Most pointless thing you did in a video game?

[Bokan]

Fishing in Breath of Fire 4.
It just had a calming effect on me.

[BiscuitSlash]

Megaman 9 and 10 perfect runs. This may not seem pointless at first, but after that many hours of work... trust me, it was pointless.

I remember EVENTUALLY clearing the game on Hard Mode as Protoman. The combo of that difficulty setting and that character makes the Wily stages become hell.

Never again. From that point on it's either Hard Mode or Protoman.

Normally an extremist gamer like me would like this sort of challenge but no, this challenge just isn't worth it. I'd feel better off doing an X6 minimalist run >_>.

[SmashTheEchidna]

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I delayed an entire battle just to get a shot of this statue of a confused skeleton.
Worth it.

[Kapus]

Miracle Girls: I played the game.

Most pointless thing I've ever done.

[Ivory]

It isn't pointless, Kappy, it is a way of life.

[Yuri Sakazaki]

Playing, streaming the Jetsons SNES game to the very end, absolutely nothing rewarding.

Made me want to quit gaming forever, god I got so pissed off.

Especially considering I had previously BEFORE that streamed other Hanna Barbera related games such as the Flintstones games, which were WAY better, geez.

[Hilman170499]

The inclusion of the dreaded Cucco to my MUGEN rooster roaster roster.(Is MUGEN even considered a game?)

Because I saw vids of those things. Not only is it funny to put a chicken in the battlefield...

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... but it's also down-right hilariously humilating to have an invulnerable flock of fowl defeat pretty much anyone(even Omega Zero!). THAT'S why they're so dreaded in MUGEN.

[apachegrey]

Playing the first disc of FFVII. Really wish I could have skipped everything on that disc.

[Nostalgia]

Play Half-Life: Blue Shift

[cybersavior]

Some may view this as pointless... I played through Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim without ever using fast travel.

[Knux]

Maxing out my gold in Shovel Knight. Though really, it wasn't that difficult thanks to Alchemy Coin spam whenever possible.  

[LarissaFlash]

bind k kill ; +use; wait 30 ; kill

[Mr. Sean Nelson]

Finding and closing every oblivion gate individually in Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

[Beed28]

In Minecraft, creating a Caves of Chaos world in 1.8 and then destroying as much of the land as you can.

Also, using an empty bucket in Creative Mode to completely drain lava pools.

[Russel]

Recently?
Rayman 2: The Great Escape on Nintendo 64 - collecting all 1000 lums.
[Yes 1000, thanks Blathers.]
It was painful but somehow worth in a really weird way.