Doesn't bug me at all. The other way around, though...

I hate it when I think a game is boring rubbish and all the reviewers seem to think it is the best thing since the invention of lactose-free milk. I mean, GTA IV was crap, how come me and Yahtzee were the only one who seemed to notice?!

I couldn't disagree more. I thought GTA IV was fantastic - just because they took the series in a new direction doesn't mean it's bad.

'nother thing that grinds my gears, bigtime; when people want to ignore other people's opinions by implying that they only dislike something because it's different.

I don't dislike GTA IV because it's different from GTA: SA, I dislike it because I think it is [censored], [censored] that stands all on it's own, but [censored] nonetheless.

I wouldn't go as far as saying it was was crap, because the main story was great, but one thing nearly all reviewers failed to mention was that it was much less fun then it's predecessors, one of the reasons being it's lack of "unrealistic" vehicles, which severely hampered it's replay value. It wasn't perfect, yet all the reviewers thought it was.

On topic, I hate it when reviewers give a nearly perfect score to a game just because it's part of a popular series like Halo or Call of Duty, and completely ignore it's flaws in order to give it that score.

Wasp, definately. Those are the spawn of the devil himself. Everytime i put one toe outside during summer, there will so many wasps that you could mistake them for one big wasp, ready to sting my butt so i cant sit down for years.

Agreed with the second aswell, and to expand on it, im really annoyed when people stereotype certain nationalities. Such as English are always posh and we drink tea and eat scones (though to be honest i do this :blush:). Theres a stereotype for all countries, though i didnt want to mention any others in case i come across rude3, so i just insulted myself instead .

As for the high pitched kids, well they come from both sides of the atlantic ocean. I have a mute button for that.

Time to add another one! (I have thousands of these!)

Bartenders in a bad mood. Nothing can ruin a good night out on the town quite like a bartender that just snaps at you if you have the audacity to ask for a pint.

Seriously? You anolysed the game without considering the rest of the games in the series at all and still came to the conclusion it was crap? What was bad about it? Its got a great story, its got amazing graphics, its varied, funny, and most of all its just plain fun to play.

It comes across as trying to be too real, imo. Not as much tongue in cheek. But I still think GTA:IV was decent, just not wowsers or yech either way :shrug:

Sith lords
Dead people that don't stay dead
Amnesia in soap operas
people in movies who get shot and fly back several feet/meters
exploding pants

Even if it's not great, I don't see how anyone could possibly think it was crap, especially not while Medal of Honor: Airborne exists.

As someone who loves Fallout 3 but always has to see it being bashed in the New Vegas section, all I can say is ignore it and rant about it with people that share your opinion later on, like I do. No matter the game, there will be people who hate it. :shrug:

What actually grinded my gear concerning GTA was the fact that they never came out with a kind of unifying GTA:nation, where the east coast Liberty City and Vice City as well as the West coast state of San Andreas were connected, making for some wicked cannonball runs B)

When people think a video game is great just because of the series it is in.

I hope that wasn't referring to me, because GTA IV was the first GTA game I owned, and I'd only played a few hours of San Andreas before that.

Yep, I've had this one before, it's even worse when you see him being nice to other people at the bar.

Also, I hate it when I get small cuts on the tips of my fingers, which I always seem to get, and never remember how.

That's a very ignorant view, tbh.

"I like it, that means everyone MUST like it" pretty much sums up that sentence.


The trained bad guys that can't shoot in movies.

Stupid time paradoxes in movies. I once saw a film with bruce willis, where he goes back in time to saves someone's life, and succeeds. If you go back in time to save someone, and succeed, then you have no purpose to go back in time to start with, but then that person dies, so then you DO have a reason to go back. one big messy time paradox. People need to look up time travel before they make films about it.

If there's only one bartender, use the washrooms, and on returning, proclaim loud enough for everone to hear that he has a rat/roach/snake infestation in the back, and then go to another bar.

If there's more than one bartender, get up and switch bartenders, order a beer and offer a $10 tip only if the second bartender is willing to gloat about it to his colleague <-- no problem there.
And then just smile at the turd while his colleague shows the ten buck tip, like so

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Up till now I've been half joking about what grinds my gears

But I found something that really does grind my gears:

Number locks on keyboards

Seriously why would I need to lock the number pad on a keyboard? I can think of absolutely no reason, especially since it's the default on the computers at school, you would number lock a keyboard

I honestly think they were just put their to annoy me

I use num lock all the time, I use it for work when taking down people phone numbers. Usually people spout their numbers out faster than a speeding bullet so it's a lot easier to use than the digits above the letters.

Something like the occurrence in my signature; there's more to it so I might look like a total jerk, but Person 2 goes on to argue I'm a moron for assuming someone like Person 1, who claims to be a video game guru of sorts, would have heard about Oblivion, one of the more popular games* of the last 10 years.

*Somewhat subjective, based off the people I know


Edit: And of course, being the grammar Nazi I am, I'm annoyed by every little grammar/spelling mistake I see. Some I'll let slide because they're the easily mistakable ones like "Jack and I/Jack and me", but I notice the to/too and there/their/they're and want to slap myself like I should've slapped Person 1.

yes but why would you need to lock the number pad? I mean you can still type the numbers using the ones above the letters and not have anything to do with the number pad

Still confused :wacko:

Because it's way more efficient just to use the keypad, it's like you're dialing in a number.

Yeah, the stereotypes REALLY annoy me too! Some people think Scottish people are all ginger, kilt wearing, bagpipe players. I think it's Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons gives that idea :shakehead: but Willie is still awesome.

When you're watching tv and see a commercial for a restaurant that doesn't have a location anywhere near where you live. I've been seeing Jack In The Box commercials for years in my area and the closest location is in North Carolina! Same thing with Golden Corral, the closest location being in Pennsylvania! And to an extent Sonic, which is around 10 miles away. I mean, come on, what's the point of that? To make me want to try your food, only to realize there aren't any locations anywhere in my state? Talk about wasting money on advertising...

Special Interest Groups and People who are easily offended, get their feelings hurt over the most retarded things. I was listening to NPR the other day on the way home from work and I had heard about this woman in NJ who had a vanity plate that read B***H but uncensored and some [censored] called and complained stating, "It offended me."

You know what offends me? The fact that people feel the need to file a complaint on the basis that, "My feelings are hurt." or "Because, its offensive, and it offends me."

I learned a long time ago, "I am not responsible for your feelings." You don't like what I have to say? Too bad. I really don't care. I also don't care that your feelings are hurt or that you are offended. Its not my fault you are a pansy. Go put your dress on and get out of my face.