5 Annoying Habits Uppity Gamers Have

Cite what they know as fact, even though they've been proven WRONG.

What I said was right! *posts link that proves what they said as wrong* (Usually an addition of a few words are used to try to make their statement to be correct all the same).

A couple of days ago in a Facebook Nintendo 3DS community, a member asked if we were excited about E3. There were several comments and I noticed someone say that Nintendo is not having an event at Best Buy that will allow consumers the chance to try WiiU games featured at E3. I commented that Nintendo is indeed having an event at participating Best Buy locations. Not long after, "K" posted:

"Grim actually Nintendo is not having an event at Best Buy."

Confused but open to the possibility of me being incorrect, I Googled and confirmed that Nintendo was still planning on setting up unreleased games to play at Best Buy. Just as I was about to respond, a fellow commenter posted another source solidifying my earlier claim. Their response was: " Well everybody is doing it, not Nintendo!" Here's the thing: It doesn't matter whether everyone is setting up kiosks at Best Buy, Nintendo is still allowing costumers to experience a "mini E3"!

The very same naysayer, claimed that Nintendo wasn't going to be at E3 at all. I told her that Nintendo will most definitely be at E3, but they will not be hosting a huge press conference like the other two console giants, Microsoft and Sony. (Also, Best Buy isn't hosting Microsoft and Sony kiosks during E3. Where she got that from I have no idea, but if you know feel free to post it in the comments). I also stated that they would be talking to a limited amount of media on June 11th, along with relaying game info through Nintendo Direct. I even went as far as listing the booth locations they had reserved at E3 (as per Shawn "Locdaborg" Jackson, who is also attending E3).

She said, " No they aren't going to be at E3! See?" and posted a link to an article on IGN, which confirmed what myself and another group member said: no big conference, smaller media coverage and games to be played at E3. When her mistake was disclosed she retorted, " That's just for business partners. Nintendo will be limiting their media and booths to business partners." I was floored.

Think their gaming friends are the end all, be all.

"All of the gamers I know would never play that game/said the game was horrible", of course, in reference to you saying that you thought the game was good or wasn't THAT bad. These uppity gamers will shove your opinion out the window, even if they've never played the game before. Their single defense is because their gamer buddies don't like it, it must be bad, therefore you don't know what the hell you are talking about. Seems legit. Lately, this line seems to always pop up in conversations about the WiiU. It never fails-- someone will invalidate another person's opinion or try to shame them for having a WiiU by saying "None of my friends have a WiiU." How does that cancel out someone else's experience? Some will even tag a friend or two, to see if they can grab a crowd in making sure you know, that your opinions are wrong as ever.

Talk down to you/try to make you feel stupid for your choice in favorite game or console.

"Yeah I like to play more sophisticated games, that game is for morons. "

You'll listen to them sing their praises of a past or current game and how they'd recommend it to anyone willing to lend an ear and then you make the mistake of sharing what you love to play and the storm arrives; your game is inferior or is made for kids! This uppity gamer will give you side eye and literally stick their nose in the air while they give you a long speech on why your game would never make it into their coveted gaming collection and anybody who plays it should be ashamed to call themselves as a gamer. God help you if the discussion is about the awaited new gen consoles PlayStation 4 and Xbox ONE. Angry comments about which console is better than the other, take the place of the "adult" thought process called Agree to Disagree or simply agreeing that both consoles have their ups and downs, you just happen to have a preference in which cons you'd rather deal with.

The most prevalent group in gaming battles are PC warriors: "PC is better than everything!", "That's why I stick to PC!", "Consoles will never be as powerful as PCs!" Relax.I happen to play on both PC and console, but some people truly prefer and enjoy having a controller in their hands versus a mouse and a keyboard. Either way, we're all gamers, so what's the big deal?

Become extremely upset when you or other people don't agree with them on a game/console and then claim YOU'RE the one getting in your feelings.

