Things you do in videogames.

[spaceman]

What's a little quirk or mandatory action you always seem to do whenever you're playing a game?

I always make sure to do a backflip or a spin into the stars in the 3d super mario games.

Pressing a combination of buttons repeatedly in any Pokemon game when I throw a Pokeball. I know it doesn't affect catch rate at all but I did it when I was a tiny little child and it's kind of habit at this point.

Hopping up and down on straightaways/whenever I can in Mario Kart games.

Like most people I always reload after firing, no matter how many rounds are left in a magazine or clip. I could fire one bullet and have 28 left in a mag, I always reload. Really fucked me up with Alien Swarm because you lose the rounds you throw away.

Plants vs Zombies - everything must be symmetrical 



Go.

[Hiro]

On Mario Party, I continually press L (or whatever button it is) when it isn't my turn, making my character shout their little thing over and over. 
Also on nearly every game ever I am overly cautious, yet I still die more than I should

[Samus Aran]

in pokemon i press the b button every time the pokeball bounces and i SWEAR it has an effect i KNOW IT

in games where you can basically save right where you stand, i save like a maniac, like every 3 minutes...like bioshock, fallout, mass effect, etc.

in fallout and oblivion i collect every weapon i can. armor, not so much, but i love hoarding as many weapons as possible in my house. especially unique ones. i go out of my way to pick up unique weapons even if they suck statistically, like "the break" or "the board of education" (pool que and 2x4 w/nail, respectively) in fallout 3

i jump way more than i need to in lots of games just for the hell of it, and in various sidescrolling platformers i purposely take huge risks on jumps and acrobatics i know i probably can't make. i also do this in mario 64...i die a lot in that game simply from trying to show off...to no one. myself i guess.

[YPrrrr]

On Mario Party, I continually press L (or whatever button it is) when it isn't my turn, making my character shout their little thing over and over. 

I want to hit you already

[ME##]

Jumping repeatedly in hopes that it'll make my character move faster.

Pressing a combination of buttons repeatedly in any Pokemon game when I throw a Pokeball. I know it doesn't affect catch rate at all but I did it when I was a tiny little child and it's kind of habit at this point..

I did this too. 

[Nyerp]

in platformers (especially on gba) where pressing b affects your speed, i hold b down the whole time i play

it's probably why i die so much in them

[rdl]

in zelda i roll everywhere

in pokemon i always have godawful luck if i dont hold down a and down on the dpad.

in mario i usually have to find a shortcut before i go the normal way.

[Cookie]

Yeah I did the same thing pressing b when I threw a pokeball. I catch myself sometimes pressing A or X over and over when I'm reading text in games wanting it to speed up, even if it has no effect.

[strongbad]

Reloading and saving as much as possible.

Also semi-related, i was watching a girl play Super Mario Bros the other day and she DIDN'T RUN AT ALL. So that bugged me.

[?????]

I think the only weird thing i do is reload.

[Infel]

Megaman X4/5/6, jumping repeatedly into the corner of the screen for no real reason other than it looks funny. HUPHUPHUPHUPHUPHUPHUPHUPHUPHUPHUP

[Mando Pandango]

The other day I realized that if there's a map that becomes filled in as you explore new rooms, I have to fill in the entire map no matter how pointless certain rooms and areas are.

[KonohaShinobi]

The other day I realized that if there's a map that becomes filled in as you explore new rooms, I have to fill in the entire map no matter how pointless certain rooms and areas are.

ME FUCKING TOO!

I never even did this before but I just started SMT: Strange Journey and I compulsively go into every single corner! Even if I know it's just a big room and there is nothing on the sides I walk torwards it to complete the map!

[KonohaShinobi]

I think everyone does the pokeball thing.

I don't and never have. I guess it's because I never really heard about it doing anything as a kid on the playground.

[Bolivian Army]

When the opportunity presents itself, I'll use a sniper rifle to zoom in on naughty lady parts.