Nerd Rage Confessions.

[borgieman]

I just nerd raged. But for all the right reasons. I don't think most of you are aware of a game called Demon Souls on PS3. It is infamous for it's insane difficulty and the harshness of it's penalties should you die. But in all seriousness it's a good game, however I wish I didn't die as much. Especially in this one particular case. I had just gotten my physical body back from fighting a demon (See, in the game, if you die. You lose your physical body and fight as a soul as one of your penalties) Then I managed to come across another Demon. I fought I one, but then I got some random message saying as how I have yet to actually defeat this particular demon. I step out of where I fought and the fog reappeared meaning that I would have to fight the demon again. Thinking on how this would become a loop eventually I remembered going to this place finding a strange guy emitting some kind of aura similar to what the demon was emitting. I killed him as I believed he was responsible for reviving the demon. Then what happens? I go back to the Demon, to my collection she was stronger than before. Ended up dying, losing my physical body and my souls (currency in the game). I could get my souls back if I went to where I died and touched my bloodstain. But in my haste I died before I could get there by falling off a cliff and I lost all the souls I had gained. To my recollection I had lost 10K Souls...FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-------

[borgieman]

I just raged again. Makes me hate the use of a timer even more. In the game Bayonetta, there are portals which take you to bonus stages you may call them. To complete these stages you must complete the level under certain conditions. In this case, I had to kill enemies only using Wicked Weave (technique which uses hair to kill enemies) within the time limit. I swear I was up to my last wave of enemies and I was about to pull off the Wicked Weave but in the end seconds of the game my attack couldn't connect with the last enemy standing resulting in a failure. Talk about an epic fail.

[FaxyWaxy]

Console's Lens (xbox360) makes me nerd rage, i just wanna play me games

[borgieman]

THE FOLLOWING IS GAME RELATED:

www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/hells-bells-these-boys-need-to-act-their-age/story-e6frg73f-1225828907947

THIS FREAKIN' ARTICLE. Though I find it funny how it is aimed mainly to males in general. As if women don't play games, this article NEVER mentions anything about female gamers. Shows how much the writer knows and how the writer feels about the male sex.

I know something like this belongs in the rant section but f--- that I am foaming from the mouth as I type.

"To the first question: anyone over the age of 30 who spends any time deep in some sagging sofa, console in one hand, the other down the front of their pants, imagining themselves to be a combatant in some pretend city, is lame."

The same can be said for those who like to read books and escape to fantasy land. It doesn't make a lick of difference, princess. *sarcasm*

"Anyone who has an avatar -- a dinky little cartoon version of oneself, bearing a physique that is in every way discordant with the physique of an actual gamer -- is major-league lame."

Oh sure because I'm sure someone like you, who I would assume is 50kgs overweight doesn't do the same thing.

"I know what you're thinking. Gamers, who cares? They don't participate in life in any meaningful way. As a rule, they don't even have jobs. With their wet hands and their weak chins, they'd never get through an interview. But some do have jobs. Some are, in fact, lawyers. Can you believe that? I can't believe it. Imagine going to the internet, doing a little research on your lawyer and finding he imagines himself to be a excitable character in a pretend world?"

Are you kidding me? Most other gamers I know happen to be huge successes with fantastic jobs and those currently in study have a good future to look forward to. Besides who made this rule that all gamers have NOTHING to do with their lifes? Did you just pull that 'fact' out of your ass? As for the lawyer, so what he if he has an interest in gaming. Lot's of others do from other professions. I know Med Students and Math students who probably enjoy gaming as much as I do. Further more, just what kind of person has nothing better to do than to stalk a lawyer for such irrelevant information? I detect shenanigans in this article! WHO IS THIS LAWYER PERSON? HE IS NOT SAFE!

"Do you know what else gamers do, besides play games and visit gaming sites? They read gaming magazines. You don't believe me. What would a gaming magazine even be called? I can tell you. They are called "Single Guy". They are called "Sad Sack"."

