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What with all the threads about the end of humanity, I feel NSG needs to vent such depressing feelings in a more... constructive way.

So, NSG, what is THE best way to die in a videogame?

For me, my best (worst?) videogame death was in Twisted Metal: Black. I was extremely low on health (being Mr. Grimm) , and just as I was about to enter recharge station (which would restore my health) which was surrounded by orbiting NPC go-karts, one of the go-karts hits and kills me. To be honest, I laughed my ass off. Then I got pissed when I had to do the whole level over again...

Best way to die in GMod: Set ragdoll damage to 50, get a bunch of guys with rocket launchers (A few downloads needed for this), make them hostile, and watch as you fly up in the air, ragdoll to the ground, click to get up, and immediately die. Make sure they can fire at the spawn point. intensely frustrating and enjoyable at the same time.

The best way? Either going on a huge rampage in Grand Theft Auto 4 or in Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Basically, just engaging in mindless carnage. :)

The best way? Either going on a huge rampage in Grand Theft Auto 4 or in Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Basically, just engaging in mindless carnage. :)
^ This as well.:D

I was playing something like Heretic 2, or something. My toon could fly, so I tried to see how far I could fall and still catch myself. Didn't make it in time, but the funny bit was, I hit so hard, my head flew off! All I could do was spin my POV, and I could see my body on the ground a few feet away :tongue:

The best way? Either going on a huge rampage in Grand Theft Auto 4 or in Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Basically, just engaging in mindless carnage. :)

lol I remember my friend went on a rampage in Oblivion, which ended with around 60 or so dead footmen, countless civilians and few nobles. When he was finally caught, he was sentenced to three years (real time) in prison.

Two possibilities:

(1)Fire combined with stupidity.

I was playing Dwarf Fortress yesterday, and a demon (only remaining megabeast, inf act) threw a fireball at a local deer who got too close.

That fireball ignited the grass, and spread across a third or so of the map, burning to death everything in the way (including said demon!) because they were too stupid to move! Fortunately, I was able to rush my dwarfs down to build a ditch across the map (thus saving my wagon and the ~90 logs in it), and incidentally saved a third of the map from burning as well...

(2) Artificial stupidity.

I tried creating a good SSBB map with mostly moving platforms and spikes below. I failed. Dismally. I assumed that fallblocks would be sufficient (the game requires some places to start on anbd moving platforms don't count); instead, CPUs kept bouncing between spikes and the fallblocks repeatedly, letting them be smacked into robit by the lightest hits. I'd say that the spikes were responsible for AT LEAST 90% of the damage, when they should be responsible for nearly none of it!

Two possibilities:

(1)Fire combined with stupidity.

I was playing Dwarf Fortress yesterday, and a demon (only remaining megabeast, inf act) threw a fireball at a local deer who got too close.

That fireball ignited the grass, and spread across a third or so of the map, burning to death everything in the way (including said demon!) because they were too stupid to move! Fortunately, I was able to rush my dwarfs down to build a ditch across the map (thus saving my wagon and the ~90 logs in it), and incidentally saved a third of the map from burning as well...


Rule #1: Fire solves nothing, fire only ruins the booze.

Rule #2: Magma solves everything. Remember these things next time.:D

In City of Heroes, there's a massive creature called the Hamidon which is a single celled organism the size of a city block. Occasionally, a few dozen to as many as 50 heroes or villains gather together to beat the thing. It can be pretty fun to dive into the heart of the beast and see how quickly you croak. You're usually dead before you reach the ground. :)

Rule #1: Fire solves nothing, fire only ruins the booze.

Rule #2: Magma solves everything. Remember these things next time.:D

Keep in mind that it's not my demon -- I didn't even realize we'd have such a firestorm.

But yes, magma works quite well.

In City of Heroes, there's a massive creature called the Hamidon which is a single celled organism the size of a city block. Occasionally, a few dozen to as many as 50 heroes or villains gather together to beat the thing. It can be pretty fun to dive into the heart of the beast and see how quickly you croak. You're usually dead before you reach the ground. :)

That reminds me, how many of you have actually tried to "discover" Vault 87 by stacking rad resistance and hot-keying Rad Away? How far did you make it? I went in about 20 m. until it got to 200/rads a sec...

