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Ragnar

#121 September 26, 2008, 11:55:31 pm

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Quote from: Pidgeotto221 on September 26, 2008, 08:07:09 pm

I used to not like insects and like most people I dont go FUCK YES SNAKES LETS TOUCH THEM but those are normal things, whats this TOO MUCH WATER NO!!! and SILK shit, is this what videogames do to people?

I cannot imagine ever being scared by a level in a videogame that isn't some weird silent hill bullshit.

I remember the sound when you got cursed in Dragon Warrior scared the living shit out of me

also going over any bridge because that meant new monsters

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#122 September 26, 2008, 11:57:52 pm

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I see what you're saying. Heights, needles, and other things are fears that are rational. I've actually seen people that are scared of peaches and styrofoam(hello Maury show), but yeah people can be creeped out by irrational things sometimes. I guess it's just the way some people's brain functions.

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#123 September 27, 2008, 12:49:59 am

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Enviroment is also a heavy factor involving "rational" fears (except needles, it is pointy and sharp so it would take experience taking a needle to not be scared). Steel admitted to having a different definition of being creeped out. To me it's a shudder, or a tingle down the spine but not straight up fear.

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#124 September 27, 2008, 02:40:59 am

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#125 September 27, 2008, 02:54:32 am

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I know there's nothing at the bottom of an Ontario lake. Yet, when I was a kid, one of my scout leaders caught one of those long baracoda fish or whatever it was called (long, thin, nasty ass crocodile-like mouth) and yeah. Since then I always get this chill or sinking feeling. You never know what your feet brush against, and it creeps me out. Then of course, the ocean we don't KNOW what's there. We assume we know, because we're scientific. And yes, I understand it's a purely irrational fear. I'm fine when with someone, or out past the beach or whatever. But I'd hate to be stranded in the middle of the ocean. That fucking Mountain Dew comercial annoyed me too. There was some dude canoeing across some water, and he cracks open a mountain dew---and this big freakin' whale/seacreature crashed out of the water and gulps the motherfucker down like a pill.
-shudder-

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#126 September 27, 2008, 03:32:26 am

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Quote from: Pidgeotto221 on September 26, 2008, 11:55:24 pm

like I guess my definition of creeped out is a much more severe one than MILD DISCOMFORT because I don't dig silk either but I'm not CREEPED OUT and thinking about cotton balls in my mouth just reminds me of when I had my wisdom teeth pulled.

yeah dude i think most people are looking at different definitions of creeped out here. some are going for fear, but shit like the texture of cotton balls is unpleasant for me. and i see "creeped out" as being a good enough description of how i feel about that thing.

also cotton balls in someone's mouth would be gross no matter who you are.

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#127 September 27, 2008, 02:08:51 pm

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Spiders for the most part, especially the kind that are so big that there are times they seem to fall off the wall, but before falling it's like they hang on by one or two legs for half a second. Creepy, in the sense, that it's too damn big to be falling off walls and it must die as soon as possible if it's in my house.

Other than that, there is the girl at work that can make this wavy, undulating motion with her thighs with the muscles under her skin by flexing and unflexing in some weird manner. It looks so... unnatural.

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#128 September 28, 2008, 09:03:21 pm

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Quote from: The Dude on September 27, 2008, 02:54:32 am

I know there's nothing at the bottom of an Ontario lake. Yet, when I was a kid, one of my scout leaders caught one of those long baracoda fish or whatever it was called (long, thin, nasty ass crocodile-like mouth) and yeah. Since then I always get this chill or sinking feeling. You never know what your feet brush against, and it creeps me out. Then of course, the ocean we don't KNOW what's there. We assume we know, because we're scientific. And yes, I understand it's a purely irrational fear. I'm fine when with someone, or out past the beach or whatever. But I'd hate to be stranded in the middle of the ocean. That fucking Mountain Dew comercial annoyed me too. There was some dude canoeing across some water, and he cracks open a mountain dew---and this big freakin' whale/seacreature crashed out of the water and gulps the motherfucker down like a pill.
-shudder-

i have this too, the thing for me is that i am deadly allergic to fish/seafood and even touching them will fuck me up : (

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#129 September 28, 2008, 11:46:59 pm

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#130 September 29, 2008, 04:59:02 am

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Quote from: Pidgeotto221 on September 26, 2008, 11:55:24 pm

except that makes you the exception. like i said there are normal things people are afraid of or creeped out by and btw one of these is needles since you know it's normal to not like pain and then there is a profound fear of chewing cottonballs.

also bro maybe you missed the part where needles are a constant reminder of the malignant cancer i've got????idk maybe that doesn't scale to cotton balls and socks...

like I guess my definition of creeped out is a much more severe one than MILD DISCOMFORT because I don't dig silk either but I'm not CREEPED OUT and thinking about cotton balls in my mouth just reminds me of when I had my wisdom teeth pulled.

basically do you guys really see VIDEOGAME LEVELS and have to suppress a shudder? that's just crazy to me! I'm not trying to say IM HARDCORE SCARED OF NOTHIN because I am, but VIDCONS, really?

in relation to the video game thing i wouldn't say i get scared or even very creeped out, mainly just tense, or cautious idk. "fuck some things gonna pop out of the fucking depths of the ocean and kill me". but in a real life setting its definitely scary for me, partly because i didn't learn to swim until my late teens, and even now i'm not a very good swimmer, so it only adds to my uneasiness.

but man i can take a needle in the arm, or even the neck like nobody's business.

