Weird habits you have during playtime?

[Boxi]

Story time!
So, just now I rebooted my N64 and hit up the game that raised me - Ocarina of Time, of course. And while I was going through the scenes of my childhood, I just couldn't stop thinking of Dragon Age. I felt ashamed, like I had just yelled out the wrong name in bed. Is that wrong?

But I digress. Title pretty much says it all: What weird habits do you have when gaming? Food, talking, random quirks, anything! Am I the only one who treats my games like some pseudo-relationship? God, I hope so. I really do.

 

[gigastar]

During any fighting game, i call attacks [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CallingYourAttacks] along with the characters im using.

 

[RaphaelsRedemption]

I eat peppermints. Lots and lots of peppermints.

Gaming just doesn't seem the same without them...

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Whenever I play RPGs when the main character's dialouge is silent I like to read it out
....
Actually I vocalize a lot in games XD

 

[ChocoFace]

When i play games that I like, I totally phase out and pay no attention whatsoever to anything outside the computer screen. It's not so much a habit, more like a trait. When I concentrate on something, everything else just disappears.

Oh and whenever there's something edible or drinkable near me while i'm gaming, it ends up in my belly. Thankfully it rarely happens.

 

[thethird0611]

I have some when im playing shooters, and if im not actively trying to kill someone. If im running, ill press the X button over and over, and if im sniping, ill press the map button over and over.

No idea why...

 

[Lyri]

I cover things in semen...

Serious: Actually I don't really have any unusual gaming habits, not that I'm consciously aware of anyway.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I don't remember doing this at earlier ages but I wouldn't be surprised if I did: What I do while gaming is MST3King my own lines into cut-scenes and, during in-game phrases.

"Bag em' and tag em'"
"Damn right Garrus!"
"Bag em' and tag em'"
"I'm still not your friend Kaiden."

I also cuss out NPCs and enemies in a way that would make Middle School Children blush...well, probably not since Middle School was the most vulgar of my school experiences.

*as I punch the legless, headless corpse of a Super Mutant* "Yeah, you bamma, you like being fisted don't-cha!?"

 

[Dagnius]

I tend to chew my lip and only breathe through my nose during intensive moments of gaming... Like during a really crazy match of Blazblue or Dissidia/012, and even some FPS games.

It's really silly but it's a habit I cant seem to break lol.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

I talk to people in the room about it. Including stuff they never asked about, or were ever interested in.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I sing random things.

Sometimes themed to the game sometimes not.

My WOW guild found out about this when we went on skype instead of PTT on vent :|

 

[ThisIsSnake]

A habit that a got from DBZ: Budokai power struggles is I stick my tongue out when I'm concentrating intensely. I also have a habit of, during loading screens, rapidly tapping but not pressing every single button on a controller.

 

[Lungo]

I have a habit to pull my right leg up on the chair and sit on it in a awkward position and it gets completely numb... pretty stupid but I catch myself doing it every time I sit with a game for more that 30 minutes.... special when it hurt like hell when I then stand to to walk away from my pc.

 

[Danceofmasks]

I'm a zombie.

I look straight ahead at the center of the screen, and let my peripheral vision tell me the rest.
I have my mouse on super high sensitivity so I can play while barely moving.

And people get freaked out because I generate well over 300 actions per minute.

 

[Mr Thin]

If I'm not engaged in a firefight, I'll constantly switch weapons, like I think that if I don't keep an eye on all of them they'll sneak away or something.

It's a habit that's gotten my ass shot quite a few times in MW 1 & 2, because I'll run into an enemy with my gun half drawn.

 

[The Wykydtron]

I reload more than i shoot, for some reason i think the extra 2 shots will give me a massive advantage in the next firefight. It even extends to watching other people play, i just can't stand anyone not having a full clip

 

[Someone Depressing]

I play with nearby objects during loading-screens. And since Half-Life 2: Episode 2 has loading-screens-galore, I've developed some sort of friendship with my hockey-stick after grudgedly stiddling about with it waiting for Gordan Freeman to snap out of his coma of loading.

And, I reload. ALOT. Even if I'm only missing 1 bullet. I'm either obsessive-compulsive, or extremley-paranoid...

 

[PneumaticSuicide]

I don't remember doing this at earlier ages but I wouldn't be surprised if I did: What I do while gaming is MST3King my own lines into cut-scenes and, during in-game phrases.

"Bag em' and tag em'"
"Damn right Garrus!"
"Bag em' and tag em'"
"I'm still not your friend Kaiden."

I also cuss out NPCs and enemies in a way that would make Middle School Children blush...well, probably not since Middle School was the most vulgar of my school experiences.

*as I punch the legless, headless corpse of a Super Mutant* "Yeah, you bamma, you like being fisted don't-cha!?"

I love MST3K!!!! This island earth is the best

 

[Tallim]

I sit on the floor. Sofa/Chair just isn't comfortable.

 

[RoyalWelsh]

I reload more than i shoot, for some reason i think the extra 2 shots will give me a massive advantage in the next firefight. It even extends to watching other people play, i just can't stand anyone not having a full clip.

I do the exact same thing. Those extra 2 shots have saved my life many times though.