Things that cause you to nerd-rage.

[Vidi Kitty]

It really gets me when people talk about CoD for the 360. I had someone buy black ops from my place of work and say he had been waiting a long time to get this game and he was excited about playing it. I said it was an ok game and that CoD hadn't been the same since the originals on the PC and he looked me in the eyes and said "oh I have only played modern warfare before this"

Also anyone who got into Halo at number 3 or World of Warcraft after the 2nd expansion, and ESPECIALLY after the 3rd since they made it World of Handholding.

 

[Nouw]

"Warhammer 40,000 is the source of all science fiction races like space marines and giant hive-bugs."

No..just no...

 

[Da Chi]

People who refer to Irony when it really is co-incidence. I end up raging and correcting them.
EVERY time! I doubt a single one of them has looked up the definition yet either.

 

[The Apothecarry]

Start an argument with me about Halo's multiplayer balance versus Call of Duty's. I will not be able to shut up. I'll say right now that I believe that Halo is more balanced because it does not incorporate perks. You are more than entitled you your own opinions, but I will not agree with you of you say that CoD is more balanced.

That and start arguing Halo history with me. I've read the books at least four times each thanks to plane rides from Seattle to Boston. I'm pretty sure I have a good grasp of the timeline.

 

[000Ronald]

When people refer to Adam (Frankenstein's Creature) as Frankenstein. And call-or imply-that he's stupid.

Also, it gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside when the first of something is named Marcus (female deritive of Marie). Examples include Underworld (first vampire) and Terminator 4 (first Terminator).

...yeah, Frankenstein was one of my favorite books.

 

[No_Remainders]

People who tell me the Matrix trilogy was good. Did they forget how horrible the Neo VS multiple Smiths fight scene was the second he picked up the poll? It went into videogame mode and totally ruined any and all immersion in the film. The third movie had some good fight scenes, but the fact that they took away the mystique about the plot by introducing "The Architect" basically destroyee everything.

In other words, it's a movie filled with great effects, awesome choreography here and there, but overall the films are rubbish. I felt this was as a teenager whenever I saw them.

I thought the original was good.

Though the other two were shite.

OT: Probably "HERP DERP CoD IS FOR NOOBS!"

 

[Rayne870]

What triggers do you have that send you into a nerd-rage?

One of mine is when people ask why they didn't just ride the eagles to Mordor/Rivendell/etc. The eagles are heralds of and were devised by Manwë himself, the leader of the Valar. When they help, it is basically divine intervention. It's not like calling a horse or something. The eagles are not at your beck and call.

I know that I have others, but I can't recall them right now. Share yours!

But...what could possibly be more important than destroying a ring of pure evil?

oh right team building exercise and camping, got it.

Sorry had to poke at that one. Let's just say it would be a damn boring and short book if all they did was fly there chuck the ring in and go have second breakfast.

 

[Shoqiyqa]

One of mine is when people ask why they didn't just ride the eagles to Mordor/Rivendell/etc. The eagles are heralds of and were devised by Manwë himself, the leader of the Valar. When they help, it is basically divine intervention. It's not like calling a horse or something. The eagles are not at your beck and call.

But! Gandalf was able to call on an eagle to rescue him form Saruman, coulnt he have called upon a single eagle the same way to save middle earth much faster and with less orc invasions? =p

Not while the SAM tower was active. Frodo and Sam had to do their commando raid under the radar to take out its power supply before the eagles could get into Mordor without being shot down.

 

[Shoqiyqa]

Look at Avatar, it's been heralded as 'the best movie of all time' by many, many people and it had very little, if any substance. It was just filled with flashy visual and CGI effects and had very little story ( as far as I could tell, though I could only watch about half an hour of it before it got too boring to finish).

Seen Ferngully? Seen Dances With Wolves? Seen the Endor scenes in Return of the Jedi? Yes? Seen Avatar.

 

[Vault101]

when people insult things I like...for reasons I dont consider good enough...eh Im only human

on TV,,,TV is the worst offeder when the get games and technology wrong, Im not even that tech savy but even I can see the beyond stupid levels they get it wrong

like the "hacking attack!" from NCIS with two keyboards

or my favorite the amazing super woman who has the "high score" from every MMO ever..yeah unless shes a timelord or a god I doubt it

things like "big bang theory (I admit its not as bad "beauty and the geek" like

"OMG those nerds like starwars....hurr hurr huurrr...those nerds cant get gerils..huur hurr...those nerds and their video games, like kids huur hurr!!" Im talking about the absolute most shallow nerd steryotype

 

[Shoqiyqa]

holy christ, whenever someone tries to tell me i'm wrong about a Star Wars trivia question... or when so called star wars fans say episodes 1-3 are shit and what not, if you think they suck; then A) you're not a star wars fan. and B) YOU SUCK!

1) Meesa has da dreadlocks anna talksa like a bad triesa to impersonate a rapper. Meesa do dis for hours. Yousa getsa sicksa ofsa itsa beforesa wesa throughsa.

