Idiots & the technically dim.........

[DBloke]

Ever had somebody do something that made you wonder "Why"?

Doing Computer club all these years I have seen a lot of stupidity from people that really shouldn't be allowed near good machines (and others)

Such gems as
Taking the cart out while the system is still on (Happened last night, nearly slapped the guy responsible) - On my 7800
Putting the cart in the wrong way, ok I admit I also wonder why didn't they just put the cart slot the other way round - On my 7800
Thinking a tape loads the game instantly,
Stopping a disc by hand by pressing it down (and people wonder why I use back-ups where possible)
Putting the disc on the table and leaving it, boxes and sleeves are there for a reason
Holding a N64 controller the wrong way (ok this can be confusing).
Thinking that every SNES fighting game is Street fighter
Trying to play/start a RPG (this is why they are not on any Everdrives/Flashcarts at the pub anymore)
Not knowing what a joystick is

Anyone else know any good ones

 

[roy_bates]

20-30 year old computers being called "consoles" by the younger generation

ok,not the same thing,but you know what im saying.

 

[PymerOne]

Dear DBloke,

i have a double why...

why did my brother remove the internal 14k4 modem from powered up machine,
and why did it still dail in on the BBS (same modem, same machine) when i tested it ??????

Is there really a special guardian angel for fools ?
If so, this angel does a fine job protecting me

Grtz, PymerOne

 

[moijk]

I was with some young folks arranging a retro party twice. However the young folk that came had little idea about anything from the 90s. the snes was the oldest to see much use, then the gamecube, ps2 and such.

which isn't about technically dim. just.. i felt the retro aspect kind of took a hike.

 

[Trapshot]

1) People who thought that 5&1/4 inch floppies could be folded and put in their pockets, and then wondered why they didn't work.

2) People who still today say their computer has run out of "memory", and need more space to store music etc. - did they used to say that their C90 tapes has run out of "power" when they were full?! Incidentally I need more stylus to fit more tracks on my vinyl too....

3) People who rush out and buy iPads blindly since they believe it's the best thing since sliced bread and then get frustrated when they can't run a native Windows program on them (had this recently.... took a while to explain).

4) People who get involved in a conversation that you're having with others about retro games, then challenge you to a game of Tekken insisting that they will kick your ass, then get annoyed because you can remember 10-hit combo sequences... apparently that's not fair...

5) The same as 4 but with Mortal Kombat and Fatalities.....

6) The same as 4 but with Killer Instinct and combos/combo linkers/combo breakers....

7) Members of any Video Game store, who insist on trying to convince you that buying an XBOX/PS3 game is going to be better for you than the PC game you just picked up as "you probably haven't got a PC powerful enough to play the game".... firstly, just sell the game!...... secondly, you never did this when I picked up AB3D II - TKG which required a minimum of a 68030 to run... I didn't hear your concern for my potential for mis-buying then!

8 ) More members of Video Game stores that insist that you have to pre-order everything still to not be "sorely disappointed"..... sorry but the "sparkle" has gone from the age of games now... pre-ordering 2 years before release for the N64, then saving money and waiting for ages and obtaining it with Mario 64 on release day was fun and exciting..... queueing for Halo 3 at midnight in the cold a few years ago was interesting for me, but nothing special.... queueing for a COD game doesn't even enter my mind....


I'm sure I can find more once I've calmed down from punching the wall.... maybe a game of Arkenoid will calm me down...

 

[DBloke]

Forgot this one
Spots a 2600
"Whats dat?"
"A atari 2600"
"Whats on it?"

Also different night
"The games on that machine look ****" -Atari 2600
Yeah because graphics make a game

Also mistaking a machine for a different one
Calling them the wrong name "Nintendo Dreamcast"

 

[slk486]

Holding a N64 controller the wrong way (ok this can be confusing).

I contest that there IS no right way to hold an N64 controller!

1. Calling the pc case the harddrive.
2. Telling me not to ff/rw on a cd, because it'll scratch it.
3. The girl at the video game store who started suggested games to me based on what her dad liked to play.
4. The windows 8 dev team.

 

[Rockeulven]

The amount of errrr customers lacking knowledge who used to ask me at the computer shop I used to work at.

Does it come with the Internet installed ?!

Ask the customer to bring just the computer in for repair and they come in with just the monitor ! Oh I thought that big box was the power box...... Huh ?

Man comes in shop and complains his floppy drive doesn't work and demands a full refund, complaining it didn't give him his credit card back when he tried sticking it in there to pay for something online !

