What I say, What Gamers Hear
Spending all day on troll infested forums, many gamers become understandably polarised with how they perceive things. I have been guilty of it myself from time to time. Recently however I have been trying to be more well balanced, to not be so opinionated etc.
But still, people often miss what I’m actually saying and instead hear something often totally different. A few common misinterpretation of what I say are:
What I say | What they hear |
| I quite like the triggers on the 360 controller. | The PS3 controler is really rather shit. No, I don’t like sixaxis, it’s trying to copy the Wii. |
| I found I don’t miss the rumble as much as I thought. | Fuck rumble, it’s always been crap and if you like it then you are dumb. |
| I have found my PS3 to feel like a more solid hardware. | God the Xbox is rubbish. the PS3 is clearly better in every way. |
| Sometimes, I find the Wii really fun. | I think causal games are much better than other types of games. All the time. |
| I never had a NES. | Retro gaming is crap. |
| I found GTA is a little better on the PS3. There are lots of little things, like the colours, as well as HD in-game TVs so you can fun-screen them. | Who the fuck would buy GTA for the 360? You did? Ha! You moron. |
| Hey, I don’t just complain about the [console]. | Just because the [console] is shit and you can’t handle the truth! |
| You know Haze looks a little crappy so it can have short load times, no texture popping and a solid frame rate? | Halo is shit, Haze is so much better. |
| You know Haze looks a little crappy so it can have short load times, no texture popping and a solid frame rate? | Haze is shit, Halo is so much better. |
| I don’t like this game, I think it’s a bit rubbish. | I’m so bad at this game, it must be broken. Waah waah. |
| Whilst playing this game I noticed a few design choices I dont feel were for the benefit to the game | Fuck this game, it’s nothing but shit. |
OMG, this happens to me all the time! I will say one thing, like “some middle levels of Doom3 were boring” and people will hear it, “Doom3 is shit, ID is shit, new graphics card sux, pc gaming is shit”