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25 Annoying Things About Non-Gamers

The clueless habits, mistakes and assumptions that drive us insane

Words: Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US

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Draktet -

no. 5 hits home hard for me. all my friends do that..

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thephntm - 11 months 47 minutes ago

#19 is my cousin. He'll get through the 15 minutes that is the beginning of Animal Crossing, say, "I need a snack", and turn off the Wii/Gamecube and then beg us for another file.

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thephntm - 11 months 41 minutes ago

also, when we convince him to play SSB instead of AC, he does #11. And we still win. And he does #5.

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Areth45 - 10 months 29 days ago

Very true... I hate it how non-gamers think videogames make you be violent.

You stabbed the cab driver, not Grand Theft Auto IV. Rockstar didn't brainwash you.

Like I say when people talk like the video game made you do it, "Gamers can tell the difference between games and reality, too."

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BurntToShreds - 10 months 28 days ago

You forgot when people ask you to pause when you're playing WoW/Team Fortress 2/any online game.

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stewie88 - 10 months 28 days ago

Hi . This is my first comment since signing up!Woo-hoo!Yer man that wrote this=GENIUS!He has everything that annoys the hell out of me while i'm playing there.My little bro seriously needs to stop #3 and #5

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crazyqazqaz - 10 months 28 days ago

Save now please, I want a go!! I can't save dammit, I'm playing online!!

I hate it when little kids pretend to know what you're talking about, even though it's obvious they don't know a thing.

One last rant. I hate it when kids go up to the wii and start flailing about at the screen as if that will suddenly select the thing they want or will amazingly swing the character around and shoot the zombie in the head. And watch the damn screen!! I don't want your grubby little fingers on it!! AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

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neon-rainbowz - 10 months 28 days ago

Haha! Number fifteen is so annoying! I cosplayed as Link once and a lot of people asked if I was "that Zelda person". I was just like "...Are you mentally ill?"

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Taxtm - 10 months 28 days ago

Funny y'all should mention people blaiming the game for their mistakes. Back when we were in middle school, my best friend and I were constantly playing on our GBAs, and anytime he lost, my friend would rip the game out of the GBA, throw it across the room against the wall, smash it with something bigger than it, and start yelling at it.
My favorite lines of his:
"Damn game CHEATED!"
"F*** it, I give up!!!!"
"Shut up, just F***ing shut up!!!"

And my absolute favorite,
(@ game)"You were adopted!!!!"

And like I said, we were in MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!!
He was in 8TH GRADE!!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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kianbung - 10 months 28 days ago

mostly true, except for a few that makes the gamer seem like a too-serious idiot.

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elilupe - 10 months 27 days ago

OH my god! This is so true! I hate non-gamers because of this and i try to keep them away from my consoles!

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will5678 - 10 months 26 days ago

my little bro does no. 5 all the time :p

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TheRedAtlasProject - 10 months 9 days ago

Oh man all of these things have happend to me before.. But some you didnt add were people standing up mid play and jumping around when there about to kill you, people who incist on changing the color of there charicter every time they play even though were playing team deathmatch and your gonna be a read or blue anyways, nagging about being "bored" when there watching you play even though you were playing when they came, and my most hated is the "i gotta go" mid final boss on co-op for an acheivment...

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battenfelder - 10 months 9 days ago

Trapped_in_Hiskool;
omg! that happens to me all the time! my cousins allwase want to make their own gamer profile on my xbox every time i see them! (i have 7 unused profiles)

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mozaralio - 10 months 7 days ago

DAMNIT although what I do is a bit different I do one of these things but Id rather be kicked in the balls by chuck Norris himself b4 saying that im not a true gamer fuck that shit. I sometimes blame the game but in my own defense LAG is not my fault, getting SPAWN KILLED is not my fault, AND if my cat rubs up against the video cord and gets it loose and i die while i cant see THATS NOT MY DAMN FAULT and last IF THE CONTROLLER UNEXPLAINEDLY SHUTS OFF FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT REASON AND I DIE ITS NOT MY DAMN FAULT. and to any of you who say im not a gamer well what I'd like to say is eat shit and die but instead you can challenge me to a DM or somekinf of online competition I only really play on LIVE so tough shit if you wanna play PS3 online or something on the computer. (excluding CSS)

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Kirbykiller4 - 10 months 6 days ago

I always hate it when you beat some non-gamers ass at gears of war 2,and they say "Well you only beat me because you play this game all day".

Yes that's right,I somehow pay for my expensive gaming hobby by playing games all day long.

If Chuck Norris walked up to you and beat the crap out of you,you would not say "Well that's just because you kick everyone's ass all the time".

Unlike you pitiful non-gamers,I've been actually gaming all my friggen life,so yeah,I'm going to win at every game I play you against,get over it.

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myothercarsatank - 10 months 6 days ago

SO TRUE

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deathrebellion - 10 months 5 days ago

loved this
i've known enough of people with #5 #8 #14 #19
#7 is Soooooo Funny....lolzzzzzz

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grandle - 10 months 2 days ago

you guys forgot when newbs beg to switch teams just because there down a point.

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Jpeg - 9 months 12 days ago

I hate it when you've been playing for ages and you are so close to a save point and someone who knows nothing about the game comes in and says 'lets have a go!' and one of your parents makes you pass them the controller and THEN THEY F*CKING DIE!

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