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Ceri JC on 2001-12-12 21:46 [#00060339] | |||||||||
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I've just had some fun, my house was engaged in a "friendly" game of LAN counterstrike which ended in a flat mate coming downstairs mid-game pulling me out of my chair whilst I still had a headset on. My headset got broken, my £600+ monitor came too close to going face down on the floor and in the scuffle that ensued- culminating with me judo pinning him by his throat to the bed and shouting "Calm the fuck down" at him. Thankfully, he had shouted "right, I'm going to get that twat" as he ran down stairs so I wasn't caught totally unawares. He then stormed off and shut himself in his room. His justification for this was that I had mocked him to my team-mate over the headset (he had heard through the wall). What I had actually done was repeated him saying "If Ceri doesn't stop being a twat I'm not going to play anymore" in a mocking childish voice. This all started because I pointed out that you can survive a pistol headshot at long range if you have a helmet and kevlar vest. The situation was not helped by my team-mate who claims I had actually said "bomb site A" instead of taking the piss. Oh well, all fun and games. Is this conclusive proof that people cannot distinguish real life from games? What are your thoughts on the matter? |
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Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-12-12 22:21 [#00060350] | |||||||||
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I've been attacked with a N64 controller, after beating my friend at Perfect Dark. He used it as a sort of whip, and it smashed the light fixture on my ceiling. That frightened him, so he calmed down. Video games OFTEN lead to crap like this. People get to into them. I've been known to punch walls if I can't beat a level. |
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Ceri JC on 2001-12-12 23:27 [#00060358] | |||||||||
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I often do things like punch walls, etc. I nearly broke my knuckles playing "Dead or Alive" once. However, I have never directed this at another person or even shouted at *them*. I don't understand why people take it so seriously, it's a game it's meant to be *fun*. |
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Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-12-12 23:47 [#00060362] | |||||||||
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I was trying to get the cheats on Perfect Dark, and some of them are a bitch to get on Perfect Agent. I decided it would be a good idea to walk out onto the back step and throw a garbage can into the woods while shouting profanities at the birds, while my neighbours were enjoying a barbecue next door. |
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hevquip from 45.697 bits of electricity on 2001-12-12 23:56 [#00060364] | |||||||||
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what is so great about counterstrike? is half-life any good for the ps2? |
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Loogie from UK on 2001-12-12 23:58 [#00060366] | |||||||||
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I think if someone is "camping" and you're in a bad mood already, things can escalate pretty quick. And in Counter-Strike the loser is at a disadvantage having less money to buy weapons meaning they're more likely to get picked off at long range by someone with a decent weapon. |
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evolume from at work in bothell, north of seattle, USA on 2001-12-13 00:13 [#00060367] | |||||||||
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counter strike is the only game i have ever been really addicted to. i started playing it almost 2 years ago during beta testing. since then i have removed it 2 times from my computer but never have been able to keep it off. i think it only gets real addicting when you get kinda good at it. when you first start playing it, you spend a lot of time getting killed and just watching other people play untill the round restarts which is not fun or addictive. but when you start getting a lot of kills and getting some respect on a server, it becomes an obsession. anyway, if you are serious about making music, it is probably a bad idea to start playing CS. It has seriously eaten into my music creating time as well as being a major point of friction between me and my girlfriend. But, if you have no GF and no social life, you could probably excel at CS. |
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evolume from at work in bothell, north of seattle, USA on 2001-12-13 00:19 [#00060368] | |||||||||
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oh, but what is great about it? i would say that it is brilliantly balanced. the variety of weapons offers a lot of range as to what kind of skills you want to develop as a player. it is fast paced, rounds only last about 2 to 5 minutes. also, i think another thing that makes it great is the "realism" regarding death in the game; you are quite vulnerable, only able to withstand a few bullets from most of the guns, and when you die there is a consequence, you have to sit out untill the next round. this is different from most online shooters where you can take a lot of damage and you respawn the instant you die. also, the game is most fun when you are on a solid team that works together with a good dynamic where as most other shooters are a kinda free-for-all death match. its a lot like a faster Rogue Spear if you ever played that game. real guns, close quarters combat, semi-real graphics etc. |
