Some games instantly ban you from chat if you write alt f4 as an anti-hazing measure. I, being of patrician’s taste, ask in global chat for the command to close a window and giddily watch as microphone icons disappear from the player list.
A blacklist for words is such a lazy solution, lol.
I remember back in the old days of Westwood, their online games had a strict list of bannable words, and it was always fun to bait people into using them with seemingly innocent questions. "Hey, I'm doing a history report on WWII, does anyone know the name of the leader of the SS? Himm-something?"
A blacklist for words is such a lazy solution, lol.
Plenty of games have a little pop-up window that says "are you sure you want to exit?" when you press Alt+F4. That's a much more elegant solution than banning the phrase.
Getting kids, and the bait takers were overwhelmingly children, to recognize the value in avoiding internet people felt like more good than harm. Plenty of casual bigots. Feeling welcome among them is unhealthy
Not a bad meme, but it feels like the Venn diagram of people who have been playing 50+ years, know about the Alt-F4 prank, and can’t figure out how to reload would be a pretty tiny overlap…
I once asked for a niche camera control shortcut and someone said "Alt + the external view button" and I tried it before realizing that the external view button was F4 :/
My fucking boomer dad was the first to hit me with this back in the early 90s. Told me the god mode code in Doom was ctrl+alt+delete. This was back before it asked for any confirmation and just restarted the machine instantly. I ended up doing it 3 times in a row before I realized what was going on.
I'm actually trying to remember when I first learned the real code. I jist remember trying to use Doom's godmode code in Heretic, where instead of becoming immortal, the game kills you with a message like "you've DOOMed yourself."
Anyone remembers the paladin who setup group select key binds with Alt+F1-F5 and was complaining, that selecting the fourth member always crashed the game?
36 Comments
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 55 pts · 38d
Some games instantly ban you from chat if you write alt f4 as an anti-hazing measure. I, being of patrician’s taste, ask in global chat for the command to close a window and giddily watch as microphone icons disappear from the player list.
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 38 pts · 38d
A blacklist for words is such a lazy solution, lol.
I remember back in the old days of Westwood, their online games had a strict list of bannable words, and it was always fun to bait people into using them with seemingly innocent questions. "Hey, I'm doing a history report on WWII, does anyone know the name of the leader of the SS? Himm-something?"
Some poor schmuck: "You mean Himmler?"
User "Poor Schmuck" has been banned for 6 hours.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 38d
Even funnier when the devs or admins strolled by and offered a simple “lol” immediately after the ban. Very goofy times.
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 15 pts · 38d
Everything related to the internet was so unserious and fun.
joelfromaus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 37d
Now it’s all “please don’t swear think of the advertisers/shareholders/profits!”
And pissing off some random idiot teenager could mean having their 1.5 million Twitch followers weaponised against you.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 37d
my response would always be something like "be sure to touch some grass on your walk to the library to look that up."
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 5 pts · 38d
Plenty of games have a little pop-up window that says "are you sure you want to exit?" when you press Alt+F4. That's a much more elegant solution than banning the phrase.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 38d
That's just stupid, it is stupid prank but ultimately harmless.
I can almost guarantee there are more important things they should be worrying about.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 38d
Getting kids, and the bait takers were overwhelmingly children, to recognize the value in avoiding internet people felt like more good than harm. Plenty of casual bigots. Feeling welcome among them is unhealthy
ccunning@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 38d
Setting: Napster Chat c. 1999
User: Why is my download so slow?
Me: If you hold CTRL+ALT and tap DEL as fast as you can it’ll speed it up
Windows 98:
CTRL+ALT+DELx1 = Task Manager
CTRL+ALT+DELx2 = Immediate Reboot
Half the chat: *Disappears*
roadrunner_ex@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 38d
Not a bad meme, but it feels like the Venn diagram of people who have been playing 50+ years, know about the Alt-F4 prank, and can’t figure out how to reload would be a pretty tiny overlap…
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 30 pts · 38d
Wait until you see what kind of crazy controls we're using in 2070.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 11 pts · 38d
"For the last time, it's just like evergthing else, grandpa! You just have to think about what you want to do hard enough and it reads your thoughts."
Im_old@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 38d
aaaand I'm in horny jail
desmosthenes@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 38d
kazerniel@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 38d
is that some sort of tongue controller?
desmosthenes@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 38d
basically yea
roadrunner_ex@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 38d
Touche
Fierro@piefed.social · 2 pts · 38d
Can't think of an instance of reload, but I have had issues with melee, grenade, interact, hook, etc in more than a few games
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 38d
I once asked for a niche camera control shortcut and someone said "Alt + the external view button" and I tried it before realizing that the external view button was F4 :/
vrek@programming.dev · 15 pts · 38d
If you don't speak French, you can remove the French language pack from your Linux install with sudo rm -fr
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 1 pts · 38d
You'd be amazed how much space the french language pack takes up! I was able to reduce my HDD usage to almost zero with this one simple trick!
vrek@programming.dev · 2 pts · 38d
I mean I like their toast but that language pack is just too big
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 14 pts · 38d
My fucking boomer dad was the first to hit me with this back in the early 90s. Told me the god mode code in Doom was ctrl+alt+delete. This was back before it asked for any confirmation and just restarted the machine instantly. I ended up doing it 3 times in a row before I realized what was going on.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 38d
bummer, dude. it activates after the fourth time.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 10 pts · 38d
I'm actually trying to remember when I first learned the real code. I jist remember trying to use Doom's godmode code in Heretic, where instead of becoming immortal, the game kills you with a message like "you've DOOMed yourself."
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 31d
iddqd
Inucune@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 38d
In Star Citizen, you cycle the camera with F4. I've gotten a few people by telling them alt reverses the cycle direction.
AmyAye@nord.pub · 12 pts · 38d
Isn't that the cheat code in Starcraft to get naked Kerrigan pics on Bnet?
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 9 pts · 38d
Damn you, I was in a ranked game!
varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 38d
Anyone remembers the paladin who setup group select key binds with Alt+F1-F5 and was complaining, that selecting the fourth member always crashed the game?
stardustpathsofglory@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 38d
Is that Linus Sebastian?
hoch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 37d
No, that's his grandpa Lionel Sebastian
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 38d
There was a time where Source games had "Quit game" bound to F10 per default
Was a fun time, when you could tell people to press F10 to open the cheat menu or start a votekick
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 38d
Bold of you to assume there will be Windows, or keyboards... or kids
MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 38d
In Factorio you can enter this cmd prompt via powershell to unlock a special game mode.