5 Things that Sore Losers Say

I love video games, but do you know what I hate? Sore losers. Unfortunately, I know a couple of them, though I won’t name them. Here are a few of the things that sore losers will often say to defend why they lost.

1. “I was letting you win.”

I hate this one. When you let someone win, it’s usually because you want to make them feel better about themselves, so telling them afterwards that you let them win defeats the purpose, doesn’t it? Not that it matters, I guess, because really it’s just something sore losers say to save face.

2. “You didn’t even give me a chance to hit you back!”

Seriously, I’ve gotten this one more than once. I’ve had someone tell me that I “play like a douche” in fighting games because I don’t give them a chance to hit me. Please, take a minute to think about what a pile of crap that statement is. Isn’t it the whole point of a fighting game to get hit as little as possible? And isn’t it also the point to be able to break your opponent’s momentum when they’re keeping up a constant stream of attacks? If you can’t do that, that’s your problem, not mine. Besides, if you were in a real fight, I doubt your opponent would give you a chance to hit them.

3. “You were spamming!”

If someone is doing the same thing over and over again and you still can’t find a way to counter it, are they cheap or are you stupid? I will agree that people who spam are annoying because it makes the game less fun, but come on. If you use your head a little, spammers really aren’t hard to beat.

4. “That character/weapon you used is cheap/takes no skill to use!”

If you search hard enough, you can find a reason to call anything in a video game cheap. If you practice hard enough, you can find a way deal with it.

5. “You only won because you play like a noob.”

Ha ha. This one make me laugh. How good of a player can you be if you can’t even beat someone who “plays like a noob”? If you’re losing to a supposed noob then I guess you’re not as good as you thought you were. So saying this is insulting yourself, when you think about it. You basically just admitted that you play worse than a noob. Congrats.

 

Losing isn’t exactly enjoyable, but that doesn’t mean you have to whine about it. I try to take every loss as a learning experience, and you should too. Instead of getting mad at whoever beat you, try to think about why you lost and how you can improve for next time. To be honest, I actually like to lose every now and then, as weird as that may sound. Where’s the challenge in playing a game that I always win at? Losing keeps the game fresh for me and reminds me not to get too cocky (which is usually how I end up losing to begin with). Plus, it’s the best way to learn.

When you act like a sore loser, you’re not only ruining your own fun, you’re ruining it for whoever you’re playing with too. Believe it or not, it’s not exactly fun for me to sit there while you glare daggers at me and talk about all the ways that I’m apparently cheap. Grow up and learn to have fun whether you win or not.

 

 

16 Annoying Grammar Mistakes that Bother Me

The title says it all. I know that only, like, five people will read this, but this is mostly just a way for me to vent some of my anger. Yes, grammar mistakes bother me that much.

How funny would it be if I made a grammar mistake in this post and didn’t realize it? Whatever. Let’s begin.

1. There/Their/They’re

Yeah, everyone is tired of hearing about this one, but people are still making this mistake, so no wonder they keep hearing about it. There is a noun. Their is possessive. They’re is a contraction for they are. Understood? All right then.

2. Your/You’re

Again, everyone’s tired of hearing about it, yet it still happens. Your is possessive. You’re is a contraction for you are.

3. Its/It’s

Its is possessive. It’s is a contraction for it is or it has.

4. Misuse of the word literally

People misuse that word a lot and it really bugs me. They use it as a way to embellish, but do you know what the word literally means? It means that it actually happened. So don’t tell me that you “literally died laughing”, because if you had literally died laughing, you would be dead and I wouldn’t be having to correct you. You probably also wouldn’t want to tell people that “you literally pissed yourself”. That one’s more plausible, but not something you’d want to share, so you’re most likely just misusing literally.

5. Would of/Could of/Should of/Must of etc.

Here’s a common one that annoys the hell out of me. “Would of” is not a thing. What you mean is “would’ve”, which is the contraction of “would have”. It’s not “I would of done that”, it’s “I would have done that” or “I would’ve done that”. “Would of” does not make sense. The same goes for “could of”, “should of”, “must of” and so on.

