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Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by Taluntain, May 26, 2005.

  1. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    What we asked:

    Q: Do you prefer to use headphones or speakers when gaming?
    (531 votes total)

    I always prefer speakers (254) 48%
    Depends on the game and/or situation (150) 28%
    I always prefer headphones (95) 18%
    I have no preference (20) 4%
    I don't have the sound on when gaming (12) 2%

    Nearly half of the poll participants (48%) always prefer to use speakers when gaming.

    With 28% of those who voted, it depends on the game and/or situation whether they prefer to use headphones or speakers.

    18% of all who voted always prefer headphones when gaming.

    Lastly, 4% of people who participated in the poll have no preference to headphones or speakers, and 2% don't have the sound on when gaming at all.

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    Taluntain, May 26, 2005
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  2. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    I realise that it would depend on the game, but I can't imagine playing with no sound at all.
     
    Splunge, May 26, 2005
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  3. Spellbound

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    Well, I'm playing HL2 currently -- and whenever you do a reload, let's say because your character dies, the bot that monitors your character's health stutters during the reload process.

    Let's say she was saying: "Death is imminent". Well while you load, which can take up to 35 seconds, she gets about 3/4 through that sentence and then stutters on the word "imminent" and you hear "immi...immi...immi...immi... repeated over and over and over in a monotone the will make you gnash your teeth to stumps.

    I turn the speakers off -- either that, or I'd throw my mouse through the screen. :D :p
     
    Spellbound, May 26, 2005
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    I love to play with headphones :D
     
    Lynadin, May 26, 2005
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    I normally use speakers but if I am not alone I will use headphones instead.

    I too have turned the speakers off for a couple of games that had bad sound glitches. In both cases they were old DOS games that don't really work properly in a windows environment.
     
    JSBB, May 26, 2005
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  6. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Splunge - the reason I play with no sound is that I'm usually playing when the baby is asleep. So, I need the sound off (or down low) so that I don't wake him up, but I still need to be able to hear if he wakes up or starts crying.
     
    Harbourboy, May 26, 2005
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