Irritating Things You Have to Face When Gaming

[Karkat]

What little things that happen during gaming irritate you the most? Is it when a disc you *know* works can't be read? How about when a game controller dies? Maybe it's when a game has to update- especially when it takes a FREAKISHLY long time. (I'm looking at you, LittleBigPlanet2 update of late 2012/early 2013)

Post your gaming gripes here. Mostly geared towards technical difficulties, but by all means, player gripes, game gripes, and whatever else relevant you can think of totally applies as well.

My current gripe is that my Tak disc can't be read even though it worked the other day... After fiddling with it for half an hour. WHY CAN'T YOU READ IT, DAMN YOU

[Kacey]

Black Ops 2 disc is inconsistent with reading
Controllers frequently decide to stop working
Controllers die...
Headset falls off
Console/PC freezes
Life getting in the way of gaming
but the biggest annoyance. SQUEAKERS.

[Horatio Nelson]

People standing in front of the TV,
Douchebag gamers,
Controller dying,
Connection issues,
and 12 year olds chanting "stupid mothersuckers". ._.

[JoeDangit]

Internet crashing because my sister won't get off Netflix on her phone.

[Uranus]

When playing Call of duty or gta little 10 year olds saying they are boss at the game, and I suck when I kill them every time in the game.

People in front of the TV.

Others screaming on their mics

[eli_w]

Lag. We have such shitty internet where I am, I genuinely just don't play online simply because the lag is too consistent and ruins it

Other than that, probably people that manipulate quirks and glitches in the game and make it not fun for everyone else just to get a higher score (most clans)

[Babs]

When you're playing multiplayer with someone and you pause to leave for 2 seconds but they unpause and kill you while you're gone.

[CosmicNoodle]

-Can't pause Multiplayer....fucking annoying burn impossible n to fix

-My character is unable to do so many things, untill virtual reality like the HoloDeck is here, gaming will frustrate me simply because of the limited options ans controls.

-I can't eat and game

-My PC can't play EVERY game on Max settings anymore. SOmETIMES I have to play on only high. (Sounds tiny, to a hardcore PC gamer this problem is huge)

-I sometimes get 59fps (believe it or not, I can tell the different between 60 and 59)

[Karkat]

-I can't eat and game

This is the babe of my existence. So many times do I have tasty food, but am in the middle of the game and I DON'T WANT TO CHOOSE

WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ME CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO THINGS SO DEAR TO MY HEART NO

Edit:

>babe
>BABE

*bane, something typos are to me as well... -_-

[CosmicNoodle]

This is the babe of my existence. So many times do I have tasty food, but am in the middle of the game and I DON'T WANT TO CHOOSE

WHY WOULD YOU MAKE ME CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO THINGS SO DEAR TO MY HEART NO

Edit:

>babe
>BABE

*bane, something typos are to me as well... -_-

I know we get on bit that's moving a little fast :P

[Karkat]

I know we get on bit that's moving a little fast :P

Oh you :P

[Body odah Man]

Those asses on online games that back-stab you/let you die and get amused by it.
When you keep dying or are stuck on a freakishly annoying puzzle. Oh gamer rage.
When your game crashes right when you've really been progressing, but didn't manage to save

[Plane And Simple]

-I can't eat and game

-I sometimes get 59fps (believe it or not, I can tell the different between 60 and 59)

About the second one, no you can't actually. Our eyes can't tell the difference when we see higher than 30FPS.

About the first one, that's a little pro of using a flight Simulator. You can do whatever while cruising, eating included :P

Mines:
Having to set up controllers, papers, etc for a short time of gaming. Just lazyness

Game crashes

[CosmicNoodle]

About the second one, no you can't actually. Our eyes can't tell the difference when we see higher than 30FPS.

