I ALMOST DID IT ;.;

[Jojenga]

This is a game thread. Basically, post a time here in a video game, you came OH SO CLOSE to finishing something, but something went and fucked it up.

Heres an example, and its also my thing that happened.

I was playing the Dark Brotherhood questline in oblivion, and i had to go kill a man named Baenlin. BUT, i had to make the kill look like an accident, and i couldnt kill his bodyguard.

I killed him all accident-like, his bodyguard saw me leave, and gave chase. I, wanting the bonus, ran from him.

...a passing guard killed him.

the quest specifics were that if he was killed, i could not get the bonus of the quest.

SO...now you guys go :3

[TailsDollFan]

GOd damn, I've got a ton of these moments from Super Mario Galaxy, especially from the Purple Coin Comets. ;-;

One of the more distinct ones that I was in the Junk Yard Galaxy, and it was my 10th try, and I was getting desperate, now remember, it was a timed episode for 10 minutes. So, I came so close, I had finally collected the 100th coin with 2 seconds on the clock remaining, and the short little cut scene showed the star appearing, then when it ended, the timer didnt stop, and I was on the complete other side away rom the star.
I raged so bad.

[HyperShadowClone]

A couple of things just recently in Brawl that I could post here.
I was bored and decided to go for all the boss trophies, which I haden't ever bothered to do.

Walls of text alert. Look for bold for too long didn't read thing.

I started with Tabuu...
So, the first time I got him down to low enough health, I waited for a trophy stand... And waited... And waited... Then FINALLY just as one appears, I run for it... Completely ignoring the fact that Tabuu was about to use his insta-kill rings attack thingy. Thus, just as I got the throphy stand, I died.
And I generally suck at Brawl, so that was my last life.
Then, the 2nd time...
I got him down to low enough health, and luckily this time a trophy stand appeared pretty quickly... As did an explosive box. Tabuu does some attack where he kinda dives down than goes back up, whilst holding a purple-spear-thingy... During it, he hitsthe explosive box... Making it explode... Killing him. Without me getting a chance to hit him with the trophy stand.
Okay, the THIRD time...
He gets low health, I wait for trophy stand etc., then he does that attack where he's to the side of the platform, and he makes a giant lazar go across. I jump over it, and throw the trophy stand at him, whilst at the same time yelling "I GOTZ A RAWR!" (Yes, I actually yell that in victory in real life, shush) and it hits. He turns into a trophy and... Falls down off the screen...
4th time, just basically repeat the third one, except he was using his 'grappling whip' attack thingy. Yes, Iwas stupid enough to throw the stand at him when he was over the pit AGAIN...
5th time I finally succeded.

tl-dr: Tabuu loves killing at the most irritating moments, suicides, opera, falling in pits, tulips, and nice long walks on the beach.


Most other bosses were fine, except 1 time when Porky blew himself up with an explosive box.
And Ridley...
Ridley's a pain. He keeps killing himself in some new different ways. Explosive boxes, extremely-well-timed bomb-ombs exploding as he flies over, you name it. The worst part is the level to him is so. Damn. Long! Tabuu was fine, just a couple of rooms and I can be at him, but oh no, not Ridley just decides to constantly make life harder for me. I still haven't gotten him yet.

tl-dr: Ridley is emo.


Overall, Brawl hates me.

[Razer]

On NiGHTS, I would've gotten Record breaking Scores many many times, if it weren't for Jackle coming and Kicking my ass.

[Luna]

Shoot The Bullet:

I don't know what stage, but I was just about to get the last shot and then...

I rammed into a bullet. Woo! Really funny.

And Syobon Action's ending on stage 1-1. Damn.

[Ness]

When I was playing Pokemon...
I was on my last pokemon, A Spinda, and a Hitmontop was my opponet.

I used Phychic, And it killed him...BUT WAIT! HE WAS HOLDING A FOCAS BAND/SASH!
He used double kick...R.I.P Spinda.