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evolume from at work in bothell, north of seattle, USA on 2001-12-13 00:21 [#00060370] | |||||||||
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oh and one more post (sorry) does it cause violence? for me it is more of a release. i always say, "if you feel like shooting a lot of people, it is always better to shoot them in a video game rather than a mall or post office etc." |
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Baron Von Picklefoot from From my "special" place on 2001-12-13 00:52 [#00060376] | |||||||||
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I have been known to cut the hair of the homeless out of fits of rage over a game !!!!THE BARON HAS SPOKEN!!!!!! |
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Ceri JC on 2001-12-13 01:50 [#00060387] | |||||||||
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Yes, I feel a release playing violent games, but my flat mate obviously doesn't. He doesn't accuse me of cheating, but says "how the fuck did you" "when I" Perhaps he thinks the game favours me or something. I just remembered, actually I did hurt someone playing a game once. A friend and I were playing a 2 player game of probotector (also called contra) on the NES. In this game if one person dies you can press select to take one of the remaining player's lives. We'd already agreed not to do this. He said jokingly he'd "take one of my lives" when he was dead. I said "take one of my lives, and I'll kill you". He took one just as I finished saying it. He claims to only have registered the "take my life" bit. Anyway, I armlocked him till he whined like a little bitch. He got me back a couple of years later (I forget why) by garotting me across the mouth with a judo belt as I was taking my brace out. This resulted in me cutting my mouth on the metal of the brace as it was forced into my gums. It was very funny walking into judo club with a bleeding mouth already ;) |
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Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-12-13 03:15 [#00060399] | |||||||||
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I will NEVER play the European version of Contra with YOU, you psycho bitch!!! :) |
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The_Funkmaster from Newfoundland, Canada on 2001-12-13 03:18 [#00060404] | |||||||||
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WOOHOO I'M FINISHED EXAMS!!!!!!! |
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Ophecks from Nova Scotia on 2001-12-13 03:21 [#00060407] | |||||||||
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Shut up. We know. Go listen to Peter Gabriel, then go for a fish! :-) |
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Ceri JC on 2001-12-13 19:37 [#00060603] | |||||||||
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Whoa, even more violence in my household this evening! I was on the phone to my girlfriend's mother and a flat mate came into my room and started making saying "yeah, yeah fuck me harder ceri noises". My girlfriends mother was mid-sentence so I put my hand over the mouth piece and hissed "shut up you twat" at him. He kept on so I thumped him twice (not too hard) in the chest. He left the room and stopped. He's now sulking in his room and when I explained he said "I don't care, I don't like being hit by anyone". Well, let's just analyse the situation- He was in my room without permission (we lease our rooms seperatley). The fact that I said Shut up is quite a good indication that I wanted him to leave. He didn't - therefore he was tresspassing and I used reasonable force to eject him. IT really annoys me when you give areson for something and people don't say "that's unreasonable" the say, "I don't care". Which indicates they haven't actually *listened* to what you said and don't want to consider your point of view. |
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hevquip from 45 angry wasps throats on 2001-12-13 19:47 [#00060607] | |||||||||
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just say "if it's unreasonable, then why would've i done it? it's unreasonable to you, not me." you have a wussy, feely flatmate. |
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Ceri JC on 2001-12-13 20:26 [#00060616] | |||||||||
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He's 6'4" 16 stone and probably isn't used to having someone not scared of him/being hit/told what to do. He needs taking down a peg anyhow. |
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Ceri JC on 2001-12-13 20:51 [#00060618] | |||||||||
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Ha ha! It was a misunderstanding! I had the cordless phone pressed to my shoulder on the opposite side to where he was. He thought I was talking via the gamevoice to my other flatmates who were also playing counterstrike. Oh dear! |
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Ceri JC on 2001-12-13 20:51 [#00060619] | |||||||||
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Ha ha! It was a misunderstanding! I had the cordless phone pressed to my shoulder on the opposite side to where he was. He thought I was talking via the gamevoice to my other flatmates who were also playing counterstrike. Oh dear! |
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Frag on 2001-12-13 22:39 [#00060633] | |||||||||
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this topic made me hungry for games again... I'm going to play Tribes 2 when I finish this damn math |
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