Gaming problems with my gf.

[Candidus]

Sounds like you're threatened, which is pretty embarrassing. Don't take a long range attachment on short maps unless you have some kind of wacky niche strategy you insist on using. Don't camp. There's no such thing as strategic waiting- even the name sounds like some cheeser's mewling excuse; it's BS and she obviously knows it.

Finally, either get better so that you can argue on equal footing-- you're only actually mad enough to post here because she's often right where you're wrong, as demonstrated by the point-of-contention examples you've provided. Or, explain that you're not a great gamer, but you're playing for fun and would prefer to go on without the 'hardcore' attitude giving input.

There. Simple.

 

[ultrachicken]

If you are prone for 90 seconds and not the sniper you are camping, sorry man but point to your gf.

I agree.

Just tell her you don't like getting advice. Not that hard. If you have a good relationship, she should understand.

EDIT: Be sure to do this in a non-confrontational manner.

 

[mikev7.0]

"...Strategic waiting?"

Sorry, mate. As many others have said, your girlfriend's right. And (promise I'm not saying this because of female solidarity, but...) she sounds like she knows what she's doing. As you've said you're "pretty sure she'll beat you one on one," have you ever thought that she's just giving you tips? I give tips to my gamer friends all the time when we're playing. (a la: "No, when I do that move you want to block and counter, not try to attack me after I've started winding up for it" in a fighting game.) You can fight about it if you so desire, but to me, it seems like she's in the right.

Worst comes to worst, and you need to duke it out in a non-fight situation: pick a game you're both equally good at and decide who's right in a 1v1 match (or best 2 out of 3, or whatever you can agree on). Winner of the match is right. Though, really, talking it out with a simple "I'd appreciate it if you don't backseat game while I'm playing" would be simplest.

Okay you had me at "No, when I do that move you want to block and counter, not try to attack me after I've started winding up for it." In what game did you give this advice? I ask because one of the true masters of martial arts, Bruce Lee, teaches in the Tao of Jeet Kune Do that the BEST time to strike your opponent is as they are preparing to strike you. I use this in fighting games all the time and if you DIDN'T combo into that Super or Ultra get ready to be comboed. An alert opponent can (and usually will) easily interupt a non combo move with a wind-up. Priority counts. I was just really curious, there could be a fighting game that I haven't played where that's not true, that's kinda' why I wanted to know.

Soul Calibur (IV). I was playing Amy (rather fast rapier-wielding girl), my friend was Siegfried (slow, greatsword-weilding guy). I kept hitting him in the middle of him trying to attack me before I attacked him. In that, it works better for him to block as I attack him, because there's a counter move that'll leave me wide open for him to attack, and not allow me to attack before him. Make sense?

I know why that may have confused you- perhaps not the best example to pick, but I was posting while studying for a final exam, and that little tidbit was the first thing that came to mind.

Ah. I don't remember Amy but then I had Soul Calibur only for a little while and then traded it in (thanks to the advice of a couple of Escapists) on BlazBlue and never looked back. I am familiar with Seigfreid though and yes, now your explanation makes a lot more sense, I just usually play characters more like amy (Sakura in SSFIV) for their ability to interrupt the Seigfreids and Zangiefs of the world (well that and because only about 10/100 gamers even know that the Sakura Otoshi exists and 2 out of that number know that it auto targets as an EX move), so yes now that makes sense.

Also I meant no offense when I suggested that a contest was a bad idea, it's just taught that competitions (even ones that seem or should be fun) can often end in resentment if they began that way and the whole reason the OP made this thread is resentment about his girlfriends suggestions in regard to his play style.

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

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Ah. I don't remember Amy but then I had Soul Calibur only for a little while and then traded it in (thanks to the advice of a couple of Escapists) on BlazBlue and never looked back. I am familiar with Seigfreid though and yes, now your explanation makes a lot more sense, I just usually play characters more like amy (Sakura in SSFIV) for their ability to interrupt the Seigfreids and Zangiefs of the world (well that and because only about 10/100 gamers even know that the Sakura Otoshi exists and 2 out of that number know that it auto targets as an EX move), so yes now that makes sense.

Also I meant no offense when I suggested that a contest was a bad idea, it's just taught that competitions (even ones that seem or should be fun) can often end in resentment if they began that way and the whole reason the OP made this thread is resentment about his girlfriends suggestions in regard to his play style.

Heh. Nothin' wrong with trading Soul Calibur in for Blazblue. I own a ton of fighting games, but Blazblue's probably my favorite.

And no offense taken. I can recommend contests because that's how I solved problems with my roommate my entire sophomore year of college (Super Smash Bros, stock battle, no items, Sector Z- winner of the fight is the winner of the argument), but it's certainly not an option for everyone. Personally, I find talking it out to be the best way to go, but with video games, sometimes a game is the best way to solve a gaming dispute. -shrug- Really, to each his or her own.

 

[mikev7.0]

Also, no offense, but..You sound threatened by the fact that she knows games as well or better than you do. You'd probably be better off with a non-gamer.

This.

Also, "strategic waiting" = lol. At least try to call it something legitimate like "map control".

Hee hee "Map control." I love that. Kinda' like saying "No....no.....Turtling?....No...Nope...not at all...ZONING...That's what I'm doing...just getting a good zone going on over here.....*throwncomboedkoed*

Camping or Strategic Wait(sorry can't say it with a straight face) or "Map control" are all tactics that are a lot like turtling. At the more experienced levels of play they really aren't effective.

 

[Cyclone of Mystery]

So...your girlfriend called you a camper. And you called it "strategic waiting" with complete sincerity.

