You know you're in danger in a FPS game when ....
 

When playing a First Person Shooter you know you're gonna be in big danger when ..


... when the ominous music completely stops and it becomes silent

... you find all kinds of unguarded ammo, health and armor just lying around along the way ("fattening" you up for the "kill")

... when you are about to enter a new area and your framerate suddenly drops

... when the words "saving checkpoint" pop up without warning

... when you find a dead, mutilated guy next to a door

... when you DON'T find any ammo, health or armor for the longest time

... when you realize that the boss you're fighting is depicted on the box cover

... when the boss you're fighting has dialogue

... when there's fighting underwater or in outer space without oxygen

... when you know you have to jump, shoot, push buttons and dodge projectiles within a limited time to finish the level (I hated those - makes me want to dump the game and play something else)

did I miss any?

...When you go on a killing spree with the good gun against the crappy guys, only to save just before you find the guy you were meant to be saving the ammo for.

... when the music starts (Half-Life 2).

... when you need to reload.

... when you hear some background noise prior to a baddie coming (think branch breaking or a can is knocked over)
... when the car you're driving doesn't have emergency brake and you're approaching the cliff
... the tank doesn't reload fast enough when another one is heading for you (SP2)

When the cat jumps on your keyboard...

And thats what cats are for. I miss having a cat around. someone buy me a kitten.
How about when your in some real dark tunnel and your flashlight runs out of power the second you see a bunch of stuff running at you.

Oh fuck man, I hated that in Half life 2 in some dark tunnel and next thing you know, there's a whole bunch of head munchers or whatever they're called, coming for you

When you try to rush a bombsite and hear "FIRE IN THE HOLE" from a teammate behind you.

*PING*


I hate flashbangs.

Then you need this:
PawSense

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doh...already mentioned!

lol they are so true :)

You hear voices whispering that "you're dead" and you can't tell where it's coming from. Department Store level of Condemned... anyone know what I'm talking about? That level is creepy.

"when you realize that the boss you're fighting is depicted on the box cover . . ."

That one is hilarious.

Also - PawSense, I just about crapped my pants when I read that.

...when you realize you dropped the weapon you needed to defeat the fucker in front of you 3 rooms back. (FEAR)
...you used your last medic kit with 98% heath!!

...when your computer slows down to a crawl because it's beginning to load a gargantuan model behind the next door you open.

And also, it's been said before, but the tons and tons of unguarded weapons/ammo, new weapons you haven't seen before, and a save point, are sure indicators that something really bad is about to happen.

Not quite an FPS shooter but I had to mention this one.
When playing Star Wars Battlefront as a sniper ... a teammate with a rocket launcher decides to follow you around ... giving up your position every time he fires.

...you press 'Quick Save' by mistake instead of 'Quick Load'
...you run into a room just as 10 enemies spawn in it, all with spawn protection
...your mission is to escort/protect someone, who seems to love running head-long into gunfire

.... alone you get the drop on the enemy.. your set to go.. you voice your team over ts or vent or the like.. and say "alright move up i got them" then your buddy runs past your prone form blasting away at 1500m with a 9mm laughing the whole time..

sigh happened in DF:LW grrr

....on a claymore "front towards enemy" really means it

how about when you press 'Quick Load' by mistake instead of 'Quick Save'? ... especially if you've been doing well up to that moment...

...when you get teleported to a new world and all the cool guns are gone and now you have one gun with a small amount of ammo...

...when you hit the unmarked save point with one bar of energy and 4 bullets (Halo) and every time you restart, that's what you have

When you're capping a flag in BF2 and you hear the enemy's artillery fire in the distance.

....When you consistantly die seconds after starting alive.

:lol: Ahh these ones got me rolling remembering the good old days!!!

...when things fall apart...like the ceiling, floors, walls, etc.

...when bodies fly past you at very high velocities and screams echo from everywhere (HL2 or F.E.A.R.)

...when someone says "You'll never catch me!"

...When you respawn and there's an enemy tank looking right at you. I actually had a guy sit and watch me for a little while before he blew me up.

...When your in a tank guarding a base, just destroying people and you look up with just enought time to see the Jet flying over your head with all the bombs falling out. God I wish I could have got a screan cap of that to show. It looked AWSOME for the second before I died.

... when an NPC says one of the following:

1.) "Just hold them off for 5 minutes while I enter this code ... "

2.) "I don't like the looks of this ... "

3.) "I'll stay here and keep an eye on things ... You go ahead."

4.) "Follow me" (then he goes running off ....)

5.) "ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!"

... you exit the opponent's base w/ the flag and see that your ride home is just a smoldering pile of metal (Halo2)

AMEN :thumbsup: that right there beats all the rest. I had that happen to me a number of times. Damn you Function keys!!!

Dude that happens in Halo2 also. lol such kick in the nuts.

when your controller starts vibrating while you are neither shooting nor moving

... in the middle of a multiplayer map ... the doorbell rings, your "significant other" decides it would be a good time to have a heart-to-heart bonding discussion or she decides to vacuum.

.....when your digital mouse craps out and you hammer down on it with your fist in a fit of rage because it caused you to die... shattering it to pieces...

never buy a Dexxa mouse

... When you're capping a flag in BF2 just in time to hear "Artillery fire on your position"

... When the pizza man arrives

... When you're trying to count in your head if you have enough time to cap the flag in BF2 before the other team respawns and is pissed.

This next few are WoW (MMO I know, but still applies):
... When you're playing a rogue stealthed hoping for a PvP backstab and some noob auto-follows you giving away your position.

... When you see a Tauren charging you with a weapon larger than he is.

Immediately after you quick save you get nailed for almost all your health with no chance of dodging on the reload (I'm looking at you black headcrabs from HL2).

If you enter a large room/corridor with a single button on the other end. I prefer to call it a "DOOM" room, where I just know somethings going to happen from point A to point B, usually related to "ze button".

...when you're the only one left on ur team with 2% health a knife and 5 guys left to kill
...when you're defusing a bomb and it finishes a sequence then.......BOOM!!!
...when you hear someone behind you pull out a knife
that was all counter strike source

You get a great sniping spot and the noob with grenades on your team forgets where you are and decides that recon-by-fire is a good way to check out that room.

When you're set up with your two favorite weapons and then all the sudden the next level starts and bam, you've lost your sniper rifle and shot gun for a submachine gun, a battle rifle and no grenades.

When your gun only makes that annoying 'click' 'click' 'click' instead of 'bang' 'bang' 'bang'

When your gun holds 6 and there are 8 enemies closing fast

When half of your team are noobs with claymores

When your pilot says its there first time

When you start seeing the old monster models with the new skins

When all the lights go out and the red or blue mood lighting goes on

When the game has friendly fire on and one of your teammates is trigger-happy with his rocket