15 Enjoyably Dumb Things Gamers Do We Can't Explain

11. Switching Weapons While Running

Hands up if you've been killed in a first person shooter because you've had your side-arm primed for no reason?

Sprinting between combat engagements in an intense shooter like COD or in large-scale firefights in Battlefield will probably only keep you out the action for a couple of seconds in reality, but to your twitchy fingers it feels like an agonising eternity.

So, for no real reason at all, you'€™ll probably find yourself running around these games switching between your primary and secondary weapons. Why? No one really knows, because doing so only ends up with you coming face to face with another player holding a rocket launcher while you scramble to put away your tiny M9.

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