Keep in mind that it's not my demon -- I didn't even realize we'd have such a firestorm.

But yes, magma works quite well.

Ahh, good times. Reminds me of the time I had a fire Imp set fire to the whole map. Luckily, I was cheating at the time, and thus merely converted all my Dwarves to Recruits and stationed them next to the pit of lava. When speed is set to 10,000, everything gets easy for some reason.:D

But that's for another thread.

lol I remember my friend went on a rampage in Oblivion, which ended with around 60 or so dead footmen, countless civilians and few nobles. When he was finally caught, he was sentenced to three years (real time) in prison.

I once went on a rampage for the purposes of blogging. I even took screencaps. Many innocent people in Chorrol died for this cause. :D I've rampaged in other towns as well... it's always amusing to go crazy in the castle for the town. The Count/Countess only passes out, everyone else dies.

There are a couple of good ways to go in Insurgency. The first is to cook a grenade either in the vicinity of a large group of enemies or friendlies. Always remember to shout God is great or some shit like that first.

The other way to go out with a bang is to break into the enemy spawn either by jumping or boosting and get behind them as they spawn. Eventually you'll either empty to server or someone will switch to the RPG and kill everyone in the spawn including you.

Another fun thing to do in FPS multiplayers is block spawn exits while mic spamming heavy metal.

In City of Heroes, there's a massive creature called the Hamidon which is a single celled organism the size of a city block. Occasionally, a few dozen to as many as 50 heroes or villains gather together to beat the thing. It can be pretty fun to dive into the heart of the beast and see how quickly you croak. You're usually dead before you reach the ground. :)

Since the advent of the Cyborg pack for CoH (with the Self Destruct power), dying in a Hami raid has serious competition from mass-suicides-in-the-sewers.

I once went on a rampage for the purposes of blogging. I even took screencaps. Many innocent people in Chorrol died for this cause. :D I've rampaged in other towns as well... it's always amusing to go crazy in the castle for the town. The Count/Countess only passes out, everyone else dies.

You know, there's a mod that removes essentialness from everyone...

There are a couple of good ways to go in Insurgency. [B]The first is to cook a grenade either in the vicinity of a large group of enemies or friendlies. Always remember to shout God is great or some shit like that first.


I used to do this in Call of Duty 4 Free for All. I'd shout something like "Allahu akbar!" or "For the 77 virgins!" and rush in. One time, on Bog, I threw a smoke grenade then ran into it with a cooked a grenade and killed three people.

Mechwarrior Ghost Bear.

started a misson... left the hanger... got hit in the head with an Arrow IV missle.

another misson... providing long range support. a mech came up to me to attack, trained weapons and fired... forgot to switch FROM the arrow IV missle system...

The best death in a video game I have seen was a friend of mine playing the good old X-COM: Ufo defense.

He got to a house with two exits. Leaves a proximity grenade in one door and enter through the other. Explores the three levels of the house killing all the aliens inside and when he is about to finish the mission he decides to leave the house through the other door... and boom!

It has been nearly 15 years and we still laugh at that.

One time, I was playing Guardian in Gears of War 2. The score was tied up, one win for either team would win the match. I had picked up frags. The other team killed my teams leader and whittled my team down to myself and one teammate. I had grenades out, planning to plant one somewhere so that my teammate and I could just defend until we drew the round. But the enemy team ran at me and downed me, so when they got close, I self-detonated-- killing the enemy leader and 2 of his teammates. My teammate was able to then finish the round with a win for us.

Best way story-wise? Have to go with Planescape: Torment. For those who don't know, basically, the whole goal of the game is to die.


Best way fun-wise? Well, both in GTA (classic), nor in NFS Most Wanted you stay "alive", but you would die if that happened IRL. And these are the most glorious ways to die. You get to score dozens of kills, destroy hundreds of cars, get into an enormous police chase.


