People say lag when they more often mean FPS drop, that is, when a computer is unable to render something, it will drop frames to try and keep up.

Of course, people could also mean input lag, where you get this disjointed, sluggish movement. As in, you press jump, and the character jumps seconds later.

I am still forever boggled at how I can run Stalker with mods well yet be unable to run GTA4 on Medium. That, and GFWL sucks ass.

Yeah but when talking to people its easier to just say lag, at least from what I have encountered

Lag is a common word meaning to fail to keep up or to fall behind.[1] In real-time applications, the term is used when the application fails to respond in a timely fashion to inputs.[2][3] The most common use regards online gaming when the game doesn't respond in sync with the player's controls, usually due to a slow internet connection, server latency or overworked hardware.

Lag is also often used in reference to video games to describe the delay (or latency) between an action by a player and the reaction of the game.[4]

... you and your facts >_>

People thinking that MSAA is the be all and end all of computer game GRAFXX, and claiming any other form of anti-aliasing is "fake". Here's an example:

"I just want to know one thing:

Does the game support MSAA?

Lately some games have decided to use “fake” anti-aliasing exclusively and I am hoping Dishonored isn’t one of them."

Luckily, some guy with actual knowledge of the subject went to some length to explain the technical details, making it clear that the OP was a clueless oaf.

"Feel free to empathize by complaining about other things gamers commonly say which make them sound silly."

Look at the front page forum threads. 80% of them annoy the shit out of me for varying reasons. I think I need to grab my manure shovel from the graveyard of dead threads and do some cleaning again.

Console Wars - it isnt a real for gods sake, its not like there people out on the front lines taking bullets and losing mates. I find it really annoying and disturbing when people call it a war. I cant think of anything to replace with and also feel free to call me a political correctness nazi but that is my opinion

"Are you a gurl?" "Damn you look sexy!"

It is only a female character/avatar! I have a penis!

Mop the floor with someone, they say "noob". Do it again, they say "noob" again. I'M WINNING! YOU ARE NOT!

noobs

"gg..terran is imba"

Being called a hacker for killing someone in, well, any game.

Hitler was a brilliant military leader...
This comment always annoys me to hell and back and I always feel like I need to respond; normally it's filled with naughty words.

Or Game X deserves a 10/10

Have you played Game X?

No but I read about it...

fake

"Cheater!"

Anyone calling any game with death or random maps a roguelike. It lost all meaning this year.

"game looks sort of cartoony, I dunno it seems like its for kids"

" It's not fps, the game sucks"

Let's segregate and hate all the people who turn vsync ON. :D

"You didn't enjoy the game because you didn't play co-op".

Starting your own steam group will divide the community from the official group.

RPG elements - what the hell does that even mean, it is either an RPG or not, it doesnt really make sense to me. Is it the ability to customise or something, you can;t just go on a genre bending rampage