Embarrassing Gaming Moments

[Cambot]

Anyone have any embarrassing moments in video gaming they'd like to share?

I know there's a video game confessions thread, but I'm interested in particular moments in your video gaming past that stick out as embarrassing.

Ever talk smack to your opponents boasting your big game only to get trampled under foot?

Ever have friends walk in to catch you dancing to Samba de Amigo?

Let's hear it.

[parker619]

welll i remember i was gonna invite one of my friends round to play svr 2006 on ps2 and i was boasting for ages that i was the best at buried alive and i would kick his ass but when the time came we did three stages of hell and he beat me in singles and hell in a cell and i beat him in submission,,,

and then we did a buried alive and he won

but not so long ago i went round his house and we were playing svr 2008 on ps2 and he though he was all good, when i beat him at singles and first blood and he only got a win in last man standing,, hehe i guess good things happen to those who wait

[Cambot]

Here's one:

When Animal Crossing came out on the GameCube, I was really looking forward to playing all the NES games it featured as unlockable bonuses.

At the time I had a roommate who was also into video games, but not quite as much as I was. We played a ton of FIFA (he's from Brazil and loves soccer), but he'd also play Animal Crossing - a testament to its addictive qualities.

The game rewards you for doing things which help other animals in your community. Chores, gift-giving, letter-writing, etc. If you do something to anger another animal, they can stay angry for a small time, too.

Well, once, while playing, I figured out you could hit other animals in the face with your shovel. Naturally, they don't like it very much and will walk around in a huff if you do it repeatedly. I had done this. I walked up to a particularly friendly bear, "Teddy," who lived just to the west of my house and smacked him about 12 times in the head.

He walked around with those little black clouds over his head and wouldn't talk to me after that. So I thought "Ahh, why not write him an apology letter?" You see, I had heard somewhere that using keywords in your letters could trigger the game's karma system to reward you with rare gifts. All I wanted was cool NES games for my pad. So I wrote Teddy a small note containing what I though would make good keywords like "sorry" and "please."

Dear Teddy,

I'm sorry I hit you in the head with that shovel.
Please forgive me.

Sincerely,
Cledus(me)

About a week later, my roommate was playing the game and I was there watching and eating my dinner. He wanted to visit my town to see what was for sale at my town's store. While walking to the store, who should he run into but my pal Teddy! He engaged Teddy in conversation. And then it happened.

Teddy asks him something like, "Hey do you know Cledus? He writes such nice letters. Look!

At this point I was beginning to become a little nervous.

Then the damn bear shows my roommate the letter. My roommate begins reading it out loud and with each word, his laughter began breaking through. By the end of the very short letter, he was howling and slumped over on the couch. "That's so gay!!" Oh, my God, THAT IS SO GAY!!!" "HAHAHAHA, That's HILARIOUS!!!"

I had no idea the other animal residents showed letters you wrote to other players. I tried explaining my reasoning with the keywords, the letter-writing, the NES games. I couldn't even squeeze a word in through the laughter.

I guess Teddy got his revenge after all.

The irony? I don't even think keywords reward you with anything like NES games. I went through the embarrassment of writing letters to teddy bears for nothing.

[parker619]

i think i would of started laughin about apologizing to a teddy bear for hitting them with a shovel 12 times lol

[Oobgarm]

I have a green mouse in my town named Anicotti. I hate her because she keeps calling me 'cannoli'.

So I wrote her a profanity-laden ltter, using almost every swear word I could put in it. I concluded with 'die in a fire'.

I hope she shows it off.

[WiseSalesman]

I have a green mouse in my town named Anicotti. I hate her because she keeps calling me 'cannoli'.

... the hell? I've never played Animal Crossing ... why would she call you a cannoli?

[Mianrtcv]

While playing Quarterback club on the N64 (co-op with a friend) we could not save the game even though we tried multiple times repeatedly. We kept seeing data not saved. We felt compelled to keep playing (we were at work, slow day obviously). After a while a co-worker was watching us, he says try to save. We tried and said "see it won't save". He replied "you guys are fried, it just said game data saved". We looked again... we were so baked from a long night out then a long boring day at work we completely misread the text. Don't know that I felt really embarassed, so much as I felt I needed some zzz's.

[Xian042]

I had told my dad that I REALLY wanted Lunar for Sega CD. I told him it could become rare and we should get it when it comes out. I made this HUGE big deal and made him drive around to find it.
He finally brought it home and I started playing.

One of the first scenes is where Luna starts singing, now don't get me wrong, I LOVED Lunar, but this scene was just silly.

My dad goes "You wanted THIS???"

[NicoleyBoBoliey]

Haha!
This is interesting :P

weelllllll lets seeee

So me and a friend were the verge of a total smash bros smack down >D
But this was intense because so far its always been ties for the past 7 times. (No we're not that good we just really suck at the same level mya! :3)

anyway, so my total gauge of concentration was filling up in such a rush, i was shaking through it all and stiffing up like the way a cat would
and then the pressure got to my stomach and i totally poofed out this HUUUUUGEEE fart :B

the sound of it startled my friend and the remote slipped out of her hand, so I ended up winning
hooray farty attacks

[Aussie2B]

Well, I was gonna explain how sometimes I'm a little embarrassed to play games I suck at with people who are really good (or even with them just watching), but, I'm sorry, I can't touch Teddy's Revenge. :P

[Chuplayer]

Not my embarrassment, but this is the most memorable memory I've got.

When I was about 5 years old, my friend brought over his copy of Mario 3 to my house, and me, him, and my dad were all in the room taking turns playing. When my friend got to the part of one of the first levels that has two or three music note blocks over a hole, he said, "Watch this! I'm a pro!" He launched himself off of the first block, but he missed the second block and fell down the hole. My dad then said, "Yeah, pro down the hole!" I laughed so hard.

[Push Upstairs]

"Wrath of Teddy" renders any of my stories unfit for sharing.

Also ripping one in front of a friend as a disruption...classy.