D:

[Pyro]

I Wanna Be the Guy: I finally made it past all these lazers, when sticky keys activated, making me die without even being touched...
Phoenix Wright 2: I made it through a really long case... Without saving, and it crashed... Losing all my data...
Megaman: Killed cut man, grabbed the item, stood still for a second, then got killed by the cut things that he threw before he died.
Any Touhou game: It freezes for a second, then I am hit by a bullet...
Any Computer or internet game: Lag...

[TailsDollFan]

Feb 6, 2010 12:37:30 GMT -5 Ness said:

When I was playing Pokemon...
I was on my last pokemon, A Spinda, and a Hitmontop was my opponet.

I used Phychic, And it killed him...BUT WAIT! HE WAS HOLDING A FOCAS BAND/SASH!
He used double kick...R.I.P Spinda.

D:

The real question was why you were using a Spinda. :u

[G-Virus]

In Tekken 6 I came so close to beating Azazel the very first time until the he decided to be a bitch and began blocking all my attacks and killed me ;-;

[HyperShadowClone]

Feb 6, 2010 17:14:11 GMT -5 TailsDollFan said:

The real question was why you were using a Spinda. :u

No, TDF.
The true question is...
WHY WAS HE PLAYING POKEMON!?


EDIT: Okay, now for something actually on-topic.

The Brawl Trophies again...
I hate Meta Ridley just as much as Ridley now. Lets just leave it at that.

[Dornob]

I don't remember what game it was, but...

I was fighting this hard son-of-a-bitch, when I'm just about to kill him/her, the bastard stops me and decimates me.

Then again, I have some of the shittiest luck known to man, so it could've been my RPGs.

[Kirby Doll]

I, like Jo, was playing Oblivion. Just playing around and exploring caves. In one cave there was a ton of bandits who had some pretty sweet artifacts; worth a lot of money. (Probably a 5000 gold retail sale value, if not more. Plus the Gold I found.) Anyway, I get to the end of the cave and obtain the final treasure and whatnot. However, I killed one of the bandits and she fell over a cliff from the impact of my sword. She had a glass weapon of some sort, which was probably worth 800 gold. So, I looked over the edge to see if I could jump down safely, only to find it was too deep. But when I tried to go back up, I found that I couldn't! I was starting to slide off the edge! So, I fell to my death. Sadly I never saved after my plundering, so I had to start all over again from the beginning. Which was a bit annoying.

Luckily it wasn't a quest, but it still really sucked. l:

[Ness]

Feb 6, 2010 17:14:11 GMT -5 TailsDollFan said:

Feb 6, 2010 12:37:30 GMT -5 Ness said:

When I was playing Pokemon...
I was on my last pokemon, A Spinda, and a Hitmontop was my opponet.

I used Phychic, And it killed him...BUT WAIT! HE WAS HOLDING A FOCAS BAND/SASH!
He used double kick...R.I.P Spinda.

D:

The real question was why you were using a Spinda. :u

It was my last pokemon, and it learned Phychic. :l

[Anthony the Wolf]

Ok I ot a good/bad one (depending on your postion also Ray, and Tom know about this) I had my new game, Sonic advance 3 for gameboy, I was trying to get the last emerald, I had JUST ENOUGH rings to beat it, I`m almost there, suddenly I get hit and fail...for the 15th time.

Another one I have is during my playing of a wii gam "Super Mario 64" I`m about to get the last star (the 120th one) and it`son the BIG platform but it was on the edge of it. I had not saved te last 5 stars, and they were hard as hell to get, I`m about to get the last one, I get cocky wth joy... AND...I fell of the edge of the platform...and lost my final life and it took my 5 hours to get that one last star.

[tailsdollbuster121]

This reminds me of playing sonic R I got all the coins in radical city i almost beat tails doll but he used the speed boost thing and beat me...for the 100th time I got so upset i chucked the game out the window..hitting my mom's car..you know what happens next...