Spiral Knights - What are some of the silliest excuses you've ever heard?

What are some of the silliest excuses you've ever heard?

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Wed, 05/13/2015 - 05:20

Whimsicality

We all know those people. We've even been those people from time to time. People who make excuses for themselves. Nothing can sour the mood of a good game any more than the sheer saltiness behind them. Now, with the most obvious being pointing and claiming auto target at someone who's proved they don't use it, what are some of the most ridiculous things you've heard (or said) as an excuse for losing?

As of recently I've seen people whining about shield cancelling, the most basic strat ever. Hah.

Wed, 05/13/2015 - 05:52

Bleyken-Forums

''I lost because I failed switching''

http://i.imgur.com/7nckgjl.png

Wed, 05/13/2015 - 14:20

Bleyken

"I don't break your damage because I can't record"
"I don't join your tournament because I can't record"

Wed, 05/13/2015 - 15:00

Hershey-Kiss

i lagged.

Wed, 05/13/2015 - 16:36

Red-Galaxy

"oh come on that's cheap, I

"oh come on that's cheap, I farted"

That was an actual excuse.

Wed, 05/13/2015 - 16:57

Deleted-Knight

Bleyken,
That's actually a pretty legitimate reason. If they fail at switching, they are more likely to lose. It's not really an excuse since they acknowledged their own failure.

Contri,
The latter one is a legitimate reason if your tournament states all players must record.

The ones I've heard in order of descending popularity:
1. AA
2. AT
3. spammer
4. combo
5. lag (although it could be that they truly lagged; the time of complaints is strongly correlated with the time of deaths)
6. asi
7. runner/coward (even though they clearly got killed by the other person)

Usually they are followed by "nub" or "*$%#" or something like that.

Wed, 05/13/2015 - 17:17

Finale-Flare

^I disagree, I think not

^I disagree, I think not joining a tournament because you can't record is a pretty lame excuse.

If you have a computer that is nice enough to run SK well enough to get good at LD, then you definitely have a device that can record the screen Sweetsu-style at least.

But for the thread....

"AT" -> with a Nova Driver
"BKC is for tryhards" -> makes LD easier...tryhard armor would be Mad Bomber
"I was eating" -> only acceptable if it was an ice cream sundae

Wed, 05/13/2015 - 18:16

Sweetsundere

Pretty much the ones already

Pretty much the ones already mentioned in the thread, but mostly "AT", "UVs", things about BKC I've heard it's like if they saw it as some kind of Helm that made you a god, and sometimes "You can only beat me in 3vs1 you suck hah" when it was actually a 1vs1 in which 2 players came just to finish him off and give him the chance to say that.

"The latter one is a legitimate reason if your tournament states all players must record."
I record with my Nintendo 3DS, and pretty sure the most of people has a phone to record too.

Wed, 05/13/2015 - 22:27

Sipsy

The best one I've ever seen :

"You only beat me coz you're Van, I'm da bes but you're still better than me, it's not even fair."

The best ones I've heard of recently:
None. Cause there's an ignore feature.

Here's a guide:
Step 1. Sign up for Lockdown
Step 2. Wait till you get loaded into a game
Step 3. "/ignore Name-of-Everyone" before you start
Step 4. ????
Step 5. Profit

Thu, 05/14/2015 - 02:14

Leekcoco

"I was typing" is probably the worst. Seriously?

Thu, 05/14/2015 - 05:03

#10

Blue-Flood

"My auto-target locked on to the rock slime!!!"

Still the best one i've heard hands down.

