7 Stupid Rules Gamers Follow That Make No Sense

[@saiduqyulesca4885]

Rob reveling in the chaos he as created with that tea bit. Love it lmao

[@writer_man5318]

Rule #8: If you can fill out the map by running around, you will fill it out whether there's a quest there or a level 99 secret boss just so there's no grey left on the map before you can move on.

[@EndertheWeek]

Something irritating about ER because it's impossible to know if you have been everywhere.

[@saikoroKizu]

This is my #1 haha

[@Super_Beast124]

So true

[@Kaimax61]

star ocean 3 ptsd

[@selgeaus]

That was mentioned in a previous video (things gamers do that is not playing the actual game)

[@hokplays]

Rule: I must clear every unread notification in my menu.

[@dusttodust915]

I guess I follow that, cause it's not so much a rule than it's just something that'll annoy me if I ignore it.

[@khamankhoma8232]

If the map has enemy bases, strongholds, business establishments, resource deposits, or assets of any kind that you can take over and make your own, then you MUST CLAIM THEM ALL!

[@anthonygarcia4158]

I can't believe I actually follow these rules and I'm still going too plus there's an 8th rule I also have that I usually follow and that's whatever game I'm playing make sure to finish it before playing something else.

[@tonyp9313]

That's a very good rule. Finish games before you start the next game. I follow that just because I don't want a back log of games, also it saves me a lot of money.

[@markt5090]

You're just like me. I'll never understand those who play like 5 games at a time. Especially the guy playing Red Dead 2, Elden Ring, and FF7 Remake all together. How do you make any real progress?

[@mikkdc]

Has anyone else done the skipping dialogue thing but pressed the button too fast, causing you to press it one time more than needed, and ended up restarting the dialogue and having to skip through ALL of the dialogue you just skipped. All. Over. Again?

[@sonofliberty1]

9:36 The timing and delivery on "Is that true?" was superb.

[@danjustice6397]

But was that true or not?

[@darkherogalaxy6198]

No its a fan theory​@@danjustice6397

[@forsetigodofjusticeexcelle7506]

Completing all side quests is a bane. Even if that side quest is intended for you to come back later I will stubbornly grind against it until I can finish just to "clean" the map before I move on.

[@SentiNel090]

But thou must.

[@danjustice6397]

Sometimes, those side quests are only a limited time

[@theprofessionalfence-sitter]

Same goes for optional boss fights: I don't care that they are 20 levels above me, I have encountered them and so they must be defeated before I can do anything else.

[@filipapinto99]

If it's a platform game, I always start a new level by going to the left side of the screen, even if there's nothing there

[@rodrigocampos1302]

But the one or two times when they do put something in there makes you feel so vindicated

[@ekowasamoah5898]

Great video, I follow all these rules! ....You left out saving everytime you pass a savepoint.

[@brandonwoodward9515]

I got one: Save my strongest attacks for cinematic finishes or as a last resort. This means holding on to that limit break, do not pop that summon, do not use that Rage guage, and do not touch the Valor Surges unless you are about to finish the boss or if it is a last resort.

[@GameOn-h1u]

For me, well this applies to us older gamers. Read the introduction segment in the game manual before starting a game. I have no idea what started this habit, all I know is it helps me to become immersed. Edit! Secondly, Not wearing helmets or headpieces in RPG games, what? You thought I made a cool looking character to be covered up by a bucket!!

[@kadosho02]

Some game manuals were long. Like novel size long. Phantasy Star for example, definitely a read that you will need a snack & a beverage or two to get through.

[@thorium3737]

Well, comes from a time when we bought physical games and was something to do on the car ride home lol Kinda like reading about the game while downloading now but...... its so not the same

[@DarknessDust]

My UK friends can be very proud of me and consider me properly indoctrinated as I was also thinking: WHAT is he DOING with that milk? xD

[@ImnotMattMurdock]

1:29, "How can you have any pudding when you haven't eaten your meat???"

[@karieoki]

Ha!

[@AdamT28]

You, yes YOU, laddy! Stand still, laddy!

[@tom.c.a.d]

As I get older I'm learning to let go. That means using that super rare item or ammo, or potion. I just think "Im still finishing the game without the item, let go, have fun" One of the hardest things to do, really 😅

[@thorstenbrandt6256]

All those rules are essential. Maybe except the multi player one, cause.... why should I play with real people? They are strange.

[@hilgigas09]

Pick up every item, open every chest, loot every body. Maybe the cutlery will be useful later.