There was also one action game... I can't remember what it was, but I do remember that it demanded a careful approach, skirmish, not charge. If you got carried away there, you were doomed. You went a bit too far, and it was too hard to return, and you needed to, but you could fight until you ran out, taking as many down with you as you could. And it was perfectly clear you needed to reload, but the fight was worth fighting.

Super Shotgun to the face.

Being eaten by the ghosts in pacman.

Best way story-wise? Have to go with Planescape: Torment. For those who don't know, basically, the whole goal of the game is to die.


Best way fun-wise? Well, both in GTA (classic), nor in NFS Most Wanted you stay "alive", but you would die if that happened IRL. And these are the most glorious ways to die. You get to score dozens of kills, destroy hundreds of cars, get into an enormous police chase.


There was also one action game... I can't remember what it was, but I do remember that it demanded a careful approach, skirmish, not charge. If you got carried away there, you were doomed. You went a bit too far, and it was too hard to return, and you needed to, but you could fight until you ran out, taking as many down with you as you could. And it was perfectly clear you needed to reload, but the fight was worth fighting.

But that's only one death. In Karoshi Suicide Salaryman your goal is to die 49 times!

I'm rather surprised no one has done this yet, but since somebody has to:

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROY JENKINS!

I'm rather surprised no one has done this yet, but since somebody has to:

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROY JENKINS!

*groan*

It's not about killing myself, but others, one word: Carmageddon

Do I have to say more?

In Battlefield 2, I like to play the sniper. The best thing is eliminating enough of the other team, that their commander wastes an artillery strike on me. It's even better if I live through it, but that doesn't usually happen.

In Battlefield 2, I like to play the sniper. The best thing is eliminating enough of the other team, that their commander wastes an artillery strike on me. It's even better if I live through it, but that doesn't usually happen.

You're one of the types of players I despise. You better not come into Bad Company or I will frag you!! With a COOKED GRENADE!! Without THROWING IT!!

My worst (best) death was in Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

Stalled from 43,000+ feet, fell through the dog-fight level (Around 20,000 feet.), didn't get shot, and, before I could pull out of the stall, hit a mountaintop that I hadn't seen on my way down.

It failed. xD

You're one of the types of players I despise. You better not come into Bad Company or I will frag you!! With a COOKED GRENADE!! Without THROWING IT!!

I suppose that means I'm out too. But I'll just pick you off from a distance.:wink:

My worst (best) death was in Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

Stalled from 43,000+ feet, fell through the dog-fight level (Around 20,000 feet.), didn't get shot, and, before I could pull out of the stall, hit a mountaintop that I hadn't seen on my way down.

It failed. xD

That's... a scary way to die...

That's... a scary way to die...But it was hilarious.

And I tried it a second time, and got blown to bits by a radar guided missile from 30,000 feet away. :D

You're one of the types of players I despise. You better not come into Bad Company or I will frag you!! With a COOKED GRENADE!! Without THROWING IT!!

Don't worry, I don't get to play a lot of Battlefield 2, because my Comcrap connection sucks so much.

BTW, what's your Battlefield 2 handle? Mine's Timmee[451].

Don't worry, I don't get to play a lot of Battlefield 2, because my Comcrap connection sucks so much.

BTW, what's your Battlefield 2 handle? Mine's Timmee[451].

I've only played BF2 on my friend's/cousin's PC... in the Philippines. And even then, neither of my PCs have the specs to run BF2 in the first place... assuming, of course, that I would deign to play with the likes of you!!

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If one must die in a game, I'd prefer it be for a nobel cause, just like real life. I know some people like playing villains in games, but I really do prefer the good guys.:)

Bonus points if you do it against ten to one odds or higher, and if it involves massive explosions or magic use.

If one must die in a game, I'd prefer it be for a nobel cause, just like real life. I know some people like playing villains in games, but I really do prefer the good guys.:)

Bonus points if you do it against ten to one odds or higher, and if it involves massive explosions or magic use.

