Odd Gaming Habits

[Exius Xavarus]

I always turn off the vibration on my controller. It's strange to me how other people think it's strange to do that.

I don't think it's strange. Probably because I do it, too. :x

Whenever I play any game on my ps3, I'll randomly move the analog sticks in a cross pattern of up, down, left, right, with my right thumb. Up, down, right, left, with my left thumb. Left thumb is always one movement behind my right thumb. Dunno why I do it, particularly because I never did it until I got a ps3, but it's always during loading screens and scenes where I'm forced to sit idle.

 

[Exius Xavarus]

reload after all the enemies are killed. or sometimes even when they're not. i don't care if it'll leave me vunerable it's a reflex. I also feel uncomfortable when i cannot reload a gun.

I have an awful habit of instantly reloading after every kill. Which often gets me killed because I can't shoot the guy killing me whilst reloading. ;x

(Please forgive the double post, I am on my fancyschmancy Nexus 7 tablet and am unfamiliar with how to copy/paste with it, thus cannot edit this response into my original post)

 

[Yopaz]

In pokemon, I mash the B button while holding right to catch pokemon. Works every fucking time.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.383797-Things-you-do-in-games-that-you-know-dont-work-but-still-do-anyway

Spoiler: My legendary stories that prove without a doubt that I am right.

Right, so I'm playing Pokemon Blue and I reach Zapdos. Everything is cool, except I can't fucking win.

[HEADING=1]FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU[/HEADING]

I tried 4-5 times to catch him and every time I got that fucking message. I didn't land a SINGLE hit on him with an ultra ball.

I start to get frustrated so on the next go, I paralyse him and bring him to low health as usual...

I throw an ultra ball and start mashing the shit out of the B key while holding the right button.

I catch him, first god damn time.

The rumours were true, it works

My way in Pokemon worked again. Fought Moltres, mashed B while holding right, caught him first time again.

Clearly this means that my strategy is infallible.

I'd hardly say this is a strange gaming habit. This is an accepted fact and it's been proven too many times for it not to be a thing. This is the quick time event of Pokemon.

Besides that I can't really think of anything, I guess I am perfectly normal... when I am playing games at least...

 

[legendp]

I don't do this anymore but back in the ps1 and early ps2 days, if I was pulling a sharp corner in a racing game I would actually lean and turn the controller (even though I was like 10years and had never driven). but I don't do that anymore, and I really despise motion controls (and 3d and all that gimmicky stuff)

 

[legendp]

I must reload my gun after every single kill, more often than not I will have only fired a couple bullets and I know there are more enemies but before I can even think about it I'm reloading...

This is especially awkward when it's a light machinegun i'm using and I will literally reload because it says 99 instead of 100.

You think thats bad, I sometimes on rare occasion start reloading my gun even before I've finished killing the guy, because of the split second delay between pushing reload and the character reloading (although this only happens rarely), what can I say, I like to be prepared.

 

[JohnnyFartPant5]

I can't begin to play any games until my gaming area is clean and tidy. I have to vacuum my apartment and dust my electronics until they're spotless. Then I consume a Red Bull and some painkillers and play. EVERY frickin time! For years and years now...

 

[JohnnyFartPant5]

I must reload my gun after every single kill, more often than not I will have only fired a couple bullets and I know there are more enemies but before I can even think about it I'm reloading...

This is especially awkward when it's a light machinegun i'm using and I will literally reload because it says 99 instead of 100.

I'm right with you there, dude. I do exactly the same. It's frustrating to say the least.

 

[Dudeman325]

Whenever I'm doing ship-to-ship combat in Star Trek Online, I've noticed that I tend to talk to my bridge officers as if they were there when I use their abilities unless I actively try to not do so.

"Helm, attack pattern Alpha. Incoming torpedoes, brace for impact! Engineering, reroute all emergency power to shields! Lt. Teka, target their shield systems, ready a torpedo spread and fire on my mark... FIRE!"

As you might guess, it can get pretty intense at times...