[@pirateadam3686]

Rule 5: No fast travel. "Well, that sounds fun actually. I'll give it a try for the sake of immersion" Game: You are overencumbered "Well... f**k that for agame of soldiers then"

[@fenrirson]

Another rule, "If a game has multiple endings, you have to play ALL of them", nowadays this can be circumvented with KZbin videos showing all endings, but it doesn't have the same impact if you don't make the choices that lead to those endings yourself (both for emotional impact and understanding the context behind the decisions that led to the ending).

[@peteroscarson1188]

Delson is the best at stealth . He is hiding behind the couch every Friday and no one knows.

[@precious_muse]

Reading the characters' unvoiced dialogue aloud in your own "voices," aka imitating your favorite video game KZbinrs

[@TheTrueCyberpig]

Side quest, complete ALL sides quests before main path. Audio books please developers. That way you get the info dump whilst wandering around to the next side quest

[@christianboyd4635]

I’ve completely given up on reading all the books, notes, emails, texts, listening to all the audio files, it’s just way too much. I don’t have the time anymore!

[@Maigeru]

Thank you Playstation access team!!

[@psudodrake]

#2: Admittedly... there is this LINGERING ISSUE with some sidequests... and that is if you progress the main quest too far, some side quests become unavailable. So for us COMPLETIONISTS (I use that word sarcasticly, even though I am one) if we want to get all the side content done, we HAVE TO do it before the main quest. Also... it''s easier to do that for levels than to level grind...

[@ABadassDragon]

That was always my reasoning too

[@lokiboi1]

As rob started to pour the milk my gut was screaming what the hell milk after water

[@Vargol]

I was screaming "where's the TEAPOT!!!!!!!"

[@trevor9416]

The Metal gear tally mark was added in my mind

[@chavamara]

When playing a puzzle game, you must resist immediately turning to the hint button/online walkthrough.

[@brandonwoodward9515]

3:56 But Rob, don't you run those morning meetings?

[@Wogle]

Its funny that Rob chooses that explanation for C2W. Going in loud and shooting the targets with the minigun is genuinely the preferred way to complete the mission with an S-Rank. You dont even have to get out of the helicopter.

[@randybiagas-hill8161]

I didn't realize I caught Rob looking over my shoulder while I game. That's clearly the only explanation for him knowing everything I do in games. 😂

[@loptseldr]

fallout 4: Collect ALL pre war money i see and NEVER use it. Put it all in a safe where you will never see it again XD

[@simpleexplodingmaybe]

My Skyrim rule was always to combine 2, 3 and 5. Walking hundreds of miles doing every single sidequest a random NPC gave me along the way. Every cave, every bandit camp, every ruin. There was some serious running away when giants etc were bumped into.

[@erinmonahan8245]

I wanted to read every book in skyrim. I still haven't lolol

[@jekw23]

I did that on one playthrough. Got about ten books in and realised a was just skimming the words and nothing was actually going on. I then sold them all

[@Imtheshattered2]

A self imposed rule regarding fast-travel I've started following in open world games is that I'm allowing myself to fast-travel from anywhere, one way, only to a place my character "Owns" in some way, like "Breezehome" in Skyrim for example, but once I'm there I have to manually walk anywhere else. This way I get the convenience of getting "home" quickly to resupply or store the endless junk I've horded in whatever game, while also walking the world much more. I honestly recommend it so much

[@scotthart134]

The chicken lady in Rebirth was hilarious! I'm glad I do all the side quests before going to the next zone.

[@jordansimpson9099]

I do the "no fast traveling rule" with Cyberpunk, RDR2, Fallout 4, and Mad Max. Traveling in these games is a great way to clear areas of extra enemies and doing random encounters.

[@Krokodilius]

my favourite rule was from pvp///diablo 2, back in 2002: no healing potions. you could make a nerd really angwy popping a full rejuv right when they think they're about to win.

[@JFelix824]

My kids were watching me play Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. While fighting the Great Marlboro, I decided I needed to use an X Potion. I said, “Kids, I know I need to save these for later, but I am desperate.” They were so confused.

[@amyhoard1222]

Guess I break most, except doing every side quest before worrying about the main quest. Yet you forgot exploring the whole map in open world games. It's under an entirely different list, but there is also the testing of what you can or can't do, early on, like whether you take fall damage, does fire hurt, can you swim and so on.

