Losing it

[Scribblor]

Random quote from a googled Model train Forum. I don't understand that either (massive spelling mistakes aside), am I getting old?

Depends, I guess. Is model trains a hobby of yours? One you generally keep up to date with?

[Joyrex-J9]

The Modern Warfare 2 one says "I'm a lonely, lonely man who spends my time desperately trying to feel important and macho by relentlessly playing shooting games olnine before logging off, beating my cock into oblivion and then crying into my jizz soaked fist."

[Vimster]

It's the sort of quote to bear in mind as you're being pwned for the 20th time in a row without scoring .

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

The original poster wasn't having a go, I didn't mean to give that impression, a few of the subsequent posts were a bit rich I thought.

No, that wasn't my intention either. I even removed the names in the quotes on purpose to prevent it getting into something personal

Actually, I remember that Lingo stuff in the past. I also played World of Warcraft in the old days and would say stuff like

'L4G, tank & DOT preferred' or 'LU grats'.

Of course I made sure to sabotage the discussion too with talking about objects that didn't exist in the proper linked colour like

Rod of Eternal Stiffness +4

[neoELITE]

I think, as older gamers (I'm only 33), we don't relentlessly play games like we used to. The OP quotes were me when I was playing FFVII (using "FFVII" is as ultra-nerd as those in the OP) as FFVII was like heroin/blowjobs/lottery wins all rolled into one big ball of oxygen. I enjoy games now but not to the extent where I need to play them to the nTH degree and where I'm drawing the characters on my Maths exercise book and thinking that one day, when I'm older, my ideal woman would be Lara Croft.

One day, I'll be sat in a pub, by a fire, telling my Grandchildren all about Mario on the snes while they spout this apparent gibberish

I say, let the kids have fun. Their experience will be playing online with sweary Americans but mine will always be blowing as hard as I can into a cart to dislodge dust so it'll work.

I heart gaming.

[mechamonkey]

I think, as older gamers (I'm only 33), we don't relentlessly play games like we used to. The OP quotes were me when I was playing FFVII (using "FFVII" is as ultra-nerd as those in the OP) as FFVII was like heroin/blowjobs/lottery wins all rolled into one big ball of oxygen. I enjoy games now but not to the extent where I need to play them to the nTH degree and where I'm drawing the characters on my Maths exercise book and thinking that one day, when I'm older, my ideal woman would be Lara Croft.

One day, I'll be sat in a pub, by a fire, telling my Grandchildren all about Mario on the snes while they spout this apparent gibberish

I say, let the kids have fun. Their experience will be playing online with sweary Americans but mine will always be blowing as hard as I can into a cart to dislodge dust so it'll work.

I heart gaming.

Post of the decade

[Loik V credern]

I've found listening to podcasts/new music/just anyone talking on my i-Pod makes playing games more bearable. Doing that whilst playing Half-Life 2 at the moment. It's rubbish, but i'm getting through it.

[dayte]

I'm not old nor have a family but my gaming time has still been cut drastically since my teens. I still play the hardcore games, but not in a way that makes me a semi pro in it - I will complete the game, maybe on hard, unlock a few secrets/achievements or in MW2's case, move up a level or so every week, and just play the game without thinking too much about it (tactics, spawn positions/sniping spots etc.). It's far more fun that way.

[Made of Ghosts]

Yeah I wish people would stop using jargon. I mean how hard is it to just say you're playing an FPS deathmatch and your ping is making you lag and you feel like a noob cos your HP is low after you almost got owned by a spawn camper?

[Quest]

I love playing a bit of Street Fighter IV, but that thread is completely incomprehensible to me. Them cheeky Capcom dorks got some crazy lingo.

[joeplus]

I've been out of touch for about two years now. I've got a Wii for which I buy one game every two or three months, and the rest is cheap online PC stuff or emulators. As hysterically retarded and unlikely as it sounds, I'm only here for the company.

That said, there is still the odd game I aspire to. I find all the fight chat fascinating. Reading about combos I've never even performed. That's so fucking sad. It's probably related to the fact that I'm becoming a sport nerd with regards to the real actual sport-based videogame I'm working towards making, and that fighting games are showing signs of becoming like real actual sports, but it's still fucking sad.

[simms]

My gaming hours have gone down considerably over the last years due to a combination of spreading time across other interests, married life with children, work, etc. Still, I consider myself to be pretty much 'in the know'. I track most major releases, play the games I find interesting (although too often not to completion) and follow what's going on. Still, confronted with posts like this, I sometimes wonder if it isn't time to just reinvent myself as casual and keep to EA releases and Wii Fit or something. Is it just me or is this completely uncomprehensible lingo?

Modern Warfare 2:

Bayonetta:

I've been out of touch for about two years now. I've got a Wii for which I buy one game every two or three months, and the rest is cheap online PC stuff or emulators. As hysterically retarded and unlikely as it sounds, I'm only here for the company.

That said, there is still the odd game I aspire to. I find all the fight chat fascinating. Reading about combos I've never even performed. That's so fucking sad. It's probably related to the fact that I'm becoming a sport nerd with regards to the real actual sport-based videogame I'm working towards making, and that fighting games are showing signs of becoming like real actual sports, but it's still fucking sad.

