Having fun while gaming

DieGo2SHAE · 10 months

Whoa, didn't think I'd ever see anything of mine reposted :O

Arvingorn · 10 months

Mile High Club was a bitch of an achievement.

RaccoonLord · 10 months

mmm dat 1 year old repost

Eloni · 10 months

A game needs to be challenging to be fun. But it just pisses me off when it's obvious the computer is cheating. Like in certain racers, the opponents are so far behind it would take them a minute to catch up to you if you stopped completely and waited for them, yet suddenly they passed you after 10 seconds. >_>

Romination · 10 months

My girlfriend is way worse with this than I am.

If she's not swearing at a game, she's not enjoying it right. Even something adorable, like Yoshi's Island, is cursed at like it was at the Salty Spitoon.

TheBratterz · 10 months

Dark Souls.

FirstNewGuyReturns · 10 months

I don't see why it'd be difficult to understand for someone else. Compare it to people working out: the vast majority don't really enjoy the process of getting sweaty and pushing their muscles to their limit, but do it for the feeling of satisfaction once they realise they've gotten through it and improved.

My personal pet peeve for parents watching you play games is the long, blank stare followed by "... so, are you winning?".

ziltiod94 · 10 months

This is exactly how I feel playing the Half-Life games. *Before I play the game: "Oh boy!!!! I really want to play Half-Life!!!" *During the game: "Dammit not this part!!!!! This part is so annoying!!!!! This is taking forever! Hurry! Why do I feel so alone while playing this game?!!" *After playing the game: "Man that was so much fun!!" Love the games, but that always happens.

Masssta · 10 months

Repost?? Iv definately seen this before :/

bugdog · 10 months

Dear god, this sounds like my husband for the first couple of days he was playing Skyrim. "if they'd just done it this way" and "I hate it when games do x and y but not z" and "they should have done this thing like Oblivion. It just feels so underpowered." All he does when I'm watching him play is bitch.

Now, when I go play Skyrim off in the bedroom, all I hear is "Come here and look at this fucking cool thing you haven't found yet!" and "oh, wow, you totally missed the best thing I've ever seen in a game" and "did you read such and such a book? The history is just so in depth..."

And now I've somehow designated myself as potion bitch because when he's asleep, I'll play his guy for the express purpose of making potions for him.

Isn't married life wonderful?

Also, I forgot my point here.

Sven2774 · 10 months

Fuck Mile High Club.

sdrakulich · 10 months

repost

Harmon17 · 10 months

i feel like this is a repost.

bearwithchainsaw · 10 months

League of Legends. Get feeders/afkers/shit talkers/the works "WHY DO I KEEP PLAYING THIS PIECE OF SHIT GAME IT FUCKING SUCKS!"

Win a game and it changes everything. "OMG that was so great I cant wait to play again with my friends oh boy I should tell everyone how fun and awesome this is"

Its like that one boy/girlfriend that is so hot and is a good bang, but treats you like shit... but just one more time wont hurt..... Just one more, it wont be so bad. S/He'll take me back.

Minus1Kelvin · 10 months

This is more true than I want to give it credit for...

Cease_one · 10 months

I had this happen with Dark souls. My brother walked in at me cursing at my screen and he goes "This is the game you love so much? doesn't seem fun" "It's so fucking fun! you have to try it!"

And now he's hooked..

aqwin · 10 months

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[deleted] · 10 months

REPOST. FUCKING STOLE THIS SHIT.

greyknight7 · 10 months

sooo true. It's why I stopped chasing achievements. Games are not meant to turn your hair white and increase blood pressure.

koobaxion · 10 months

Play some Dwarf Fortress, learn the definition of "fun"

zephyy · 10 months

It's tons of fun, especially when you beat that part and stand up screaming "YES, YES, FUCK YOU, FUCK YOU YOU STUPID PIECE OF SHIT AHAHAHHA" at the screen.

thelazerbeast · 10 months

I recentlt went against the Dapper Old Gent in Dungeon Siege III at a really low level and freaked out in front of my girlfriend.

She tried to reason with me but i ended up demanding she leave the room.

SummarizesRageComics · 10 months

Mother does not understand how son can be enjoying game while being so frustrated with it. Son rages at mother for not understanding this.

NeutralAngel · 10 months

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.

thatguyfromcanada · 10 months

Super Meat Boy.

gangstabillycyborg · 10 months

DON'T YOU YELL AT YOUR MOTHER YOU INGRATE!

