Your most embarrassing gaming blunders

[GrimRox]

In portal, I carried a chair from one part of the level to the other and used it as a stool, when I apparently should have used a sentry's rocket to blow open a tube and use the resulting cube as such. Whoops.

I did the exact same thing, but with a large pile of chairs. Pardon me Valve for not intuitively realising I had to blow up things that had up to this point been completely indestructible.

I too didn't realise that was what I was supposed to do! I feel stupid now. I stacked 4 hard drives on top of each other to get through that! Worst part is I was shouting at my friend that it was the only to do it while he insisted I was some sort of "special" kid and the solution must be a lot simpler.

 

[The Lawn]

Losing as Gold Johnny.... 24P = instant kill

 

[stubbmann]

I believe for me it was in DoD:S, when I was running away from approaching germans, saw what I thought was a nest of them shooting at me, and rocketed them. Turned out, well.... there were shooting at the germans who were chasing me.

Not my proudest moment.

 

[waTHUMP]

Every CS game I've ever played has made me feel like an idiot. I never got good at that game. I got in late on the craze, so everyone where much better than me. I guess.

I stopped pretty fast.

Returning three different copies of MGS2 because I thought the disc was defective. If you've played it, you know what I'm talking about.

I'm interrested, please elaborate.

 

[DeVoyd]

Too many wipes in wow caused by my idiot actions. I think I'm largely around to provide comedy, and possibly a challenge to our bored tanks/healers.

I don't really get embarrassed over my stupidity in single player games, there's no one around to see.

 

[Kinetic_man]

In Time Splitters: Future Perfect I had the Sci-fi handgun's its ricochet feature engaged and managed to bounce a round off the wall which struck me in the head and killed me.

 

[Kinetic_man]

And I also managed this double post just now.

 

[Ximum]

Returning three different copies of MGS2 because I thought the disc was defective. If you've played it, you know what I'm talking about.

I'm interrested, please elaborate.

*As mentioned, spoilers for an old game*
Late in the game, your field support team goes insane. It's pretty obvious after a few conversations what's going on, but the only initial cue is their audio getting really screwy.
*End spoilers.*

So I turned it off and took it back each time without bothering to play further. I don't know what to say about that remarkable dumbassity other than I was young and liked eating paint chips.

 

[Froce]

Playing Halo with my one friend always turns up stupid. One example, i run in, guns blazing like hell, he just sits there not firing a single shot, I shoot him to get him to move and he mistakes me for an Elite. I get hit with a plasma grenade. ouch...

 

[Knight1172]

Beaten by a 10 year old on Warcraft III

*SHAME!!!!*

 

[shadow1138]

I game frequently ,so I have blunders now and then,but not really interesting, so I'm going to tell you about the first time I ever played a pc shooter.
I was 9 years old ,playing doom 2 for the first time. I thought that the imps' fireballs gave points if you caught them --that should be enough

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

its so hard i hardly ever make mistakes like god but still nobody is perfect, i'm close though.
Playing condemned whenever i see someone with a gun rather than throwing my weapon at him stunning him and moving in for the kill i almost always panic press the wrong button sprint at him and have a bullet for dinner.

 

[DarkRevent]

Metal Gear Solid 3: I didn't realize the left menu could be opened when the screen 'Snake is Dead' came up...
Condemned 2 Bloodshot: I couldn't get past the first mission b/c I kept getting my ass handed to me...

 

[propertyofcobra]

My wife: The first time I played the sims, I put the refrigerator with the door facing the wall, and all my sims starved to death.
Also, the first time a sim of mine had a kid, the mom died. The dad wouldn't stop crying, so the kid got taken by social workers. Then the dad starved to death.

Me: Oh, I'd have to say accidentally nuking a friend in C&C Generals. With all my four nukes at the same time. He was not amused. We lost that game.
Oh yeah. And failing to an easy mode computer in Warcraft 3....
A LOT. Like, over and over. To the point where I felt proud if I could take the easy mode computer out.
God, the shame of it all... I'm usually good at RTS games, but Warcraft 3s computer is just...unfair.

 

[The Potato Lord]

Shooting a banshee out of the sky with a plasma pistol in halo3's camaign to have it land on me causing my death and take off again.

 

[Zaigou]

Completing 2 requirements for Elizabeth's requests in Persona 3 FES only to be cornered by Death and then raped like a typical high-schooler in all Japanese fantasies.

 

[Meado]

Showing off on Halo3. I suprised myself a couple of months ago by slaughtering it on Legendary without breaking a sweat. Attempting to show off my 1337 skills to my bro, I said "Watch this," popped round the corner, FAZZ! Beam Rifle headshot. Dead.

Not a good start.

 

[Laquatus_Vanguard]

i got 3 for ya

Starcraft: i accidentally dropped a nuke on my miners and command base, (it was really bad because enemies kept popping over and killing them so i had all my troops there to help defend them)

Halo 3 (on live in a tournament): threw an plasma grenade at the top of a door so it would hit someone chasing me in the face, then turned a corner, turned around and punched them.

World of Warcraft: i pulled a Leeroy Jenkins during a 25 man raid. if you dont know the term, youtube it. my guild didnt appreciate the repair bill from that...

 

[Johnnyweird]

In TESIV: Oblivion, I had just joined the Dark Brotherhood, the guild devoted to assassination and murder. One of their rules is that you must never steal from another Dark Brotherhood member. Well, I hadn't saved in a while. I walk up to another member and talk to him, only to realize that I was in sneak mode, making me accidentally pickpocket him.

I had to load a previous save and do everything again.