What game isn't like that? I'd prefer going out with a bang, like maxing out the satchel charges in GTA:SA and blowing the highway to hell. Or even better, I'd get a motorcycle, put as many satchel charges on it as I could, then get a 2-star warning where they fire at you on sight... I feel like doing that now...

Back when my brother was playing Battlefield: Vietnam, he killed a guy while on one of the Vietnamese boats, a Sampan. The guy's response was "WTF is 'killed by a sampan?!'"

In a related note, a friend of mine claims to have been killed by a helicopter's flares in Battlefield 2.

In HL1 opposing force, at one point you end up in Xen and there is a scientist falling through the air with a gun that you'll pick up. if you get underneath him before he hits the ground, he crushes you. I lol'd. I'm sure that there are better ones anyway.

My worst (best) death was in Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

Stalled from 43,000+ feet, fell through the dog-fight level (Around 20,000 feet.), didn't get shot, and, before I could pull out of the stall, hit a mountaintop that I hadn't seen on my way down.

It failed. xD
Weak.

On the 1942 demo, I managed to get one of the few planes on the island. I took off from the edge of the cliff but, about halfway to the carrier, I managed to turn myself upside down and flew right back into the cliff - upside down.

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven.

Here I am in the really early missions, right at the point where Tom is having to run from Morello's goons to Salieri's Bar after taking people around in his taxi. I'm running this way and that, getting shot several times. I dodge through the allyways, across the street, and right as I get to the door of the bar?

A car runs me over.

It was hilarious.

I was just playing CoD:WaW and doing the mission where the you, as the Russians invade Germany. There are about 10 of us russians who get into a trench with about 2 German soldiers. My allies take care of the first German soldier but then the other german soldier wiped all ten of us after getting into the middle of our group somehow. I think he was playing dead.

My son's death in EQ2.

He and I were engaged in a duel which between characters of the same alignment is meant to be non-lethal. We were on Coldwind Point, an island that just up out of the coast which had become a favorite spot for dueling. We were going back and forth until my Paladin performed a shield bash on his Guardian, the effect of which is to knock the target off his feet and stun him.

Unfortunately he was standing with his back to the edge of the cliff... I shield bashed him and he went over the side and fell to his death.

Oops.

My own best way to die in a video game is Unreal Tournament GOTY Edition. being simultaneously hit by several missiles then blown off the asteroid into space...

having one one man in your cavarly unit in one of the Total War Series and charge large full army with it

having one one man in your cavarly unit in one of the Total War Series and charge large full army with it

Which is very much like sending your general's bodyguard unit into the enemy using the wedge formation...

The best death in a video game I have seen was a friend of mine playing the good old X-COM: Ufo defense.

He got to a house with two exits. Leaves a proximity grenade in one door and enter through the other. Explores the three levels of the house killing all the aliens inside and when he is about to finish the mission he decides to leave the house through the other door... and boom!

It has been nearly 15 years and we still laugh at that.

Proxy mines. Bane of the absent-minded. Moment of silence for GoldenEye on the N64.

My favorite has to be getting fragged by a respawning vehicle in Halo multiplayer. Especially when you're defending on CTF and the damned hog drops on you as you're targeting the incoming flag-raiders. Luring banshees into getting stuck on terrain (think Gephyrophobia map) and finishing them with a pistol is neat, too.

Playing Star Wars Battlefront trying to defend the shield generator on Endor from the rebels and taking a headshot from a Ewok spear.. actually that's quite humiliating..

having one one man in your cavarly unit in one of the Total War Series and charge large full army with it

Which is very much like sending your general's bodyguard unit into the enemy using the wedge formation...

Oh, that reminds me of a fun one.

I was playing M2TW as France.

One of my best generals had just been campaigning in HRE--who had been excommunicated-- territory, doing very well against large enemy armies. I semi-accidentally killed the Holy Roman Emperor a bit earlier than I intended, so they got reconciled. (Annoyingly, if he'd have survived a moment longer, he likely would have routed, giving me the capture for a nice ransom)

Now, my strategy at the time was to keep France a strong favorite of the Pope, so I didn't want to engage in prolonged war with non-excommunicated Catholic factions. Plus, I had a good defensive position in Germany anyway, and did not want to overextend my forces.

