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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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McCloud64  - 7 months 23 days ago 
number 4 is the one that describes me, no matter what, i tell someone to wash their hands when they use my controller. if it is the "crappy" one or the "bad" one, i don't care they could wipe their ass with their hands and still use it... to bad all of mine are perfect
Sithlord4  - 7 months 19 days ago 
Awesome article but how about this:

Leave the buttons alone: Yes you can play multi player with us but stop mashing random buttons so we can start the damn game.

Happens every time i try to play a game with my uncle, its really annoying
realybored666  - 6 months 24 days ago 
lol #4, 11, AND 12 are great and all 25 are really true
LethalTeaBag  - 5 months 13 days ago 
God, this is sooooooo true. All of my family do the exact same things in this list except for me and my little bro.
Hellwilder  - 5 months 12 days ago 
"And the secret to beat the final boss is..."
Parents: "Turn off that Will, now!"
Me: :(

Love #14, they think we only play MARIO BROTHAZ
noofer7  - 4 months 27 days ago 
One time my dad, who knows nothing about gaming, got me the game of "Shark Tale" with my Xbox, despite the fact that I already had Morrowind and Star Wars Battlefront II. And his ex-girlfriend kept asking me if I was winning no matter WHAT I was playing. I can connect with a lot of these. Love this article.
DrFailgood  - 4 months 15 days ago 
Best articale I've ever read in my entire life. Thank God that these situations never happen to me often.
r3ap3r  - 4 months 2 days ago 
one of the truest and most amazing articles ever.
spartan_n30  - 4 months 2 days ago 
my 3 things i make non gamers do.
1. shut up
2. put down the controler
3. watch and DONT DO SHIT
kyichi  - 4 months 1 day ago 
and thats the truth
c1nd3rcell  - 4 months 14 hours ago 
I love number 7, 14, and 18. If you know nothing about games, than why are you reporting the story?!?!
uz_mike222  - 4 months 11 hours ago 
I know what you mean c1nd3rcell. Anyone remember when they switched Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas rating from M to A?? because that pissed me off. and another one is when non-gamers start playing online games like CSS or COD4/5 on the 360 or anything like that start spamming the well known gamimg lu4ngu4g3 we all use.
For ex.:
"H3y Guys!! !'m g0nn4 pwn 4ll y0ur n00b 4ss3s!!!!!1!!11!!1! LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOL!!!!!1!!!11!!!1!!11!!"
My response:
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!! WE BARELY TALK LIKE THAT ANYMORE!! take that CD out of your console/disk drive (depending on what i'm playing) take a hammer, hit the CD with that hammer. Then take that same Hammer and BEAT YOUR F***ING BRAINS TILL YOUR A F***ING VEGETABLE!!"
Most online FPS players have all been there. if not, your one lucky SOB. and its either a 6 year old or just some nerd who's never played before and bought the game because that person's friends told them to buy it.

And another one for #5, how about that rusty excuse? we all know that one, either gamer or non.
"No fair!! i'm rusty so you got lucky but ill get you next time *Insert really stupid laugh*" then the same person guy dies and does the same excuse. I do use #5 if i havent played the game in like, lets for 2 years then yeah, i'm rusty but if you just bought the game and pretend your that "ultimate Gamer" then shut up and admit its your fualt!
uz_mike222  - 4 months 11 hours ago 
and sorry for the double post but i would like to add that all my friends are gamers so i don't have that exact problem. DAMN YOU LITTLE SISTER!!!
OmegaSandvich  - 3 months 29 days ago 
One thing that gets on my nerves while gaming is that people tell me to pause the game. *ahem*, I'm playing Team Fortress 2. If the game had a pause button, that would annoy the fuck out of other players. This happens to me a LOT, seeing as I mostly play online games
sirbanana  - 3 months 27 days ago 
it is YOUR fault, lol. thats funny since i remember something that appeared on the 50 skills that gamers should have was *to always have an excuse ready*, like *satan told me to*. Just pointing it out, other than that, its really annoying when those non-gamers do that. And i pretty much laughed all along while reading this.
Kikyabut2  - 3 months 26 days ago 
1 annoying thing about gamers: were nerds and we rant and rave on posts about people that live life in real life.
infected123  - 3 months 25 days ago 
the most anoying is when non gamers are all like hahaha i read a review saying that new game u bought sucks and then they dont understand that a review of a game that came out 6 months ago in a newspaper is not as relavent as a review from a real games website :0 or a metacrit average
infected123  - 3 months 25 days ago 
i agree with OmegaSandvich about pausing in multiplayer. their all like pause i need to talk to u and ure all like i cant pause its multiplayer and they go what kind of idiot doesent build a pause button

the kind of idiot that doesent make critisicms based on their own stupidity!!!
FyshelStix  - 3 months 24 days ago 
THANKYOU!!!
mastersword369  - 3 months 19 days ago 
My sister complains all the time about my equipment, #5. Also, it really pisses me off when, after the holidays when I get a new game, all my relatives storm in to play Wii Fit for 3 hours.
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