Have Any Gaming Traditions?

[skennedy929]

If it's a new game then I have a checklist for the first experiencing of it.

Nice strong IPA, 3 bottles.
Nice strong weed, bowl to the head before starting game.
Nice set of headphones way to loud.
All lights off and phone set to silent.

I use a combination of intoxicants, sensory deprivation, and comfy seating to draw me into a game. If that doesn't work (FEAR, Gears of War) the game ain't worth my time.

That's right, I was buzzed and stoned to the be-jesus when playing FEAR and I still thought it sucked.

 

[kouriichi]

When i put in my MW2 disk, i smack my head against the wall several times to ready myself for the noobtoobs i know are coming.

i really should get that hole fixed before winter ((or my landlord)) rolls around.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

I always must beat a game on the hardest difficulty before I allow myself to play online multiplayer. I bend this for some offline stuff(for instance, I don't own Halo 3 and can't expect everyone to let me run through it several hour campaign first,) but never for online. Those damn grenades in WaW kept me off of Xboxlive for a while.

In games like KoToR where there's a distinct good and bad side, I always make one character with two save slots to have one for evil and one for good.

In Pokemon, I always level up inbetween towns in units of five. Inbetween the first town and the second, my starter will be ten before I walk to it, and that pokemon is then kept as the bar for the remainder of the game unless I come to a point where I must level up even more.

Optional Objectives=Main Objectives

 

[ReaperzXIII]

Every christmas I bust out the Nintendo 64

 

[Chibz]

1. I play through the castlevania games (the oldschool ones) in an arbitrary order on Halloween. Any time left over is spent on Zombie's Ate my Neighbours. Usually I have friends over, we wear a random assortment of costumes. And swear at trick or treaters in German. (Yes, this is what I did while you guys went out and got candy as a child)

2. Play through the hardest difficulty of Donkey Kong Country with the "merry" cheat turned on as well, on Christmas.

3. I don't believe in an "easy mode" and as such will never play using one.

 

[diego_2112]

I will never be your gamer friend.

lawl It's a pretty exclusive club...

And come on, does Bible Adventures really suck all THA... yeah, yeah it does. It was pathetic. In every sense of the word.

But hey, on the bright side, at least my grandparents TRIED, right?

 

[Treeinthewoods]

With many of my favorite games there is one major tradition. Grind-on!

Then I grind until it's time for bed. Gotta love that grinding!

Also, I don't really have a playing tradition but I always look forward to the fall/winter lineup of games for the holidays. Some months in the summer as I circle Gamestop just looking for anything interesting I look at the scheduled releases and dream of December.

 

[FURY_007]

I usually play through all the metal slugs at least once a month

 

[Makenzye]

I eat Wingbasket when my pals and I sit down for Gears of War online on Saturdays. =/

<== Leads a sad and lonely existence.

 

[Skorpyo]

In December, when there is snow falling outside, I grab 2 Moonpie's, an A&W rootbeer, and play the first Max Payne.

Every. Year.

 

[LogicNProportion]

September 3rd was USA's Birthday for Final Fantasy VII. as the usual, I started a new game.

Also, my friends and I listen to Guns n Roses when we play Gears of War. Dunno why, we feel it just fits the game best.

 

[Darth Pope]

When I can name a character, they are Darth Pope without fail. If there aren't enough spaces, I'm D.Pope, or just Pope.

I wish to know why you are stealing my last name, and why you think I'm a sith.

Just do a Google Image search for my user name. It's interesting...

 

[RowdyRodimus]

Anytime I'm done gaming for the day I always boot up Geometry Wars 2 and play it for an hour or so.

 

[Dr. Paine]

Around every Christmas, I get the urge to play a Final Fantasy game. Probably because the first one I actually owned and beat was given to me as a Christmas gift.

ETA: And for some reason, whenever I start Portal, I play it through. To the very end. Every time with rare exceptions.

 

[hurfdurp]

I will always go back to RE4, whether to replay it in its entirety, or just for five minutes, it will happen.

Never let go Jack, never let gooooo!

 

[postzit]

i must start a new char at least every month and that is usual played to lvl 20 and then i give up


also i have to play every game i find hidden in a wired place like under the sofa or in between my cupboard and bed play it for an hour then realise why i threw it away in anger

 

[crunchieman]

For some reason I play a vast amount of very different games. I have only finished two. I could finish them but it's not even that I don't want to it's more of I'm not going to? I don't know how to explain it.