So I diverted him, along with veterans from the HRE campaign, to Scotland, where there had been a series of skirmishes after the fall of the English Monarchy, but nothing major. I thought I'd escalate matters by infiltrating York with spies, having them open the gates, and rushing my forces in before the Pope could tell me to lay off.

My army was encamped outside of the city; I'd have enough movement to take it next turn. Unfortunately, I did not anticipate the Scots bringing in a large army from the North to counter my veterans.

When they attacked me with two armies (the fairly small one from the city reinforcing that from the North), I was somewhat concerned. I was outnumbered 4:1.
I had 2 Units of Knights, one of them at about half strength, 1 Merc Crossbow Unit that had suffered light casualties, 3 archer units (I don't remember what types specifically), each at about half strength, two depleted infantry units (one spear militia at half strength and one crusader spear unit with about a quarter of its original number), and my general.

My opponents were a full stack of decent units and the city's army of a handful of infantry units.

I was prepared to make a last stand for the glory of France. I was fully expecting to lose Nottingham and perhaps even London before I could train an army to move back into Britain, as I was currently also campaigning in Italy and had spent a lot of money financing Portugal against Spain.

However, I had a stroke of luck-- in my deployment zone, there was a cliff. Seeing the excellent defensive position, I positioned my missile units at the top of the cliff, and positioned my melee forces behind them, ready to move down whatever flank the enemy would move up.

The battle started, and almost immediately, my missile units opened fire. The enemy began advancing, moving right (to my left.) Right when they got to the steep hill that led up to the side of the cliff, decided to go all out-- I charged all my knights, headed by my general, down the slope and crashed into their line, killing a lot and disorganizing the survivors-- so I charged my infantry after the cavalry. The missiles continued to fire into the enemy, decimating them.

Just when the enemy began to route en mass, and things were looking up-- my missile units had spent all their ammunition and were preparing to charge-- my general died to one of the few remaining enemy units. The missile units charged in to avenge his death and prevent the line from wavering. It was enough, after a minute, to destroy the enemy spirit and take the field.

So my best general died gloriously but saved all French holdings in Scotland.

The original Civ game...

my friends Battleship came accross another civ's trireme... battle starts...

and the battleship LOST! :eek2:

The original Civ game...

my friends Battleship came accross another civ's trireme... battle starts...

and the battleship LOST! :eek2:I hated when that happened. Just as humiliating as losing to militia...

So my best general died gloriously but saved all French holdings in Scotland.

Very cool!

Playing as Romania in Hearts of Iron 2, I declared war on Bulgaria and ended up having South Africa (and by extension the US/Allies), Germany, and the Soviet Union all declare war on me. When the dust settled, I did in fact end up getting annexed by a country thousands of miles south of me on a different continent.

I hated when that happened. Just as humiliating as losing to militia...

or sending your mechanized infantry out only to have a spy turn them! :mad:

or sending your mechanized infantry out only to have a spy turn them! :mad:

The tank-spearman fiasco in Civilization 3 was always a pain in the ass.

I hated when that happened. Just as humiliating as losing to militia...

or armour losing to warriors

Just now, in Cod 4, I was playing Hardcore TdM. I was cooking a grenade and threw it just as one of my team mates backed up. Apparently, he had been hit by an enemy and my grenade bounced off him and killed him 'cause apparently a grenade can deal damage (direct impact). Of course, the grenade bounced off his back and right in my face...

Being drowned in the swimming pool because somebody forgot you were still in it...

Being drowned in the swimming pool because somebody forgot you were still in it...

Ah. That reminds me of a house design in the original PC version of Sims, where I made a house with a pool under the main body of the building - so, a two-story house with part of the first story taken up with water.

I logged out after a few hours of play, to find - when I logged back in - that one of my sims was dead, having drowned (due to the mechanism by which it calculates your characters position, etc since last play, I'd guess).