Game forums and Facebook groups/pages are teaming with folk who can't effectively discuss anything without it breaking to a full blown argument. Sometimes that argument is one-sided; you'll observe as one person responds very matter of factly and the other person (already clearly upset and defensive), misread, add words and/or take offense for absolutely no reason to what originally said. When you call them out on their dramatic behavior, they'll say one of two lines:

I don't have time for this/you're being childishIf you're a woman, they'll tell you you're being overly sensitive even if you weren't the one to get upset.

This is when you know they have no ground to stand on and have no idea how to respond.

Throw "Gamer Cred" at you.

"I've been playing games for X amount of years, therefore your argument is null and void."

Possibly the most annoying of the 5, I hate to see uppity gamers throw how many years they have been "gaming" to shut someone up-- they have no idea how old a person is nor what games they've played, yet the moment they say "Well, I've been playing games for such and such amount of years and (condescending comment here) is supposed to obliterate anything you know or play! It sucks even more when I see male gamers play the "Good Ole Boy" card at a female gamer. Surely, a woman could never have more gamer knowledge than you and her opinion should be struck from internet records! Playing games for 50 years doesn't make you a great gamer nor does it make you the Keeper of All Game Knowledge-- it just makes you a connoisseur of games.

The gaming community-- the REAL one, whether it's video or table top games, we treat each other with respect and are aware that regardless of what we choose to play in our spare time, we are a FAMILY.

G. Killingbeck is the Creative Director of Zombie Gamer Online, your one stop shop for game news, reviews and previews! http://www.zombiegameronline.com/

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5-Step ILS Landing Guide for Flight Simulator

Disclaimer: This guide assumes that you're familiar with using Autopilot controls

Trying to use an Instrument Landing System (ILS) in a flight simulator can be a daunting task if you've not tried it before, or if you're not familiar with instruments and aircraft systems however the whole process of setting up and landing a plane is very basic once you know how. I've designed a simple 5 step process which I would like to share with you.

When flying, Air Traffic Control will normally direct you towards the airport and runway you'll be landing on by telling you to fly a certain heading and giving you certain altitudes. This takes away the pressure of navigating to the airport when approaching it, giving you time to set up the plane for an ILS landing. Hopefully you will be familiar with using the auto pilot and will be flying to ATC's instructions with the Autopilot enabled.

Step 1: Gain information about the runway you'll be landing on.

ATC will tell you which runway you will be landing on. Let's say for this example you've been told to land on runway 04. There's two pieces of information you need to find out about that runway, its ILS Frequency and the Runway Heading. You can normally find these in a simulator by going into the Map and double clicking on the airport. Make a note of the frequency and heading, we'll use these in a moment.

Step 2: Make sure the plane's set to Navigate by Radio

Most planes have two forms of navigation, they can navigate by using a GPS system or they navigate using Radio frequencies. In the cockpit, there's a switch which allows you to choose between the two systems and you want to set this to "NAV" so that the plane is using Radio frequencies to navigate.

Step 3: Enter the ILS Frequency into the Nav1 Radio

Take a look at the radio stack and find the "Nav1" settings, you'll see two frequencies. One is Active and one is Standby. You can easily tell which is which because you can only change the Standby frequency. Change this to the ILS frequency you made a note of earlier then make it the Active frequency.

Step 4: Change the Omni Bearing Selector to the runway heading

On smaller planes the Omni Bearing Selector will be a dial, on larger planes it will be a knob on the Autopilot panel. You want to change this so that it's showing the runway heading. In our example we said we would land on runway 04 so the heading would be 040 (but this could be anything from 035-045).

Step 5: Activate the Approach Hold autopilot switch.

Very simple final step, just press the Approach Hold button on the autopilot and the plane will take care of the rest. As you fly in line with the runway, provided you've done all the above steps, the plane will automatically turn and line up with the runway. Also when you get close enough it will also start to descend automatically. Then when you're happy with the approach and can see the runway, you can disable the autopilot and land the plane manually.

And there you have five straightforward steps to landing a plane using an Instrument Landing System! Easy huh? If you're a more visual learner, please see this video which uses this guide.

http://youtu.be/Ji1Lpu1A120

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