Steben Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I was sitting in my Analysis II class the other day. Now, my professor runs the course in more of a open discussion fashion than a lecture. This is odd for a math course, but it arguably is better for the students in the class to learn how to answer questions on their own, rather than being told how to do everything. In any case, our classes often run like this: someone tries to prove an open theorem in the class and the professor will try and find fault with it, even if it is correct. It's up to the presenter, or someone else in the class to defend the proof. So yeah. I've been playing a bit of Phoenix Wright recently... Two days ago, I was in class, watching someone give their proof on the board. It wasn't a very polished thing, but it was essentially correct. But of course our professor was playing devil's advocate, and tried to convince us that the proof was unsound by an example. This example, of course, contained a contradiction. !!! I slammed my hands on the table, and nearly yelled this. ... Of course, after a short moment of awkward silence, I apologized for "accidentally" hitting my desk so hard, and pointed out the flaw in his reasoning. So yeah. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else had a similar situation, where you were playing a video game for a while, and you accidentally reacted to real life as you would have in the game. Partly because I'd feel better about myself, as a person, but also because I'd bet there are some funny stories out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire in the Hole Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 You should feel weak and dainty as a person for not yelling that with the utmost severity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiremanJoe Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I think videogames (and the internet, perhaps to a greater extent) have had more of an effect on us than most of us realise, or would like to think. I've been hearing alot of non-gamers use the word 'own/pwn' recently, and it really annoys me. An obvious hyperbole, but Pure Pwnage is another example of how language has developed and is used as a result of games. (Yes, my friends and I often use alot of gaming language in everyday conversation; sometimes seriously, other times to take the piss out of it) Also, we go to LazerZone (Dunno if you've got that elsewhere in the world; lazertag/light gun kinda version of paintball) and treat it alot like an FPS. Chances are there are other examples I'm not aware of.. /geek =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KakTheInfected Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Years ago when I was playing a lot of AoE/AoK (like 98 or 99), I kept accidently *almost* saying "elohel" instead of chuckling when something was humorous but not really enough to laugh. Now I do it just to annoy people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steben Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 Years ago when I was playing a lot of AoE/AoK (like 98 or 99), I kept accidently *almost* saying "elohel" instead of chuckling when something was humorous but not really enough to laugh. Now I do it just to annoy people. I'm more of a "lawl" guy. But I'm a bigger culpret of using "zee oh em gee", "pee el zee", and "es ar es el why"... always when I'm being sarcastic, of course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkspast Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 After playing FF11 for a few days straight only stopping to eat and use the can, I started to call real money gil. Several times at the stores with my friend Id say something like "Hey ya got a few extra gil ya could spare" Then he say no, your retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thylacine Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Not to a great extent, but I almost said "LOL" in response to a joke. Thankfully, nobody noticed, but I would have had quite the time explaining that one (back in '99, before Chatspeak was popular). Someone else I know uses FTW and Pwned. As far as actual video games, though, I have yet to see or hear anything that's a direct reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ffej Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I tried to press triangle to steal vehicles in non-GTA games. Even on systems without triangle. Not the same thing, but still. I think I once tried to hit R to drift (like Mario Kart) while actually driving. The Vampire Killer whip may be able to defeat Dracula, but a leather belt used as a whip only defeats my own sense of dignity. Wii Sports made me realize that I cannot actually bowl. Two totally different things. Which I should have known, seeing as how my Dad owns a bowling alley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ero Elohim Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Wii Sports made me realize that I cannot actually bowl. Two totally different things. Which I should have known, seeing as how my Dad owns a bowling alley. I second this with a vengeance. I went bowling with some friends last week, thinking that I do alright in Wii Bowling and I should have no problem at least keeping a respectable score, breaking 100 easily. Oh god, I was wrong. So very wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HideousBeing Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Personally, it really annoys me when people use web jargon in real life. There is this one guy that is just soooo obnoxious. He thinks he is real funny saying thingls like "lawl, or raw-ful" all the time. Today the little wang says "Wow!" when he overheard some of my friends talking about a crazy thing that happened. Then he quickly said "World of Warcraft!" in the same tone. It made me wanna just smack him. But yeah, maybe it's his fault i have such low tolerance for the use of game lango in reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soma Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I think videogaming affects my driving because sometimes i do really stupid shit, but it could just be that i'm a so-so driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Falling Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Hmm, I can't say anything like that has happened to me yet, but I'm always extra careful around forests to avoid "random battles" >_>. