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June 14, 2014, 03:15:02 PM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #60 on: June 14, 2014, 03:15:02 PM »
In C&C: Red Alert I still frequently build huge forces of tanks and aircraft and send them around the map, even though the enemy is stuck in one corner with a tiny base & no credits, and can be wiped out easily by only a few infantry.

June 23, 2014, 06:08:12 AM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #61 on: June 23, 2014, 06:08:12 AM »
Pokemon
Catched 2 magikarps tossed my pokebals away traded my starter pokemon and wasted my money

B-Daman
Keeping b-damans blank

Super mario
Jumpin in pits

super smash bros
SUPAH RUNNING FROM ENEMIES

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one thing..... POTTERY BREAKING

June 23, 2014, 08:51:35 PM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #62 on: June 23, 2014, 08:51:35 PM »
In The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, there's a shovel you can get that basically digs up grass tiles, occasionally giving you rupees or hearts or something, and really isn't that useful except for a couple puzzles.
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June 24, 2014, 01:04:50 AM
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« Reply #63 on: June 24, 2014, 01:04:50 AM »
I recently found that my BN3 cart was working, and proceeded to finish the virus breeder, as I only had Swordy Omega, Momogra Omega, and the Mushy Omega viruses left. It took me 200 bugfrags to farm in total, since I had enough for the Swordy Viruses. Why is this pointless? I don't use any of the virus chips in my folder, and the Momogra virus chip has to be the most useless chip ever.

It strikes two panels ahead of Megaman, does a lame amount of damage, and is the most annoying virus ever to farm AND obtain, the Omega location being where Bubbleman once was. Ugh.

June 24, 2014, 11:12:41 AM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #64 on: June 24, 2014, 11:12:41 AM »
In terms of the reward that the game gave me, spending at least 40-50 attempts on trying to defeat BassGS. Getting the Bass+ chip was like getting a crapton of money (at that point in the game, I stopped needing money long ago).

I did get a lot of self satisfaction from defeating him however.

June 24, 2014, 11:37:09 AM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #65 on: June 24, 2014, 11:37:09 AM »
Pointless stuff? Well, one pointless thing I did was complete all the courses of Mario Kart Double Dash!! in Time Trials with the characters that "own" that course (like for example, Luigi and Mario in the Green Fire for Luigi Circuit, or Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in the DK Jumbo for DK Mountain)

For ones that don't belong to certain characters, I just used characters that didn't have their own courses in the first place (so things like Toad and Toadette in the Toad Kart for Mushroom Bridge, or Petey Piranha and King Boo in the Piranha Pipes for Rainbow Road)

('course, as it turns out, the game's data shows that Mushroom Bridge is Koopa's, Mushroom City is Paratroopa's, and Dino Dino Jungle is Diddy Kong's, which don't match what I did, but whatever)

June 26, 2014, 11:27:46 AM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #66 on: June 26, 2014, 11:27:46 AM »
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Collected every mask in LoZ: Majora's Mask on my first playthrough.

How is that pointless its needed for a 100% run tho

June 26, 2014, 05:41:45 PM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #67 on: June 26, 2014, 05:41:45 PM »
I assume many people who played Aria of Sorrow had a similar experience.
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June 26, 2014, 05:59:37 PM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #68 on: June 26, 2014, 05:59:37 PM »
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I assume many people who played Aria of Sorrow had a similar experience.
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July 21, 2014, 03:21:00 PM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #69 on: July 21, 2014, 03:21:00 PM »
Terraria: fighting the dungeon guardian.
Oh, and using Zombie Gat in Saints Row 3.

July 21, 2014, 10:03:53 PM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #70 on: July 21, 2014, 10:03:53 PM »
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.

July 25, 2014, 03:39:27 AM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #71 on: July 25, 2014, 03:39:27 AM »
In Super Mario Sunshine: I spread the goop across the entire god damned Bianca Hills map... by SLIDING. I probably wasted about 2 and a half hours doing so...

July 26, 2014, 02:08:37 AM
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« Reply #72 on: July 26, 2014, 02:08:37 AM »
Oh wow, when I was re-playing Super Mario Sunshine, I did that too.

What's funny, is when before you clear the goop from the Grand Pianta Statue, there's this Pianta that walks from near the police station to where the goop is.
If you spread it in the direction that he comes, he'll fall into it.

What you can do after, is  spread it FURTHER, so once you clear him off and speak to him, he'll start walking from where he came.... and fall right back into the goop again.
Their 'Nooooooo!" voice clip that plays EVERY TIME just makes it even more funny to me.

Another funny thing involving falling Piantas has to do with Goobles (those little things that come out of goop and spread it around by exploding)
If you get a Pianta all clear, and leave them to jump around instead of talking to them, get a Gooble to come near and jump right where the Pianta is.

If the goop gets right under the Pianta, they won't fall in...... until you talk to them and stop them from dancing.
It's pretty funny, especially when it happens by accident!

You can also try this with the Toad near the lighthouse in Delfino Plaza before you clear the goop from there!
And also during the first Shadow Mario chase, which if you leave enough of his goop, you can almost spread it around the entire plaza!
And in this case, you can get a ton of Piantas to fall into goop that aren't meant to. Sadly, they still say the "You saved me! Thanks a bundle!" text the rest of 'em do, instead of the "!!!ERROR!!! Message could not be loaded." text of the test room.
(mind you, that's probably because the save Pianta text is saved with the level, instead of with the actual Pianta itself)

August 06, 2014, 11:13:45 PM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #73 on: August 06, 2014, 11:13:45 PM »
Eating [pretty much] every Pac-Dot in Pac-Man World 3. The fact there is not a maximum amount doesn't help either.

August 27, 2014, 01:04:47 AM
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Re: Most pointless thing you did in a video game?
« Reply #74 on: August 27, 2014, 01:04:47 AM »
Beating the Boss Rush in Shovel Knight with only the Dust Knuckles, because why the heck not?