Your dumbest deaths in gaming

[thatstheguy]

In Metroid Prime 2, I had barely escaped a horde of Ing with about 9 health left, and I was a bit too overzealous in going through a door because a walked straight off the ledge in the next room and died.

EDIT: One of my friends and I were playing the original Halo, and it autosaved while we were driving full speed off of a cliff, and every time we respawned, we couldn't turn, stop, or get out before we went flying off the cliff again.

That exact thing happened to me and one of the NPCs in Halo 3. Except I could get out in time to save us and the vehicle.

 

[THEMILKMAN]

GTA 4, I was going so fast on the highway that I actually fell through the highway. Then before I even hit the ground, I was RPG'd. Turns out this guy was aiming his RPG at some helicopter and at the moment he pulled the trigger, I glitched through the highway and fell 5 feet in front of him, right in the rocket's path.

 

[A Weary Exile]

condemed 2 throwing a wrench at a ladder to make the ladder fall down the wrench bounced off and hit me which killed me since i was on low health

That's....beautiful.

 

[AvsJoe]

Anytime I shoot at an enemy at close range, but instead of hitting the enemy, I hit a boom barrel or something of that nature. Pisses me off...

 

[HAVERSHA]

Mass Effect. Decided to be a smartass and park the Mako on the roof of a building in a sidequest. Went into the building and completed the objective, only to exit the building, search for the mako (which you needed for the rest of the mission) and remember it was still on the roof and i couldnt reach it. I threw a grenade at it to blow it off. The grenade blew the mako off and crushed me.

 

[blazinwings]

playing grand theft auto: san andreas, and experimenting with the flight options in the game... it was quite foggy and i wasn't nearly as high in the air as i thought i had been. i jumped out, hoping to gracefully parachute to the ground and beat up some hookers or something, but just as i got out of the plane, it hit a tree. i landed on the ground with barely a sliver of health left. as i gratefully stood up and attempted to limp the long walk home, my flaming jet landed on top of me and exploded. needless to say, i was quite dead.

 

[Akai Shizuku]

In Morrowind, I was wearing a robe that had constant effect sun damage (as well as good effects, mind you) and I slept outside while wearing it. I woke to find that I had instantly died...

 

[Jurassic Rob]

Nothing like spawning in mid air, just above a ragdoll drop!

 

[hazabaza1]

I was playing the Mirror's Edge demo, where you have to take down/evade the two guards on the roof. Simple, I thought. I charged the first one, tried to punch, *thwock* he hit me in the face.
Disarm attempt.
*Thwock*
Crouch kick.
*Thwock*
Running away.
*Bang*
Needless to say, I jumped kicked that SOB the next time.

 

[Drakmorg]

In Fallout 3 I was walking along a highway littered with cars, and because it seemed safe at the time I hopped up on the cars and kept on going, when I heard a missile fire from a nearby raider camp. I had just enough time to think "...shit" then the missile blew my stupid ass up 100 feet into the air.

Made an awesomely huge explosion though.

 

[tsb247]

I was playing ArmA 2 today and I accidentally dove on my own grenade. I tried to toss it into a building, but I tossed it too high, and it bounced off the top of the doorway, landed at my feet, and promptly blew up - killing me instantly. That was lame.

I have also been killed by ricochets before... That's no fun either.

 

[S-Unleashed]

I got sniped by my own team mate in Halo 3.

 

[PigsMayFlie]

Left 4 Dead, I was given the Tank on the No Mercy Rooftop finale.
I hold in "Move forward"
I walk off edge of Roof
Tank died
Team Raged/Lol'd

 

[Isalan]

Was playing WoW when I decided to pull the worlds greatest idiot death. Mounted up and went to fly off to my next quest, when I realized I was on my horse and not my flying gryphon. By this point though I'd already ridden the bloody thing off a cliff and reached terminal velocity.

Thankfully, a guildy came and rezzed me when she'd finished laughing

 

[magnuslion]

Hmm. 16th level elementalist ((fire)) ((Runequest)) gets trapped in a bottle neck cave. in front of me, several angry rock trolls. behind me, the ice giant I have already pissed off. allies: nowhere in sight. health potions: Gone. non combat type spells: exhausted.
Solution: Chain-casting my 14d6 fireballs until I and everything else died. Horribly.
a side note: the next level I would have gained total immunity to fire. >.<

 

[Mray3460]

In wow, I jumped from the highest point in the lumber mill in the Stonetalon Mountains, planning to land in a large lake below, to cut some time off running back to a quest giver. I hit a player-sized island randomly placed in the lake and died.

 

[ShawnRiles]

Halo 3...That damn traffic cone.

 

[Virendra]

In World of Warcraft I was flying around on my Albino Drake when I come to the Storm Breaker in Icecrown. Absent-minded me decides to try and change from Aspect of the Viper to Aspect of the Dragonhawk mid-flight. I casted the spell, got dismounted, fell through the propeller blades of the Storm Breaker and my body landed in a place called, 'The Valley of Lost Hope'

 

[Pielikey]

I think it was Battlefield: Vietnam, where I shot a rocket at a jeep that was coming to run me over. The jeep was about 20 feet away when I blew it up. If only it had been 21 feet, maybe then, the charred remains wouldn't of ran me over.

 

[Julianking93]

Throwing a grenade only to have it land next to you.

Trying to kill an enemy while running around it only to fall to your death.

Everything in Mirror's Edge.