Points to your girlfriend. Quit hiding and play the damn game the way it was meant to be played.

 

[New York Patrick]

Sex is the answer, use that burning rage to fuel bestial sexings to satiate you both

How did I know that was going to be the first piece of advice he got...

 

[Sentox6]

Hee hee "Map control." I love that. Kinda' like saying "No....no.....Turtling?....No...Nope...not at all...ZONING...That's what I'm doing...just getting a good zone going on over here.....*throwncomboedkoed*

Camping or Strategic Wait(sorry can't say it with a straight face) or "Map control" are all tactics that are a lot like turtling. At the more experienced levels of play they really aren't effective.

At the highest levels of play in games like Halo and Quake, map control is vital. It's not waiting in a corner for someone to run by (which I suspect is closer to what the OP is doing), but defending key areas that give you a strategic advantage, monopolising weapon spawns, etc.

Turtling in fighter games is something else again, and a completely legitimate playstyle.

 

[Charm Offensive]

change.

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Yay! All's well that ends well... And assuming you're not joking about that Mad Moxxi thing, you are one lucky mofo.

Just out of curiosity, was there some condition for if (when) you lose?

Yes, i need to dress up like Frank Woods from Black Ops. I wont go into further detail.

 

[Edavies696]

strategic waiting?, thats just camping man

 

[aba1]

time to split screen?

 

[Anachronism]

Stop playing Call of Duty?

This! Go and play something worth your time and attention.

I know this will sound crazy, but how about... a co-op game?

 

[similar.squirrel]

Deal with it. It's a videogame. No big deal. Just don't camp while she's watching.

 

[Legion]

Well as far as I am concerned she is right, she points out your hypocrisy and seems to know her games and you don't seem to like it. It just seems like you don't like her being as knowledgeable about games as you are. I get the impression that you want a gamer girlfriend, but one who still thinks you are better at it.

It's "strategic waiting" if you do it, but camping whenever somebody else does it. Can you honestly tell me I am wrong?

 

[Ashcrexl]

where is the irrational CoD hate in this thread? fine, i'll do it myself.

Call of Duty! Ruining the game industry and now relationships!

 

[legendp]

why don't you just buy a second controller and let her play and if she wants?

 

[Thanatos5150]

I'm quite a big gamer and have been spending a fair amount of my free time playing Black Ops on my xbox recently. I'm not neglecting Natasha or anything, in fact she's kind of a gamer too. The following picture is kind of true of our relationship.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmchytXP3d1qjbc5uo1_500.jpg

Pictures don't post here, so it says "a real girlfriend does not complain when her boyfriend is playing his xbox. She sits there and yells... KILL HIM"

The graphic makes it seem like a nice thing, but, it's kind of annoying when proceeded by "why are you using the ACOG attachment on such a small map" or "didn't you just call that other guy a tosser for camping in that exact same spot that you have been prone on for the last 90 seconds".

Or my personal favourite "oh give me the controller and i'll do it". She knows the difference in stopping power between an Ithaca and a HS-10 and thinks it makes her a bloody, i don't know, cold war era Joan of Ark or something.

But she doesn't even know the difference between "camping" and "strategic waiting". Which. Is. What. I. Do.

I really don't want our first major fight to be over Call of Duty. I just really needed to rant about this, but does anyone have any advice on how i can mitigate my burning desire to scream whenever she offers me advice on the game?

"When you have the controller, you can play as according to your playstyle. As it is, I'm playing according to mine."

On another note: Camping = "Strategic Waiting" Not that there's anything wrong with it, calling it "Strategic Waiting" (Especially in a game like CoD, which is nearly as lethal as the 40k 'verse) just makes you sound like an asshat.

 

[JPArbiter]

why you are not side by side co opping is beyond me, unless your TV is too small. and if you don't player her one on one cause your afraid of getting beaten by a girl, you need some serious therapy.

oh, and there is one other spot where camping is acceptable aside from sniper. Support gunner, someone with a big ass and deep magazined machine gun like the hand carried .30 cal in WaW.

 

[Griffolion]

I'm quite a big gamer and have been spending a fair amount of my free time playing Black Ops on my xbox recently. I'm not neglecting Natasha or anything, in fact she's kind of a gamer too. The following picture is kind of true of our relationship.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmchytXP3d1qjbc5uo1_500.jpg

Pictures don't post here, so it says "a real girlfriend does not complain when her boyfriend is playing his xbox. She sits there and yells... KILL HIM"

The graphic makes it seem like a nice thing, but, it's kind of annoying when proceeded by "why are you using the ACOG attachment on such a small map" or "didn't you just call that other guy a tosser for camping in that exact same spot that you have been prone on for the last 90 seconds".

Or my personal favourite "oh give me the controller and i'll do it". She knows the difference in stopping power between an Ithaca and a HS-10 and thinks it makes her a bloody, i don't know, cold war era Joan of Ark or something.

But she doesn't even know the difference between "camping" and "strategic waiting". Which. Is. What. I. Do.

I really don't want our first major fight to be over Call of Duty. I just really needed to rant about this, but does anyone have any advice on how i can mitigate my burning desire to scream whenever she offers me advice on the game?

It's a very typical reaction to what you perceive to be emasculation from your feminine companion. It's exactly the same as a guy in the car saying "i know where i'm going!".

Just say to her next time "babe/dear/darling/sweetheart/***** I know what I'm doing!"

And thus the natural order of the world is resumed.

 

[DrVonTrap]

Sex is the answer, use that burning rage to fuel bestial sexings to satiate you both

i laughed for about a minute at this