Are you a "yeller?" I sure as hell am. Any unexpected death or loss in any videogame has me yelling at my television and game consoles at the top of my lungs. I'm not Angry German Kid bad, and I realize that none of these objects can hear me, but it makes me feel better. One time, my dog bit me because I scared the sh*t out of him after yelling at a game.
I suppose I had better watch the volume of my exclamations. One gamer in Denver received a visit from deputies for his.
The Denver YourHub tells us that deputies responded to a domestic disturbance callat 5 a.m. on May 7. The county sheriff's office blotter says that a 39-year-old man said he heard yelling and doors being slammed and said it had been going on for months.
In the apartment below him, the wife of our yeller said her husband plays video games all night, much like you and I. The problem here is that he gets upset when he loses and yells obscenities at his gaming gear. Old Yeller was issued a summons for disorderly conduct.
Do you scream at the television when you lose/fail? If so, what game made you the most angry and loud? For me it was Shadow of the Colossus. Damn those tall colossi!
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12:31 PM on 05.16.2008
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Funnel the rage into the game, it's great.
the level design is abismal. you miss the pad within and inch and bam! you're dead
or if I am playing a friend "No one likes a landmaster (friend's name)"
IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU'RE AN IDIOT WITH CRAPPY AIM!!! ARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!
Punch-Out NES also received alot fury back in the day...
"por la mierda"
"juego culio"
"maquina conchadetumadre"
I sometimes do the quite controlled rage where I grip my controller and just squeeze it as hard as possible, twist it, maybe smack it hard on the side with one hand. Works out that tension a lil bit. It is much more satisfying strangling something instead of just tossing it against the wall >:-)
I recently checked with my neighbor about the noise level and he said that he never hears me. Either the insulation is as good as the developer said it was or he fears my wrathful ways.
I lol'd at this, Demtor:
I sometimes do the quite controlled rage where I grip my controller and just squeeze it as hard as possible, twist it, maybe smack it hard on the side with one hand. Works out that tension a lil bit. It is much more satisfying strangling something instead of just tossing it against the wall >:-)
Playing Pro Evo online is horrible aswell because the lag is just so bad, the Centre forwards just warp from the half way line to the box with the ball and score, bloody annoying.
Also Halo 3 when someone steals my kill.
Once I get into that pissed off mindset, even the slightest of annoyances will set me off.
I yell weird shit about how the game thinks it is cute trying to piss me off or something.
Really strange.
I bit my controller once when playing Soul Caliber 2.
I HATE VOLDO
If that doesnt solve the problem then I find playing frisbbe with the disc works well also. :P
Ive learned to calm down though. Replacing controllers and anything else close to me that can be thrown gets expensive.
Five more words: "Mississippi Queen" vocals on Expert.
But whenever i plan to stay up i have my headphones jacked into anything that i'm using, i even bought a new TV that has headphone jacks since the old one i had to -Macguyver- in a way to use headphones.
I wish people would be considerate to others since the walls are so fuckin' thin...>_>
What about smack talking a game? You guys ever get that in to a game where your trying soooo hard to finish a section, or beat a boss, that you start trash talking out of no where.
"Sup now bitch? Where's that cheap ass move now! Come on! Get some! FUCK YEAH! UH!" *followed by incredibly nerdy white boy groove dance that brings all the girls to the yardsale*
I occasionally pound my fist on my desk if it's single player.
I wept when I died in SoTC.