Being a freshman in college, it is required of me to live in the dorms of my college my first year. Unlike some people, I had no choice in who was to be my roommate. Instead, I was randomly selected to live with a guy. I would like to express that he is not the last choice I would've had made to room with, but definitely not my first choice. To the least, both of us share a love of gaming that at least keeps us both civil. However, there are quirks of his when he games that can just... drive me crazy sometimes... and make me laugh up a storm as well.

So for a fun little piece to procrastinate me from finishing a paper, here is a list and descriptions of what my roommate does while he games.

1. The Sniper spasm

So one of the games that he loves to play is MW2 (surprise, surprise). While he does some funny things I'll mention later, one of my favorites has to be the sniper spasm. It's the best way I can coin this odd action he does. Let's put it this way. Whenever my roommate uses a sniper rifle, he always has some sort of spasm after he shoots. This is probably one of the reasons why he always misses, but I'm still scratching my head on this one. Is it some sort of build up and nerves whenever he shoots to cause his body to twist and jump in such a fashion? No, this isn't his first shooter since he has played games for awhile. Whatever it is, you can't help but smirk when you see him spas.

2. Hypocrite Actions

As for when he dies while he plays, his anger slowly but surely builds up. Oh sure, you'll start hearing all sorts of slurs coming from when he gets killed again and again by the camper or by another noob tuber. I don't mind a little smack talking, but his outbursts leads to always the same solution: using the noob tube as well. Oh sure, those damn noob toobers are so horrible with how they abuse, but when you whip it out, suddently it's okay? He always ends his revenge with a very loud declaration of the opponent being related to the female dog. :P

3. Using my Connection

So being in a dorm room, we only have two ports to use for the internet. Logically, that leaves us a port each to use for our laptops. When one of us wants to play on Live, we will have to sacrifice our own port to play online. That isn't always the case for my roommate. I'll occasionally walk to see him using my port (which is on the other side of the room so the cable is stretching across like a booby trap) to play online. And no, he is not using his laptop for anything. He just so happens to be using my port for really no good reason. :lol: The worst part is, he won't give me back my connection until I really imply that I have to use my computer.

4. The Monologues

This habit of his applies more to him playing WoW but really applies to any game he gets his hands on. Pretty much, every action that he does in the game he sometimes has to talk out loud about it. These can dramatic speeches about what he is doing (such as the usual fetch quest) or some not-so-clever line he inserts after he kills some creeps. The first time might've raised a slight smirk on my face, but now I have my headphones on blast as I try to do my homework. If you are one of those people who does this, my only advice is to check whether those that are around you. If they are not looking at you, it is most likely because the look on their faces would be of one slowly trying to halt his/her descension into insanity from his/her roommate's obnoxious speeches. It's even worse when he improvises a dramatic speech about what I am playing. Can't I just beat FE or play LoL in peace? :cry:

5. The War Cry

Now I know this could be applied to the one above, but due to its sheer annoyance, I believe it deserves its own. Sometimes during WoW, he will let out a war cry while he charges towards some enemy of sorts. This is by no means a cry that signifies manliness in any sort, nor does it relate to Leroy Jenkins in any way. Realistically, if there was a taunt move, this would be it. Not because the opponents were taunted, but because the enemies would want the one who emmitted such a scream dead... immediately. It sounds so high pitched and so drawn out that I felt like going deaf. Yes, it is that bad. :P

So those are five quirks, please don't think of this dude as the worst man on Earth, because he honestly isn't. I would also say that the piecei s a little overly dramatic (ironic) and is meant for pure entertainment.