Little things that annoy the hell out of you

[null1024]

I struggle to draw in any of the styles I like.

I struggle to make the kind of music I enjoy listening to.

Shit be annoying

yes
Like, fuck. If I could just get what I hum directly into Milky, or what I'm imagining directly onto the paper, everything would be perfect.

[Ji-L87]

yes
Like, fuck. If I could just get what I hum directly into Milky, or what I'm imagining directly onto the paper, everything would be perfect.

Are you in my brain now? GET OUT

[Ed Oscuro]

Speaking of accidental disinformation, don't you love it when it comes straight from the source? This about Phantasy Star Portable (the first one) from Sega's own blog:

You’re also given grinders to upgrade your weapons after every mission, and there is no chance of “breaking” your weapon, either. If you’ve ever sweated out upgrading an S-rank weapon from 7 to 8 grinds in Phantasy Star Universe, then you know what a boon this is.

A bit later:

[...] imagine my joy when within several hours of gameplay I was wielding the much-ballyhooed Twin Beefedge (cooked to a crispy 10/10).

Oh, I bet I can: You CAN break the beef weapons through grinding. There's a breaking / failure (something) sound, even.

Beef weapons should be cooked to M, not W (well-done). Fixing this is just as easy as reloading and trying again, of course.

Speaking of things that annoy me: Games without gameplay. I guess that's the new Sega, huh?

Also - I know why they switched to static scenes for the cities and conversations, but not being able to run around the cities bugs me. 'course it always was a rather disappointing experience seeing all that stuff you couldn't get to or interact with.

[Ji-L87]

Anime News Network just switched to a new layout (though it's been in beta for a while) - and it's horrible and confuses my eyes.
Sure, the old look was a bit dated perhaps (and I have no idea how things were under the hood) but the new one is just disorienting. Too much white, too little in terms of actual borders dividing content etc.

Maybe I'm the only one that doesn't like this new trend in webpage design...

[Lord Satori]

ZOMG THANKSGIVING IS OVER NOW WE HAVE TO BUY ALL THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS BEFORE ANYONE HAS EVEN MADE A LIST AND SHOVE THEM INTO A CLOSET FOR A WHOLE MONTH!!!!!!!!

[Moniker]

ZOMG THANKSGIVING IS OVER NOW WE HAVE TO BUY ALL THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS BEFORE ANYONE HAS EVEN MADE A LIST AND SHOVE THEM INTO A CLOSET FOR A WHOLE MONTH!!!!!!!!

I'm generally pro- being a compulsive deal-grabbing moron- it being a somewhat vital component to the success of American capitalism, but Black Friday sure tests my resolve. If you ever see me (literally) camping out outside a Best Buy, do me a favor and burn me alive.

[Skykid]

ZOMG THANKSGIVING IS OVER NOW WE HAVE TO BUY ALL THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS BEFORE ANYONE HAS EVEN MADE A LIST AND SHOVE THEM INTO A CLOSET FOR A WHOLE MONTH!!!!!!!!

Makes me feel good about skipping Christmas duties for a second year running.

[mosey]

ZOMG THANKSGIVING IS OVER NOW WE HAVE TO BUY ALL THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS BEFORE ANYONE HAS EVEN MADE A LIST AND SHOVE THEM INTO A CLOSET FOR A WHOLE MONTH!!!!!!!!

Makes me feel good about skipping Christmas duties for a second year running.

Your avatar is still so disorienting.

I'm generally pro- being a compulsive deal-grabbing moron- it being a somewhat vital component to the success of American capitalism, but Black Friday sure tests my resolve. If you ever see me (literally) camping out outside a Best Buy, do me a favor and burn me alive.

noted

[Ed Oscuro]

If you ever see me camping outside a Best Buy, you'd better run because you're about to get bum-rushed!

[Skykid]

Your avatar is still so disorienting.

Ha ha, why?

[mosey]

You know...the legendary Lee.

Visual force of habit I guess.

[Moniker]

Big Asian boobs.....

[mosey]

Big Asian boobs.....

