Ganonator
12-01-2003, 09:50 PM
After living as an only child for the last 5 years of my life, I learned that it is very important to outsource to others for moral integrity and try to be as good to these people as possible.
Moving to college this year, I had to go back to the basics as I moved into a small apartment with 4 other gamers. Possibly the biggest mistake I've made so far, but I've learned a bit about people and how much they suck.
It finally hit me a few days ago that one of the guys that I had gotten along with so well was a real egocentric asshole.
It starts about the conversation of conservation (say that 5 times fast) of energy, where he insists his computer stays on all night long. Obviously, there are special circumstances like downloading the latest illegal software, but to just idle is ridiculous. We also argued about his constant use of the oven, where he insists on using the range for everything from chicken nuggets to 3 mini-pizzas. We all are baffled about the electricity bill every month, and its pretty obvious the issues involved.
He has a real problem with one of our other roomates, I don't know if it's because the other guy is black, or a Jehova's Witness, or that he has complete social issues, but my roommate insists that he plays practical jokes on him whenever possible. He'll sit in his bedroom and call the apartment on his cell phone throughout the entire night, only to laugh and hang up before Kevin answers.
I had some friends over playing Double Dash!! the other day, and I accidentally wiped out the scores by hitting back one too many times. One kid laughed and referred to it as 'Pulling a Colin' because he does that whenever he is losing. Colin comes out of his room just livid that we would say such a thing, and that that kid had better shape up if he was ever going to come over to my apartment again and play his games.
If you are still reading, I thank you, because this last issue pisses me off most of all.
We get the new Zelda Collectors disc in the mail, and Colin wants to play Zelda 1. However, he doesn't want to play it and 'waste time on it', he just wants to play though, but makes sure I am in the room to tell him what to do.
He had beaten level 2, and asked where level 3 was. I say, "3 screens left of the starting screen." He dies, and goes back to the beginning (full hearts, mind you, which really makes me more angry) and starts going left until he is here -
http://www.thedpshack.com/2left.gif
and bitches that he can't go any farther left. He then kills everything on the screen and waits for me to tell him where to go, since he can't go any farther left.
I told him that he was acting like a child for not using any reasoning. He threw his controller at me and stormed out of the room. I simply laughed.
After he came back and started again, I say 'why are you playing if you have to have the game laid out for you?'
"because," he says, "I want the experience of beating Zelda 1 by myself."
Moving to college this year, I had to go back to the basics as I moved into a small apartment with 4 other gamers. Possibly the biggest mistake I've made so far, but I've learned a bit about people and how much they suck.
It finally hit me a few days ago that one of the guys that I had gotten along with so well was a real egocentric asshole.
It starts about the conversation of conservation (say that 5 times fast) of energy, where he insists his computer stays on all night long. Obviously, there are special circumstances like downloading the latest illegal software, but to just idle is ridiculous. We also argued about his constant use of the oven, where he insists on using the range for everything from chicken nuggets to 3 mini-pizzas. We all are baffled about the electricity bill every month, and its pretty obvious the issues involved.
He has a real problem with one of our other roomates, I don't know if it's because the other guy is black, or a Jehova's Witness, or that he has complete social issues, but my roommate insists that he plays practical jokes on him whenever possible. He'll sit in his bedroom and call the apartment on his cell phone throughout the entire night, only to laugh and hang up before Kevin answers.
I had some friends over playing Double Dash!! the other day, and I accidentally wiped out the scores by hitting back one too many times. One kid laughed and referred to it as 'Pulling a Colin' because he does that whenever he is losing. Colin comes out of his room just livid that we would say such a thing, and that that kid had better shape up if he was ever going to come over to my apartment again and play his games.
If you are still reading, I thank you, because this last issue pisses me off most of all.
We get the new Zelda Collectors disc in the mail, and Colin wants to play Zelda 1. However, he doesn't want to play it and 'waste time on it', he just wants to play though, but makes sure I am in the room to tell him what to do.
He had beaten level 2, and asked where level 3 was. I say, "3 screens left of the starting screen." He dies, and goes back to the beginning (full hearts, mind you, which really makes me more angry) and starts going left until he is here -
http://www.thedpshack.com/2left.gif
and bitches that he can't go any farther left. He then kills everything on the screen and waits for me to tell him where to go, since he can't go any farther left.
I told him that he was acting like a child for not using any reasoning. He threw his controller at me and stormed out of the room. I simply laughed.
After he came back and started again, I say 'why are you playing if you have to have the game laid out for you?'
"because," he says, "I want the experience of beating Zelda 1 by myself."