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaswald Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Consequences may not always be a bad thing. I had an Improv show tonight and I worked in alot of memes and they actually got good laughs... And they were about the only things that got laughs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caster13 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 This example, of course, contained a contradiction.!!! I slammed my hands on the table, and nearly yelled this. ... Of course, after a short moment of awkward silence, I apologized for "accidentally" hitting my desk so hard, and pointed out the flaw in his reasoning. Dude, you should have kept on rolling with it: "That's very clever of you Mr. Professor, but any decent mathematician would know..." *Do Phoenix's pointing pose* "That such and such math thingy is impossible because of such and such math rule!" *Fold arms over chest and stand imposingly* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKieser Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I'm not gonna lie; when Phoenix Wright first came out, I was so into it that I found a rip of the Overtaken! theme and put it on my phone. Whenever anyone would say something contradictory, I would pull out my phone, play the song, and start the courtroom drama. Needless to say, I got some weird looks, but it was totally worth it. --Jack Kieser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremespleen Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Consequences may not always be a bad thing. I had an Improv show tonight and I worked in alot of memes and they actually got good laughs... And they were about the only things that got laughs...Haha, nothing worse than a so-so improv show.Especially if you're in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWarp Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I'm playing Phoenix Wright for the first time right now and loving it. <()> Chatspeak impacts me. After playing Elite Beat Agents I see lots of closing circles. I tried moving items on my desk with my Elebits gravity gun. :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETROMAN Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I like this thread I study taekwondo, and before a sparring match starts I often joke around and do some poses from Street Fighter characters and/or yell stuff like "hadoken!" and "shoryuken!" (while doing those moves) to uhm...intimidate my opponents. Unsurprisingly, I get my ass kicked most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Dude, you should have kept on rolling with it:"That's very clever of you Mr. Professor, but any decent mathematician would know..." *Do Phoenix's pointing pose* "That such and such math thingy is impossible because of such and such math rule!" *Fold arms over chest and stand imposingly* That is an easy way to get him pissed off at you. Mathematicians hate know-it-alls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmeli Walan Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 My girlfriend and I say "blood and honor", "for the horde", and other WoW phrases to each other often. It really strengthens a relationship to look deeply into her beautiful eyes and tell her, "You had me at zug zug". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumUltimA Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 sometimes i say "lawl" irl and i don't realize it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC Ricers Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 A few years back I was getting out of art class and had to walk to another building for my next class. Two other classmates were walking with me and someone said "Wow, it's very foggy- the draw distance is short." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Effector Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I remember a couple of iterations of this thread back, someone was talking about how they used to play Tribes (can't remember which one, maybe the first) religiously. The story went something like this: In Tribes, when people died, they dropped medpacks. Obviously, these were sought after prizes, so if the other team was smart, if they came across a body with full health (they didn't need the medpack themselves), they'd lay a mine under it. So, the response by the other team was usually to shoot any corpses with the spinfuser before looting them. Okay, enough backstory. Basically, the guy was driving down the highway, when he notices a dead cat in the road... before he knew what was happening, he had turned on his windshield wipers trying to find the "switch weapon" key. Yeah, yeah, I've done silly things like thinking I could do dangerous things in real life if I saved beforehand, yada yada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_D Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I almost got in an accident once trying to find the button to pause so I could look at a map. Yeah... I also regularly use "pwn" and "n00b" with my friends (as a joke). What's even worse, though, is something that has nothing to do with video games. I go to an engineering school, so 9 out of 10 people that I know are engineers-to-be. When put in situations with 'normal' people from other schools, it is easy to use terms like "net work", "mean value", and other technical terms to describe everyday things. One of the worst cases of my inner-computer engineer coming out was when my three housemates and I had a half-hour discussion of what would happen if God 'open-sourced' the universe. That was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramaniscence Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Not so much from video games as it is computers in general and Photoshop/Maya, but I was in my art class the other day, and I erased something too far, and in my head I was thinking CTRL+Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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