Do you call lives "men", "lives", "guys", or something else?

[BetaWolf47]

Remember in the arcades how everyone used a slang term to indicate that they had spare lives in stock, or had just earned one? Which have you used personally?

I used to use the term "guy" because my dad used the word. Now I just use lives.

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[jb143]

I think it would depend on the game so it would a bit of everything. I do remember calling extra lives "Marios" for a while though becasue after a while it would bother people.

[namzep]

I used to usually use the word "men". I think I tend to use "lives" more frequently, now.

[The Shawn]

dudes.

[TheRealist50]

I think I used to call them "chance(s)"

[namzep]

I think I used to call them "chance(s)"

But then you eventually get to where you have to talk about your "last chance". Sounds sort of morbid to me.

[scooterb23]

What? You guys couldn't beat every game on one quarter? Amateurs. Anyway, I think I called them men, lives, guys, dudes, ships...whatever worked for the game

[Phyeir]

I call them credits. I thought this was the arcade section? :P

[Baloo]

I call them lives.

[PingvinBlueJeans]

I call them credits. I thought this was the arcade section? :P

What game are you playing? Credits and lives/men/guys/ships are hardly the same thing.

1 credit = 3 lives (generally)

[LAGO]

I always called them men.

[TRM]

I used to call them men as well, but then switched over to lives as I got older.

[Sonicwolf]

I use lives the most in conversation and such. Lives as in "lie-vs" not "lih-vs" I used men for a while when I was younger but it kind of came out of use for me when I discovered most video games werent mario style platformers that involved some man.

[Koa Zo]

men, lives, guys, dudes, ships...whatever worked for the game

Now that I think about it, I have no idea what determines which term I use, but I regualrly use all 5 of the terms you listed, depending on the game.

[TurboGenesis]

I have always refer to them as 'lifes'

we used phrases in my youth such as:

30 lifes in Contra trick
100 lifes in Mario trick
extends referred to as 'extra life'

[skaar]

I think it depends on the game. Generally it's "lives" as a generic term. If the game actually says something like MAN x 3 or something then it'll be men... the expression "Extra Life" is probably my main reason for calling them lives.

A friend of mine's mom always made him say chances, because she was nervous about him talking about losing his lives all the time. She was rather religious and funny about stuff like that.

[thom_m]

Lives, since I was a kid.

[Gameguy]

I call them lives. I've seen a game that calls them "rests".

[jacrough]

Tries or lives.

[JSoup]

I can't remember the last time I've actually said anything to the like outloud, but I think I used to call them 'tries'.

I'm reminded of that video game episode of Fairly Odd Parents where AJ says, in a very cheesy voice, "You got another man!"