A_Texas_Toaster · 10 months

papercowmoo · 10 months

im pretty sure this is a really crappy quality repost. like literally the exact same thing...

RamenOps · 10 months

I hate when I'm raging at a game and one of my friends says "lol calm down bro it's just a game".

BITCH I WILL CUT YOU OVER THIS GAME LET ME RAGE IN PEACE.

ethraax · 10 months

Heh, this reminds me of every Modern Warfare player I've ever met. They always seem incredibly pissed off, and they're always yelling at the game/people, but they claim to like it. I just don't understand...

FirstNewGuyReturns · 10 months

This is so true. I have a roommate who doesn't understand how I can both rage-at and enjoy the same game. :D

boodabomb · 10 months

this is so true. I have to contain myself now when Im playing games with my mom in the house or she has to check in and make sure I'm not trying to kill somebody. but it feels good to shout and scream at a television sometimes.

ryanjoohnson · 10 months

Lol, perfect. My life described in a comic.

Arronwy · 10 months

Took me 3 hours to beat that on veteran. Would have taken 2 hours but I tried to do the shot him in the leg and then shot in the head thing...I was so fucking pissed when it told me veterans get HSes.

A7XfoREVer6661 · 10 months

Cutscenes + Metal Gear Solid 2. FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

soradakey · 10 months

200+ failed attempts gone right out the window the second you beat it.

[deleted] · 10 months

MHC wasn't even hard; and I'm not trying to act like a "so pro gaymur." You just gotta know to advance, aim and shoot at the same time; and when to use flashbangs. The ridiculous linearity and the "breach" helped.

But I know what you're talking about, OP. Castlevania for the NES comes to mind.

j3nk1ns · 10 months

I beat bf3 on hard yesterday. Luckily my controller is still in one piece.

KindGoat · 10 months

An even worse feeling is when you're playing a game like N+ or Super Meat Boy and a friend says "let me try." And then proceeds to demolish the level in two attempts.

I usually just sit there stunned and then turn off the game.

[deleted] · 10 months

Who actually had trouble with CoD? starfox was so much harder and that was just n64

Virzy · 10 months

Super Meat Boy made me swear every 9 seconds.

clownparade · 10 months

Ive had my mom ask me why do I get frustrated playing a game, if I'm not having fun whats the point.Shes a huge scrabble player and loves those 1000+ piece puzzles...I think people who dont play video games dont understand the idea of them. Playing a game thats challenging IS fun.

clearlyobscure · 10 months

Funny story. I was at a con and this big guy kept getting his ass kicked, wouldn't even let me play he was trying to impress two girls that joined in and watched him fail rather hard; they were also noobs but didn't call the game "cheap" like he did. One of those ladies was nice enough to let me try and on my first time playing this shit I beat the entire round on my own while watching him fail the entire time.

hustbust · 10 months

this.

nameless88 · 10 months

You speak things that occur in my life. Tell me more, prophet.

Also, I dunno if it's just me, but, whenever I get super pissed at a game, I lose my concentration on it and just end up pissing myself off more by doing shitty from being so mad.

At that point, I'd suggest just taking a deep breathe, and playing something else for a bit and then coming back to the game again with a fresh start to retry it.

xiipaoc · 10 months

Yeah, so, it turns out that while gaming is generally fun, when you're frustrated while trying to do something in the game, you're basically building a future reward. You're working hard at something you want, which is to have beaten the level, or to have gotten better at playing the game, or whatever. It's good because it's your own goal, not someone else's.

Next time your parents complain that you don't seem to be having fun, you should formulate a response about how this is actually practicing delayed gratification, since that's what it is.

Organs · 10 months

You have to acknowledge that you're playing because there's a really challenging part you're determined to overcome.

Sometimes THAT'S the fun of gaming. That satisfaction of showing the game who's boss.

AzoGalvat · 10 months

I remember that level on Veteran.

So much rage.

TheSoleWitness · 10 months

It's either I look too frustrated to be having "fun" when I should be, or it's just a game--it's no big deal. -_-

OwningAnimalPuke · 10 months

"It doesn't sound like you're having fun" is code for "shut the fuck up, it's a fucking video game".

daniellemx · 10 months

The same question I ask my dad when he cusses at the TV while watching football.

chrisvarick · 10 months

My mom, my sister, now my girlfriend - they just don't understand...

StonyBuchek · 10 months

Fucking thief, make up your own posts.