6. Effect/Affect

This one is more forgivable, because even I find it tricky sometimes. In most cases, affect is a verb and effect is a noun.

7. Through/Threw

This one is not as forgivable because there’s nothing that complicated about it. Threw is a verb and is the past tense of throw. The past participle is thrown. Through is a preposition and an adverb.

8. Lose/Loose

Lose is the opposite of win. Loose is the opposite of tight.

9. Weather/Whether

Weather is sunshine, rain, snow etc. Whether is… well, let me use it in a sentence. I wonder whether or not my grammar inept friends will learn something from this post?

10. Then/Than

Then refers to time. Than is used for comparison.

11. Definately

There is no A in that word. It is spelled definitely.

12. Alot

That’s not a word. You mean a lot.

13. Wierd

It’s weird how people still make this mistake. The E comes before the I.

14. Apostrophes

Unless it is a single letter word, a number, or an abbreviation, don’t use apostrophes for something plural. Apostrophes are used to indicate possession or for contractions. If the word or name ends in an S, like the name Severus (I just had to throw in a Harry Potter reference somewhere), you may say either Severus’ or Severus’s. Both are fine as long as you are consistent. If you are referring to two people, such as Harry and Ron, you put the apostrophe after the second name, so it would be Harry and Ron’s. To refer to plural possession, make the noun plural first and then use the apostrophe with no S at the end (so it would be the students‘). One last thing, don’t use apostrophes for possessive pronouns like her, his or your. They already show possession so the apostrophe isn’t needed. It would simply be hers or yours.

15. Commas

People misuse commas so often that sometimes I think they just use them to decorate their sentences. Commas are used to replace the word and. You wouldn’t say “We went to a nice and restaurant”, so “We went to a nice, restaurant” would be incorrect. You also wouldn’t say “It was a brightly and lit room”. You would say “It was a brightly lit room”. No comma necessary. When writing dates, you would use a comma after the day of the month to separate it from the year. You should also use commas before and after someone’s name if you are addressing them in the middle of a sentence. For example, “Will you, Hermione, do this assignment for me?” or “No, Ron, I will not.”

16. You and me/You and I

This is an extremely common mistake and it can be a tricky one. A lot of people are used to hearing that you and I is always correct, but there are some cases where you and me is actually the right one to use. You and I means we and you and me means us. If you’re unsure of which one to use, try saying the sentence with we and then again with us. If we makes more sense, use you and I. If us makes more sense, use you and me. Another way to do it is to take the other person out of the sentence. The sentence “Harry and I are going to Diagon Alley” is correct. If you take Harry out, it would be “I am going to Diagon Alley” (oh, how I wish), which makes sense. The sentence “Will you please make this potion for Harry and I?” is incorrect, because without Harry, the sentence is “Will you please make this potion for I?”, and that doesn’t work. So, the correct sentence would be “Will you please make this potion for Harry and me?” Without Harry, that sentence still works.

Well, that basically wraps it up. I hope that the five people who read my blog have learned something.

EDIT: I realized too late that I made a mistake while numbering these. It has now been corrected. Just my luck to make a mistake on this particular post!

Fandoms

You know what my class has made me realize? I love fandoms.

I think it’s great that so many people can be united by a common interest, and it’s also great having so many people to discuss these things with, and I love how passionate fans are. I love how fandoms have their own inside jokes (“you can’t ignore [Gary’s] girth”), their own strange theories (“Dumbledore is Ron from the future!”) and their own way of showing their appreciation (Wrock, anyone?).

Yes, some fans are a little bit… crazy, for lack of a better word. Sometimes they’ll get really defensive when you disagree with them and after a while it starts to feel something like this…

Remember when I talked about the Gen Wars in the Pokémon fandom? Yeah. That basically what it feels like.

Anyway, back to the point. While some fans might get carried away, most fans are accepting of other people’s opinions. I know that a lot of people thinks of fans as obsessive losers, but fans can actually be very intelligent and creative.

I love being part of a fandom.

You know what? This is the last blog post I have to do for my class, since I need a minimum of twelve. I’ll probably keep blogging though, because this class has also made me realize how much I love blogging.