Online habits

[Anser]

Are there any things you tend to do often when you play online? It depends on the game you play and your style of playing, of course.
When I play Mario Kart, I tend to leave bananas or Fake Item Boxes in front of cliffs so people fall over :'D

I am also a very, VERY sore loser. Not all the time, and it depends on the conditions I lose in. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, for example, I once rage quit because the other player wouldn't even let me move. He was juggling with me. If I get to give a good, close battle, it doesn't matter if I lose, because I know I did my best. But when they don't let me even move......

It just happened to me in Pokémon Black. My three Pokémon were defeated by a single Pokémon of my opponent, and he ended the battle at full HP. It angered me so much I turned the game off before finishing the battle. I don't know why. I just get very mad when I don't get the chance to play properly. Also, and this isn't good, when my Lost Battles number is way superior to my Won Battles number, I always turn off the game so it doesn't count as one more loss, and I do it until the numbers are even again. Right now I have only 6 Won Battles and 10 Lost Battles, so I'll turn the game off until I have 10 Won Battles or so. It will look bad if the difference is too high! Call me a bad player if you want, I know that's bad but I still do it.

 

[Mario4Ever]

I try not to lose.

 

[Mariomario64]

Why isn't this in Online Gaming?

 

[Striker Mario]

Because the Online Boards are not as active as the others?

I don't play online because I have a low frustration tolerance and I might get angry over losing. I'm a sore loser too.

 

[Anser]

Because the Online Boards are not as active as the others?

I don't play online because I have a low frustration tolerance and I might get angry over losing. I'm a sore loser too.

Exactly. It's good to know I'm not the only one

 

[Toad85]

I don't often play online, so I don't really have any particular habits

But when I do, I tend to get angry at people who think they can get away with hacking the game to win every time. It's one of my biggest peeves.

Stay thirsty, my friends.

 

[Striker Mario]

How would you react if somebody hacked just to fool around- and let you win?

 

[Pokemon DP]

Not big on multiplayer; the only ones I play often would be Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2, wherein my policy is to laugh, have fun and enjoy the game with my friends.

Although unless we're on a game mode that's entirely just for dicking around (TF2's Deathmatch mode) or we've all agreed to just be total assholes to each other because we're bored (L4D), I don't tolerate dumbasses deliberately wasting time and not trying to help their team win, since that's pretty much a form of griefing.

 

[Bop1996]

The style of online game I typically play is a text-based free-to-play MMORPG, so this should be unusual. Typically, I spend most of my time looking for justified combat and trying to camp for income building devices. Since I'm always trying to avoid gaining EXP, I usually fight by using the bounty system the games provide to allow my friends to beat the tar out of whoever we're fighting. It's typically pretty fun.

 

[Crackin355]

Whenever I lose, I do always have "it's just a game, no need to get angry" in my head, which means I haven't raged at online for a good couple of months. The occasional Spawn campers in games like Ace of Spades get annoying. Although I like doing it too, I just dont like the idea of finally walking all the way across the map only to be killed and sent back to the start. That just breaks me and I start flipping shit. But I'm usually fine.

I used to have horrible tolerance, getting angry over one loss. But I'm much more calm about games now.

 

[Uniju]

I always say Incoming, Nice Shot, etc. The fact that I can't say these things in games other than TF2 bugs me. When I see a catch a shell heading towards me or the guy next to me in Mario Kart, I really want to say "Incoming". When somebody accidentally shoots their cracker launcher at one of the big explodey boxes in Super Smash Bros. and kills themselves, I really want to say "Nice Shot". This is the worst part of playing games other than TF2.

 

[Vinnie927]

When I lose, I say I got unlucky and/or the other players are better. I only ragequit when I lose atleast 700 VR in 3 races.

 

[Striker Mario]

^I can't handle that as easily. I usually try my best. I tend to accept losses, but when frustration comes in, it boils quickly.

 

[Brock]

I havent played online in so long i forgot my habits. HOWEVER, I do play minecraft online a lot. My habits on that are a tendency to describe everything I'm doing, and to comment on how bad I am at the game. It's usually pretty fun, and makes it less annoying when I screw up. Oh, also I suck at minecraft.

 

[Mario4Ever]

I used to play Runescape when I was younger, though instead of doing shit, I hung out in random places and had semi-intelligent discussions/poetry recitals, annoying/entertaining many a fellow user.

 

[UltraMario]

I dunno, constantly rage? \m/

 

[SKmaric]

In MKW I tend to spam Red Shells or Spiny Shells when I get them. I also save Mushrooms if I happen to get one in first place to dodge Blue Shells.

 

[banjonator1]

I used to play Runescape when I was younger, though instead of doing *bleep*, I hung out in random places and had semi-intelligent discussions/poetry recitals, annoying/entertaining many a fellow user.

The only thing I knew how to do in that game was start fires so I ran around the big town square place and...started like forty fires.

 

[Crackin355]

I used to play Runescape when I was younger, though instead of doing *bleep*, I hung out in random places and had semi-intelligent discussions/poetry recitals, annoying/entertaining many a fellow user.

The only thing I knew how to do in that game was start fires so I ran around the big town square place and...started like forty fires.

I must've been fucked up as a kid. I went through the tutorial part and got stuck in my first 10 minutes because I couldn't pick up the shovel. I was clicking the button but it wouldn't pick up so I never played it again. Fucking shovels.

 

[Soundless Voice]

1) In Pokemon, I never use special attacks, because IMO, they're a waste of your turn.
2) I also use the most powerful moves I can find.

(these don't really have to do with online, but it can be.)