2) This guy? Hey, Senator PALPATINE. Seriously, Palpatine. You know how, like, the Emperor, bad guy, evil, all that, he was Emperor Palpatine, well, this guy, Senator Palpatine, he's Senator Palpatine like Emperor Palpatine was Emperor Palpatine 'cause he's Palpatine and that guy's Palpatine and because this is before, like before Emperor Palpatine, Senator Palpatine is actually going to be Emperor Palpatine. You see the cloak, right? Remember how Emperor Palpatine had that dark grey cloak and the hood like, right like ... like that, the way Senator Palpatine's wearing his now? See how he's wearing that? Remember how the Emperor wore a cloak that was just like that and he wore it like that and, like, Palpatine and, y'know, Palpatine? Yeah? This guy, Senator Palpatine, he's the guy who's going to be Emperor Palpatine. Hear the voice? Isn't that creepy, the way he sounds exactly like Emperor Palpatine? He's totally going to be the Emperor. Palpatine, man, I'm telling you. This guy holds his hands up like ... let's just focus right on those hands and the way he's holding them. Like, totally Emperor Palpatine of the future, right here, guys. I'm telling you.

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Other than that, R2D2 was pretty cool.

captcha: ternmend chapel

Talented seabird you have there.

When people say "Evolution is 'just a theory'". It just tells me they profoundly misunderstand science, and it makes me angry inside.

Remind that evolution is a theory, but so is religion. That equalises the positions, so you can play the Evidence Game.

Noooooo!!!!!

Religion is not a scientific theory.

"The sky is blue because we're all inside a giant lily," while something someone may willingly believe, is not a scientific theory.

"The universe was sneezed out of the nose of the Great Weezleblort," while an inaccurate attempt to quote The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, is not a scientific theory.

That the kinetic energy of an object is proportional to its mass is more of a law than a theory, but it's a lot closer to being a theory than any religion is.

See the Evolution thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.276340-Evolution?page=1] for more details.

People who refer to Irony when it really is co-incidence. I end up raging and correcting them.
EVERY time! I doubt a single one of them has looked up the definition yet either.

Irony: fate's sarcastic sense of humour.

Irony [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony]:

i·ro·ny
1    [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Show IPA
?noun, plural -nies.
1.
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, ?How nice!? when I said I had to work all weekend.
2.
Literature .
a.
a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b.
(especially in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., especially as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3.
Socratic irony.

The essential feature of irony is the indirect presentation of a contradiction between an action or expression and the context in which it occurs. In the figure of speech, emphasis is placed on the opposition between the literal and intended meaning of a statement; one thing is said and its opposite implied, as in the comment, ?Beautiful weather, isn't it?? made when it is raining or nasty. Ironic literature exploits, in addition to the rhetorical figure, such devices as character development, situation, and plot to stress the paradoxical nature of reality or the contrast between an ideal and actual condition, set of circumstances, etc., frequently in such a way as to stress the absurdity present in the contradiction between substance and form. Irony differs from sarcasm in greater subtlety and wit. In sarcasm ridicule or mockery is used harshly, often crudely and contemptuously, for destructive purposes.

OT: bad English, bad military stuff and bad biology.

I went to one of those schools where it was possible to get a bonus point on your essay by using a semi-colon correctly and, of course, possible to lose an entire grade by interpreting part of the book in a way that disagrees with the teacher's own interpretation of it. I read everything literally. These two may or may not be related, but I assert that each is true. When I see: "They didn't know there sister was in you're house," I read that as: "They did not know in that place sister was in you are house." When I see: "I know your in there," I read that as: "I know the in there that belongs to you." This means bad English slows me down and slowly gives me a headache.

I have spent some time in a green suit, working for war criminals and so on. I was not perfect. Not one of us was perfect. We were not superheroes. Each of us was better at some things than at others. I do not remember everything from that time. I did not know everything about every aspect of every military job at the time. The levels of incompetence, nepotism, narcissism and testosterone poisoning were spectacular. There were some total arseholes and utter bitches. There were also a few genuinely decent people. The Hurt Locker was an incredibly uncomfortable experience for me because I spent the whole time wondering WTF they were doing or thinking and where their officers were, apart from the brief moments I spent wondering how anyone thought a soldier could be that cheerful and coherent with his femur broken by a bullet, noting how much better a scene had been done in at least one earlier film, gritting my teeth at the token incompetent Britons or taking offence at how stupid the directors and producers must think the audience are if they expected a particular piece of editing to get past unnoticed.

I studied biology. I know what that clicky thing is and how to use it. I know sterile procedure. I know you can't just clone an antibody from a blood sample and get gallons of antibodies in a few hours, and you can't use antibodies as a vaccine to provide long-term protection. The happy ending in Outbreak ruined the film for me. It seemed they'd set out to make a six-hour epic tale of fear, loss, courage, determination, tragedy, devastation, intrigue, politics, tension, terror, hope and redemption and then, quarter of the way through, been told to wrap it up in 110 minutes. It was a waste of a good opening and some well-presented scenes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu9voNeFqNs] and punchy lines [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj9SUJdpJS4#t=52s]. I'm annoyed that the opening title sequence isn't easy to find on youtube, because it made a pretty good trailer itself.

