explain why you can’t get good welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
signs you suck at a videogame before we
begin we publish new videos every day so
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content for this list we’ll be looking
at the common behaviors people display
when they’re unskilled at a video game
number ten you don’t accept your
failures humbly be an all man you really
lost a lot of composure all over yet see
this blood cross ooh whoa we all fail
sometimes it’s just part of life and
video games but how we handle things
when we fail says a lot about our
character oftentimes people are too
proud to admit their mistakes or examine
their failing objectively and besides
being a good way to ruin your enjoyment
of the game it also doesn’t help you
improve and besides video game
consequences are a lot more forgiving
than real life
the fact that they’re just games means
we don’t have to get wrapped up and
appearing our best absolutely terrible
thing player doesn’t have any actual
strategy just rush forward to keep
jumping for free cuz Uranus no anti-air
number nine your friends resort to
dictating your loadout all right Jimmy
are using the mp40 of the 44 sniper
rifle snipe what gym are you play Harry
other to you up snipe and Carrington
okay saboteur saboteur I’m gonna kill
you for real when playing a game we all
choose what sorts of weapons and
equipment to use customization can be
part of the fun however some things are
naturally better to use than others if
you need to be told which are the best
ones chances are you’re not as
knowledgeable as your friend who’s
telling you what’s good in other cases
many of us get a bit overly enthusiastic
in our use of some items particularly
explosives or vehicles this can often
lead to killing ourselves or our own
teammates and to their frustration with
us and or they’re placing a moratorium
good shooting net number eight you rage
quit early and blames of the game
oh great so I’m dead now fine I’m
sticking a stupid game anyway anger and
frustration with video games can be
quite common and walking away from a
game in frustration or rage quitting is
often a result of bad game design or
steep difficulty spikes still when you
get easily angered and give up after
only a short time it may not be the game
that’s to blame but you instead many
gamers are reluctant to admit their
shortcomings especially when they’re
playing with others so it’s easier to
blame the game rather than find fault in
themselves but like we said earlier
self-awareness can help improve our
skills it’s fun why do they make that if
you can’t even win then why didn’t want
my wanting to see what my dad has number
lots of games feature missions quests
and other objectives that the player
must complete in order to advance or to
obtain rewards if you find yourself
frequently failing these or else being
unclear on what you’re supposed to do
you may suck maybe you simply need more
practice
or maybe you failed to listen to the
directions from the NPC who told you in
a long boring text box or maybe you
charge in half-cocked and get everyone
killed like an idiot regardless of the
reason you screw up recognizing the
pattern is the first step to getting
better
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number six you keep getting booted off
while playing an online game it’s not
unheard of to be booted from a server
for using offensive language or for bad
behavior however sometimes people will
boot you because they think you suck and
that their team would be better off with
someone else while it’s a crappy thing
to do it can be an indicator of how good
or bad at a game you are finding people
of a comparable skill level to play with
can be tough particularly if you don’t
know your teammates personally number
five
you resort to trash-talking there are
plenty of trash talkers online some of
them are good-natured about it some of
them are trolls and others use it as a
way to compensate for their own
shortcomings when you’re backed into a
corner in the game or losing
consistently you might feel like the
only way to get one up on your opponent
is to insult them still when you resort
to verbal abuse instead of letting your
actions speak for themselves it may be
number four you blame your mistakes on
we’ve all known or have beat one of
these people right you’re playing a game
with someone and you mess up or lose but
instead of owning up to it you say that
you’re not familiar with the controller
or that you didn’t respond when you
press the button granted some
controllers are unintuitive or cheaply
made and prone to malfunction but not
all of them are and the excuses one
easily seen through especially when used
repeatedly number three you tend to
repeat the same mistakes over and over
video games can be difficult there’s no
doubt about that but many times there
are players who seem to keep making the
same mistakes time after time besides
being one definition of insanity
repeating the same actions and expecting
a different outcome won’t help you
develop your gaming skills while some
games are linear enough that repetition
seems inevitable you can always switch
up your approach and barring that the
best thing to do is try to determine
what you did wrong and how to improve
the next time good advice for gamers and
with how convenient and instant many
things are nowadays it’s understandable
that many gamers are impatient when
playing games
however rushing into things can often
lead to failure and several of our prior
entries often stem from letting
impatience get the better of you earning
through a level or charging into a new
room may seem like a good idea but the
unexpected challenges and occasionally
literally pitfalls are usually what get
you and caution is often what separates
the pros from the noobs as the infamous
Leroy Jenkins showed us all it’s better
to look before you leap ready guys oh my
god he just ran in number one you’re
tutorials are meant to be a player’s
introduction to the game giving them the
basics like the controls and or
explaining the setting it’s generally
meant to ease the players into the game
by giving them something simple and easy
to understand although some tutorials do
a bad job of conveying the controls and
the objectives they’re generally made so
easy a child can do them so when you
struggle on the tutorial that’s
generally a pretty clear indicator that
you suck at video games or at least the
one you’re playing oh my god you could
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