How strict are you when it comes to people bothering you while you're gaming?

Usually, I can be pretty lenient about it. The TV and Xbox360 are in the living room where my mom walks around and does chores, cleans the kitchen etc. It's her house, so I try to just ignore it. But I started playing Dead Space lately and my mom's talking to herself is extremely annoying while I'm trying to play.

I love her but sh*t it gets annoying. Do you guys get this annoyed or just not care?

I hardly ever get annoyed so i dont worry.

When the kids start jumping and singing in front of the tv it's time to lay the smack down.

Not really annoyed; I just pause the game and let people do their thing.

I need a cone of silence around me at all times, or bad Alli comes out. >.>Allicrombie

I need a cone of silence around me at all times, or bad Alli comes out. >.>Allicrombie

When the kids start jumping and singing in front of the tv it's time to lay the smack down.

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Under no circumstances do I tolerate it.

dont bug me,it only bugs me if im trying to read something and someone is trying to get my attention

Unless you're scooting across the TV every 5 seconds or blaring music, I'm pretty cool-headed. I don't mind a little chatter or light noise, unless said chatter or noise is coming from online players. Thankfully, automute exists for those occasions.

I prefer to have the door closed (play in my room), but I don't get too annoyed with noise around me.

It deppends if I'm winning or losing :P

If I can pause the game not at all. If I think people bothering me while gaming will ruin my enjoyment I'll arrange to play at a different time. I do expect common courtesy out of people in the same way that I would act towards someone else who is occupied or using the TV or whatever.

if i'm playing a story-driven game I can get pretty pissed, which is why I own giant headphones :) I highly recommend you get some

my mom's talking to herself pinkmoth

I hate interuptions. Though it depends on what I'm playing. A story driven game I need silence to concentrate. I also tend to unplug my X-Box from the internet so I don't get messeges popping up everytime someone comes online. If I am playing a fighting game or any kind of multiplayer ornon story driven game I will leave it plugged in though, and interuptions don't bother me too much.

This is also why I HATE unpausible cutscenes. It bug me SO much when I get intereupted durring one. Honestely, they should be rewindable too, so if I miss something I can go back and see it again.

I almost exclusively play games in my own room with the door shut. On the rare occasion that someone is in my room while I'm playing it is understood by them that they better be silent or get out.

I play in my room in the dark curtains drawn door locked volume at exactly 15.... It's an awesome little set up no one really bugs me.

I play in my room in the dark curtains drawn door locked volume at exactly 15.... It's an awesome little set up no one really bugs me.

[QUOTE="pinkmoth"]my mom's talking to herself Black_Knight_00

I enjoy a lot of immersive experiences so I prefer isolation and no distractions. Occasionally something will happen, a knock on the door or the phone rings and that's okay. However, when say everyone seems to start calling at once or my parents are constantly badgering me with little chores to do around the house, I tend to get annoyed. I'd rather just do something else than to have to pause a game every 5 minutes because something constantly keeps popping up.

Not at all. I just push the pause button.

Depends. If I'm playing a multiplayer game I don't really care much. If it's a story-driven game though and I'm trying to listen to in-game conversations, I can get pretty ticked off if people don't shut up or leave the room.

I still have a box filled with the teeth of all the people who ever disturbed me during the fight with Andross at the end of Lylat Wars. I've had it for years but even today when someone looks like they're going to open their yap I give it a warning rattle. Just as a friendly heads up.

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"][QUOTE="pinkmoth"]my mom's talking to herself pinkmoth

I'm very tolerant. Usually my family likes to take a moment to watch what I'm doing. Unless I'm right in the middle of an unpausable cutscene where the entire plot is explained - then they might get a "Quit with the jibba-jabba fool!" :lol:

Most of the time I want complete silence. I want to be immersed in the games I play. To me it's an expierence, and somebody talking in the background or moving stuff or whatever takes me out of the expierence. I agree with that other guy... when that starts happening, it's time to lay the smackdown.

However in your case... don't mess with you mom, or when you have a girlfriend/wife someday,us men like to think we are bad, but the women in our lives will kick our ***es if we step out of line.

Nobody is more gangster than a girlfriend or a mom or a wife.

id depends what im playing, but usually i prefer silence