About the first one, that's a little pro of using a flight Simulator. You can do whatever while cruising, eating included :P

Mines:
Having to set up controllers, papers, etc for a short time of gaming. Just lazyness

Game crashes

Nope, wrong. The highest we can see is actually closer to somewhere around 65 or 70 fps. If the highest we could see was 30, why would everyone be raging about 60 and 30 FPS on on 8th gen consoles

[Plane And Simple]

Nope, wrong. The highest we can see is actually closer to somewhere around 65 or 70 fps. If the highest we could see was 30, why would everyone be raging about 60 and 30 FPS on on 8th gen consoles

They rage because they want slow motion video for later processing. PM Me if you want to keep talking, back on topic.

[Silicate Wielder]

I misread this as "Gaming things you have to face when irritating." (I think I had a legit dyslexic moment)

When my external hard drive comes unplugged, causing my computer to crash. (INTERNAL SATA Y U DO DIS?)

[Karkat]

I misread this as "Gaming things you have to face when irritating." (I think I had a legit dyslexic moment)

When my external hard drive comes unplugged, causing my computer to crash. (INTERNAL SATA Y U DO DIS?)

GOTTA LOVE THAT

I think that's what happened to my old laptop, but I REALLY don't want to remove the keyboard to find out...

Someday I will, I guess. It's not a bad computer by any means.

[Typhlosion]

> Lag
> People wanting to see me play. I doon't like it

[Karkat]

> Lag
> People wanting to see me play. I doon't like it

I get nervous that they'll think I suck and won't take me seriously as a gamer .-. Part of the reason I've never uploaded any Let's Plays, I guess.

[Leprous]

The League of Legends community comed to mind.

[CosmicNoodle]

One more thing!

- Anyone online under the age of 14.

[eli_w]

One more thing!

- Anyone online under the age of 14.

Fucking yes

[Typhlosion]

> Noobs that keep begging for money
> Noobs that beg ridiculous amounts of money

One more thing!

- Anyone online under the age of 14.

It should be a low to mandate the availability of a server 18+
Life would be so much better.

[Karkat]

> Noobs that keep begging for money
> Noobs that beg ridiculous amounts of money



It should be a low to mandate the availability of a server 18+
Life would be so much better.

But I don't want to play with babies for five more weeks ;n;

[Jack-Han]

Fifa 15 when the opposite team scores to equalise in the 90th minute, that always gets me stressed...
Also, when it lags... Most frustrating thing ever!

[Human]

When I'm on League and someone watches youtube in the house :'(

[jssixna]

I hate when my brother plays with me and I win most of the time and when he wins a game he says he's the best and rubs it in which pisses me off. I hate prepubescent kids saying "I fucked your mom last night" it's funny but annoying. I hate laggy connections which make me lose!

[TheFSM]

Worst is when your controller freaks out and starts randomly pressing buttons for you, so you can't turn it off and you have to force down your system.

[randomuser123]

For me, the biggest irritation is lag (my internet runs at about 1-2 Mbps) and the 8 year olds that you hear squealing over teamspeak or the ingame VoIP. Especially when they say they are amazing at the game and then you beat them, and thus get banned because their daddy runs the server for them.

Another thing that really irks me is the sexist that still exists in a lot of gaming. I have seen the trouble that a girl/woman gets when she joins an online game and reveals that she is in fact female. I think this kind of attitude towards women, tends to be exhibited most in more casual console games such as Call of Duty and Battlefield, since the average player is more of a casual gamer and therefore is less passionate about the game and more focussed on being unpleasant towards the minorities on their team.

Homophobia is also a big problem, whether explicit or implicit. The number of times I have heard someone say that something is "gayyy" on games (again especially console games) is astounding and frankly offensive, even though I am not of that orientation myself.

[TheN3rdyOutcast]

Trolls
People that call other people hackers
People that actually ARE hackers
When I miss something that should've bee BLATANTLY obvious.

(This is just from MC)

[Leprous]

Instalockers.
Flamers.
Trolls.
10 year olds.
'Diamond' smurfs.

