Anyone else do this?

**Doug31** · 04-9-2007, 06:13 PM

Sometimes, actually quite frequently, when I finish doing something that I was doing for, say, at least an hour, something strange happens. I guess I kind of apply something that related to what I just stopped doing to something else. For example, if I just stopped playing FFR, then I will still be thinking the combo-based scoring way, even if I'm just walking around, I'll start thinking up that taking steps at a constant rate is a combo, and that it gets me lots of points, or something similar to that, that makes no sense, but I quickly realize that is wrong. Another thing similar to this was when I just stopped playing this dreaded Sonic and the Secret Rings game where it seemed so hard to back up to me, then I was just walking around, and thought that I shouldn't go a certain way, since it would be too hard for me to turn around, but of course, it really wasn't. I often do things like this in thinking something that was true in a game I was just playing is true in the next one that I play. Do other people do this kind of thing, or am I the only one?

ItsWhatsForDinner · 04-9-2007, 06:17 PM

i can relate to your FFR thing you got goin on, walking in ryhthm to a beat in your head or somthing, but nothing along the lines of "points".

and the sonic thing is just creepy o.o

g4z33b0 · 04-9-2007, 07:43 PM

Haha ya when I played competitive Counter Strike, anything I would do I would think about a CS situation or relate it to CS somehow. Now I do it with Enemy Territory or FFR.

jamuko · 04-9-2007, 08:12 PM

It's pretty common ^^ you'll hear stories of Tetris in people's heads... one time during a period of particular Bust-A-Move obsession, I saw two people on TV standing near each other and wearing the same color shirt, and just had the urge to pop them with another guy wearing the same color... XD until I realized how ridiculous and funny that was.

Just be careful not to go driving in a Katamari-like state. I've been in the passenger seat while in that mode before and I just had the urge to run into everything that was smaller than our car, like street signs. Good thing I wasn't the driver XD

Tibs · 04-9-2007, 08:13 PM

One time when I was addicted to Diablo, I tried to save after loading the dishwasher.

pntballa18 · 04-9-2007, 08:16 PM

I played halo for a while, then I killed someone.

Afrobean · 04-9-2007, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Tibs-

One time when I was addicted to Diablo, I tried to save after loading the dishwasher.

how do you try to save in real life

Only thing like this I have is after I drive somewhere when I'm walking through the parking lot I sometimes feel like I need to check my mirrors before crossing then I realize that I don't have any mirror so I just turn my head to look.

ps that katamari thing is from a comic

pps oh wait I just remembered. Back when I used to play THPS A LOT I'd think of lines in real life.

T3hDDRKid · 04-9-2007, 08:26 PM

I played Halo online obsessively for around a week, then stopped when birds in the air were OMG INCOMING BASHEES!

Tibs · 04-9-2007, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Afrobean

how do you try to save in real life

You press escape and enter on the keyboard that isn't in front of you.

p.s. happy 14k yay

kylehaas · 04-9-2007, 08:32 PM

i like swinging my arms around after playing Zelda for a long time.
and making slashy sounds... "Yah!"
and i like lobbing invisible grenades after playing Call of Duty...
Also:
America's Army makes me say "HOOAH!" a lot.

**Doug31** · 04-9-2007, 09:07 PM

Hehe, cool, so I'm not the only one. I also keep thinking whatever I'm using next is going to go to screensavers if I don't do anything after I've used the computer for a while.

T3hDDRKid · 04-9-2007, 09:46 PM

I think that Doug takes it a little further than most.

AriesMalvis · 04-9-2007, 09:59 PM

i do stuff like that a lot...
and it's not good after playing a video game when you go around being mean and killing ppl then to go off in the real world 0_o
ok im not htat bad...but sometimes if somethings going to happen in the game i sometimes wait for it in real life
i sound so psycho at times, no i can seriously tell the real world from what's not...but my mind is just seriously weird

Hachi86 · 04-10-2007, 11:15 AM

I do it with driving. Ill get out of my car and walk around corners and look both ways, expecting to see turning signals on people.

