Things that cause you to nerd-rage.

[kortin]

When people herald TF2 as the best multiplayer experience ever. I played it for about 10 minutes before I got bored. Now, I'm not saying that you shouldn't be able to think TF2 is a great game. Its when someone goes up to you and says "TF2 IS THE BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME, YOU ARE WRONG" (yes i've had someone do that).

The rage is enormous!

 

[plugav]

The phrase "RPG elements" used to mean character stats and levelling. There are RPGs beyond D&D, you know, and most of them are about playing roles and creating stories, not solving math problems.

Next thing you know, we'll be praising these forums for employing "literature elements," i.e. words.

 

[diebane]

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'm not trying to make you nerd rage, but wouldnt the eagles have done middleearth and themselves a favor by destroying the ring? If Sauron got the ring back, all of middleearth, probably including the area where the eagles live (sorry, not informed about that), got destroyed/slaved. So the eagles would not have served anybody, they would have saved everybody.

If there is a major point I'm missing, elaborate where I am wrong. Go easy on me

mfG diebane

 

[MysticToast]

When anyone puts an apostrophe in a word when they pluralize it. That bugs me to no end! It's second grade grammar!

 

[Colinmac93]

Two things that cause Nerd rage in me:
1. Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Why does almost every person in it use Dante, Sentinel, Ryu or Akuma?

2. Brainiac: Science Abuse - Ever since I started doing experiments in school, I found myself shouting at the screen whenever they did an experiment, shouting things like "That's not a suitable control!" or "You haven't repeated the experiment!"

 

[Canadamus Prime]

These days usually other people nerd raging over frivolous little details.

 

[Gustavo S. Buschle]

How somehow every movie/series only has tecnology that is either too advanced to be realistic or, as in most of the time, tecnology from the 90's.

 

[artanis_neravar]

"Halo has no story."

The six games, anime films, live action shorts, seven books (five more on the way), short story collection, graphic novel, six comic books, character journal, and amazing audio drama beg to differ you fucking prick.

Other than that, not much, but I will correct people if I hear them saying things that are blatantly wrong.

This. Look, i LIKE Halo. I don't care if it "doesn't contribute" anything to gaming. It was the first FPS i ever played, and for that i love it.

OT. People who have only seen the Star Wars prequels (and not the original ones) and think that they know Everything about Star Wars ( mostly 8-10 year olds ).

Both of these and people who think that the star wars extended universe don't count

 

[CrashBang]

Arguments with people who don't read comic books or know much about superheroes. They argue points like 'Batman is shit, he has no powers', overlooking the fact that heroes are entirely dependant on the writer/artists who depict them. It's just frustrating talking about heroes with people who don't take into account characterisation, situation, their allies and rogues gallery, mission and motivations etc etc

 

[Gustavo S. Buschle]

The grandfather paradox as an excuse to things that would simply be solved by leaving a note to your alternate future self. e.g.: "Kill Voldemort"

 

[artanis_neravar]

Back when I was playing WoW on a RP server, I could NERDRAGE endlessly about people who ignore in-universe rules just so they could have their character. This might also have to do with the fact that I DM at a D&D campaign.

But I hated the;
genki girl warlock.
The Light wielding undead.
People who played Blood Elf Deathknights as Darkfallen.
etc.

There was nothing wrong with say a non-xenophobic Night Elf. I mean there are exceptions to the general rule of a race.

But seeing as how Fel powers are extremely corruptive, illegal and basicly the blood of the enemy. Playing your warlock as a happy go lucky teenager really grinded my gears.

I agree with the teenager part, but a Warlock can be happy go lucky, if only because that's how their insanity presents itself

 

[artanis_neravar]

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.

Christ... No. Just no.

Evolution is a theory in the way that gravity is a theory. The way that colours are a theory. The way that germs are a theory.

When you learn the theory behind a subject, you're not learning about the speculative ideas behind something. You're learning the principles that explain said subject.

There is a profound difference between a scientific theory (as in the case of "Theory of Evolution") and a 'theory' in common parlance. The scientific equivalent to a 'theory' is a hypothesis. A scientific theory is a very robust and testable explanation of how something works.

You can disagree with evolution until the cows come home, if you have something to back up that claim. But denying evolution because it's "just a theory" means you're a fucking idiot.

You are correct sir, although I am guilty of using theory instead of hypothesis, platy because it's easier to say

 

[TheFederation]

when people think it's an insult that i've yet to get get call of duty...

IT'S A MARKETING GAME ABOUT WAR YOU IDIOTS

also when people think their opinion has to be the right one. and the fact that i like comic books everyone thinks im "£%! 10 years old and comics cannot be for a mature audience

 

[artanis_neravar]

Also when people blame video games (or D&D) for the violence committed by kids

 

[Quaxar]

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?

 

[Ranorak]

Back when I was playing WoW on a RP server, I could NERDRAGE endlessly about people who ignore in-universe rules just so they could have their character. This might also have to do with the fact that I DM at a D&D campaign.

But I hated the;
genki girl warlock.
The Light wielding undead.
People who played Blood Elf Deathknights as Darkfallen.
etc.

There was nothing wrong with say a non-xenophobic Night Elf. I mean there are exceptions to the general rule of a race.

But seeing as how Fel powers are extremely corruptive, illegal and basicly the blood of the enemy. Playing your warlock as a happy go lucky teenager really grinded my gears.

I agree with the teenager part, but a Warlock can be happy go lucky, if only because that's how their insanity presents itself

I'm not talking Kefka happy go lucky, I'm talking Goku happy go lucky.
fel corrupts, it's evil. You already have to be borderline mad to even consider using it.

But yes, it could manifest as a Thee hee, I like flowers and sunshine madness, but I doubt it.

 

[Angerwing]

You are correct sir, although I am guilty of using theory instead of hypothesis, platy because it's easier to say

In common usage, it's a perfectly legitimate word. I use it all the time. But there's a time and a place D:

 

[A Raging Emo]

When all these girls that I know post their latest Facebook update as something like "Joanna - OMFG lol! watching HARRY POTTER! such a nerd lol!", and all their friends comment and agree that they are, in fact, nerds. I just sit there all like "No you're fucking not!"

 

[ph0b0s123]

Being English, always only having a US English language option in the software I install.

 

[Valkyrie101]

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.

Christ... No. Just no.

Evolution is a theory in the way that gravity is a theory. The way that colours are a theory. The way that germs are a theory.

When you learn the theory behind a subject, you're not learning about the speculative ideas behind something. You're learning the principles that explain said subject.

There is a profound difference between a scientific theory (as in the case of "Theory of Evolution") and a 'theory' in common parlance. The scientific equivalent to a 'theory' is a hypothesis. A scientific theory is a very robust and testable explanation of how something works.

You can disagree with evolution until the cows come home, if you have something to back up that claim. But denying evolution because it's "just a theory" means you're a fucking idiot.

I wasn't disagreeing with you. I was saying that they can call evolution a theory, but then religion is also a theory. Then you go about comparing evidence, and that's when opponents of evolution start to lose (because they don't have any).