I didn't see a thread like this, blah, blah, blah. Overused disclaimer, etc. And for anyone who's curious, yes I do nothing but complain. :dave:
Anywho, a backseat gamer, for those of you who have never heard this term, is someone who while you're playing a video game and they are not is constantly telling you what to do and where to go. It doesn't matter if you're stuck or showing any type of struggling, or if you're totally kicking ass and have shown that your require no assistance at all. They tell you what to do and just spoil actually getting to figure shit out on your own. Do you find this helpful and are grateful that they want to help you, or do you find it utterly irritating and find yourself constantly telling the loud mouth, smug prick to shut his fucking cake hole?
I find, most of the time, that I'm in the latter category. I like to be independent. That goes for incredibly unimportant things such as video games. For me, the enjoyment I get out of a game is beating it on my own. A sense of accomplishment because I solved a tricky puzzle or learned the strategy for a hard boss battle. I feel pride being able to do it on my own. I've got a friend that likes to take that away from me. I can only assume that he thinks because he may have struggled on a certain part of a game that I am doomed to travel the same path despite the fact that I've shown that I'm more than capable of beating just about any game I play on my own. I don't mind being helped if I'm stuck in the same room for like an hour and I've gone nowhere and he offers his assistance. Then, fine. I can deal with that. But 95% of the time, he doesn't get consent. And yes, it annoys me greatly. I probably wouldn't find myself getting annoyed (what am I saying, of course I would) if he didn't do it that much. But when he's around and watching me play, I find myself constantly telling him to shut the fuck up.
*sigh* Rant: Off.
Anywho, a backseat gamer, for those of you who have never heard this term, is someone who while you're playing a video game and they are not is constantly telling you what to do and where to go. It doesn't matter if you're stuck or showing any type of struggling, or if you're totally kicking ass and have shown that your require no assistance at all. They tell you what to do and just spoil actually getting to figure shit out on your own. Do you find this helpful and are grateful that they want to help you, or do you find it utterly irritating and find yourself constantly telling the loud mouth, smug prick to shut his fucking cake hole?
I find, most of the time, that I'm in the latter category. I like to be independent. That goes for incredibly unimportant things such as video games. For me, the enjoyment I get out of a game is beating it on my own. A sense of accomplishment because I solved a tricky puzzle or learned the strategy for a hard boss battle. I feel pride being able to do it on my own. I've got a friend that likes to take that away from me. I can only assume that he thinks because he may have struggled on a certain part of a game that I am doomed to travel the same path despite the fact that I've shown that I'm more than capable of beating just about any game I play on my own. I don't mind being helped if I'm stuck in the same room for like an hour and I've gone nowhere and he offers his assistance. Then, fine. I can deal with that. But 95% of the time, he doesn't get consent. And yes, it annoys me greatly. I probably wouldn't find myself getting annoyed (what am I saying, of course I would) if he didn't do it that much. But when he's around and watching me play, I find myself constantly telling him to shut the fuck up.
*sigh* Rant: Off.
). She struggles a lot in that game and needs me to tell her what the heck Paradigm Shift is and where she has to go (c'mon woman, the game is just a straight line 
). I think rather than the backseat gamer annoying the gamer this time, it's the opposite. She's rather scared in trying to do it by herself so she often needs me to guide her when necessary.
