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Article #285911Re: "You might be a Candy-Ass FPS Gamer if."
From: McGrandpa
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 01:32
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 01:32
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"Apathy" <apathy@NOSPAMp0rn0finish.org> wrote in message news:hcegm1lb05no158pjan1pmt2rd2vir4csf@4ax.com... > http://www.gdhardware.com/ed/gaming_cynic/candyass/001.htm > > (the article's a little old, but then so am I...slow too) Welcome to the club Ap!!! > > > "You might be a Candy-Ass FPS Gamer if." > > 1. You hear the word float - the first thing that comes to your mind is a > sniper scope. > > 2. You think that "strategic gameplay" means you sit in one spot and camp > for longer than 60 > seconds. > > 3. You've never done a rocket-jump. > > 4. You're waiting with baited breath for (enter name of next-gen console > here). > > 5. You've never been to a LAN party. > > 6. You're stoked about the news of an XBOX 360 controller for the PC. > > 7. Your idea of practice is spending two hours surfing the net for an aim > hack. > > 8. You refuse to install that "Punkbuster" thingy because you're worried > it might block Kazaa. > > 9. You've never been invited to join a clan. > > 10. You're too young to vote in an election but you've demanded a gameplay > patch from a > developer. > > 11. You've spent less than fifty hours playing a multiplayer title and > have decided it's "not > fair" and everyone else is "cheating". > > 12. You refuse to use any weapon that carries less than 500 rounds, has a > rate of fire below 300 > rounds per minute, or doesn't utilize "splash damage". > > 13. You have never memorized a map or the locations of weapons and > power-ups. > > 14. You've never competed in an online tournament. > > 15. You don't have time to hone your skills because your geometry homework > is overdue. > > 16. Your only knowledge of World War II is via cutscenes. Wow. There really ARE kids like this??? > > 17. You've never hammered on your keyboard and then kept playing. i got a pile of ruined keyboards, the A and D and S keys are just GONE man! > > 18. You minimize your game more than three times per match to type a > message in Xfire, ICQ or > AIM. > > 19. You've never figured out what the point of that "frisbee gun" is in > Unreal Tournament. > > 20. You'd rather spray paint your logo on the wall than spray your > opponents all over the wall. > > 21. (For Thresh) If you think Xfire is the name of a Chrysler product! > > If the shoe fits, then wear it, and by all means-less talk more practice. > You wanna feel like > you're king of the hill? Work for it. It's not the developers' > responsibility to make you feel > good about yourself. That's your mommy's job, and we ain't her. It's a > tough old world out there > in the servers, and if you're weak, then prepare to lose. Just > remember-how you take losing and > what you do to fix it is as important as winning. Now go get ready for > bed, Candy-Ass-it's a > school night. > > Apathy[AGQx] > Ipsa Scientia Potentia Est>>===> > Illiterate? Write here for help: > http://www.p0rn0finish.org LOL!! Oh, that's s'posed to be CROSSfire, dammit! ;) Good seeing you again! McG.
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