Appropriate Blame

15 Responses to “Appropriate Blame”

• wilhelm2451

  September 16, 2011 at 11:17 pm

  And ‘sploiters. Not quite hackers, but close. Must not forget them.
• Calvar

  September 17, 2011 at 12:12 am

  Lag is a cliche for a reason, my friends.
• Telke

  September 17, 2011 at 12:40 am

  Heh, so very, very true. If you’re talking about tf2 though, “source engine networking” is an extremely good reason for some deaths.

  Although, I don’t see ping and hackers used as excuses much in tf2, so maybe your sample is from….CoD?
• noz

  September 17, 2011 at 12:41 am

  It’s the truth, man
• distilled

  September 17, 2011 at 5:48 am

  10/10 are caused by n00b tubes.
• PT Barnum

  September 17, 2011 at 7:45 am

  The recent LoL patch dropped my FPS to 10. Normally.

  In team fights, I just teleport around and then die before I even see my bar start going down.

  I blame myself. I need more lete skills.
• Klepsacovic

  September 17, 2011 at 10:00 am

  If we’re going to bring TF2 into it, let’s not forget that the other team plays nothing but the counter-class to whatever I am currently playing, with the counter-class obviously being any class other than the one I am currently playing.
• flosch

  September 17, 2011 at 5:40 pm

  What about “I pressed the button, but it didn’t work”? Classic one during my Nintendo childhood, but it seems it has fallen behind a bit when it comes to excuses.
  • Trippin

    September 18, 2011 at 6:15 am

    try Red Orchestra 2, it’s back, with improved “why did my gun not fire” comments :P
    • Pardoz

      September 18, 2011 at 6:53 am

      Because it’s an ultra-realistic simulation of advanced Soviet engineering, of course.
  • Noz

    September 23, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    In Global Agenda you’re (shatter bomb) team boost doesn’t seem to go off when activated the second before you die. I guess the server already knows you’re dead before your keypress registers. Very annoying, though.
• Gazimoff

  September 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm

  Not forgetting the classic “My mouse batteries died”, “the breadmaker just exploded” and “my dog ate the router”.
• bonedead

  September 19, 2011 at 11:59 am

  I’d like to go ahead and nominate myself to replace lag as an excuse, being the super awesome fps player that I am, it only seems right.
• flosch

  September 20, 2011 at 6:46 am

  @Gazimoff: Damn, now people stared at me while I was chuckling for apparent reason!
  About the router though: if it’s wireless, it might still work if you place the dog close enough to your computer to offset the attenuation of the tissue that comes with an average dog.
  • Noz

    September 23, 2011 at 12:58 pm

    What are the specifications of an average dog? Is there an ISO norm I can look up?