Physical habits and gamer-faces!

[Tee ay eye]

What do you do physically when you play Smash? Other than moving your hands, of course.

Do you have a weird or otherwise recognizable gamer face (e.g. Forward)? Do you use your body to DI? Do you puff your cheeks (e.g. PC Chris, Jman)?

I personally have a glazed look on my face with my mouth open. I've drooled on myself before while playing Smash, actually.

I also do Mario Kart DI, so I turn my whole body and angle my controller when I get hit as though it'll make my DI better. Also, I jerk/jump around a lot when I play, especially when I land spikes, tippers, and sweetspot dolphin slashes. My extreme physical reactions to Smash have resulted in many dropped combos I've even fallen out of a chair before because it was so bad.

Anyway, I just wanted to survey General Melee Discussion and see everyone's quirks... I know that Falcon players have a slight tendency to be completely stone cold when they play.... I guess they have to be able to keep their cool to control him lol.

 

[Melomaniacal]

I'm pretty much completely neutral and expressionless when I play. I've been told that I look bored.

 

[DSP]

I've even fallen out of a chair before because it was so bad.

God, I would've loved to see that.
I stay pretty calm physically, but my emotions transcend onto my face pretty quick. If I'm playing Pichu against Ganon for giggles, I seem to look pretty afraid... but I can't help but get a ****-eating grin on my face when I pulled off something sweet. My face lightens up after a 0-death with Falcon. People think I'm mocking them. :<

 

[T.J.]

I noticed lately I will like, lick near my lips on a intense part in a game for some reason. I allways feel stupid when I do :<

I hope that whenever I go to a tourny I will not do this lol

 

[Strong Badam]

>Mario Kart DI
*dead*

I'm generally expressionless. I smile sometimes if I'm having fun but otherwise it's all Stoneface Steve Austin

 

[Jonas]

I have a friend who plays with his tounge.

No he still manipulates his controller solely with his hands, his tounge is just as much into the game as his hands are. A Swedish player commented: "It looks like he's eating."
I was also at a Swedish tournament once were I saw a guy who did the exact same thing with his tounge

 

[Strong Badam]

anyone seen Broly play?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lljog39Ta0c

 

[Walt]

Every time a stock gets totally destroyed I adjust my glasses. Regardless if it was my stock or my opponents. Pretty much adjust my glasses anytime something awesome happens. I have also noticed falcon players stay pretty stonefaced. If anyone in norcal remembers Bchu he has the most hilarious tongue movement during matches. I love that guy.

 

[Jonas]

anyone seen Broly play?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lljog39Ta0c

He's excused because he kinda has to

I have also noticed falcon players stay pretty stonefaced.

Which makes SS the overlord of all Falcon Players.

 

[Strong Badam]

darkrain and ss are both like stonefaced when they're playing in tournament.

additionally apparently I adjust my cap after a stock if I'm wearing one.

 

[Grim Tuesday]

I always look like this:

I'm the guy with the black Disturbed shirt in the middle.

Sort-of on the line between bored and incredibly focused xD

I also look down whenever I make a mistake.

 

[Veetaak]

My tongue might slip out a bit while I combo or sometimes my mouth gets stuck in a certain way. Only when I focus real hard though

 

[Beat!]

I used to do a lot of silly facial expressions, like opening my mouth when doing technical stuff. It looked ridiculous.
I've been putting in an effort to get rid of it though, so I think I look pretty neutral nowadays.

 

[Rykard]

i'm pretty sure i smile a lot as a play just because that is generally the expression on my face most of the time, though nobody has ever really commented on it. I'm quite a fan of Nintendude's game face lmao

 

[MasterShake]

I think I play with a goofy smile and an otherwise expressionless face.

Though I have been captured just like TAI's picture lol.

And when I play HRC I definitely lick my lips...

Also when something big happens like a smash attack or I'm trying to DI something, I jump like I just got shocked or some ****.

 

[stelzig]

Sometimes when I try to snake in f-zero I have the whole moving your mouth as well thing, lol.
In crash team racing I've had the glazed look as well.

Don't think I have a particular gamer face when playing smash (maybe I never focus as much as I have done in other games - possibly because of the social aspect where the two other games have been during time trials). Someone once told me that I move/shake the actual controller alot though... Don't think I really do that alot though, lol.

 

[King Funk]

Yeah I think I'm gonna make pictures of danish smash players and faces because we actually have a nice balanced variety. xD

 

[CloneHat]

I have a friend who sticks his tongue out whenever he's trying to concentrate.

I usually stay pretty calm, but I tense up when I do tricky techskill things.

 

[Myztek]

I've taken notice of this with many players.