2killatons_of_fun · 10 months

repost

knocklessmonster · 10 months

It's not fun until you want to beat the piss out of everybody around you.

arie222 · 10 months

What she doesn't realize is that video games aren't played to have fun.

PartyBusGaming · 10 months

A repost... a fuzzy repost at that.

ritz2theRUBBLE · 10 months

story of my life.

runekey · 10 months

When you finally beat Mile High Club, you'll see it was worth the pain

daskrip · 10 months

BlackCastle in An Untitled Story. I... don't know how many hours that took me.

Superflonic · 10 months

Hah, Funstration is goddamn annoying.

5dollabillsyall · 10 months

Bitches don't understand the ventral striatum.

prboi · 10 months

The way I see it, when I get frustrated I get with the difficulty of a game, it's fun to me.

joshbike · 10 months

This is a re-post

Conker534 · 10 months

Kiss your karma goodbye.

coolbrys · 10 months

"Mile High Club" was/is a very hard level of which I have yet to complete on Veteran.

CompanionCone · 10 months

Oh but the glorious satisfaction after you FINALLY beat that hard bit is so worth it...

generic_0 · 10 months

And the best part is when I'm frustrated and say something like "God dammit Meat Boy" in a moderately annoyed manner, it's almost certain that someone will chime in with "HEY ARE YOU OK?" and make it a hundred times worse.

bodaciousbilly · 10 months

My mom does this so often withmy swearing brother that she is sensitive to it for any level of exasperation. She was scolding me every once in a while for hlwhen I would quietly say "gah!" after dying repeatedly in Skyrim. I scolded her back.

SPAAACE · 10 months

me with super meat boy right now.

Gentlemoth · 10 months

Mothers never understand what real fun is.

twatwaffIe · 10 months

Nothing calls out the posters in the 9-15 age bracket like a derp comic.

been0x · 10 months

That sure does take me back when I was trying to get the Mile High Club achievement, or when I was a nerdy little weakling at Trials HD and was getting my ass handed to me by the Extreme difficulty tracks. Loads of fun was had, though.

avonlakeguy · 10 months

repost

lorenzogobatto · 10 months

Thank you for many hours of fun, Contra series.

7nights · 10 months

It's the same for when I don't get good results in any research project. But it's still fun.

ChurKirby · 10 months

So true. Doesn't apply to all games, but although I love playing COD, I find myself raging far more often than actually enjoying the multiplayer...

[deleted] · 10 months

Are you me? Or do I have a split personality and made this comic? My mom is exactly like that. When I rage about a game she always says to stop playing it cause "games are for fun".

Smokyo7 · 10 months

BOO THIS MAN

[deleted] · 10 months

Thats the mile-high club cheev. I spent days trying to master 1.5 minutes of that game.

Burntzombies · 10 months

Repost, but still funny.

mostexcellentben · 10 months

I remember trying to get that achievement on Veteran. I got to the last part where it went slowmotion and ended up shooting the good guy in the heart. Never have I raged so hard

[deleted] · 10 months

One of my favorite rage comics. Way to go, asshat. Enjoy my downvote.

Alarconadame · 10 months

I remember that happening...

benowillock · 10 months

You define the extra level you get AFTER you complete COD4 as really hard? :| You don't have to play it, you've already completed the game :/

mush_hunter · 10 months

never saw the original post, wasnt IF's best 14.8 sec? I did it in 15.1 BOOM! (on veteran)

hypmoden · 10 months

guilty

Arkhothep · 10 months

The irony is whenever i actually got my parents to try games, they raged just as hard at little things like being cut off in Grand Theft Auto.

kyle2143 · 10 months

I never understood how people could get openly upset and start yelling or throwing fits about video games. My younger brother does this all the time, and it perplexes me. Maybe someone can explain to me why they keep playing when they are only getting more aggravated. I also play a ton of games, and I'm much better at games then he is. Seriously I can't understand why people do this, I love video games more than anything, but I find it's important to never take anything too seriously.

A_Cunning_Linguist · 10 months

Sorry but you're a charlatan. This comic has been posted before, and it wasn't even that funny then.

plopwwwwww · 10 months

>Call of Duty
>Hard

nope. try a game that actually requires skill

CptSprinkles5 · 10 months

That's what you get for playin COD...

plutPWNium · 10 months

Original XBOX? lol

big99bird · 10 months

Oh my god this is on the frontpage.

Wofiel · 10 months

And this is when I leave r/gaming.

manfred_wellington · 10 months

http://boards.4chan.org/v/res/118011777

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