Lol players know my struggle.

[phuckphace]

my specs are fairly high-end and well above the minimum requirements of every game ever.

so there's nothing more irritating when I fire up a game I paid 60 dollars for, and then see nothing but framerate dips, lag spikes and my second video card not being recognized despite the game supporting CrossFire. not sure if it's the fault of the game devs or the Bangladeshi programmers that write AMD's drivers for 2 bucks an hour or both.

[Uranus]

It's funny you all say you hate trolls.

I troll when gaming :bigsmile:

[Magenta]

When my computer isn't specced properly and the fact I have to build a new one.

When my Xbox controller dies in the middle of Destiny strikes.

When people insist on playing online with me but their internet won't stop dropping their connection.

Anyone under the age of... maybe 16.

Basically I only play games with like one friend and play the rest by myself.

Also, my mother's inability to understand how some games cannot be paused and I can't just suddenly drop everything right at the very moment she wants my attention.

Others screaming on their mics

There's a reason I have a headset with feedback so I can hear how loud my own voice is. Also with the option for chat-only volume control where I can either turn people down or mute morons.

[Uranus]

Also, my mother's inability to understand how some games cannot be paused and I can't just suddenly drop everything right at the very moment she wants my attention.
Yes i know what you mean. Lol I hate it when my mom does that. :P


There's a reason I have a headset with feedback so I can hear how loud my own voice is. Also with the option for chat-only volume control where I can either turn people down or mute morons

I'll bet that saved your ears from misery :P


Lmao

[Magenta]

Lmao

It saves a lot of people's ears from misery too when I'm streaming and I at least have feedback of my own voice to tell me how loud my mic audio is going to be and I can adjust settings as needed.

OH THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.

When my goddamn streaming software stops working. I've finally managed to fix everything... again.

[Emerald Dream]

Games where a computer controlled opponent is programmed to "catch up" no matter how far or how many times you get ahead.

[Uranus]

It saves a lot of people's ears from misery too when I'm streaming and I at least have feedback of my own voice to tell me how loud my mic audio is going to be and I can adjust settings as needed.

OH THAT'S ANOTHER ONE.

When my goddamn streaming software stops working. I've finally managed to fix everything... again.


Gaming..so much fun yet so much difficulties. :P
I remember when the older games weren't this stressful lmao

[Melodic]

Oh boy, do I have a list..

1) When people play freaking music on the mic while you play with them. I like music, but it's a distracting because a majority of the time it sounds horrible through the mic.

2) When people rage quit a game because they did something wrong.

3) Lag.

4) Majority of the kids that play.

5) When your controller dies in a middle of an intense game.

6) When people take all of your kills. Like dude, stop. (Zombies)

7) When somebody leaves the game. (Zombies)

8) When your Sim decides to go againist your orders and you have to violently click the button to ex out of their actions.

9) When people start asking you out because you're a chic, usually lonely 30 year old men. (Like literally, a guy sent me a picture of his eye before in attempt to hit on me)

[Sugaree]

1. The Market Gardener (when I'm not using it)

2. Pocket med/heavy

3. Level 1 dispensers matched with level 3 sentries

4. Level 1 teleports

5. First level Haunt (Binding of Isaac players know this)

6. Second level Monstro (inb4 Monstro's Law)


What I hate the most though? When Valve keeps NERFING THE GOD DAMNED DEMOMAN EVERY FUCKING PATCH. (also hats)

[IceCore]

When you have been through hell ALMOST reach the autosave\checkpoint and then blackout happens

[DoodleSnap]

When Skype brings up a stupid overlay about a late call that crashes your game. Ugh.

[Magenta]

when someone repeatedly keeps trying to add you as a friend and add you to parties randomly despite constantly denying them.

[skiman]

Lag...

[Karkat]

Emulators nor working properly. This is my latest struggle. :|

[Magenta]

The possibility that my eight-year-old PS3 might be starting to die. :(

Not the most expensive replacement in the world if it does but still irritating if I have to.