Linkisdoomed · 04-10-2007, 11:32 AM

I do this with Tetris a lot. I'll look at commercials and try to fit different bricks around different characters heads, feet, etc...

evilcowgod · 04-10-2007, 04:40 PM

Sometimes whenever I hear a song I really like I lightly tap my fingers on my desk repeatedly as if playing FFR or Stepmania.

noodleroxs · 04-10-2007, 09:31 PM

I don't know if this is what you're talking about but after I play FFR or DDR I close my eyes and can see the arrows moving in my mind.

jamuko · 04-10-2007, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Afrobean

ps that katamari thing is from a comic

Ho ho aren't you smart :/

It's not FROM a comic, although yes I have seen the comic that makes the same joke. I had that happen to me before the comic was made, as I'm sure lots of people have.

Also, this isn't a game, but it's in a similar vein... after doing too much work in Photoshop and getting used to the ctrl+z undo, I keep thinking I can undo while drawing on paper. Sucks that you can't.

Demon_Of_The_Comet · 04-10-2007, 11:48 PM

When I still played GunZ, I would turn corners expecting people to RHS up to me with a shotgun. It's ****ing scary after a while. D:

**xObserveRx** · 04-10-2007, 11:59 PM

Y'all need to lay off them drugs.

04-9-2007, 06:13 PM	#1
Doug31 Falcon Paaaauuuunch!!!!!! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Washington Age: 36 Posts: 6,811	Anyone else do this? Sometimes, actually quite frequently, when I finish doing something that I was doing for, say, at least an hour, something strange happens. I guess I kind of apply something that related to what I just stopped doing to something else. For example, if I just stopped playing FFR, then I will still be thinking the combo-based scoring way, even if I'm just walking around, I'll start thinking up that taking steps at a constant rate is a combo, and that it gets me lots of points, or something similar to that, that makes no sense, but I quickly realize that is wrong. Another thing similar to this was when I just stopped playing this dreaded Sonic and the Secret Rings game where it seemed so hard to back up to me, then I was just walking around, and thought that I shouldn't go a certain way, since it would be too hard for me to turn around, but of course, it really wasn't. I often do things like this in thinking something that was true in a game I was just playing is true in the next one that I play. Do other people do this kind of thing, or am I the only one? __________________

04-9-2007, 07:43 PM	#3
g4z33b0 Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Apex, NC Age: 33 Posts: 2,618	Re: Anyone else do this? Haha ya when I played competitive Counter Strike, anything I would do I would think about a CS situation or relate it to CS somehow. Now I do it with Enemy Territory or FFR.

04-9-2007, 08:12 PM	#4
jamuko FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: あｓｄｆ。 Posts: 1,083	Re: Anyone else do this? It's pretty common ^^ you'll hear stories of Tetris in people's heads... one time during a period of particular Bust-A-Move obsession, I saw two people on TV standing near each other and wearing the same color shirt, and just had the urge to pop them with another guy wearing the same color... XD until I realized how ridiculous and funny that was. Just be careful not to go driving in a Katamari-like state. I've been in the passenger seat while in that mode before and I just had the urge to run into everything that was smaller than our car, like street signs. Good thing I wasn't the driver XD __________________ ♪~ Always Happy! Smile! Hello! I like delicious things I shoot eye beams at the things I hate and make them explode! (Yay!) So Happy! Smile! Hello! It's a picnic every day There's lots of happiness in my pocket So let's play forever~

04-9-2007, 08:13 PM	#5
Tibs FFR Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: UK Age: 35 Posts: 5,235	Re: Anyone else do this? One time when I was addicted to Diablo, I tried to save after loading the dishwasher.