 

[Kerodohi]

In any game that involves shooting things, I inevitably end up running backwards. Even if the character's running backwards speed is way slower and usually gets me killed.

Also, I have a tendency to feel bad for making my characters run around all the time. So I'll make them walk instead of running, whether that's by turning off the auto-run option or simply by not pushing the stick as hard xD

 

[SlamDunc]

In most shooters I will shoot dead bodies a few times. (I think this comes from Halo being one of my first shooter games and the flood would get back up.)

I reload constantly. (Again from Halo. Elites shields recharging since I dont have enough ammo to down them in my clip.)

I always jump in Bethesda games even if there is no point. (Acrobatics FTW.)

 

[Kingpopadopalus]

I like to laugh maniacally when I mow down my enemies, be it online or when I'm playing a hack and slash, there's just something about cutting swaths through my enemy's armies that I do so enjoy.

 

[theblindedhunter]

I'm one of those people that picks away at the Giant Crab Boss Monster [TM] with my infinite ammo pea-shooting pistol, saving my Everything Dies cannon just in case there is a Colossal Crab Boss Monster [TM] behind it.
Unless I absolutely need it, you can bet it is going in my backpack and not going to ever get used.

I've gotten a little better about this over time, though, partly because I trust my ability with aforementioned pistol, and because those big guns have gotten more and more fun over time. In ME2 I couldn't help but use the coil gun thing that basically nuked your enemy any time I had a flimsy excuse to do so, it was just so spectacular.
It also tends to be more clear these days where the crescendos of combat are, and when a boss is going to have some stupid second form.

I also do this with potions or special items or anything of that sort that is expendable. I will (or would) restart a section rather than use potions to get past it.

Also, I reload after kills, in addition to reloading when I know my ammo is low. It's a bit like a celebration for me. It's also why I always go for things like the Sleight of Hand perk from CoD4 or quick-reload magazines in Blacklight: Retribution, because I need to be able to do that fast if I don't want to die while celebrating.

 

[pikmaniac]

I don't know if this exactly counts but I tend to try to struggle through a game even if I don't initially like it just because I absolutely love the boxart. Recent examples of this would be Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection on PSP, Batman Arkham City, and The Last Story.

The Last Story is the exception since I actually DID like that from the get-go, bu the other two i had to play a few hours for them to get good. But they did get good. Really good, even.

 

[Judgement101]

I double save at every save point and I save extremely often due to my paranoia that my game is going to freeze.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I don't like leaving doors open in games. I just...don't.

And I'll join the obsessively-reloading crowd. Damn you years of playing CS:S.

And NPC's must be real happy when I play. I just won't let them die. I had such a hard time accepting that it was inevitable in Half Life 2 but you can bet that I kept reloading my Halo save to rescue those marines. Retarded or not, they're still my buddies dammit!

I tilt my head from side to side.

Yes, like a blasted Ewok.

D'awwww.

 

[RazielXT]

Sometimes, especially if not very engaging, I talk to game itself, trying to discredit it and tell it why I think its shitty.

 

[CManator]

I always turn off the vibration on my controller. It's strange to me how other people think it's strange to do that.

It's actually quite practical. Your batteries will last so much longer, and besides vibration adds nothing to most games.

Mine is... well I don't want to encourage drug use, but if I happen to have a beer or a joint I will find a scenic or secluded area in the game and just enjoy the view whilst I partake.

I also have a bad habit of getting close to the end of a game and losing all desire to finish it. It's not that I lose interest (if it was, I'd quit a lot sooner) it's more like I don't want the game to end, even if I've done everything else in the game.

 

[Alternative]

In minecraft i always build in odd numbers. e.g my house will be a 7x7x5 cube. my mineshafts are always 3x3.

In first person shooters i have to sitting exacly right with a clear mind in order to play correctly.i need to get a kind of "zen/in the zone" thing happening

in racing games i tend to jerk around the controller like its an actual steering wheel.

in a game that presents stealth choices. i always choose stealth and will obsessively reload saves until i beat it without being detected.

In each new generation of pokemon. i will and have to catch every new pokemon i see. for no reason other then to catch it.