*facepalm*

[Raistlin]

These threads always make for entertaining stories: so what was the dumbest thing(s) you've ever done in a video game? Something that made you pause and then think "wow, I'm retarded!"

I don't think I'll ever be able to beat the story of when a friend and I were playing the NES Ninja Turtles game and spent like 30-40 minutes trying to pass this stupid hole in the ground on the second level of one area... and then one of us had the brilliant idea of just trying to walk across it.

In RPGs, I've also been given the direction to "go west to ______" and then wandered off due east and wondered why I couldn't find anything. This has happened a disturbingly high number of times, though I've never had a problem with such directions in real life.

Anyway, share some stories.

[Momiji]

I actually spent a ton of time as a kid finding the truck in Pokémon Red. I actually found it on my own, without even knowing about it-- it had all stemmed from 'what happens if I were to skip the S.S. Anne and surf there later? I even bought Pokémon Blue and a link cable so I could see for myself.

[Crop]

I don't think I'll ever be able to beat the story of when a friend and I were playing the NES Ninja Turtles game and spent like 30-40 minutes trying to pass this stupid hole in the ground on the second level of one area... and then one of us had the brilliant idea of just trying to walk across it.

AVGN does that. "Shredder's my ass and Splinter's my balls!"

Stupidest thing? Trying to revive Aeris.

[The Man]

In RPGs, I've also been given the direction to "go west to ______" and then wandered off due east and wondered why I couldn't find anything. This has happened a disturbingly high number of times, though I've never had a problem with such directions in real life.

I did that IRL once. While attempting to drive some friends to their destination. It took like forty minutes before I realised it.

Next to that, I can't think of anything I've done in any game ever that compares.

[Unbreakable Will]

In Oblivion during one of the main quests you are supposed to try and find the Amulet of Kings for Martin Septim. One of the Dawn guys takes all your gear while you're being 'initiated', then you have to steal a book. Well, turns out that no matter what you do they will know you stole the book. I killed everyone and walked out without my stuff and then wondered where my had gone. (I later backtracked and found that the guy who took my stuff fell down a side of a cliff/thing and I couldnt get close enough to search him) thank god I didnt have the auto save on.

[Agent Proto]

Well, I have several facepalm moments. This one time, in Tales of the Abyss, I think that was the game, I was searching all over for this one place. I looked everywhere, but I kept getting lost. So, it was like later on in the day, I kinda stumbled into the place without even realising it.

[Jessweeee♪]

I can't tell you how many times I just walked straight into that first goomba on Super Mario Bros.

[~*~Celes~*~]

Similar to Will's story, I've had so many "go west" type things in Morrowind and I always ended up getting lost. I would give up and wander off to do random things, only to stumble across the place I need to go anyway completely by accident. -.o

[Momiji]

I can't tell you how many times I just walked straight into that first goomba on Super Mario Bros.

I don't know why, but I always forget about that one. The first time I play, I'll always run into him.

I wonder if I'm subconsciously doing it on purpose!

[Zeldy]

My brother says watching me play a videogame is the must frustrating thing ever and he simply can't stand it; "No, you hit it when it's just gone to attack you - no, amy, no don't just WALK into it, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" and this is when I kick him out of my room!

I was on Call of Duty before, and for some reason I tried to jump on top of some crates, like I was PERSISTENTLY jumping to get there, 'till someone came up behind me and killed me with a quick slash of their knife. I was rather embarrassed. I must have looked delusional.

[Momiji]

It's always funny to catch someone from behind doing weird/stupid stuff on Call of Duty. Slashing them is too ordinary though.

I plant claymores right behind them.

[Freya]

I do the whole go the wrong way thing all the time. Even with minimaps I some how end up on the wrong way.

[Aerith's Knight]

I regularly play 80% of an entire game, get stuck, consult a FAQ and it turns out that I haven't used one of the most basic functions.

My thought is what makes it stupid:

"Ooooh... Well, that would've made it easier to *insert hard things*."

[Momiji]

I have a really bad habit of restarting a shmup when I die on the first stage. It's totally bad practice to do that.

...it's a good thing I'm not putting in a quarter each time, or I'd be broke beyond broke.

[Agent Proto]

I remember that when I was playing Wild ARMs 2, I was near the end of the game and I somehow got myself stuck on the worldmap and I needed an important item which I didn't have to get through. At the time, I was like, "WAT, I'M STUCK? SCREW THIS GAME" and I never got around to completing it because I couldn't get unstuck. lol that was like 9 years ago too.