I put the word in quotation marks because the people I'm gonna write
about don't deserve that label >IMO<. I need to get these things
off my chest because they upset me so much. You know, games are my
biggest passion, I've loved them for nearly all of my life now. I own 11
platforms (computer not counted) and hundreds of games, so I don't want
anyone to think that I have no clue what I'm talking about. It may be
90% Nintendo stuff that I play, but I know that other platforms have awesome games as well - it's just that I'm most interested in big N's exclusive titles which is why I mostly spend my money for Nintendo.
There's
a reason I'm making this list - something has bothered my for a while
and got me mad again today, which will be rank 1 on my hate list.
Remember, this is 100% subjective. May contain cursing!
So, the first place goes to:
People who disconnect when they are about to lose an online match in Pokemon B/W
I'm
not exaggerating, but in 4 out of 5 matches this is the case - in my
own experience. Now this is a very specific type of "gamers", and I hate
these a lot because they affect me personally. One of my most
anticipated features for B/W were the random matches, but these people
destroy the online play for me. I want my statistics to be REAL and
significant, but thanks to some cowards this isn't possible. Besides it
sometimes takes up to 15minutes to even find a battle opponent.. and the
ones I find are nearly always such honorless ****es. YOu can't imagine
how much that ****s me up. By the way, of course that problem is not
only existent in Pokemon, but it's my favorite game, so...
People that are in my MH Tri team but don't help at all...
Another
specific group, but that's just because MH Tri is the only (mainly)
online game I've played. If I met those people in other online games I'd
hate them there too! It's really terrible: You do all the work to beat
the monsters, which can be tricky sometimes, while some lazy ass just
goes mining the whole time. And in the end he earns the same amount of
rewards as you - if he's lucky, he could even get better rewards!
Unfair, isn't it? Opposed to this is another group of MH Tri losers that
just disconnect when the battle gets harder than expected. It's really
nice to battle half an hour and then being destined to lose because you
could've needed every single help.
People that NEVER bother to do any sidequests
Just
to make that clear: I know not everyone has a huge amount of freetime
to get 100% in every game, not even myself. In fact, I have to choose
carefully which games I really take on. But sidequests often show you
additional parts of a game's story or even create completely new
stories! A good example for this is Zelda Majora's Mask. Every mask you
could get had it's own story behind it, but you didn't have to collect
all of them to beat the game. But how much are you interested in a game
if you don't even fulfill one single sidequest? Maybe it's just me, but
this gives me the impression that some people just want to rush through
games to brag about it or whatever rather than enjoying them as a whole.
People that constantly call themselves super nerds or hardcore gamers even if they aren't
These
are probably exactly the type of gamers I just talked about. Those who
are happy they played through 10 games and think of themselves as the
CrAzIeSt geeky nerdy hardcore gamers. The kind of people that wear T
Shirts or necklaces with the word "nerd" on it because that's the only
way to show what they think they are, since with their lack of gaming
experience they don't have a foundation to actually talk to other
gamers. I absolutely don't have anything against casual gamers, it's not
everyone's biggest hobby. But please, if that's the case, don't act
like it wasn't!
Girls that try to make games a "sexy" thing
This
could be a subcategory of the pseudo-nerds... girls that use games only
to get attention and spend the most time posing for "sexy" photos with
their controllers instead of actually using them. It's thanks to you, among others, that some - not all, by any means -
male players don't think we're actually able to play games. Let alone be
GOOD at them! Ok ok, of course only narrowminded boys would think that.
In any case, it reflects badly on female players.
People who rarely actually BUY their games
YOu
know what I'm talking about. Many many people don't feel the need to
spend money for the games they play. It may be a quirk of mine, but I
want to OWN my games. Not only for some kind of collection, but also
because I actually want to support the companies that make my life so
much better with their games! It's a bit like Mangas and music, I also
think you should buy them when possible. But I'm not perfect either, I
also like to listen or watch streams. Anyway, games are not streamed and
nothing you just look at, they're more like..a relationship! You have
your savegame which you probably spent a lot of time and effort for,
don't you want this to be REAL? *screech*
Cheaters
The
classic. Imo, cheaters shouldn't play games in first place, because
obviously they're not motivated to put a bit effort in their game
anyway. Or AT LEAST only cheat offline. You're destroying the fun for
all serious online players... that's just despicable.