NEO GEO BOOBS

And stewing in the yuletide shopping mob is a great socializing exercise. Put your nose in the offal of our age, inhale and savor everyone around you. Then come tell us what you have learned.

[drauch]

Big Asian boobs.....

They annoy you? They make my life have meaning.

[Lord Satori]

spiders

[Ed Oscuro]

Big Asian boobs.....

MEGA MILK

btw, here's from the "dumb lines game reviewers probably wished they could take back" bin:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_ten ... assins_psp

Oh GOOD, another game set in feudal Japan. Why do developers persist with this? As everyone knows, history is boring and rubbish. Hence you don't see many copies of Grand Theft Auto: Constantinople on the shelves, or Project Gotham Penny Farthing Racing, and you're probably not looking forward to Halo 3000 B.C.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/assassins-cree ... tantinople

I'm not totally down on the Eurogamer review - quickly it seconded my opinion that Tenchu TotA has a garbage camera, but also that there's a way to control it - I was trying to cheat with the grapple sight.

[Eno]

Cellphone spam. My number blacklist is filled to the top with numbers my operator used to send me spam messages and every week or so a new one pops up. Before I found out about the blacklist function I'd receive spam almost daily. My phone can only delete messages individually or everything at once, so keeping the inbox clean is a pain in the ass.

[null1024]

Fuckers who don't hit the trash compactor button where I work. I have to spend ages waiting for their trash to go down before I can even start on mine [because they've probably jammed the damn thing...].

[Lord Satori]

When people stop posting in this thread for awhile.

[Eno]

That I can't ever read the columns right on this forum. Especially when it makes me think I posted in the wrong thread and didn't notice.

When people stop posting in this thread for awhile.

Care with what you wish, man. Got plenty of first world blues to share.

[nZero]

When people stop posting in this thread for awhile.

When people bring this thread back.

[gs68]

When I'm exiting an elevator or train and boarding passengers try to make their way in without waiting for disembarking passengers to leave first. Especially if the train is crowded.

Calm your pits, the train/elevator isn't going to leave without you.

[Formless God]

"Help my game's not working!"

"LOL how about buying it? ;)"

[hecheff]

When I'm exiting an elevator or train and boarding passengers try to make their way in without waiting for disembarking passengers to leave first. Especially if the train is crowded.
Calm your pits, the train/elevator isn't going to leave without you.

It's like we're from the same city!

[Lord Satori]

Gensokyo.org never put up a replay section for TH14, so everyone just uploaded theirs to the TH13 section.

[Moniker]

When I'm exiting an elevator or train and boarding passengers try to make their way in without waiting for disembarking passengers to leave first. Especially if the train is crowded.
Calm your pits, the train/elevator isn't going to leave without you.

It's like we're from the same city!

It happened to me once or twice in the DC metro - the leaving without me coz I didn't throw enough elbows.

[drauch]

Was feeling overly masochistic, so I finally checked out some Pat the NES Punk after seeing his face plastered all over YouTube. Easily one of the worst collectors out there. Obnoxious, unfunny, clueless, and a typical "collect 'em all" goofball.

During a Q&A, someone asked him and his buddy what sort of TVs are good for retro gaming? The questioner mentioned hearing about Trinitrons and PVMs. Their answer astounded me. "A what? Oh, old TVs. Uh, gee, I don't think you can buy tube televisions in stores anymore. If you're really nerdy, I heard some Sony TV is the best, but any tube is the same if you can find one."

I don't think there is a YouTube gaming celebrity out there that doesn't piss me off. Well, except LGR. That guy knows his shit.

[heisenbergman]

People who criticize how you spend/manage your money like it's their business.

[drauch]

People who criticize how you spend/manage your money like it's their business.

My favorite has always been, "blah blah blah, you don't need anymore games, you have enough already." Yet it's perfectly okay in society to piss all your money away on clothes you can't resell or insane bar tabs every week.

[brentsg]

My hot water tank decided to crap out and leak all over, just as I was about to head out to a happy hour. That was pretty annoying.