Single Guy? Sad Sack? REALLY? So according to your logic, the guys who read the girly magazines are no better according to you? Did I mention we also collect video game merchandise, listen to video game music and also watch movie adaptions of said video games (despite them sucking, THIS MEANS YOU SUPER MARIO BROS)? Also that last part implying that all gamers are lonely and depressed. 1. That's kind of a low blow, there are gamers out there who are lonely and depressed on the brink of suicide and you calling this out is not going to make things any better. 2. Gamers can relate to other gamers quite well from what I've learned. I personally never experienced such but I do know of gamer couples and they enjoy each others company gaming or not. Heck even regular people like to hang around with gamers.

"Now you want to know where you'd even buy such a magazine. Don't ask me. No serious adult would know."

It's called a newsagents...you know the place where you pick up your Womans Weekly and TV Week. As for serious adults, they all know that. There's like magazines for almost everything nowadays. I have come to conclude that you are NOT a serious adult.

The rest very much covers kids with rock music (ie. AC/DC) but I think I made my point. The writer of that last article should be disciplined. Not fired. I would LOVE to read what other bullshit she prints out.

[rainsongphoenix]

ARGGH! That article pissed me off! I hate it when stupid people like that just assume gamers are all the same. I love to play video games - I also have a life too. My sister and her husband are a relitively normal couple, and they play video games... Somebody needs to tell that stupid woman that what she writes is crap. Hey Borgie, you should e-mail her what you wrote..

[borgieman]

You know she does have contact details on a link on that article, I could do just that. While I do this, why don't you tell her how you feel. Here is her email address... [e-mail] (according to her website, that IS her address)

PROTIP: according to her website, she was raised in Melton. 20 Dollars says she still lives there. Perhaps if I track her down I can speak my mind in person. If I do, I'll take pictures.

EDIT: Upon further research, she is currently living in Sydney.

[Winnkey (Thomas)]

i wrote a response

Dear Caroline.

This email is a response to your artical in The Australian website, on the 11th of February called "Hell's bells, these boys need to act their age"

As a current psychological student who enjoys video games I find your article extremely ill informed and well lacking in actual news. As I have not read any of your other articles I can only comment on your competence on this one and as it raises no facts and is just slander how bout I suggest a job writting in Who magazine or People instead of a major newspaper of Australia. but i doubt after that article much people would hire you.

As your article raises no FACTS how bout i present some to you. The average age of a Video gamer is 26. this including from the 4 year old all the way up to the retired 80 year old people. As well as the FACT in the entertainment business video games in australia made more profit then any other median. This is including Film, music and Theater. These are some facts you could probably attain if you picked up your own news paper and read the entertainment section every now and again.

If you have been noticing through ou my email i have been saying people as well. Because well i know just as many girls who play video games then I do males. and your dogma of a Male only video gamer demographic is extremely dated but I should expect that, as all your views on this topic at least is just as old.

Please if this is the quality of articals that are presented in the Australian no wonder Magazines like "Sad Sack" are getting greater profit margins then The Australian. If you are going to write another news article on video games could I please ask that next time you actualy do you job, research, attain facts and then present those facts. your personal opinion is not needed or warranted in a news article. Thank you


From Thomas Winkelman
Psychology Student of University of Ballarat
And Video Gamer

[kazuwacky]

I find it amusing that the "related articles" actually has a story called "Average gamer is middle aged woman". Stupid offensive bitch of a woman.

[borgieman]

Hahah, should be screen capped and turned into a motivational poster.

Also nice work with the letter Thomas. I would just copy paste my analysis above in an email. But I think it might be overkill.

[Winnkey (Thomas)]

more hate mail the better

[kazuwacky]

She's already fobbed off any attacks she has received by gamers on her twitter. I really don't see the point in even trying. I'm going to email the magazine and complain that she offended me.

[FaxyWaxy]

*loads gun* what we are not gonna attack? XD
but seriously this pisses me off this goes all the way to the "typical gamer", why do games and gamers get all this shit!!?

Grr, to the complaint box!!!

[rainsongphoenix]

*unsheaths katana* I say we attack! As Fax says - to the complaint box!

[Machine Man]

*Wearing box* Yeah!

[FaxyWaxy]

ALLLRIGHT!!!! *equips everything*