Weird things you catch yourself doing while immersed in a game

[Unit420]

I hold my breath and tighten nearly every muscle in my body whenever I hear the pings from a Destroyer's active sonar in Silent Hunter 4.

*ping!* :O *ping* :X *ping*

Wonderful game once you get your head around it.

 

[Mighty Lighty]

When I really get involved in a game when I`m done I`ll find out I`ve slid off the sofa onto the floor

 

[ICantBelieveItGoesBoom]

Only talking in whispers with my friends during stealth (parts of) games, leaning with my character,making the faces that my character would be in FPS's.

You should have seen my playing MW2 especially in the finale and. . .

Spoiler

Roach's death

 

[GodofDisaster]

I do two weird things, whenever I'm playing games.

1. When I'm doing good, I mean really good I laugh to myself, it's not a mad laugh more of a cheerful one.

2. When I'm doing bad, really bad I bite my lip and tap my foot loudly on the floor.

 

[HE Shaunshaun]

i am so freakin awesome for doing things out of games irl.

i was once walking downstairs after a mass halo 3 session and i wondered where me mother was. i decided to check my radar to see if she was near by.

i also had a habit of shouting "checkpoint" everytime we went through the traffic lights.

aswell as that i now have a habit of shouting "falcon puuuuunch" if i hit someone.

so yeah, im an idiot.

 

[HentMas]

if chess counts, i ussually start wistling the tune of "row row row your boat"

my adversaries always get anoyed and start to lose concentration hehe

and in racing games I tilt the controller to where I am turning

OH!! and this happened in Kill Zone 2, i didnt knew that while using the sniper if the sinxaxis is turned on you can aim by tilting the controller to where you want it to go, i was aiming at a guy and as i pressed the trigger the guy moved, by instinct i moved the controller and got a head shot, i was all "WTF"?? and proceded to spend 15 minutes tilting the controller with every weapon to see how that worked

 

[KiruTheMant]

When I shoot a Boss to death I always let go of the mouse/controller for 5 seconds like I did a workout.

 

[Gestapo Hunter]

I remember when there use to be alot more arcades i would embarrass myself by actually ducking when playing time crisis.

 

[lazy_bum]

Quietly mutter Shhhhh when i assisnate someone, be it with a knife or a silenced weapon of some description. also jerk the controller from side to side when driving or running for mt life...

 

[KaiRai]

Sometimes, I'll try to see around cover by sitting up/leaning left or right in my chair as i actually do it in game.

Hahaha I do that too!!!

Do you lean to the side you're turning in driving games too? Or tilt the controller?

 

[Doc Incognito]

Oftentimes, when playing an FPS and killing something, I'll shout, "Suck it Blues!". It doesn't matter if the other team is Red, or if I'm playing Call of Duty where the teams aren't defined by the color of their armor.

Hooray for Sarge.

Ever since I watched RvB I do this all the time too. I do it a TON on Team Fortress 2, so I try and get on Red as much as possible.

(I also subconsciously thought you spelled blue wrong there. Damn you TF2.)

Hooray! I'm not alone in my madness. Also, it sounds like you've been playing a bit too much Team Fortress 2. It sounds like you need a "MEDIC!"

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Stealth games I huddle down a bit, breathe quieter and do not move at all. Only my fingers twitch and even that is gently.

Sniper, I slow my breathing and settle myself like I really am shooting... Because you know it makes such a major difference in your aim. -.-;
I have even been known to wait like 10 minutes for the perfect shot. (Usually only to then get fucking swarmed afterwards and have to do it all again.)

this. i have no idea why but my entire body tenses up and i am quieter than fucking outer space.

i do the "thats horseshit, you piece of shit" stuff, shit is definitly a favorite word of mine

sometimes when im getting super immersed in games say i fall off an edge or am doing a huge jump (crackdown) my stomach does the whole flip thing like when you are on a rollercoaster in real life, i have to be super immersed for that to happen tho. only on few occasions has it

if someone is chasing me i dont know why i tend to clench my buttock and i kinda put my feet in the air while squeeking 'OH NO! DONT!"

Edit: also a few times after beating crackdown to a pulp, i was driving at night and i started driving in the middle of the two lanes on my side of the road and was about to ram 2 cars in the ass thinking i could just plow them off to the side with my "agent convertible" thank god i had a reality check .0005 seconds before doing that

 

[[Insert Name Here]]

I gloat over and mock the enemies I've killed.

 

[phanatic314]

Every racing game I play, I have to tilt while I'm turning.

 

[Bernzz]

I do what people have already said.
I lean when my character leans out of cover, or if I want to see what's around a wall (even though leaning does not help if my character doesn't move), and I duck when firefights get intensive and a stray bullet zips over my head, especially if it makes a sound. As well as when things line planes and shit go overhead.

 

[lvl9000_woot]

i stand on one leg, raise my arms into the air, press all the wrong buttons all while singing "she'll be comin' 'round the mountain" 5 times...

only if i get really into the game

That is soo weird...I do that too!

funny...i didnt think it was common lol

Well, it's not. But I also jump on my unicycle and juggle a few large knives while singing.

ahhhhh i have a half brother that does that. i find it odd that he can juggle knives while pressing buttons on a controller and STILL get the high score...hmm...

Can he do it with a blindfold on too?

OT: I noticed the other day that I bounce/wiggle my right leg when something exciting happens

 

[mr Awsome]

i stand on one leg, raise my arms into the air, press all the wrong buttons all while singing "she'll be comin' 'round the mountain" 5 times...

only if i get really into the game

That is soo weird...I do that too!

funny...i didnt think it was common lol

Well, it's not. But I also jump on my unicycle and juggle a few large knives while singing.

ahhhhh i have a half brother that does that. i find it odd that he can juggle knives while pressing buttons on a controller and STILL get the high score...hmm...

Can he do it with a blindfold on too?

OT: I noticed the other day that I bounce/wiggle my right leg when something exciting happens

actually no he does it with his hands tied behind his back

 

[mr gelmir]

between two sessions of playing AC2 I'm still so immersed in the game I catch myself finding every way up buildings and lots of places to hide.
I also play this little game with a friend of mine, where we sneak up on each other and pretend to stealth kill with a hidden dagger, I even jumped off a little concrete wall (.5 metres) whacking him in the neck. This all happens in school, I'm in the sixth grade of secondary school.
man I need therapy... xD

 

[DomEReapeR]

While doing a puzzle in the neverhood i played with an empty lamp holder and accidentally got my little finger in it. Paralyzed my hand for like 10 minutes. I play with stuff on my desk when im ''bored''.