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I constantly reload when capping points. | |
When considering whether I should do something risky I wonder when my last save was.IRL. | |
this, Im getting a new gaming PC and found myself thinking "putting X part in looks tricky, I'd better quick save before doing that" | |
After some TF2 I constantly find myself using heavy or medic's accent or yelling out demoman's kaboom taunt for no reason | |
Sometimes when I'm standing still i start doing the animatons protagonists do in games when you leave them alone :P. | |
I've developed an IRL ignore list. It works, too. | |
Well i do find my self looking for the "hit B to kill" prompt more and more these days. | |
Hoarding money, something thats developed from years of Total War games. No matter how much money I have (ingame or real life), I never want to spend any of it, just incase something bigger comes along.....or yet another fucking Tosa army decides to march into my unprotected territories. | |
"Would you kindly?" actively works on me in real life. It's a very effective version of mind control. | |
I don't have the physical prowess to do most of the stuff people do in games... But for a while I could not stop thinking in portals in the real world, which makes me sad such a technology doesn't exists. | |
I can't sit on benches anymore without folding my hands together and bowing my head forward. Some of my friends have even called me out on it because I tend to always wear a hoodie xD | |
Just like in rpgs, I make sure I have everything I could ever possibly need before going anywhere. | |
I sometimes call my currency the name of the in-game currency. Gold, credits, etc. Oh, the looks! I also have a bad habit of calling my in-game friends by their game names when we hang out. My friend Wilson I called by in-game name for a year before I bothered to learn his real name, so now I call him 'Ther' short for his in-game name, 'Therwild'. It just seems far more natural to me to call him Ther. Also Haz (Hazmatty), Faded, Dis (Disillusion). If I met you in-game first or you tell me a nickname at our first meeting, then that's your new name. Choose wisely, Vagpumper69. | |
I take animations and body language off characters. I never crossed my arms before I played Mass Effect 2, now I do it all the time. Same with putting one hand on my hip or sitting in the seiza position from Fate/Stay Night. My running movements generally take from whatever game I've just been playing. Et cetera. | |
Well thanks to this video I think "GET DUNKED!" is my new favourite battle cry/insult XP Also the Golems have now been renamed the Stone Brothers in my book. 'K more on topic nao. I have to stop myself from using fighting game/MOBA game terms irl. If I start using the phrase "salty" outside of fighting games fucking shoot me. I fear I shall start coming up with double entrendres with MOBA talk soon if I keep playing LoL too... "So I CC'd her so hard she had to Cleanse herself afterwards..." *shoots self* | |
As a habit of being brought up on Tony Hawk games, I used to look at everything and decide if it would be grindable and what sort of skateboard tricks you could do off it. | |
So I'm not the only one who does that but I usually do it while wearing my hoodie and listening to the Assassin's Creed theme song. Oh I also take time going down the stairs and explore my environment listening to my thoughts as if I am in Heavy Rain. | |
Mainly just paraphrasing, also occasionally I go so far as to actually quote. :D | |
After playing as a fully Renegade Shepard in all three Mass Effect games in multiple playthroughs, I have found myself to be more assertive and "alpha male-ish" in conversations. I wouldn't be surprised if, while I'm having a conversation with someone I don't like, I punched them in the face as they are talking. Also, for their own safety, I tend to stay away from reporters. | |
I steal everything i can, most of the time it`s useless stuff and i`m still glad the police didn`t caught me after one of my GTA sessions. | |
I kept trying to turn Detective Mode from Arkham Aslyum on in real life, it didn't work. | |
Also doing the Dead Rising at stores, seeing what items around every store I go to could be used as a weapon | |
After playing GTA-type games, when I'm driving IRL I find myself constantly looking down at the corner of my vision for the minimap. | |
When I used to play a lot of FFXI, I would find myself trying to type /map when I woke up in the morning. Looking at the map had become almost a nervous tic for me. | |
Back in November of last year when Skyrim came out, I was playing it a bit too much. Around that time, I cut myself while shaving and decided it was best to reload a previous save. I stood there for about 15 seconds before the reality of the situation dawned on me. | |
After my birthday, someone asked me how old I was. I almost told them Level 18. I had to sit there for a few seconds to think on what the actual term was. Also, sometimes I check rooftops for snipers. That's always interesting. | |
I pretend I'm in Persona at school, for the sake of not being bored out of my mind. And it helps with my social skills. | |
Well I use a lot of gaming quotes...a huge amount actually. And I check roofs and buildings for enemies. That's most from now, I'm sure I have more but I forgot. :P | |
Well...when I have to go through tight crowds, I do Altair's thing where he sort of grabs their shoulder and pulls himself forward gently and swims through. But this isn't unconscious. I tried it the first time for fun, but I do it now because it really works. Oh and when I have to take my dogs for a walk I refer to it as dual wielding (I have two dogs). | |
After playing AssCreed II, I've started knocking before opening any door. Obscure reference, because it only happens before your family gets killed (IIRC), but it's true. Also, I often wear suits (Hitman). | |
I hoard bottlecaps for awhile. Then I realize they are, in fact, fairly useless, decorations and remelting aside, and pitch them. After extended periods with Just Cause 2, I found myself wanting to jump from vehicle to vehicle in traffic, especially if I saw any motorcycles. I wanted to try hooking vehicles together, or hook-jumping onto things. Long stretches of dirt became impromptu landing/take-off strips for all the aircraft I wasn't flying. I had to actively remind myself that I was not Rico Rodriguez, and did not have his mystical space magic powers to help me do such impossible feats.
Been there before. I found myself checking my bag for torches at one point while I was walking home late, and the lights hadn't kicked on yet but the sun had already signed off for the day. | |
When I am driving I drive on the sidewalks and trying to hit as many people as possible. | |
Ah! I neglected to mention that. Ever since playing AC 1 back in '07 I've had the same tendency to grab peoples' shoulders if walking passed them in a crowd. | |
This is the biggest one for me. The hip-pop/lean back with the arms crossed. I find myself doing this all the time now if I'm replying to someone in a serious conversation. If I play Assassin's Creed for a bit I'll start sprinting with my hands toward my feet like in the game heh. | |
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I think "T Shift" in my head before I speak after 1000 hours with a few people on a Minecraft server. T to open chat and shift for capital letter.
Also its not really a habit because I try to do it but I imagine quick time events. :D