Arbitrarily drowned in Schrodinger's Sims.

lol that reminds me of when I used to kill people in Roller Coaster Tycoon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_Coaster_Tycoon). You know those Shuttle Roller Coasters? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_roller_coaster) Like the Batman & Robin: The Chiller? (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Chiller_entrance.jpg) I would put accelerators on every track and basically turned it into a catapault.

Too bad there was never a video version of the old text game, "Leather Goddesses of Phobos".

GTA 4, hitting a ramp while being chased by the police and flying over the bridge I was trying to land on. I bailed out of my car and into the waiting blades of a police helicopter.

GTA 4, hitting a ramp while being chased by the police and flying over the bridge I was trying to land on. I bailed out of my car and into the waiting blades of a police helicopter.That's what you get for trying to play Wolverine.

That's what you get for trying to play Wolverine.

Is it even possible to die in that game?

Is it even possible to die in that game?Wrong reference, my man. (Think Hugh Jackman.)

I hated when that happened. Just as humiliating as losing to militia...

You do not know humiliation until a single club wielding barbarian destroys your tank units.

Getting hit by Space Junk in The Sims 2.

Wrong reference, my man. (Think Hugh Jackman.)

Hugh Jackman is also in the game :D I take it you were talking about the movie though.

lol that reminds me of when I used to kill people in Roller Coaster Tycoon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_Coaster_Tycoon). You know those Shuttle Roller Coasters? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_roller_coaster) Like the Batman & Robin: The Chiller? (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Chiller_entrance.jpg) I would put accelerators on every track and basically turned it into a catapault.

Oh yes, or just put one on top of a cliff and a straight track to....nowhere.

in Railroad Tycoon when you cause a multi-carridge passanger train to crash and explode into water because you forget to re route it or fix the bridge

Goldeneye for the N64. That level where you get explosives that can fill the entire level with flames. Yeah, that.

Too bad there was never a video version of the old text game, "Leather Goddesses of Phobos".
You could always go for LGoP2.

Goldeneye for the N64. That level where you get explosives that can fill the entire level with flames. Yeah, that.

Flames that can go through shut doors, and also seemingly do no damage to the NPCs.

You do not know humiliation until a single club wielding barbarian destroys your tank units.I think the most humiliating defeat that's been inflicted on me in Civ IV was a 98.2 % chance to win that didn't pull through...

Getting hit by Space Junk in The Sims 2.

Oh please, that's so boring.

I prefer the dorm, which I dubbed "Realm of Torment" for killing random NPCs. Let's just say a dorm in that game, the one with about 16-20 rooms makes for good killing grounds. Once you get about 8 graves, your grave rate will triple. I still have it saved, and there are over 90 graves in that dorm now, and all the NPCs, save the cafeteria lady/dude, just stand outside gasping in horror until they die...

Now then, the worst way to die? It was in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. My husband had just finished a mission and was right at the safe house when out of the sky, a plane fell on his character. I never laughed so hard in my life.

What with all the threads about the end of humanity, I feel NSG needs to vent such depressing feelings in a more... constructive way.

So, NSG, what is THE best way to die in a videogame?

For me, my best (worst?) videogame death was in Twisted Metal: Black. I was extremely low on health (being Mr. Grimm) , and just as I was about to enter recharge station (which would restore my health) which was surrounded by orbiting NPC go-karts, one of the go-karts hits and kills me. To be honest, I laughed my ass off. Then I got pissed when I had to do the whole level over again...
Falling off the Aldor rise in Shatrath.

Grumble.

Oh please, that's so boring.
Sorry, that's the only videogame I play. :$

Falling off the Aldor rise in Shatrath.

Grumble.

I... uh... never figured you for someone who could abide warcraft for more than 30 seconds. Besides, falling off the rise is the games way of telling you you should have rolled priest or mage :D

and Kryozerkia, that is hilarious.

I... uh... never figured you for someone who could abide warcraft for more than 30 seconds.

