We all have those moments of supreme gamer rage, where all logic seems to fly right out the window, and we turn to any old excuse we can find to blame the game or someone else for our failings as a player. We've all played those games that simply got the better of us and perhaps made us re-evaluate quite how good at games we are - it's a tough reality to face up to, but once the rage has settled and the truth has sunk in, that normally seems to be the case. Of course, sometimes the game is going to be poorly designed and your friends are going to be cheating, but most of the time these tend to be excuses players make to account for their sucky playing ability. Here are 10 excuses gamers make for sucking at games...
10. Lag
Back in 1999, when everyone but the wealthy were still using 56k connections, this might have been a valid complaint, but today, with our 100MB fiber optic lines, the excuse doesn't hold water. Back in the day, lag used to be one of the most infuriating things about online gaming; due to the high latency of 56k modems, your play would be frequently interrupted by a lost connection, and you're helpless as players with better connections could whizz around the map, killing you and winning the game. Nowadays, connections are so fast that your distance from the server doesn't really matter at all; we all have stupidly low pings, and I can't remember the last time I ever complained about getting "lagged out". It's just an extra-convenient way for players to save face given that there's virtually no way to determine if a player really is suffering lag or not (at least unless you're the server admin and can look up their ping). Still, if someone complains about lag these days, I tend to just laugh at them.