Top 10 Most Annoying Things Friends Do When Playing Video Games

Gaming with friends can be a blast, but let's be honest - sometimes their antics can drive you up the wall. From hogging the controller to incessant trash talk, these behaviors can turn a fun session into a frustrating ordeal.

Ever had a buddy who insists on playing only their favorite game, ignoring everyone else's preferences? Or the one who keeps pausing the game at crucial moments, breaking the flow? You're not alone.
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Hit the "reset" button on the console

By "reset button" I'm talking about turning off the console. This has happened a few times where a friend of my mom comes over and brings her son and daughter (the son is older, but both of them are younger than me).

The son and I play games, and then the daughter turns off the console while we're playing to get our attention. Luckily, when the daughter did that, the son and I were playing Minecraft, so we didn't really lose anything.

Ok, this isn't quite a reset. This is off.

LOGGING IN...

I have a full Nintendo network account and have to type in my long password. A newbie and I were going to play Splatoon. She was going to have the gamepad because she wanted to be a girl. However, she didn't even let me put in my password because she was looking at my stepdad's Mii. Until my mom told her to, I couldn't put my password in.

PLAYING...

So, the newbie and I are playing 1 vs. 1. I tell her she needs a gun, but stubbornly, she chooses a roller. I tell her we need to shoot the balloons, but she pathetically uses her baby voice and says, "No!" When I win battle after battle, she throws herself on the sofa and hits the off button. When I lie and say it was a glitch, she sat straight up and yelled, "REMATCH!"

I didn't want to play with this sore loser.

Keep saying "you suck" despite you playing like a boss

Dark Souls hatemail

I was playing Dark Souls 3, and there was this dude using Morne's Great Hammer and wearing the Deacon set. He went one-handed. I was using Chaos Blade, and I parried him and one-shot him with my visceral attack.

He said that was "just luck" and that he would have beaten me, even though I kept wrecking him before that. This has happened to me in every Soulsborne game.

Every time I played Subway Surfers or Jetpack Joyride on my phone on the bus and lost a game or forgot to collect something, this guy kept saying I suck and calling me names like "idiot" or "dumbo." I was actually very good at the games as I started them in second grade!

Play for 2 seconds, then quit
Only play certain games

Okay, I have a friend who lives across the street from me. For a long while, all she wanted to do when she came over to my house was play Super Mario Odyssey.

Keep in mind that she also has Super Mario Odyssey on her Nintendo Switch at her house. Actually, when we first started hanging out, I think she only had a Wii U. Before she got a Switch, I could understand her always wanting to play that game because she didn't have it herself.

But afterwards, it got annoying because I love playing literally any other game on the Switch. Luckily, we could agree on Snipperclips and Jackbox.

Keep pausing the game

This is a good way to piss off friends in Super Smash Bros.

Refuse to play on consoles before the 7th generation

Come on! All the good games are on old consoles!

This is a big problem for me because I own a PS1, SNES, and a Sega Genesis. All my friends insist I should get a PS4, and it gets on my nerves!

Just because it's old doesn't mean it sucks. (Unless it's CD-i or the Atari 5200...)

Insist there's a 2-player mode in a 1-player game

My brother tried to play Halo 5 with me on the same console.

Be unable to figure out simple controls

Friend: "How do I move him?!"
You: "Joystick."
Friend: "How the heck does this work?!"
You: "Really? My 5-year-old knew it the first time he played on it."

She doesn't know how to walk in Splatoon, or shoot, or aim! My brother is only 4 in April, and he knows that! (He can't really aim that well, though.)

Delete your save files
Screen-watch

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Fight over your best controller
Restart the game when you are doing really well
Make fun of you when you lose
Brag about winning the game
Spout out random memes
Whine

So my parents sometimes invite my mom's friend and her husband to our house to hang out. They usually bring their son and daughter with them. The son is older than the daughter, and I am older than both of them.

For a long time, the son and I would play Minecraft on my Xbox while the daughter played with the toys in my room. Once, the son and I tried to teach the daughter how to play Minecraft with us, but she couldn't figure it out.

This wouldn't be so bad, but every time one of us tried to help her, she would start whining about how she didn't want our help and that she wanted to figure it out herself. As soon as the son and I resumed our game, she started whining again about how she couldn't figure out the controls.

Eventually, the son and I just started ignoring her and continued playing. My mom and her mom came up and told us that we should teach her how to play instead of ignoring her, which got me super frustrated as I tried to explain that she wouldn't let me. That's about all I remember.

Make you lose and claim they're "helping you"
Quit then want to rejoin in the middle of the game
Use hacks
Turn off the controller when you win
Break your controller
Take the controller you are about to use
Argue about you winning the game
Get really angry when you are about to win
Constantly brag about how they're going to win
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