance, ping, and preferences based on your location and individual connection as well as matching you with players of your same SKILL. So you?re always guaranteed the best game performance for where you are and what connection you?re playing on as well as an equal game with other players of your same skill level, not rank, but skill level. It doesn?t mean you?ll just be thrown into a random game! It will put you in the game that will give you the smoothest gameplay possible without you having to manually find a server with the best ping...

So does TF2 with its maplist

...All in all, IWNET adds a load of new features that the PC version of our games have never had before and allows us an infrastructure to continue to update and improve on the game post-launch...

A bit behind.

TBH, this probably is truthful, which makes it all the sadder...

 

[TheIr0nMike]

Just last night:
Roommate: Is this that game with the dog?
Me: What?
Roommate: You know, the one where it's three characters and that dog...
Me: Dragon Age Origins?
Roommate: Yes!
Me: No, this is the Just Cause 2 demo.

In his defense, he's in his 30s (no offense, older guys), recently moved to the US from Hungary, and was pretty high.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

..."Video games make you non-social!"

Bull-F@#king crap.

Think about it, this is a man who work for the state of pennslyvannia trying to lecture us on the 'evil' of gambling.

 

[KP Shadow]

..."Video games make you non-social!"

Bull-F@#king crap.

Think about it, this is a man who work for the state of pennslyvannia trying to lecture us on the 'evil' of gambling.

Yeah, it's total bullshit.

Most of my social interaction is carried out when playing on Xbox Live, or on gaming-related websites.

 

[JakXT]

"what's Dungeons and dragons?"

... I glared at that person for awhile after that comment

And this isn't really video game related but one time I was talking about Monty Python, and I mentioned John Cleese, and the person next to me said "Is he the guy from Star Trek?"

>:0

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

A friend's dad asked what my dad did in his spare time. I was like, oh he plays video games with me. Responds by saying "That's tragic."

*Facepalm*

 

[Nexus4]

Many years ago, my grandmother walked in as I was playing Super Mario World, took one look at the screen and uttered the following:

"What's with that little jumpyman?"

Ironically, this is one of the more INTELLIGENT things I've heard Grandma say. (Interesting coincidence, too. She couldn't POSSIBLY have known that Mario was originally NAMED Jumpman!)

And for years to come, she referred to the act of gaming as, "sitting there with those jumpymen".

At least she didn't immediately bag it like many older people I know, first time I've heard an older person comment on the game itself and not just diss the genre.

 

[Nexus4]

"All new video games suck. The golden age is over. I hate the new generation of video gamers, etc. etc. etc. And you can't disagree with me, because I'm a a more 'hardcore' player than you."
Just an overall douche-y and elitist opinion that irritates me.

That's not ignorance but the inevitable truth that goes hand-in-hand with videogames getting big and making it to the "mass market" and not being "from gamers for gamers" anymore but "from CEOs for money" xD

That doesn't mean that there are NO good games left anymore though.

Your mileage may vary though, I really gamed during the 'golden age' and I personally find modern games better than the older ones. So am I lying to myself for not accepting "the inevitable truth" that 'golden age' games were better than modern ones?

 

[DiMono]

"You'll rot your brain."

Of course I will.

 

[ultrachicken]

My teacher said, "I don't play video games because I have a life.

I hear that type of thing said all the time, and every time I just want to scream, "What the fuck is wrong with just relaxing?"

 

[badgersprite]

My teacher said, "I don't play video games because I have a life.

I hear that type of thing said all the time, and every time I just want to scream, "What the fuck is wrong with just relaxing?"

Every time someone says something like that, I retort with the same thing about one of their hobbies, "I don't read books, because I have a life." or "I don't watch sport, because I have a life." It just goes to show how stupid a statement that is.

 

[demoman_chaos]

My dad once said TV is better than VGs because TV is and I quote...

TV is real

While he was watching CSI, I might add.

 

[Lithe|]

"Grow up", or the lovely "Get a life".

The video games industry has become a powerful contender as an entertainment medium that indulging in playing video games for whatever reason cannot be considered childish (or anti-social considering how most games now come with multiplayer functionality).

 

[The Rockerfly]

The gamers who excuse games & console faults with other features
For example
PC gaming is great; never mind the cost, terrible interface, annoying install, high piracy rate and irritating standard controller (which is shit for a lot of games). You can have spend £500 on a computer that will run most things today an will last for 5 years or I can buy a console for £200 and last for 10 years.

Waiting for games is irritating, you can call it instant gratification but what other medium requires you to wait like installing?

You can also buy another controller but that's just another freaking cost that I really shouldn't have to pay

 

[KiKiweaky]

An ex told me that games were for children or people with really low I.Q's

This same girl would watch several hours of soaps and reality tv every night.That relationship didn't last too long

Pot, kettle much? Hehe.

OT: Some of my friends don't play computer games at all
I have had the ocasional 'Oh go back to your warcraft buddies' thrown at me when one particular friend is on the losing side of a drunken argument (nothing serious just banter), much to meriment of everybody around. You know the way making people laugh at someone automatically makes them wrong? Thing is I don't play it warcraft at all =D

I don't mind most of the time, but it does get a bit tiresome every now and then.