Then I took an arrow to the knee...

[Basement Cat]

Ah! Like moths to a flame.

In the spirit of declaring a bloodthirsty trolling flame war myself to be in the mood for the kind of light hearted thread that's mostly forbidden in the R&P forum[footnote]I'd complain to the management but my doctor keeps telling me not to listen to The Voices.[/footnote] I thought that I'd ask a simple question.

Have you ever felt out of the loop when it comes to gaming jargon and general gaming knowledge that others take for granted?

Case in point: While I played American McGee's Alice, Neverwinter Nights, KOTOR, and Dragon Age: Origins until my computer LITERALLY refused to play them anymore[footnote]The optic drive on my laptop is going out again.[/footnote] my lack of an internet connection, money, console, money, and other factors[footnote]Bills.[/footnote] kept me fully out of touch with the growing gaming community.

Thus when I got a new laptop and internet connection and was introduced to the Escapist[footnote]Which is the most WUNDRFLL gaming site in the world!!![/footnote] I found that I was more than a little out of the loop.

"Then I took an arrow to the knee" is a perfect example: Everybody knew what it meant/referred to/origin it seemed--and I didn't have a clue. I finally got so annoyed with my ignorance that I Googled the darned thing.

That's just where it starts, but I'm curious if I'm the only one [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9225-Highlanders-Anonymous] who often feels like the outsider at times.

Give examples of times you experienced the same, please. Show us your humbler side.

 

[Vegosiux]

Well first, of all, it's "IN the knee", not "TO the knee", and 90% of the internet gets it wrong.

Back in the days of yore, when Warcraft 2 was a big thing, I took ages to figure out what "TvB" meant. Sure I got laughed at, right until after I destroyed my opponents. Sometimes even playing humans.

 

[Darks63]

Alot of the Cake is a lie/portal stuff went right over my head and I really didnt get it till I got portal myself years later. There are also some jargon from Those Moba games that i dont get at all either.

 

[Tanis]

I normally wait a month, or even a year, till I play games...so I get this a LOT.

The whole DOTA thing actually passed me by until some random LoL topic on another forum.

I, because of, poor, ended up 'missing' FF7's cultural impact and didn't really 'get' why my fellow gamers loved the thing so much.

While they were losing their first 'nocturnal emissions' over FF7, I had barely gotten to FF3/6.
And, when I finally did play FF7 (which was around the time FF8 had hit 'greatest hits', I didn't care for it.

Was the first FF I didn't replay right after beating it.
I just went on to FF8 (<3) and CC (<3 <3 <3) and never looked back.

Still have an unopened copy of FF7 for PC I've never bothered to play.

 

[Dead Seerius]

Since playing BioShock last summer it has dawned on me that 'would you kindly?' references frequently went right over my head.

I just thought people were being polite.

 

[NinjaSniperAssassin]

Since playing BioShock last summer it has dawned on me that 'would you kindly?' references frequently went right over my head.

I just thought people were being polite.

Would you kindly tell me when the internet is ever unironically polite?

OT: After RE5 came out and everyone kept referring to how much Chris Redfield HATED him some boulders, I naturally thought there was some sort of rock troll monster in the game. I wondered why this monster was so popular and memorable, until I played the game a few months later and found out he literally punched a boulder out of the way. *facepalm*

 

[Ldude893]

I never played a single Mass Effect game, so the "assuming control" and the "best station in the Citadel meme" went over my head. After the Mass Effect 3 debacle, I'm not sure I'd even touch a finger on that game.

Also, ASSUMING CONTROL.

 

[Eleuthera]

I never played a single Mass Effect game, so the "assuming control" and the "best station in the Citadel meme" went over my head. After the Mass Effect 3 debacle, I'm not sure I'd even touch a finger on that game.

Also, ASSUMING CONTROL.

I just finished ME3 (got it last week), it's not nearly as bad as I was expecting. The series does suffer from a serious case of getting simpler (not easier, just removing functionality) with each game though.

OT: I tend to be aware of most gaming memes, though I only very rarely play the games myself. My roommate however manages to stay blissfully unaware of nearly all gaming memes (despite being an avid gamer as well)

 

[The Night Angel]

Since playing BioShock last summer it has dawned on me that 'would you kindly?' references frequently went right over my head.