Neither would I, yet I've been playing since Vanilla. It's kinda weird.


Besides, falling off the rise is the games way of telling you you should have rolled priest or mage :D

Good Idea: Jumping off the Aldor rise on your paladin and hitting bubble on your way down.
Bad Idea: Jumping off the Aldor rise and realizing you're not on your paladin on the way down.

Good Idea: Jumping off the Aldor rise on your paladin and hitting bubble on your way down.
Bad Idea: Jumping off the Aldor rise and realizing you're not on your paladin on the way down.

I'm not much of a tank. I don't trust healers that aren't me and I like to do decent damage, so I play priest. Since the patch a while ago that seemed to turn paladins into crazy death machines however (and the embarassment of dying to a paladin that wasn't even attacking me when I was rogueing it up), I've been considering giving them another go. I deleted my paladin when she got to level 64 and took forever to kill anything. prot specced didn't help I know but whatever, I need my DPS to feel happy. :)

Good Idea: Jumping off the Aldor rise on your paladin and hitting bubble on your way down.
Bad Idea: Jumping off the Aldor rise and realizing you're not on your paladin on the way down.

Reminds me of Everquest. The maximum falling damage was 20k (100k now, but then - 20k), and our guild's main boss tank topped 20k health. He would jump off shit and just take the hit.

Well, not to be outdone, I had to match him. I'm just that way. I was an enchanter and had 14k health. I also had an ability called mind over matter that would put my mana in front of my health and make me take damage against my mana - up to 10k's worth. So, we would jump off shit together, while the guild spent 5 minutes running all the way down the huge ramp...

I'm not much of a tank. I don't trust healers that aren't me and I like to do decent damage, so I play priest.

My main for a very long time was a shadowpriest. I was honestly surprised by how much I loved playing a priest. I still think it's a really awesome class. I'm also very impressed with how much fun Disc has become; I got really burned out on priest healing during the early days of TBC, but now it's like a whole new game.


Since the patch a while ago that seemed to turn paladins into crazy death machines however (and the embarassment of dying to a paladin that wasn't even attacking me when I was rogueing it up), I've been considering giving them another go. I deleted my paladin when she got to level 64 and took forever to kill anything. prot specced didn't help I know but whatever, I need my DPS to feel happy. :)
Oh man, you should totally check out the recent WoW Census data.

Up until the 3.0 patch, there was actually a fairly decent class balance in the game. Not perfect, but not terrible.

Since 3.0 and the release of Wrath, literally one third of the level 80 toons are paladins or DKs.

Which totally fits with what I've seen; I used to host some PUG Naxx 25 raids, and usually I had 6 DKs and 6 paladins even if I was actively trying to get other classes.

Reminds me of Everquest. The maximum falling damage was 20k (100k now, but then - 20k), and our guild's main boss tank topped 20k health. He would jump off shit and just take the hit.

Well, not to be outdone, I had to match him. I'm just that way. I was an enchanter and had 14k health. I also had an ability called mind over matter that would put my mana in front of my health and make me take damage against my mana - up to 10k's worth. So, we would jump off shit together, while the guild spent 5 minutes running all the way down the huge ramp...
On my paladin, I made a macro so my character would use her invincibility bubble and yell "I REGRET NOTHIIIIIIIIIIIINNGGG!!!!" as I jumped off of various things.

Now that I play a shaman instead, and lack an invincibility bubble, I envy my paladin friends and have become bitter. Fortunately, there are several places in the game where individuals are supposed to take a very high jump into a pool of water (which, in WoW, does not cause fall damage), and I possess a spell called "Water Walking." I have slain many friends by helpfully "buffing" them before they dive.

On my paladin, I made a macro so my character would use her invincibility bubble and yell "I REGRET NOTHIIIIIIIIIIIINNGGG!!!!" as I jumped off of various things.

Now that I play a shaman instead, and lack an invincibility bubble, I envy my paladin friends and have become bitter. Fortunately, there are several places in the game where individuals are supposed to take a very high jump into a pool of water (which, in WoW, does not cause fall damage), and I possess a spell called "Water Walking." I have slain many friends by helpfully "buffing" them before they dive.