04-9-2007, 08:16 PM	#6
pntballa18 FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hossin Age: 32 Posts: 3,357	Re: Anyone else do this? I played halo for a while, then I killed someone. __________________

04-9-2007, 08:26 PM	#8
T3hDDRKid FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan Age: 33 Posts: 754	Re: Anyone else do this? I played Halo online obsessively for around a week, then stopped when birds in the air were OMG INCOMING BASHEES!

04-9-2007, 08:32 PM	#10
kylehaas FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Age: 32 Posts: 368	Re: Anyone else do this? i like swinging my arms around after playing Zelda for a long time. and making slashy sounds... "Yah!" and i like lobbing invisible grenades after playing Call of Duty... Also: America's Army makes me say "HOOAH!" a lot. __________________ Sincerely, Kyle 92% of the teenage population has switched to rap. If you are the 8% who ROCKS, copy & paste this in your signature. ~~80's Rules!~~ <a href="http://www.iobit.com? aff=auto"><img border="0" alt="IObit Freeware - Care For Your PC" title="IObit Freeware" src="http://www.iobit.com/aff/Images/468x60.png"/></a>

04-9-2007, 09:07 PM	#11
Doug31 Falcon Paaaauuuunch!!!!!! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Washington Age: 36 Posts: 6,811	Re: Anyone else do this? Hehe, cool, so I'm not the only one. I also keep thinking whatever I'm using next is going to go to screensavers if I don't do anything after I've used the computer for a while. __________________

04-9-2007, 09:46 PM	#12
T3hDDRKid FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan Age: 33 Posts: 754	Re: Anyone else do this? I think that Doug takes it a little further than most.

04-9-2007, 09:59 PM	#13
AriesMalvis FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,345	Re: Anyone else do this? i do stuff like that a lot... and it's not good after playing a video game when you go around being mean and killing ppl then to go off in the real world 0_o ok im not htat bad...but sometimes if somethings going to happen in the game i sometimes wait for it in real life i sound so psycho at times, no i can seriously tell the real world from what's not...but my mind is just seriously weird __________________

04-10-2007, 11:15 AM	#14
Hachi86 FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montgomery, Al Age: 34 Posts: 194	Re: Anyone else do this? I do it with driving. Ill get out of my car and walk around corners and look both ways, expecting to see turning signals on people. __________________ Proud Member of the Breaking AUP Club 250 in the Un-Catfish Pact of 2007 Class: Spread (Sub class - ASKL) HP: 225 (16th stream combo speed) Strength: 190 (max jack speed) Defense: 165 (16th jump stream speed) Speed: 280 (pass stream speed) Accuracy: 89 (average percent of marvs) Stamina: 250 (consistent 16th stream survival) Evasion: 679 (comfort scroll rate)

04-10-2007, 11:32 AM	#15
Linkisdoomed FFR Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Where empty thoughts die. Age: 34 Posts: 594	Re: Anyone else do this? I do this with Tetris a lot. I'll look at commercials and try to fit different bricks around different characters heads, feet, etc... __________________ R^3 Skin God R^3 Engine Skin Curator

04-10-2007, 04:40 PM	#16
evilcowgod FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Planet vegeta Age: 33 Posts: 531	Re: Anyone else do this? Sometimes whenever I hear a song I really like I lightly tap my fingers on my desk repeatedly as if playing FFR or Stepmania. __________________ <- Support! "Dumbledore returns from the dead and declares it to be hammertime, Harry proceeds to break it down, Voldemort is unable to touch this." Evilcowgod is not amused.

04-10-2007, 09:31 PM	#17
noodleroxs FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The Smoke Age: 30 Posts: 50	Re: Anyone else do this? I don't know if this is what you're talking about but after I play FFR or DDR I close my eyes and can see the arrows moving in my mind. __________________ Fawsome! Fawsome! Fawsome! Do you keep saying Fawsome? Yeah. Fexcellent.

04-10-2007, 11:59 PM	#20
xObserveRx FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ontario Age: 41 Posts: 1,148	Re: Anyone else do this? Y'all need to lay off them drugs. __________________ Come Play The Werewolf Game!

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