Shooters sometimes have the undeserved reputation of being mindless shooting games. But not every game with weapons is the same as Moorhuhn. Nevertheless, in modern shooters like CoD Warzone, Fortnite or Valorant, really dumb things can happen. We at MeinMMO will tell you the 3 dumbest things you can do.
No matter how different shooters can be, the basics are almost always identical. Grab a weapon, aim at the opponent, and pull the trigger at the right moment. Sounds simple, but it’s not always.
Amid all the chaos and complex mechanics of modern shooters, even the biggest pros can make really dumb mistakes. And let’s be honest: which of these 3 incredibly dumb things have you committed the most?
Especially in Fortnite, many silly things can happen. The trailer for Season 3 showcases many new features that will cause a lot of (unintentional) chaos:
1. The chain of unfortunate events
Occasional bad gameplay in shooters is part of the experience, even for the absolute pros, because no one is 100% flawless all the time. It gets particularly dumb when multiple blunders happen in succession.
Just recently, a clip of xQc went viral, perfectly summarizing this chain of unfortunate circumstances. The world’s most popular streamer and former shooter pro plays in CSGO so horrifically poorly in just a few seconds, and all of it affects his teammate.
- First, he throws a Molotov at the window frame instead of into the building, causing it to bounce back and land on his teammate.
- Then he throws such a bad flashbang that he blinds himself and his team.
- Then he tries to save himself with shooter basics and starts shooting but only hits his poor teammate’s head.
- As a crowning blow, he gets killed without any resistance.
You can admire the hilarious clip and xQc’s very relatable reaction here in all its glory:
A really bad gameplay sequence like this has happened to every shooter fan at least once. There’s not much more you can do than what xQc does here: try to hide in your own palm and take it all with (gallows) humor.
2. The thick finger
The plan is perfect. Your ultimate ability is charged, the whole team is ready for a gigantic combo that will send every single enemy flying and demoralize them for the rest of the game.
You gather, wait in ambush for the enemy team, want to sit up straight in your chair one last time… and then it happens.
You don’t know exactly how, but you’ve pressed that one button you weren’t supposed to press. Your character screams loudly, a fireworks display of deadly effects erupts on your monitor, but all the rockets only hit a completely harmless wall.
Your teammates stand behind you, questioning the events, unable to believe it. In the team chat, it now says “WTF”, “???”, “wow” and “SilentKiller47 has left the game.” You look down at the keyboard and don’t quite understand why that damned finger is resting on the Q key. Before you can find out the answer, your team is dead.
Extremely stupid. Now you’re stuck in the keyboard settings and have completely changed the function. Surely this won’t happen again! That’s at least the idea. Then you have to press Q in the next match and frantically hammer on the key while nothing happens. And the chat fills up with question marks again.
Damn.
3. The reloading madness
You and your beloved submachine gun with the perfect meta loadout have fought your way to the base. You are exactly where you need to be. All that is missing is some patience and resilience so you can take this base and win the match.
With your excellent headphones, you hear that there is a motion sensor in the corner of the room that could reveal your position. Easy. You aim, fire exactly one silenced shot – BOOM. The sensor is destroyed, no one will know where you are, and your defensive position is brilliant. You are the perfect ninja, and you aim for the only entrance in front of you. Whoever walks through there will be taken down immediately.
But something feels wrong. You have an extremely bad feeling. Your hand starts to sweat, your index finger twitches nervously, and you already know what it is. In the bottom right corner, the worst picture in the world shows its cruel face:
You haven’t reloaded after shooting the sensor. Why would you? You have more than enough bullets in the rifle to take down the entire team.
But what if not? What if exactly one bullet is missing to win?
You hear the footsteps of several players approaching your position. “Screw it,” you think, “I’ll reload just to be safe! I’ve been sitting here for ages, and nothing has happened, what are a few seconds?”
With perfect sight on the door, you’ve been staring at the whole time, you press square on the controller with confidence. Just as it must be, the nearly 98% full magazine falls from your SMG while the whole enemy team runs through the door.
The first player sees you panicking, aims for your head, and pulls the trigger once. In a near coma-like shock state, you watch his killcam. He only needed one bullet to kill you. His magazine wasn’t even full when he entered the room.
Now only one question swirls in your head with full clarity. It’s the one sentence that always brings back your full confidence: “WHERE WAS MY TEAM?!”
Do you recognize any of these situations? Which shooter crime have you committed the most? And do you have any other foolishness you would add to this list? Let us know in the comments!
If these silly moments happen to you too often, you might even be the shooter player that no one wants on their team. We also have a list for you that outlines a few general observations in shooter’s games:
The 5 most annoying teammates that drive me insane in shooters on Steam and PS5