[@christinagavan9588]

I'm 45 years old and my old rule was always read the manual on the bus before getting home to play the game, Now its like there's no manual, no actual physical game, and if you read anything that's made of paper its pretty much always a parking ticket, and then you get home and the game is about 2 years away from even being worth playing.

[@chisaten]

7:16 I don't even use the ultimate healing items in boss battles! I keep them, but it is like I forget I have them.

[@4mobius280]

I never play the multiplayer 😈

[@tylerloveless0832]

Love this channel i have been a long time viewer keep up the amazing work!!!

[@Forriedude]

I've NEVER chosen not to fast travel. Too impatient for that noise.

[@WickedGamer1]

Dave just had to go and shake up my world with that last comment.... My reaction was exactly the same as Rob "....is that true??"

[@seracila432]

I was totally feeling that tea making bit with the team. Pouring milk before water? Blasbhemy.

[@chazclark86]

Our cold great nation was built on cups of tea! And yep! We all follow the rules, and break others 🤣

[@Shooting8Star168]

Yup. I loosely follow these rules but since I have started playing with friends for FFXIV, I've had to reel myself in for going and grabbing as many side quests as I can.

[@chrisroberts1917]

For me, it’s hoarding treasure. Not the stuff you can use to upgrade items (useful things), stuff like rings that have absolutely no purpose except for selling and yet, I don’t seem able to part with it!

[@aoifehart554]

Genuinely gasped when I thought Rob was going to put the milk in on top of the tea bag 😂😂

[@kevincampbell4544]

Damn. Feel like I got called out. I've done all 7 of these with nearly every open world game I've ever played 😂😂😂

[@elmarblond5121]

Your videos are always so nice to watch rob. Thank you 😎

[@jamiefletcher3186]

1:25 The look on Rob’s face 😂😂

[@jimcoons7555]

Friday Features are the absolute best!! Thank you, Rob.

[@Seamus_Mac]

It must be a generational thing... I'm 4 months older than Rob and have been a gamer for my whole life. EVERY one of Robs self-imposed rules, I also impose upon myself. Except for the book one... that got ditched forever in the middle of my Skyrim playthrough. 😅

[@hububus2740]

Props to Rob for not letting any milk drip into the cup and ruining a perfectly good teabag!

[@ClumsyByFact]

Love this list, I do all of this as well, with some exceptions for reading books/data enteries. For example, some of the books in Baldur's Gate 3 are just nonsense I don't even understand or I forget, so I just skim through it if it's interesting, and close it if it doesn't seem important. It is scary however if I get a quest update for reading it, then I go back to read it again, this time reading every word of it :)

[@noctiliogames350]

It depends. I understand certain mentalities with maps and whatnot, but if you actually use the fast travel in Spider-Man and you're not trying to pop a trophy or work on a speedrun strat, I question your ability to experience joy.

[@gio2130]

There's 3 more for me, highlighting everything in the menu and inventory, I don't always read them but it irritates me having that "new" symbol next to data entries and items. Revealing every inch of the map, if I run down a hallway that only draws one wall onto the map I run back down it on the other side. And clearing every collectible in the area before moving on to the next area, it really annoys me having to back track cause I didn't have the ability or key to open a chest.

[@littleaussierippa]

Saving at every save point. Re-loading your weapon even after firing a single shot.

[@robmains3736]

I love side quests now. I used to run past them simply saying shut up!.😂 This Chanel has tought me so much about gaming.👍🎉

[@Temascos]

Yes to the sidequest rule! Yakuza/Like A Dragon is a series where doing the sidequests is essential, and if you miss Kiyru creating a music video with Not-Quite-Michael Jackson you must be punished!

[@seand7042]

Can't front, up until number 5 everyone of them were ways I interact with games... I didn't even know they were unspoken rules...

[@MylesB93-]

You forgot saving multiple times just in case

[@TheSpiderPan]

Skyrim broke me of having to read everything. But in most other games...oh year. audio diaries, emails...I'm reading it!

[@suzanner8360]

lol the healing potions…that is me, for sure

[@WayneCoston-kj1go]

I'll start reading all the lore but inevitably I will reach a point and just stop. And Rob referencing MGSV...has he finally completed it, I wonder ?

[@INFPeace-]

Another side quest in Red Dead Redemption 2 that you must not skip is a short one where you go fishing with Kirien because you get interrupted by a skinny dipper! 😂

[@TheSpiderPan]

Briana White was in your area of the world winning an award for her work as Aerith. Here's hoping you made contact and we can expect her as a guest soon.