You know, that sounds awfully similar. Was this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iD-Qvj-at0) you Bottle?

My main for a very long time was a shadowpriest. I was honestly surprised by how much I loved playing a priest. I still think it's a really awesome class. I'm also very impressed with how much fun Disc has become; I got really burned out on priest healing during the early days of TBC, but now it's like a whole new game.


Up until the 3.0 patch, there was actually a fairly decent class balance in the game. Not perfect, but not terrible.

Since 3.0 and the release of Wrath, literally one third of the level 80 toons are paladins or DKs.


Disc/holy mix here but I'm still climbing the level tree quite slowly. Wanted to actually be a decent healer in instances but I don't have the money to respec all the time between holy and shadow. You're right about disc, it seems to be a lot of fun at the moment. As for 'buffing' allies, the worst I do is occasionally let their buffs run out accidentally, and I won't res people who are dragging the instance down if we don't need them. (looking at -some- hunters who like to pull as many people as possible and cause wipes.)

Only really 'nasty' thing I've ever done is sell things for far far over their asking price (to the point of running people out of gold), and I'll only ever do that if the person asking me comes across wrong. You know, phrasing questions like 'can you enchant my gear please?' as 'enchant gear.'

Now then, the worst way to die? It was in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. My husband had just finished a mission and was right at the safe house when out of the sky, a plane fell on his character. I never laughed so hard in my life.

Ah, the random Rustlers falling from the sky. I've never actually been killed by one, but my brother has been.

Mechwarrior Ghost Bear.

started a misson... left the hanger... got hit in the head with an Arrow IV missle.

another misson... providing long range support. a mech came up to me to attack, trained weapons and fired... forgot to switch FROM the arrow IV missle system...

Ouch.

I once played a game of MechWarrior 3 where I challenged a friend to a match where I would pilot a mech half his size. I made a custom Owens variant with as many medium pulse lasers that would fit, and he jumped in an Orion.

I was doing pretty well, harassing him with lasers, and he was having trouble hitting me back. Well, I jumped too high once and hit the ground pretty hard, and my little Owens fell in its face. My buddy took the opportunity to blow off my leg with everything he had.

Serves me right for being a cocky bastard.

and Kryozerkia, that is hilarious.

My husband cried a little because it was a hard mission. :D

Sorry, that's the only videogame I play. :$

There are plenty of exotic Sims 2 deaths. I have a alien-zombie hybrid ghosts haunting my "Realm of Torment" dorm. :)

Ouch.

I once played a game of MechWarrior 3 where I challenged a friend to a match where I would pilot a mech half his size. I made a custom Owens variant with as many medium pulse lasers that would fit, and he jumped in an Orion.

I was doing pretty well, harassing him with lasers, and he was having trouble hitting me back. Well, I jumped too high once and hit the ground pretty hard, and my little Owens fell in its face. My buddy took the opportunity to blow off my leg with everything he had.

Serves me right for being a cocky bastard.

Medium and Light Battle 'Mechs get a poor rep. Really if you are a good player you can do much more with those than you can with a heavier one; I used to run a Merc Group for tournaments in 4 that used primarily light and medium Mechs with a couple larger ones to add punch and we rarely ever lost.

Let's see, there are tons of ways!!!! In Battlefield two, I have a buddy drive me around in a civilian truck, i put c-4 on it,and get in the gunning position and detonate us near people. On CoD4, I like to cook grenades and kill people by suiciding. In GTA:IV, I like to get as many stars as possible, spawn a helo, goto a tall building and jump off. One time, I let my girl watch me play, and I told her that if she broke up with me that this is what I would do, and then proceeded to jump off of a skyscraper. :D In Fallout, I like to get set up a bunch of bottlecap mines, and then get something to chase me, and stop right near the mines, and watch the explosion, OR shoot the mIRV straight into the air and let 8 mini nukes hit me.

Yeah, video game suicide is fun.