I want it to survive two more years so I can say I've owned it for a decade.

[Karkat]

The possibility that my eight-year-old PS3 might be starting to die. :(

Not the most expensive replacement in the world if it does but still irritating if I have to.

I want it to survive two more years so I can say I've owned it for a decade.

NOOO

LIVE PS3, LIVE

But seriously, that'd be an awesome accomplishment

[Magenta]

NOOO

LIVE PS3, LIVE

But seriously, that'd be an awesome accomplishment

She's still hanging on. I think it was just the fact the power supply keeps coming a bit loose that made it hard to turn it on earlier. Still running as well as ever.

[Karkat]

She's still hanging on. I think it was just the fact the power supply keeps coming a bit loose that made it hard to turn it on earlier. Still running as well as ever.

Woo! I love it when video game consoles are durable.

[Meh Guy]

I don't play Call of Duty anymore but I was a very skilled competitive player. Nothing frustrated me more than a controller dying in the middle of a match. That and call of duty players (myself included sometimes ;)) are complete idiots and usually under the age of 12. There. That's my rant :D

[Alph4Num3r1c]

Lag, squeakers(with microphones, if they don't have them, they're fine), immature people that kill you if you accidentally teamkilled someone and didn't apologize because I was owning the other team, when someone does something against the rules on a ranked server, but you can't complain to the admins/the one that did it because the PS3 won't show their names on the list that shows the players you've played with. These apply for Battlefield 4 on Hardcore

[Stronk Serb]

-Angry Russians. CS and TF2 players will know. That applies for DotA 2.
-Little kids who need a boot kick in the teeth.
-Multiplayer game hackers.
-Game crashing because why the fuck not.
-Guys who put erotic content as their spray in CS/TF2. Once a bunch of bronies put some erotic mlp sprays all over the map so I had to quit because traumatic experience. Also if my parents saw that they'd disown me.
-I enjoy trolling in moderate amounts but I hate those guys who are like 'hey asshole, trolled ya'.

[HahaWaitWhat]

For me, it's usually when the game takes forever to load. The other problem I face is, other players. Most players in every game are always better than me, so, I die a lot.

[Troysco2]

The freaking cords EVERYWHERE. MY OCULUS RIFT HAS A SUPER ANNOYING CORD.

[DeterminedWolf]

friends with annoying microphones

[TheMatrix]

You just bought a new PS3 game, maybe even pre-ordered and got it the day it was released, only to find you need to install a 2 GB update first. How can there be such big problems already?
Also, when you bring a game to a friend's house, and it makes you install a dozen large updates first. That's why I like the PS2 better: you just put the disc in and play (although I guess you can pull out the network cable too)
When the DOS emulator doesn't work. (looking at you, GOG)
When my digital audio decoder craps out, and you need to restart it (I should have known better than to trust Chinese knock-offs)
That nobody is ever online

[Melodic]

Okay I've dealt with this at least 4 times already in the last 2 weeks while playing a game.

People calling me a whore because I'm a girl gamer. (Most of the time it's because I kick their butts, but whatever *eyeroll*)

[mariozplaze]

*When my team on Battlefield 3 does nothing but camp by the spawn point trying to snipe when they're no good at it (I'm looking at YOU Noshar Canals!), and drawing penises on walls with the repair tool while all the objectives are taken by the other team :mad:
*LOOONNNGGG Updates
*Lag due to other people in my house using the internet
*Those twelve-year-old try-hards in Call of Duty

[ImHotBeans]

12 year olds that want to talk about Minecraft
(yes I do play Minecraft in my downtime)
And the amount of times I get accused of hacking

[Cygnus]

-Peruvians in Dota 2 (I know it sounds racist but they are the plague of the South America/US East servers)
-Source games crashing on Macs
-A seemingly cool new F2P game being Pay-to-Win
-Shitty games being greenlit