[@uishido8845]

That tea cup looks so much sharper when I watch this video on my ps5 pro /s

[@stevenallan5822]

I'm all for fast travel unless there's an area nearby I haven't unlocked yet which is sort of on the way and I don't read every single thing that I pick up, it's a quick glance through and file it.

[@komradeklutch6215]

I feel personally attacked by this video. It's like Rob was watching me play far cry 4 the other day and made his list based on it.

[@Eman-wj8gq]

Got to love the reading the books... God sometimes I get so far behind it becomes it's own mission.

[@panda_kebab]

Open world with blind map- I always turn left. When exiting my hotel in a foreign country, I turn left! Just figure there are some goodies hidden that way, before hitting the main mission. 😜

[@Mc.Nubbington]

You forgot the most important: You always have to reload if you can, regardless of how much ammo you have left.

[@AshleythetigerUK]

Right as i sit down to have a tea with my fish and chips (weather's quite cold, a warm cuppa will hit the spot) I'm confronted with teabag then milk, don't think I've ever seen anyone prepare tea like that. I used to play campaigns before multiplayer, but then they started removing said multiplayer, meaning any plats requiring multiplayer well no plat for me. I've FFVII ReMake for breaking my habit of saving items, I'll save them for hard mode, the thing is hard mode doesn't allow item's.... Here's a thought 7 ways your a "true gamer" (air qoutes, a not to be taken seriously one)

[@theunknownstuntman4010]

If a side quest was really a "Side Quest" it wouldn't count towards 100% so Deffo need to complete them

[@eddiegesch6299]

I had a personal rule of never using fast travel in Spiderman.

[@springer1786]

Damn lucky the team were on it with their tea policing, Rob was dangerously close to being arrested for treason (tea-son?) then.

[@Rafesco]

#6 yes, survival horror and JRPG are responsable for this way of thinking. We have to amass healing and bullets for a critical moment that NEVER came. But hey better be prepared than not.

[@manuela1711]

What multiplayer. Dont like those. I just play the campaign and that was it 😂

[@jekebe4858]

Another Brit had a rather straightforward statement on the proper order of things: If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

[@billcook4768]

I have a lot of rules when playing remakes than now allow save states. What is a legitimate use of save states? What counts as abuse? See also self-imposed rules about how much trial and error I put in a game before consulting a guide

[@Rizl-876]

Damn I didnt know these where unspoken rules. I thought it was my OCD, I'm guilty of #1 #2 #4 and #6

[@captain__rogers42]

I watch a lot of your videos out of order. So forgive me if this has been addressed: no more tally mark? I liked that bit.

[@JoeKnowsWorst]

don’t agree about side quests, in a lot of RPG’s you need to do at least some to make your characters level up 😊

[@cataorshane]

My rule: one game at a time. I can only play something else when I've beaten my current game.

[@CyGea]

Rule number one: open all fast travel locations…while unfogging the complete map.

[@victorwonder]

What? I'm not the only one doing the "no fast travel" rule? 😂 I like knowing how to navigate the world - how to get from point A to point B without getting lost, which I also self-impose a "no waypoint marker" rule lol Also, when I don't fast travel, I'm never short of resources. When I don't fast travel, resources are everywhere. I can max my inventory in no time 😂

[@ryanchurchill5081]

Skyrim start as a different archetype ie warrior, mage, spell sword. Ending went stealth archer couldn't figure out why.

[@Wicked_Knight]

When running always bunny hop.(because you might go ever so slightly faster)

[@saikoroKizu]

And then when stealth doesnt work, reload checkpoint so you can try again instead of go guns blazin

[@Draconis00788]

Look I know it's the last boss but I KNOW I'll need those X-Potions later, I just know it

[@potterstinks6841]

Friday features always make me feel cozy 😂

[@jasonmcmurtry7812]

My wife will absolutely not do multi-player at all till we beat the campaign lol. Yea side quests are a must and I have to do em all 😊 I try stealth, usually fail, then go spray and pray, lol 😂

[@dusttodust915]

Well I've been breaking that rule since the og COD:MW3 cause I haven't touched the campaign since.

[@shadowadz3942]

The books in Oblivion were an awesome read! 😁😅

[@michaelwill5972]

Alan wake 2s evidence board has made me realize a Whole different obsession..My evidence board has To be complete no matter what, Even The little lunch boxes, It's all very important evidence

[@lilag4382]

I got sick of side quests in FF7R and couldn’t finish them… soooo I haven’t finished the game …😑