Friend of mine, IHaveSpaceBalls, does a lot of funny mouth movements. It's fun to watch ;P He puffs his cheeks when he's doing technical things. (sorry for calling you out Jack! ;D)

And one guy I play with fairly often rages at the game a lot. I've watched his face while he's playing other people, and he looks happy/relieved when he's winning, looks mad when he's doing a combo, and starts to look depressed if he loses the lead. I think it's also why his gameplay isn't very consistent. He gets too emotional when he plays.

I tend to have a motionless face when I play. Sometimes, I'll hang my mouth open. I used to be super intense when I was younger. My tongue would be all over the place. >_>; But, nowadays, I mostly just keep a steady face.

 

[DualCats]

If I have much of a gamer face, no one has informed me. But I'm prone to getting out of my seat and yelling like a lunatic if anything outrageous happens. I always tend to adjust the way I'm sitting while I'm playing but I think that has little to do with the game.

 

[Teczer0]

I've been told by IL players that when I dthrow tech chase someone I always seem to take a finger and fix my glasses.

And that they thought I was trying to look into their soul or something to see their next tech.

Pretty funny. Never noticed it myself though LOL

 

[ihavespaceblondes]

Friend of mine, IHaveSpaceBalls, does a lot of funny mouth movements. It's fun to watch ;P He puffs his cheeks when he's doing technical things. (sorry for calling you out Jack! ;D)

Came into this topic to say "I've been told I *summarized version of above*," so mission accomplished I guess.

 

[Tee ay eye]

If I have much of a gamer face, no one has informed me. But I'm prone to getting out of my seat and yelling like a lunatic if anything outrageous happens. I always tend to adjust the way I'm sitting while I'm playing but I think that has little to do with the game.

semi-British accent: "OHHHH YEEESSSSSS! HUH-HUH-HUH-HUH-HUH-HUH"

 

[Strong Badam]

mew2king rocks a lot and does weird **** with this eyebrows/eyes sometimes o.o

 

[DualCats]

semi-British accent: "OHHHH YEEESSSSSS! HUH-HUH-HUH-HUH-HUH-HUH"

Also that <_____<

And sometimes I say "WAT?"

 

[StretchNutz]

sometimes I get a bonero and I just let it poke out and hang there to intimidate my opponents. I play Luigi so it is large.

 

[Tee ay eye]

and sometimes you let it misfire in their faces

 

[Nintendude]

PC Chris has some funny gamer face where he puffs his cheeks.

When I play I tend to open my mouth slightly lol

 

[Fly_Amanita]

I've been told that I look angry when I play, although I'm generally quite calm.

 

[TheZhuKeeper]

People tell me I grind my teeth.

 

[Zodiac]

I dont have an expression when I play, its just super intense

 

[ru5514n]

My expression is usually more or less calm, though it becomes more concentrated if I combo somebody, or just spam techskill in general. When I get hit, I often flinch, and when I lose a stock, I sometimes shake my head.

 

[Lovage]

if i'm intently watching someone play or watching videos, when a fox accidentally side+b's off the stage my right thumb always TWITCHES in real life so i can cancel his illusion before he dies LOL

 

[soju]

In tournament play, I usually chuckle or sometimes laugh when something stupid happens during my match. e.g. I get a phantom usmash in then get knee'd in the face. Luckily, haven't had anyone that has had a problem with this.

 

[~Tac~]

if i'm intently watching someone play or watching videos, when a fox accidentally side+b's off the stage my right thumb always TWITCHES in real life so i can cancel his illusion before he dies LOL

Life saving bro, right here. ^

I hear I'm pretty stone-faced when I play, but when I'm in the zone I jerk my hands a little with continued combos. So I can catch them before they escape. Proven fact, lolol.

 

[t3h Icy]

Quiet, calm, stoneface.

 

[Strong Badam]

if i'm intently watching someone play or watching videos, when a fox accidentally side+b's off the stage my right thumb always TWITCHES in real life so i can cancel his illusion before he dies LOL

hahahaa this is amazing

 

[DualCats]

In tournament play, I usually chuckle or sometimes laugh when something stupid happens during my match. e.g. I get a phantom usmash in then get knee'd in the face. Luckily, haven't had anyone that has had a problem with this.

I do this too, actually, and I'm always worried I'm going to offend someone. :/

 

[ETWIST51294]

Stoneface (and I look either mad or bored for some reason) or I chew on my toung, but I don't always do that.

I think one of the most notable people who does stuff like ths is Jman. He chews the **** outta his lip.

 

[Kason Birdman]

I do this too, actually, and I'm always worried I'm going to offend someone. :/

omg me too haha


and my one friend sticks his tounge out when he plays..

I don't really do anything.. just wipe the sweat off my hands onto my pants in between stocks, but a lot of people do that lol.

oh, sometimes when I get caught up in playing and am going really fast I lose control of my conch and it flips into the air and then I start frantically juggling it trying to get a grip of it again... I donno how the hell this happens... but it does lol.