Perhaps the neighbors are Skyrim fans?
related: Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got Call of Duty on pause
extra credit: ‘Modern Warfare’ removes one team’s call of duty [wtop.com]
Perhaps the neighbors are Skyrim fans?
related: Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got Call of Duty on pause
extra credit: ‘Modern Warfare’ removes one team’s call of duty [wtop.com]
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#1
Silence
Dear COD player:
When we called the police, we were worried about your girlfriend/wife/children. By the looks of your 3-4 week commitment to shouting at a videogame, we’re thinking we should still be worried.
Love,
The Neighbors
P.S. No. You’re an adult. You can use an inside voice.
Nov 27, 2011 at 1:36 pm rating: 91
#2
Lauren
And I, as someone who lives in a noisy apartment block and knows exactly how well earplugs don’t work, would have a wide range of ‘slurs’ for this guy.
Nov 27, 2011 at 1:42 pm rating: 91
#3
Madrias
I’d still probably call the cops. Idiot should learn to use a headset so he doesn’t disturb everyone.
After all, I’ve been gaming a long while and no one hears me blowing stuff up. Also, it’s not necessary to shout into your microphone.
Nov 27, 2011 at 1:53 pm rating: 91
#4
HannahB
If you are playing loud enough for someone to call the cops you are doing something wrong. It is called common courtesy.
Nov 27, 2011 at 1:57 pm rating: 91
#5
JonM
P.S. invest in some headphones or we will call the cops again.
Nov 27, 2011 at 2:25 pm rating: 90
#6
Gretchen
I do believe the “I’m going to keep doing this for the next month or so; deal with it” bit negates the “I apologize” bit. May whatever platform he plays this game on suffer a catastrophic and permanent mechanical failure.
Nov 27, 2011 at 2:28 pm rating: 91
#7
Dr. Knight
“Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom–for himself.”
Elbert Hubbard
Nov 27, 2011 at 2:32 pm rating: 90
#8
ClearlyDemented
I don’t know guys, I think it’s amazing that this 12-year-old boy has his own apartment. Let’s focus on the positives here.
Nov 27, 2011 at 2:42 pm rating: 90
#9
infanttyrone
Pwed to an Pwned Cracker
Modern Warfare, nay, my petite Sirrah !
Forsooth, it is too soon to Spill The Wine…
Lord take your soul after War’s last hurrah ?
Mayhaps, but for the nonce yer ass is mine…
http://bit.ly/umQhRG
Nov 27, 2011 at 3:01 pm rating: 90
#10
Asasaas
I hope his neighbors pool together and purchase him a ball gag.
Nov 27, 2011 at 3:28 pm rating: 90
#11
Seanette
So this selfish child thinks his neighbors should be losing their jobs due to sleep deprivation or failing to hear alarm clocks (if earplugs effective enough to block his racket are in play), just so he doesn’t have to interrupt his playing with uniformed reminders that other people have rights too?
Nov 27, 2011 at 5:18 pm rating: 91
#12
bookworm
Dear note-writer: Invest in some good taste.
Nov 27, 2011 at 7:00 pm rating: 90
#13
aliceblue
Dear Putz,
Invest in some manners. If not, I don’t care if you are having a party, having sex, or playing a game that’s title sounds like you’ll be walking virtual dogs or potty-training a virtual sprog. Whatever the activity, do it at a volume appropriate for the time of day or night, or I will call the police
Nov 27, 2011 at 9:02 pm rating: 90
#14
Jimmy James
Not my anecdote, but there was a good bit from Nick Swardson about playing video games with his friends, and all the loud trash-talking they’d do. One day he runs into his downstairs neighbor by the mailbox, and she’s giving him this weird, uncomfortable look until he makes some apology for the ruckus they make. She explains that she didn’t realize that’s what they were doing- she saw a bunch of guys come over to his place regularly, late at night, and then heard them shouting things at each other like, “YEAH! SUCK IT! YOU LIKE THAT, BITCH!?” and had concluded they were filming hardcore gay pornography in there.