 

[PSIcho2468]

When people point out how a lot of the games I play are all similar.

An example which happened on Friday, when during class (not really but you do homework and stuff) everyone was dicking around playing games on their laptops and so was I, so I decided to pass the Mother part of Mother 1+2. (Which has recently been translated) After awhile this kid who's a few years younger then me, year 7 I think wanted to see what game I was playing, his first reaction was "What's that? Pokémon?" I told him that he was wrong and it was called Mother. Which he replied: "That's so nerdy! It's so much like Pokémon!" I gave him my death glare and told him that there are more RPGs then Pokémon which made him back off. He's not the only one who's done it, I'm fine with people referring to what they know, but thinking that it's the only thing there is, is what causes me to nerd rage.

Also when I told some of my mates that I was playing an RPG they thought I meant Rocket Propelled Grenade.

 

[Artina89]

Somebody once said that "Twin Peaks" was "f***ing stupid" which caused me to rage a bit. I know everyone has their own opinion but watching 10 minutes of it when I was watching the second season seems to be a bit of a snap judgement if you ask me.

 

[Davroth]

I had some heated debates in the past on Dr Who, especially on whether RTD was better then Moffat, or the other way round. I guess I'm still susceptible to that.

 

[ZeroMachine]

holy christ, whenever someone tries to tell me i'm wrong about a Star Wars trivia question... or when so called star wars fans say episodes 1-3 are shit and what not, if you think they suck; then A) you're not a star wars fan. and B) YOU SUCK!

I don't care if people don't like the original trilogy. But I've had more people call me a moron because I DO like the movies. There seems to be a lot more hate towards fans of them then haters.

 

[larysalove]

Whenever a movie proves it knows nothing about mythology. Or a book. Or a person. Mostly Greek myth. I think the original details are interesting enough without changing them for "mass appeal."

Troy being one of the worst offenders, (that I actually saw) in my opinion.

 

[gellert1984]

Pretty much any show involving computers screws their facts up.
Games do not work without any kind of HUD.

And for fuck's sake... why do you guys manage to make a show about doctors solving complex illnesses but at the same time make them suck at basic life-saving skills?
CPR does not work like this, doctor House!

Captcha: Vitamin allesos - do you get enough of it?

When I was doing first aid a few years ago, the course was changed from checking for a pulse to checking for 'lifesigns' (pass the tricorder Mr. Spock!) because med-students in their 3rd year couldnt find a pulse on a life subject, but could on a plastic doll. Just sayin'.

 

[Squarez]

When people refer to Adam (Frankenstein's Creature) as Frankenstein. And call-or imply-that he's stupid.

...yeah, Frankenstein was one of my favorite books.

Umm, then surely you'd know that Frankenstein's monster had no name. I can see where the Adam could come from (and how it would be a very appropriate name), but the fact is that it doesn't have a name.

OT: What causes my nerd rage?

Nerds not using their apparent intelligence actually reading or watching classic books/films etc. and instead spend it memorising all the minutia of the Star Wars expanded universe or collecting copious amounts of anime and starting hundreds of threads on internet forums about it.

Huh? I seems to have paraphrased this entire forum. My bad.

Whenever a movie proves it knows nothing about mythology. Or a book. Or a person. Mostly Greek myth. I think the original details are interesting enough without changing them for "mass appeal."

Troy being one of the worst offenders, (that I actually saw) in my opinion.

I didn't think Troy wasn't that bad for inaccuracy. Firstly, they were going for a more realistic take on the book, thus omitting the Gods from the story, the characters still believe in and refer to them but they don't actually exist in real life, so yeah. Not in the film, same with the myth that Achilles was actually invincible, save for his heel.

Secondly, they only changed a few events around (such as Patroclus' role in the story) but I reckon that was just to make the story work better as a film, rather than a thousand year old epic poem.

Thirdly, we can't really berate the film for inaccuracy, seeing as we don't actually know what happened during the Trojan War, besides what Homer wrote (and even then, did Homer really exist? Was he the pseudonym for a group of writers?). I myself highly doubt that the Greeks somehow managed to sneak into Troy in a giant wooden horse at all.

 

[dosp5]

Stupid players in League of Legends. Not necessarily bad players, but stupid players. I understand if you die in lane because you're playing a new champ or just aren't very good. Fine. Perfectly acceptable. But then there are those people. You know of whom I speak. Those people that charge headfirst into a 1v5 with you standing beside him, and then blames you for not helping once he inevitably meets his demise. Those people really irritate me to no end.

This. I gave up on the online play after going into match after match of try-hards and cry babies. Which is a shame because the game is really enjoyable.I just play co-op vs AI and private matches from now on.

 

[Katana314]

When I make a joke about something in pop culture (for basic example: "It's not like little junkyard slaves ever grow up to be someone like DARTH VADER!!") and someone insists on demonstrating their intense knowledge of the subject in a way that ruins any humor or conversational value. (example: "Actually, Anakin wasn't the only one who did that. If you read some of the extended universe, blab blah")