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#131 September 29, 2008, 05:13:34 am

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Dude the Eel in Mario 64 used to scare the bajeezuz out of me. I simply refused to play that level Jolly Roger Bay at all, I'd just collect enough stars to avoid it completely.

That thing was fucking scary, and 3D 360 vg graphics were new to me. Also I'm afraid of large bodies of water... any game that has them, that you can access, I'm always just like "jesus what if a shark just comes up and nails me." If it was quick enough, graphics are good enough these days that a shark attack in a first person VG would be absolutely terrifying.

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#132 September 29, 2008, 07:09:38 am

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Cotton. Cotton balls. I get the feeling of nails on a chalkboard just THINKING about them.

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#133 September 30, 2008, 03:56:04 am

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To clarify a bit more about what I said about being afraid of underwater levels in video games:

I'm not necessarily AFRAID of those levels, but those areas give me a huge feeling of unease, and I'm afraid of water in real life because I've nearly drowned 6 more times than I should have. (I've nearly drowned 6 times) So I think that's part of it.

I can still play games with the huge underwater areas, but I have this weird feeling whenever I have to go through one of those areas. The only game that I actually bypass the underwater area is Oblivion. The giant fish... well, I can't tell if its the wall, or if its the fish until it's too fucking late, and is already attacking me (I think it's more the suddeness, than it is the whole underwater, but still).

Yeah, it's not really fear, but a severe feeling of unease.

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#134 September 30, 2008, 04:32:03 am

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I'd only get that feeling if the underwater level is say really dark deep water or dirty water where can't see anything more then three to four feet in front of you (in game terms). Seriously if someone could perfectly imitate dirty water and make an entire underwater level out of it i'd garruntee it renown.

A tool is a tool regardless. I mean if you suck, you suck, and not even the most perfect tool could save you. And if your damn good then even with the worst tool ever conceived you could chug out some high quality shit.

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thejackyl

#135 September 30, 2008, 04:37:10 pm

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^ play Super Metroid

Sure it's 2D, and the whole 3 to 4 feet vision cutoff is due to the limited screen size. But it nailed the whole dark and dirty, and genuinely creepy aspect perfectly.

EDIT: The boss there actually gave me nightmares

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#136 September 30, 2008, 11:13:59 pm

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Quote from: thejackyl on September 30, 2008, 04:37:10 pm

^ play Super Metroid

Sure it's 2D, and the whole 3 to 4 feet vision cutoff is due to the limited screen size. But it nailed the whole dark and dirty, and genuinely creepy aspect perfectly.

EDIT: The boss there actually gave me nightmares

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#137 October 04, 2008, 12:21:29 pm

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- Brain surgery (other types of surgery I find rather interesting)
- Drinking stale warm water
- THX fanfare as previously discussed
- This ghost video (Doesn't matter if it's fake or not, still messes with me)
- This picture (This is probably my #1 of all time creepiest shit)

as for things in games
- Ravenholm from HL2
- Any sort of falling from great distances (not so much irl because it hasn't happened to me)

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#138 October 04, 2008, 12:32:30 pm

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#139 October 04, 2008, 01:02:00 pm

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I used to be get pretty freaked out while being high up.

Like, I couldn't walk along a high bridge without getting scared as shit when I was younger. Thankfully my time at sea has gotten me over it for the most part though.

Crawling up masts and on top of mounted lifeboats that sway a little bit when you're working on em' can be a bitch

I'm also pretty wary about flying. Mostly because of the fact that its out of my control though. I can jump ship if shit gets too rough and atleast I've got a CHANCE at living but if a plane goes down you're pretty much fucked.

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#140 October 04, 2008, 03:11:22 pm

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Cockroaches scare me half to death. I can't even look at pictures of them without chills going down my spine. When Orkin ran those commercials with the cockroach that crawled across the screen like it was ON the television, I flipped every time. I'm definitely the person that has to stand on the furniture and shout for someone else to kill it. I'm creeped out, but to a lesser degree, by any insect that can fly or run fast, as well as spiders that run fast whether or not I know them to be venomous.

Small dark places creep me out because I'm claustrophobic. My friends tease me because I'm afraid of elevators. I cram myself into the corner as soon as I get in and death grip the handrails, expecting to plummet at any minute.

Also, because I get very immersed in video games, I can't play scary games without someone in the room with me and all the lights on. I've managed to complete the Silent Hill games I have, but I can't make it through Fatal Frame. >.<

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