He wasn't happy when I charged him for a new fdd and fitting and telling the idiot what it was really used for. :huh:

 

[Amigafanboi]

"Users" that don't know the difference between system RAM and hard drive space.

 

[DBloke]

One I have back when I worked at a inde game store

Somebody trying to sell us a copy of Gran tursimo 2
CD box,
Check the discs "Theres two games in there"
Discs cracked
"They still work"

People not knowing that the system has to be plugged in
and plugged into the TV
And that you need a game for it

Carrying discs round in there pocekts

Throwing away boxes for games then trying to ring them back a week later and expecting to get the full price back.
Then trying to quote the law about "customer satisfaction"
(I just quote "if its in the same condition" back)

Shopping about for a "Good game" picking up some well known good games, putting them back, then buying some F1 game.

"My mate can play DVDs on his Playstation he has a card that slots into the back"
Then I point out that the PS1 has a CD drive, not a DVD one and that they are likely video CDs
"Nah mate your wrong"

The boss getting in the GameCube and not the Xbox,
I was never asked for a GameCube

I blame the PS1 for this level of idiocy

Holding a N64 controller the wrong way (ok this can be confusing).

I contest that there IS no right way to hold an N64 controller!

Depends on the game being played


Getting all this stuff out is like therapy for me

 

[critanime]

20-30 year old computers being called "consoles" by the younger generation

ok,not the same thing,but you know what im saying.

And people that think the PS2 is reto chic. That really rattles me. Oh and people that think retro begins soley with the NES.

Another one is when someone refers to everything as every kind of image as a ROM. Regardless of whether it has come off a disk, tape or what ever.

 

[morcar]

Forgot this one
Spots a 2600
"Whats dat?"
"A atari 2600"
"Whats on it?"

Also different night
"The games on that machine look ****" -Atari 2600
Yeah because graphics make a game

Also mistaking a machine for a different one
Calling them the wrong name "Nintendo Dreamcast"

I have that with the humble ZX Spectrum too. I just put games in liek Deathchase and they get hooked lol

One of the biggest things i hate is when they read on the screen press any key and they take 15 mins looking around the keyboard and then ask where is the any key ...

 

[DBloke]

Nar this guy was the Fifa type of idiot
Thinks that the only good games where Fifa

Also I worked with someone that thought that the Tomb raider games where the only good games ever, theres opinion and theres idiocy

 

[-Acid-]

No matter how times I try to explain it, my aunt just cannot grasp what Android is and it annoys the bollocks out of me when she keeps looking at phones and asking the same questions.

 

[DBloke]

Old people are not really the problem as there excuse is they didnt really grow up with this stuff

 

[AmiNeo]

How about charitible organisations that have no staff with any knowledge of computers whatsoever expecting a website to be indefinitely maintained for free by a volunteer developer who spent most of his second year of uni kindly developing it to their untimely demands??

...who's idea of minor changes includes 2 new pages adding to a site post production and 59 images developing into an existing gallery. :roll:




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Forgot this one
Spots a 2600
"Whats dat?"
"A atari 2600"
"Whats on it?"

Also different night
"The games on that machine look ****" -Atari 2600
Yeah because graphics make a game

Also mistaking a machine for a different one
Calling them the wrong name "Nintendo Dreamcast"

My grandad used to call every computer I had as a kid a "Sega".

And also what got on my wick as a kid, people pronouncing Sega 'See-ga'... They've obviously never loaded a Sonic game and heard it pronounced properly...

 

[PymerOne]

Dear All,

Remember being called on the phone late at night "there was a messagebox with buttons, i clicked some of it and now screen is black...tell me what to do"?

On the other end of the scale of stupiddity: wifey met the AnyKey message...she pressed the escape key.

Grtz, PymerOne.

 

[Paul_s]

People who thought the Atari ST was better than the Amiga... I still owe several people a slap.

 

[johnim]

i had 2 guys at the 8bit night I go to ask what pc games were on my 1200t

a simple mistake as it is a pc case afterall

but it has amiga sticker on front

I said its an amiga

they said what emulator you running then

I said its an amiga running amiga software and running amiga games

then they said have you got sonic or mario on it

its an amiga using amiga hardware amiga software to play amiga games

I started sensi soccer for two player for them

and they said so you got no fifa games then

I said no as this is an image not a ps1

why do I bother taking my machines some times

 

[edd_jedi]

It's a bit harsh to call people 'idiots' for any of these things. As Einstein famously said, "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." I've certainly made my fair share we all have to start somewhere. A console with cartridges must look like something medieval to kids from the DVD/Blu-Ray era.