10 Gaming Moments Where You Play Like An Utter Dick

4. Split-Screen Gaming - Screen-Peaking

This entry realistically applies to so many as well. The typical example though, is that of the split-screen shooter. For those unfortunate folks who have never played an first-person shooter against someone in the same room, screen-peaking is the act of looking at your opponents screen, giving you all the knowledge of exactly where they are, what they're doing, what weapon they have, etc. It's basically the worst, but at the same time, completely unavoidable to a certain degree. I mean, you can only focus on your own screen so much right? What are you going to do? Make your brain completely black out all that extra visual information that's already within your vision? The most one can do is try their best to ignore all that, and it's really not that hard to do when you're into the game or fighting someone intensely. You'll have the occasional lapse but for the most part things are pretty fair. In some cases though, screen-peaking just becomes a part of the game, everyone's doing it and you're all yelling at each other, but it's all in good fun. It feels like crap when you sneak up behind your friend only to have him turn and shoot you in the face because he saw where you were. It's okay though, because you've been looking at his screen and picking him off with a sniper rifle for the past two minutes because of exactly the same thing. Then there's the one jerk who's just facing the ground so no one can see where he is. Screen-peaking is a fact of life for split-screen gaming (which has sadly been on the decline for many years), and it's one of those rare occasions where everyone is being a dick and that's totally okay.