I just thought people were being polite.

Ah damn!! I didn't know about this either.... I've never played Bioshock, and also thought it was politeness... Well, guess that's my example for this thread then.

 

[Calibanbutcher]

THE ACRONYMS, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
Seriously, Dota, TvB, LoL, MOBA, OMGROFLGCOPTERDFKARA, etc.
I have friends IRL who use a ton of acronyms and I always have to ask what the FUCK they are talking about.

 

[King Aragorn]

Do a Barrel Roll was one I only discovered a year ago or so. It was on some retro gaming show, which was explaining ''gaming phenomenons''

 

[Dead Seerius]

Since playing BioShock last summer it has dawned on me that 'would you kindly?' references frequently went right over my head.

I just thought people were being polite.

Would you kindly tell me when the internet is ever unironically polite? *

As you wish, master.
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I know, how could I have been so naive?

 

[The Wykydtron]

I missed a load of Mahvel references for a few months, Maximum Wesker, Dark Wesker, (WEEESSSSKKKKEEERRRRRR!) yeah the DW phase in the meta was NOT fun T_T

Even now I still don't get why people HATE Phoenix. Apparently she was broken in Vanilla but she's so BAD in Ultimate that you surely must forgive people who still persevere with her right?

I got the INFERNO DIVVVIIIIDAHHHH!!!! Meme in BlazBlue though... All too quickly.

[sub]Fucking Rags[/sub]

 

[Baneat]

Everything referring to MOBAs and that's not going to change.

 

[Bertylicious]

Do a Barrel Roll was one I only discovered a year ago or so. It was on some retro gaming show, which was explaining ''gaming phenomenons''

Wait, wait, hold up.

There's a meme for "do a barrel roll"? I've been playing Star Conflict and people keep banging on about doing barrel rolls in between asking how to sell their ships. I never realised it was a thing.

Can you remember any more detail vis a vis the gaming phenomenon that spawned this on?

 

[KaZuYa]

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJNM377JlIg

 

[SonOfMethuselah]

Do a Barrel Roll was one I only discovered a year ago or so. It was on some retro gaming show, which was explaining ''gaming phenomenons''

Wait, wait, hold up.

There's a meme for "do a barrel roll"? I've been playing Star Conflict and people keep banging on about doing barrel rolls in between asking how to sell their ships. I never realised it was a thing.

Can you remember any more detail vis a vis the gaming phenomenon that spawned this on?

/sigh
Someone isn't going to realize this is a joke, and come in screaming OMGSTARFOXYOUSTUPIDNOOB! I hope you're ready for a sea of notification messages.

OT: Well, a couple years back, my friend got me to start playing WoW, and the whole 'LEEEEEEEEROY!' thing was completely over my head. It was only a few months ago that I actually went and looked up the video. I just didn't care enough to see what the fuss was about.

As for a more recent/popular one, I actually don't have an answer. I'm usually pretty well-versed in the kind of stuff that goes on. If I could branch out a little bit, I would say that the whole MLP/Adventure Time/Regular Show/Whatever else has totally passed me by (and I'm completely okay with that), but that's not necessarily gaming related, so it might not be the answer you were looking for.

 

[KaZuYa]

I hope this thread gets OVER 9000!!! posts. =p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7O5JY4uh-I

 

[kailus13]

Do a Barrel Roll was one I only discovered a year ago or so. It was on some retro gaming show, which was explaining ''gaming phenomenons''

Wait, wait, hold up.

There's a meme for "do a barrel roll"? I've been playing Star Conflict and people keep banging on about doing barrel rolls in between asking how to sell their ships. I never realised it was a thing.

Can you remember any more detail vis a vis the gaming phenomenon that spawned this on?

Star Fox. I don't know which one but a character in it keeps telling you to do a barrel roll. With Navi like persistance.

On topic: everything to do with online multiplayer games. Too bad of an internet conection to play them.

 

[rob_simple]

The only thing that I really cannot grasp is Warcraft terms like DoT and the like. This is probably due to the fact I don't play Warcraft, but it occasionally crops up in some Penny Arcade strips and I feel like my eyes have had a stroke and can no longer assemble letters, correctly.