People that still think Nintendo is only for kids
I
thought this was a dumb trend back then when it was N64 vs Playstation,
but sadly it still seems to go on. Firstly, games don't need gore to be
exciting and fun for older people as well - or why do you think Mario,
Zelda, Pokemon, Donkey Kong and many more are so incredibly successful?
Surely not because only kids are buying them! These are games that are
appealing for every age group and I really don't see how this is a bad
thing. Secondly: even if you're not fond of harmless games that don't
include death and guns (for whatever reason, I think something's wrong
with people who really only like "evil" games...) , there's a nice
selection of "mature" games as well. Just to name my favorites: Perfect
Dark (+Goldeneye), COnker's Bad Fur Day, Jet Force Gemini (yesyes, Rare
fangurl), Eternal Darkness, as well as loads of other "brutal" games
that I just haven't played myself. By the way, Conker's Bad Fur Day is
my fav N64 game - it's gory yet funny as ****!
People that say the Wii isn't for real gamers
Kinda
belongs to the type above, but they take the silliness to the next
level: not only isn't it for mature gamers, no, now it isn't even for
gamers in general! Try Zelda Twilight Princess, Okami and Monster Hunter
Tri for example and tell me these are no real games! And what about
Mario Galaxy, Red Steel 2, Donkey Kong Country Returns, SSBB, Metroid
Prime 3 and Other M, and so on and so on? No real games right? Also,
Virtual Console is a great opportunity to catch up on some gaming
history, or in other words REAL GAMES you might have missed. Btw the Wii
is backward compatible with GCN games. May I remind you: Eternal
Darkness, Star Wars Rogue Leader, Zelda Twilight Princess (was for both
GCN and Wii), Zelda Wind Waker, SSBM, Mario Sunshine, Viewtiful Joe,
Time Splitters 2 as well as MGS: Twin Snakes, Baten Kaitos, Skies of
Arcadia: Legends, Metroid Prime, Soul Calibur 2 etc etc. Some of these
were also available for other platforms,, which is really cool, but why
should that speak against Nintendo?
So, you still think that the Wii in all it's glory is nothing for gamers?
People that think handheld games are no real games
A
similar problem, but this time it doesn't only have to do with
Nintendo, even though I myself am not really interested in a PSP. The
only game I'd LOVE to play is Monster Hunter (since MH Tri is already
one of my fav games). Anyway, Gameboy, DS and PSP have one prejudice in
common: that you can't play real games on them. Why is that so? Just
because handhelds have a smaller screen? If you experience problems with
small handheld screens, it's probably because you missed visiting an
eye doctor when it was necessary. Must be hard to look at a mobile phone
then.. Anyway, this whole issue can be a personal reason for you to
dislike handhelds, which is ok, but never gives you the right to say
that the games on them suck. Besides, many milestones have successfully
been ported to a handheld, such as Chrono Trigger, Super Mario 64, Zelda
A Link to the Past and OoT, or the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy
series. Do you think they lost their glory just because you play them on
a smaller screen now?
Or could it be you just hate games that don't have super real looking graphics? Just read on if that's the case..
Graphicwhores
Oh
how I HATE them! If you're such a person, I probably hate you too. I
don't think there's much to say. Why on earth should a game be better
just because of it's graphics? Do you think the same about people? The
more beautiful, the nicer they are in person huh :P
I totally
understand if people want to have a nice atmosphere in games, but they
really don't need to look super realistic for that. If done right, games
can be addicting even with bad/outdated 2d graphics. Just take a look
at NES classics like Kid Icarus, for example! Or Okami for PS2 &
Wii, which doesn't look realistic in any way, but still it's the most
beautiful game I've played. AND one of the very best!
Don't get me
wrong, I appreciate cool graphics in addition to a great gameplay. But
if I had to choose one over the other, I'd choose gameplay.
OH MY, I nearly forgot this. That's like the opposite of graphicwores: people that are stuck in the past and can't accept that games are evolving. Most of my alltime favorites are also old games, but that doesn't mean I'm not open to new ones! I get it, all 3rd+ generation Pokemon suck, 3DS sucks because you get headaches, Wii sucks because you have to move your hands, Zelda sucks because it has gotten so easy, XBox360 sucks, PS3 sucks, just about everything sucks. Kay!
Alright, that's it!