Thu, 05/14/2015 - 08:46

#11

Skeptics

I would've done 30k if I

I would've done 30k if I wasn't in a church mood - Minimetaknight 2k13

Thu, 05/14/2015 - 12:32

#12

Krakob

Something like "I should've used two hands." ;)

Thu, 05/14/2015 - 19:19

#13

Deleted-Knight

Nefariousity,
When you say an excuse is illegitimate you are saying it is at least one of the following:
a) not (or hardly) a logical reason for the event in question
b) absurd in the relevant context
c) stated in a way that strongly indicates it is a cover-up

"I won't join your tournament because I can't record"
a) If the tournament requires recording, then it is very logical.
b) If recording is a listed rule in the tournament, it is completely relevant and makes sense.
c) No context. If that person has previously demonstrated a willingness to use recording software with SK, then it would indeed be a bad excuse.

"I lost too :x mostly because I failed switching"
a) If you fail switching, you lose a large advantage, so it is logical.
b) Makes sense because someone can play Lockdown and choke up when weapon switching.
c) Context clearly indicates the person feels self-critical about the lost, owning up to the failure.

"I would have won if you didn't shield cancel"
a) Logical since shield canceling gives significant advantage.
b) Absurd because shield canceling is omnipresent in Lockdown. You kind of agree to it when you signed up to play.
c) Most likely occurred after death. People like to blame the person who killed them.

"I should have used two hands"
a) Using two hands is better than one, so it's logical.
b) SK was designed to be played with both hands. Not doing so is stupid.
c) Self-critical if taken literally. However, if the person felt the need to tell everyone, it's probably more of a cover-up.

Fri, 05/15/2015 - 05:01

#14

Bleyken-Forums

Cover up my ***. I usually play with one hand, my dodging gets worse but it's more comfortable

Fri, 05/15/2015 - 05:44

#15

Tempas

Just to note about the

Just to note about the recording thing. It is a bad excuse in every context. I'm yet to meet a person who doesn't have some sort of camera in their household meaning that they CAN record they just choose to not do so because they either, 1) They can't play without the aimbot 2) They don't want to play competitive lockdown. The latter is irrelevant in the excuse listed above.

Fri, 05/15/2015 - 06:41

#16

Ill-Fate-Ill

I am better than you but I don't need to prove it.
I'm not using AT but I don't need to prove it.
Basically insert anything here and add "but I don't need to prove it."

Fri, 05/15/2015 - 11:12

#17

Krakob

Couldn't find your other hand huh? Yeah, it's easy to lose track of them.

Sat, 05/16/2015 - 07:37

#18

Skeptics

Or you could just be weird

Or you could just be weird and have a lower sense of dedication like the rest of us

Sat, 05/16/2015 - 12:38

#19

Deleted-Knight

Bleyken, You can play SK

Bleyken,
You can play SK however you like. I just don't see why there is a need to tell everyone about it in a context when nobody is interested. So if someone does like to tell people about it, I think it is probably bragging or an excuse for bad performance.
It's the difference between driving under the speed limit and telling someone you drove under the speed limit in after you lost to them in a drag race. I mean, why do they need to know that?

Tempas,
Do you really not sense that huge amount of ego and prejudice in your statement? If you want to believe that, sure go ahead. I was approaching it from a logical point of view.
Like I said, context matters. If the person was trying to prove he is better than you and can't give a good reason why he can't record, then yes, it would be a cover-up. If you're the one trying to get the person to prove his worth by recording, then the burden of proof is on you.

The first scenario is like a person who loves saying he's generous but refuses to share food when he has plenty. The second scenario is like you saying a person is selfish for claiming he didn't have food to give you when he clearly had the money to buy some.

Sat, 05/16/2015 - 20:19

#20

Tempas

@Deleted-Knight This thread

@Deleted-Knight
This thread is a thread about excuses that were used. I was replying to this specific excuse(and excuses which are similar in meaning), "I don't join your tournament because I can't record". I did say that it is a bad excuse in every context for that scenario(where a person says they won't enter your tournament because they can't record). Now, in this day and age everyone who has access to internet which is fast enough and stable enough to allow them to play well and has a computer which can run spiral knights has some sort of a device which can record video. So, if you have a system and the connection which can play lockdown but you do not enter a tournament because supposedly you cannot record what would be the reason ?