I love this thread. I read the above two posts and lolled while nodding in agreement especially bits highlighted in bold. I read the Bayanotta post orginally in the Bayonetta thread and was thinking WTF but it still made facinating reading, same with beat up threads and I'm super hopeless at learning combos. I've got a pile of unplayed (some unopened) 360 games that would probably take a century or two to complete 100%, unlock achievments and get proficient online with, it includes games like Ninja Gaiden 2, Virtual Fighter 4, Halo 3. Its not stopped me going out and buying Bayanotta (a special edition version no less). Game playing would be so much more manageable if I traded it all in for Wi Fit Plus and other casual tat but I have no interest in them at all.

[Troublegum]

Online gaming is one thing that has passed me by; I just don't get it. I sometimes watch my 15 year old brother play Call of Duty and it's mesmerising the sheer skill displayed but it has obviously come at the price of not going outside for months. I see a lot of myself in him when I was that age - the enthusiasm, dedication and commitment to a new big title from day one.

I have to play games in small chunks, bite-size pieces that are sometimes a mere level at a time, before my interest wanes and I have to do something else. If it weren't for XBLA games and the Wii I might have not even bothered with this generation.

[routeburn]

I'm beginning to feel the same way, and I must admit that I like the term 'old-core' This was some of the sentiment behind this thread on "Your relationship with gaming": http://rllmukforum.com/index.php?showtopic=219824

I'm not sure I fit well with the increasing pace of releases and the intense gaming required to really get the most from (some) single player and (many/most) multiplayer titles.

Looking at my expenditure in recent months and the value and enjoyment I've personally got out of it, I'm currently re-thinking my hobby (is gaming a "hobby"? I suppose it is, but for me at least it's just been a part of my life/lifestyle since I was about . The growing size of the videogame market means that it is now a really big money industry, and as such is driven towards relying on regular consumption of the "latest and greatest".

Several recent experiences, while nice in a "Burger King" way, are certainly not the "Sirloin Steak" I was hoping for. I'm thinking that I need to kick the "junk food" habit and treat my valuable gaming time with a bit more consideration.

[scottcr]

I love me games - but I never get the most out of them. I don't see the appeal of going through a game to 100% it unless there's genuinely more to see and do. I gave up online gaming as it's always the same pattern - get a new game, play it online for a bit and enjoy it... then put it aside for a couple of weeks, come back in and get utterly destroyed. which is a shame... as I tend to enjoy it when it's evenly matched.

[blipwoo]

Dead space, dragon age and persona 4 have all been abandoned half completed; there's a copy of ninja gaiden on the shelf that i've never played. It's sad to think of when I had all the time I needed for these, but i'm trying a new approach now, and focussing more on street fighter 4 (geddit? ). It's ideal if you have to play in small chunks; a match typically takes a few minutes, but each and every one sees your skills improve in some small way. At the same time, it can easily eat hours of time when I have it.

[Sigourney Beaver]

Having just finished Bayonetta on a mix of easy and normal, I can appreciate the time needed to collect and unlock everything AND finish the game on the very hardest difficulty level is more time than I'll ever be able to devote to one game.

[routeburn]

It's ideal if you have to play in small chunks; a match typically takes a few minutes, but each and every one sees your skills improve in some small way. At the same time, it can easily eat hours of time when I have it.

I like to think of Street Fighter IV (and other similar fighters) as "real life RPGs". When you're playing them, you're not levelling up your character, or improving your fighting stats (other than wins/losses). However, the improvement in your own, personal skill and effectiveness in the game noticeably improves.

Putting in some time in the training room will definitely yield better results when you're fighting against others. Similarly, each and every fight against another human will improve your stills.

It just take a small shift in your thinking to realise that you are "levelling your character", but that the character is you.

[Jolly]

Not sure if this is entirely relevant , but I'm always lurking the Street Fighter 4 and HD Remix threads despite the fact I understand pretty much fuck all in there. I love reading it for some unfathomable reason.

Regarding Bayonetta, I strongly recommend anyone not enjoying it to stick with it. I really didn't like it for the first five hours. Can't stop playing the bloody thing now.

[Eats hoops and leaves]

I posted the modern warfare one originally. To be honest, the lingo comes from reading about it here. It's also the only game I've played since November so it's not hard to pick up the terms and abbreviations in that time. Why would I bother to explain everything in the most basic terms? It's a videogames forum after all.

The original post is "I haven't played these games, I don't understand what they're talking about" - No shit? I'm sure I wouldn't know what a koopa is if I never played Mario.

I also wouldn't consider myself as into games as the majority of posters here and my time in MW2 pales in comparison to people who have spent 8+ days at it since launch. That said, it's a bit rich for other posters to be having a go at people playing games on a GAMING FORUM when I've seen other people here post about their NES collection, or Companion Cube soft toys, not to mention the Warcraft crowd.

Do you have rickets yet.

[blipwoo]

Not sure if this is entirely relevant , but I'm always lurking the Street Fighter 4 and HD Remix threads despite the fact I understand pretty much fuck all in there. I love reading it for some unfathomable reason.

Keep reading, that's what got me trying sf4 in the first place. To stretch the rpg analogy further, reading those threads is like being on the world map, seeing endless vistas unfold in front of you, all the places you might or might not go. Sure, i'll never scale mount EVO, but it's nice to look at, to know that it's there. Bread and butter village looks interesting though...