Stupid gaming things you did as a kid.

[Chancie]

So, what are some stupid things you did/thought when you were a good when it came to games?

I remember when I was younger and still new to games, I hated Final Fantasy because of the way the gameplay was. Though, I had no problems with turn based or anything (even though I didn't know it was called that at the time), but I couldn't understand how to jump out of the way to avoid attacks. Then once I found out you couldn't and you had to stand there and take the hit, I got mad and turned my back on any FF.
Though, now that I'm older and understand it, I enjoy it. But at the time, I thought it was the stupidest idea ever.

What about you guys?

 

[GreyWolf257]

That is the reason I STILL don't like Final Fantasy.

OT: For, like, two weeks I thought Master Chief was called Master Chef.

 

[badgersprite]

Trying to play Sim City as a little kid was just impossible. I never had any idea why people wouldn't build houses on my perfectly zoned & piped electricity grid. oO I need to find that old game. XD

 

[Kuchinawa212]

When I was young I HATED FPSs. I liked 3rd person ones like Jedi Knight 2 jedi outcast or Battlefront. But then I learned how good they are. And now they are my favorite type of game =D

 

[Godhead]

I used to yell at the computer.... actually i still do that, FUCK!!

 

[NoriYuki Sato]

..yeah i didn't understand the "invisible wall" theory of "you don't need to be over there yet, so you can't go over there yet" for games like Shenmue ((Dreamcast)) and watching my brother play FF7:

me: "what are you trying to do?"
him: "figure out where to go by talking to somebody"
me: "who do you need to talk to?"
him: "not sure which is why i'm looking for him"
me: "is it that guy?"
him: "no.."
me: "how do you know?"
him: "because i talked to him earlier"
me: "well maybe you can talk to him now"
him: "...get the hell out of my room"

...now i get why some NPC's are important and others aren't...damn that ADHD as a little kid..

 

[Superhyperactiveman]

When I was young, I would actually get nervous, to the point of being afraid, when I knew a boss battle was coming up, so I would actually just have my character stand around and pace awkwardly for about 20 minutes. Mario really didn't want to fight Bowser when I was playing...

 

[Chicago Ted]

Using only ONE pokemon to beat a game. I had no understanding of how a balenced team worked.

 

[Yuno]

When I was young, I would actually get nervous, to the point of being afraid, when I knew a boss battle was coming up, so I would actually just have my character stand around and pace awkwardly for about 20 minutes. Mario really didn't want to fight Bowser when I was playing...

Same thing here, pretty much.

In Donkey Kong 64, I'd get everything ready, go to the huge door with the boss battle, and stand in front of it, thinking of if I should go into the room or not. Of course, this was when I was way younger. Though older me can't blame me when I was younger. I was particularly afraid of this demented jack in the box clown... But that's another story.

Point is... I was a wimp when it came to things like that.

 

[Manhattan2112]

When I was young I actually fought the snake in resident evil. Now I know I can run around it. Haha, worst stupid thing ever. No, I've been gaming for a long time and probably have tons of stupid stories. I too never understood how to work turn based combat. I know I used to love to act out the attacks and status problems when I played Pokemon. "Typhlosion is confused!" and I'd wobble my head around a bit, etc.

 

[LivingInStereo]

I used to think all games with violence in them were automatically bad (probably because of my dad), until I actually played one.

 

[QuickDEMOL1SHER]

For the longest time I thought the main character of the Zelda games was called Zelda.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I stopped using walkthroughs, that was the best move I ever made.

 

[Chancie]

I know I used to love to act out the attacks and status problems when I played Pokemon. "Typhlosion is confused!" and I'd wobble my head around a bit, etc.

xD That made me laugh. The mental image of a kid doing that is just cute.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

Banjo Kazooie I'm like 8 or something really young. Takes me a month to work out that in order to climb that first hill you need to talon trot... -_- yeah seriously.

 

[chickenlord]

I hate myself for this but when i was a kid i was stupid enough to trade in pikmin for like 15 bucks at game stop, i won't forgive myself until i buy it back =/

 

[zohmbee]

Oh jeez. If I got scared during a game as a kid, I would do everything in my power to avoid doing/killing whatever scared me.

I still haven't finished Majora's Mask because I was too afraid to go outside the city where you start out and now my N64 won't work and my copy of the game has gone missing. -sighs-

Of course, now I just charge into fights and stuff after coming up with a "strategy". Woo! 8D

 

[Mr.Pandah]

I was actually a lot better at games when I was a kid, mostly because they were very illogical as I was growing up. Remember when you had to jump in an exact spot, 3 times in a row, then do a backflip, in order to get to the next platform that is off screen where you had no possible way of knowing about? Yeah, I can't figure out how I knew shit like that when I was 4.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Oh jeez. If I got scared during a game as a kid, I would do everything in my power to avoid doing/killing whatever scared me.

I still haven't finished Majora's Mask because I was too afraid to go outside the city where you start out and now my N64 won't work and my copy of the game has gone missing. -sighs-

Of course, now I just charge into fights and stuff after coming up with a "strategy". Woo! 8D

True that. That reminds me of Banjo Kazooie. Chomper or whatever his name was in the Beach/Lagoon level. God, I was so afraid of that level. Water levels in a lot of games scared me, but that shark...*shudders*. *Chomp Chomp Chomp*