1)You have something to hide(in spiral knights case, this usually means the person can't play without the aimbot)
2)You do not comply with the rules of the tournament.
3)You do not want to play lockdown competitively(I do not consider random lockdown "competitive")

This covers all of the logical reasons. Now, with the excuse in mind the person clearly is implying that they WOULD enter the tournament IF they could record meaning they DO want to play competitively eliminating (3). Since most tournaments thus far only had rules which required you to record and show the aimbot off you can assume that (1) and (2) merge together into one reason(person has something to hide and that something is against the rules OR that something is just lack of ability to perform well while playing under the rule set).

Also no, I do not sense a huge amount of ego or prejudice in my statement. Please point it out to me.

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 02:27

#21

Bleyken-Forums

@Deleted-Knight

if we're going to talk about not needed stuff, why do I need to know what do you think about that? I believe that nobody asked for your opinion

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 04:21

#22

Whimsicality

I think I recall seeing during the good ol' T2 days of 2012, "i hate fighting girls". Who would have thought wearing Blazebreak would throw someone off their game so hard?

Mon, 05/18/2015 - 08:38

#23

Freddy-Bad-Add

Switch failure ftw

@ Bleyken
1) that wasn't excuse, i was pointing out on what i have failed with.... misunderstanding^2
2) That wasn't silly too since if you fail switching you start sucking immediately (btw i don't fail doing that now, but i was at the time of that vid :x)
Posting this = Being self-critical not pointing out that i could win otherwise...
So Bleyken, "thank" you making my "excuse" being put in there as "one of the silliest" i "love" you..
P.S. Thanks Deleted-Knight for post #13 explaining the thing of switch failing :3
P.P.S. oops i mistook deleted-knight with renamed-knight 1st so nvm :D

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 08:55

#24

Conicius

-.-

Since when is Deleted-Knight = Dali?

Mon, 05/18/2015 - 06:32

#25

Abelisk

Quoted from the mouth of a 2-year-old:
"youre a hacker why cant i kill u"
"HACKER"
"im gonna report u hacker"
"die mother******* cheater"

Mon, 05/18/2015 - 06:48

#26

Malware-Exe

Joke?

"Staring at Ohpie"

Mon, 05/18/2015 - 14:38

#27

Deleted-Knight

Tempas, You assumed that they

Tempas,
You assumed that they are interested in competitive Lockdown.
Interested in competitive Lockdown =/= is willing to download recording software
Interested in competitive Lockdown =/= is willing to sacrifice some game performance to record

Sure, they may be a competitive person, but that doesn't mean they feel a need to prove it.

The arrogance I picked up came from the fact that you feel someone is hiding something by not joining a tournament you want them to join.
Suppose you claim you could chug a gallon of milk in under a minute. I tell you to come to my house and show me. I live 10 miles away, but in theory you could do it. If you don't come, I will say you are a coward and a liar.
Now, if you are constantly bragging about being able to perform that feat, and even said you can prove it, then refusing to drive the 10 miles to show me is pretty suspicious.

Mon, 05/18/2015 - 15:49

#28

Tempas

Again, I was working under

Again, I was working under the excuse contri provided. In that sense the person does want to enter the tournament(or at least say they do) but they won't because they "can't" record. Since in theory they can record my reasons in my last post(the 1-3 ones) are valid.

Anyway, you are correct that a person might be competitive but not feel that they need to prove it. Also I do agree agree with your examples. I did also direct the hiding something point at some people from the past(who repeatedly kept saying they were the best or absolutely outstanding players but wouldn't prove it in competitive settings) however I did not mean that a person falls specifically under point 1 if I asked them myself to join and they did not want to. I ment they fall under it if they use that specific excuse to not enter(and if they have been egoistic in the past I suppose).

Mon, 05/18/2015 - 19:10

#29

Dimothy

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