Nov 27, 2011 at 9:21 pm rating: 90
#15
JME
There should be a part of CoD games where you go through basic and have a hard-ass drill instructor voiced by R. Lee Ermey who makes you do pushups if you do undisciplined things like curse loudly, and you should have to do the pushups IRL, monitored by a special attachment to the console.
Nov 27, 2011 at 9:42 pm rating: 90
#16
Lollerskates
Looks to me like we got a load of butthurt old people in this piece.
Screw you and your “get off my lawn” mentality.
Video games are fun.
Swearing is fun.
Beating children is fun.
Add them together and there’s no reason NOT to play.
Nov 28, 2011 at 2:07 am rating: 90
#17
Nahhh
Dear Neighbor,
CoD is a game. Games are meant to be fun. If it’s making you swear and yell, it’s not fun. If you continue to play a game that’s no longer fun, you need mental help.
Signed,
A reformed WoW-raider
Nov 28, 2011 at 2:16 am rating: 90
#18
Grant
Well, from what I read on PAN, “Modern Warfare” should involve an exchange of thinly veiled threats written on pink ❤ notepaper.
Nov 28, 2011 at 5:01 am rating: 90
#19
Sara
Ah, Call Of Duty. How I loathe you. I have been subjected to listening to my “adult” husband playing that stupid freaking game until 3am for the past 2 weeks. The note writer is an ass no doubt, but I honestly think they can’t help themselves. That game just does things to people..
Nov 28, 2011 at 6:05 am rating: 90
#20
Canthz_B
I should probably write a version of this letter for when I watch FoxNews.
That crap may have my neighbors thinking I’m either a murderer or a Tourette’s sufferer.
FUCK YOU, HANNITTY!!! I’M GONNA REACH DOWN YOUR THROAT AND PULL OUT YOUR BALLS FOR YOU, YOU SONOFABITCH!!
Nov 28, 2011 at 7:31 am rating: 90
#21
havingfitz
If this guy can squeeze 3-4 weeks out of MW3 he has some serious issues: most of the people I know who bought the game became bored with it in about a week! Now Skyrim on the other hand…
Nov 28, 2011 at 8:09 am rating: 90
#22
Adriana
I’d rather hear my neighbor play Call of Duty than have a neighbor who, I don’t know, invites over the majority of his friends to dance around to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” in what I can only assume was a drunken midnight game of Guitar Hero.
Nov 28, 2011 at 9:29 am rating: 90
#23
redheadwglasses
I’m female, chronologically an adult (almost 44) and I game! WoW and hopefully soon, Skyrim!
Nov 29, 2011 at 11:49 am rating: 90
#24
Jake
Hey..I think I know this guy. I called the cops on him last Wednesday night for just this very thing. (It was after midnight and he wouldn’t stop screaming “shoot, you fuck” over and over.) He lives alone, and for the last 3 weeks, from 9PM to 5AM every night, he plays his stupid game. He seems incapable of using a normal volume with anything he does, and is fond of screaming FUCK over and over when he plays. (My favorite was a recent outburst where he yelled, “Fuck you, you fucking fuck..”) When he’s not playing games he’s fond of singing show-toons, R Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly”, or just sings “doo-doo-doo” over and over as loud as he can in a high pitched voice…and all off key. When his interest in the game dies down he will go back to his first love: playing either a pan flute or child’s recorder…and not any discernable tune, he just blows through it and makes random noises. He’s awesome…no wonder he’s alone.
Nov 30, 2011 at 2:31 am rating: 91
#25
Denver Wagner
Americans have such nice handwriting! =)
Dec 2, 2011 at 10:12 pm rating: 90
#26
Travis
Dear Neighbor,
While I appreciate the need for excessive use of profanity with concerns to a video game, your family and I are trying to sleep in hopes that we can wake up, go to work and support you.
Since you’ve also decided you’re a stock broker, and are keen on my investments, may I suggest some of my own:
Manly handwriting, and a bullet proof vest.
Add me on CODMW2, I’m 4th Prestige.
Dec 3, 2011 at 9:39 am rating: 91
#27
codnoobzsuck
Play Battlefield and you won’t rage over a shitty game like MoneyWasted3
Dec 11, 2011 at 10:36 pm rating: 90
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