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[CattyKid]

I'm sorry, but I have to say this: I can't stand watching people play a game when they really suck.  Not when they are just bad, I mean when they are horrible, especially if it is not a diffiuclt game at all.  I just can't stand it, and it makes me angry at the person.
"It's so easy, just DO it," I want to yell, but can't because sometimes I am in public/don't know the person.

Now, if this is a little kid we're talking about, then fine (still bugs me a little, but is excusable).  But anyone over 10 is in the crosshairs.

Is this true for any of you guys as well?

[dgrams2003]

I'd rather have someone suck at a game (and I mean.. really suck)
than to listen to some dumb trailer trash talkin person pollute the airwaves of XBox Live.

..you know.. the kind that say things like... "Wouldnt it be cool to have sex with Hitomi and Tina at the same time?  Look at thier big breasts... I wish they (the characters) were real."

...and I'm not talking about a 10 or 11 year old saying this.. I'm talking someone in their late teens or 20's.

Those are the people that drive me nuts.

[Lizard King]

Actually, on November 21st I had someone make some stupid comment becasue i was fumbing with the controls on COD2. (i had to switch it to inverted look). It was at Toys R Us. I taught his kid some new words about his father's lineage.

Seriously, Some people enjoy games and are not that good at it. I had a bad accident when I was 13 an cannot feel some of the nerves in my hand. My gamerscore is less than 1000. I still enjoy playing the games. Sure, there are other things at which i excel, most of them are considered excercise and outdoor based activities. So what if you beat me at MotoGP? I'll smoke your ass at BeaverRun in real life any day :-)

Keep your comments to yourself CattyKid. There is something you are not good at, and I'd love for you to struggle with not only the frustration but add on to that some moron with a self esteem problem adding in his two bits to make himself feel better.

[Legendary Badass]

I don't like watching someone play a game after I just told/showed them what to do; and they do the exact opposite over and over. My grandma is amazing at NES. She's beatten Zelda and Mario Bros. many times. I talked her into playing Halo 2 once. We started at the beginning of the camgaign, and she was having trouble walking. I ended up showing her how to walk. 20 minutes later she still couldn't get in the shield generator unit to start the mission. It was very frustrating to see.

There are worse things. Like if I'm playing co-op with someone and I say "shoot to the left". 99% of the time they turn to the right. FREAK!!!!

Now, if someone is amazing at a game; I CAN watch that. I would definitely watch pro videogame competitions on HDTV.

[handles25]

When I tell my buddies what to do they get with the program fast, when I tell my wife what to do, its just painful to watch her screw it up over and over untill she finally gets it.  That said she will smoke me at about any puzzle game.  People that have been away from games sence 3d came about can really struggle with the controls.

[twistedsymphony]

FPS games are difficult to pickup if you've never played one. I struggled with them for months when I first started playing, my abilities are still pretty abysmal (IMO) but I can often hold my own against most average players.

It really depends on my mood if I get frustrated watching someone else play or not. Sometimes I'll watch my GF playing a game (any game really) and I'll just get frustrated that she doesn't pick the same path I would have taken in say an adventure or RPG, or if she falls for the same trap in a fighting game, OVER and OVER again, or brakes way late in a corner, etc.

Other times I just don't even care, My brother and one of his friends stopped by my house while I was playing COD2 on veteran and his friend wanted to play because he heard it was such a great game... I was on Silo at the time and just handed him the controller... and proceeded to watch him fail miserably for about a half hour without advancing ANYWHERE, I found it more comical then anything else. Eventually I just saved the game and started a new one for him on easy and he had a lot more fun with that  

I find it's more frustrating watching actual game play as opposed to a replay of something, also I tend to get more frustrated when watching people play games or levels that I'm familiar with.

and Lizard King, people can't help feeling frustrated as much as you can't help the feelings in your hands, just because someones doing something that causes you to feel frustrated or agitated doesn't mean you act on it or chastise the person for it.

I get frustrated watching my GF play games all the time, doesn't mean I'm going to say anything about it, at most I might give her a pointer or two but if it really bothers me I'll just leave the room, same goes for when I'm at the store and watch someone playing the kiosk or any other similar situation...

[Lizard King]

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Mar 31 2006, 12:03 PM)

and Lizard King, people can't help feeling frustrated as much as you can't help the feelings in your hands, just because someones doing something that causes you to feel frustrated or agitated doesn't mean you act on it or chastise the person for it.

If watching someone do something becomes too frustrating for someone to restrain themselves, then that person needs to learn self control. Myself, in that situation? I had enough berating (something on the order of "Why don't you let my kid play you're not getting anywhere" three or four times) to hit my boiling point - there comes a time when certain rudeness can not be excused. My playing that game, or anyone playing a game doesn't insult, belittle or demean anyone enough to say anything insulting. People that can't contain themselves should remove themselves from social contact.

I understand people are frustrated. People have a right to be. HOWEVER, I was responding to CattyKid about *almost* saying something - saying something could cross that line.

Seriously, it's just a game. It's there for people to enjoy. In the last 10 years I can't believe how many changes happened to games opening up so many free roaming games, and yet, the community becomes snobbier and snootier. If I enjoy the game, so be it, that's what it's there for.

In fact, that's why I don't have my gamertag listed. In other boards (yes there are other forums and boards) anytime I make a comment it's followed by a "your Gamescore is only 750, what do you know".

[crobar]

ive gotten my self in trouble wiht this one..
while im not the greatest player i do get frustrated when people are either very good or very bad.
ive tried  doing the same as you twistedsymphony by giving a tip or pointer to my girlfriend only to find that ive upset her by making her feel like she cant do it on her own...

ive slowly learned that if you give people a chance to learn from their mistakes they will become better players as my girlfriend now kicks my ass in burnout.

@ CattyKid
dont be so quick to knock bad players just cause they are bad now doesnt mean they will always be and if you dont give them a chance they may never get better, and in the end games are for fun not to gain some kind of superior game ego because your better than somone else at specific task.

[MaxEgg]

I'm content with my skills, sure, i'm not great, but the ultimate point is "I" am having fun.
If you dont like it, thats your issue, not mine.  Being an upper 30's Father, I dont have more than a few hours a week to play video games, I grew up playing games, but this was on the CBM Pet60, Vic20, c64, Atari, Amiga.

I never had a console til now (other than a dreamcast, but I only bought it for Shenmue)
I played PC games a little, but only when time permits,
some people just dont have the time nor desire to improve themselves to other people's likings.

[lowendfrequency]

I'm a huge gamer, always have been.  I've been waiting for release dates and pre-ordering games back when I was in the single digits.  But never once have I claimed to be good.  I straight up suck at FPS and racing games.  I just don't have the precision that's required to excel at them.  I'm sure that I've logged thousands of hours on various consoles and yet I still suck.  Keeping that in mind, what about the person who doesn't play that often?  Is it fair to get so annoyed when they are trying to play and learn at the same time?  Give the person a break.  When that person is playing, the only thing that matters is that THEY are having fun.  Not you.

[Rubix42]

I get steamed watching people play games.

I think it is because I am not playing, and having to watch someone do something I want to do, and watch them screw it up annoys me to no end.

Before the 360 came out, I was at Best Buy trying to play with the kiosk.  Some little kid was on it for about 45 minutes until I had a chance to play.

Not only did he have no idea what he was doing, he was goobering his sucker all over the controller.  

When he was done, I spent maybe 10 minutes on there checking it out, because someone else wanted to play as well.  

People have to learn how to share, that's all.

[Master X]

QUOTE(Rubix42 @ Mar 31 2006, 10:49 AM)

I get steamed watching people play games.

I think it is because I am not playing, and having to watch someone do something I want to do, and watch them screw it up annoys me to no end.

Before the 360 came out, I was at Best Buy trying to play with the kiosk.  Some little kid was on it for about 45 minutes until I had a chance to play.

Not only did he have no idea what he was doing, he was goobering his sucker all over the controller.  

When he was done, I spent maybe 10 minutes on there checking it out, because someone else wanted to play as well.  

People have to learn how to share, that's all.

 

[CattyKid]

QUOTE(Lizard King @ Mar 31 2006, 12:39 AM)

Keep your comments to yourself CattyKid. There is something you are not good at, and I'd love for you to struggle with not only the frustration but add on to that some moron with a self esteem problem adding in his two bits to make himself feel better.

(BTW I also suck at non-inverted, you'd think it would be easier, though)
Maybe it stems from the fact that I get frustrated pretty easily.  If I was playing the game myself (or playing as sport, like soccer or doing anything else) and kept on failing, I'd STILL be pissed (much more, for that matter), and seeing someone else failing, even if I couldn't do it myself (too many things to list thatI can't do, many more than I can), just really seems to annoy me.  

At the point of my post, I was really annoyed because my friends and I had wasted a couple hours (we were on a field trip to NY and kept going in the same stores, just in different locations, plus ones we have around here where I live).  And the game thing (also one of my friends) kind of just "pushed me over the edge."  The only reason I even contemplated saying ANYTHING was cause I was a little pissed (and the fact that it was a friend), it's usually NOT that bad.

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saying something could cross that line.

Would cross that line, in my mind.

(And I agree that Gamerscore means absolutely NOTHING)