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Button Mash likes video games. Sweetie Belle likes Button Mash. Button doesn't know much about Sweetie. Sweetie doesn't know much about video games. Following this formula, Sweetie Belle decides she must learn to like video games in order for Button to learn to like her. It's a solid plan.

Except for the fact that she sucks at video games.

Chapters (5)
Comments ( 66 )

Ooo, nice use of Sunset and Adagio. You blended them into Sweetie Belle's story wonderfully. I am really looking forward to the next chapter. Something about Sweetie playing video games seems hilariously disastrous, somewhat like her cooking. :raritywink:

Comment posted by Unidentified deleted Aug 11th, 2015

6306215 I was considering for a slight second to start playing one of those and writing a chapter based on that experience, but I felt like I could do without the raised blood pressure. Hope you enjoy the rest, and don't be afraid to drop some suggestions for games she could play.

and, the strangest to her, “cod”, which she thought was a fish, and was confused as to why Button and his friends were talking about it.

We're lucky this story is tagged Everyone. Otherwise, we would end up seeing Sweetie Belle slowly morph into a person filled with pure rage. CoD would hurt her rather than help.

6306217 In a past story, Love Beats Stupid, I slipped a small joke about Adagio waiting for Half-Life 3. Somehow, that evolved into a permanent headcanon that Adagio is a gamer. Hope you enjoy seeing more of them, because I expect to use them more often.

And, if you have any suggestions for games you'd like to see her play, I'd love to hear it.

6306236 CoD is coming. Probably not for a while, but I couldn't live with myself if I let this story conclude without poking fun at Battlefield and/or Call of Duty.

Got any ideas for games for her to play? I'd love to hear them.

6306254 Halo, Minecraft, (Was going to say God of War but realized it was for Playstation.), Bioshock, Titanfall, Need for Speed, L4D2, etc.

If you are planning to do CoD, which one(s) are you going to have Sweetie Belle play? Treyarch styled CoD (WaW,BO), Infinity Ward styled CoD(MW,Ghosts), or Sledgehammer styled CoD (AW)?

If you have Sweetie Belle play BF you should let her try to drive some of the vehicles. Oh, and don't forget the premium players that infest the lobbies.

6306354 Minecraft is a given, and I actually did intend for her to acquire new consoles and games, so God of War is a very big possibility. I like the idea of Sweetie playing Bioshock 2 and Left 4 Dead, and, since I adore Titanfall, I'd probably work a chapter in there.

As for Call of Duty, I'd probably have her play Black Ops 2, because it seems to be most people's favorites, and it's the one I've played the most. Alternatively, she'll play MW3, simply because that's my favorite.

6306363 Eh, BO2 wasn't my cup of tea. With my horrible accuracy and the TTK in core gamemodes I couldn't stand it. Hardcore is supreme.

MW3 in the other hand (Hoof? Whatever) was my favorite as well. As long as you avoided the lobbies with invincible/invisible players you would do fine. She MUST play Infected.

Oh! How about The Last of Us?

6306380 Hm... Interesting. The Last of Us somehow slipped my mind. She will definitely be playing that at some point.

Whheee vidyah games. ^^

Read your first sentence out loud, though. I think it needs a tune up. :x

6306577 Thanks, I really should've caught that. I appreciate it

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What happened to Adagio's hair?

6307396 Right, not everyone gets that joke. Allow me to refer you to a past story called Love Beats Stupid. In the chapter titled "BONUS CHAPTER: Adagio's Initiation", that is explained.

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6307738 Ah, thanks.

Oh sweetie belle
Not only completely naive about games but also starting on one of the most un friendly gamer communities, not only Xbox but also cod
Tsk, I expect button to have his work cut out for him

6306408 The Last of Us is for Playstation only. Though Sweetie Belle could give it a try if she were to go round Button's place at some point in the story or she somehow got a PS3 through sheer coincidence.

Solid start and I look forward to the rage! :flutterrage:

Liked and Faved! :pinkiehappy:

This chapter reminds me of the times my cousin would constantly kick my butt in Marvel vs Capcom 3. I hated every moment of it. Thankfully I have learned the technique of "yoloing" and "button mashing." Spam the Hulk and M.O.D.O.K with pleasure! :pinkiecrazy:

Skyrim

Now, this is an interesting topic. Are the requests for console games only?

...You have to have her play Dark Souls and not realise that the game was designed to be notoriously difficult! Her rage will be my rage! (I'm pretty sure Dark Souls is a multi-platform game)

Anyway this chapter was really good and got Sweetie Belle's frustation across pretty well. I'm sort of surprised she didn't rage quit but she's determined enough that it's believable.

Keep on writing :pinkiehappy:

I think Skyrim would be a great place to go with next. A LOT of funny potential.

And you should probably save Dark Souls for later. Just when Sweetie thinks she is getting good at video games....

6317400 Well, just read my mind and spill all my secrets, why don't you! :trollestia:

“I bought this game months before it was released for free,” cackled Sweetie Belle. “I know tech that you could only dream of!”

This should be Scootaloo speaking, I think.

6317853 Thank you so much! I have this weird issue where I accidentally swap names if they're similar enough. Apparently, sharing the first letter is similar enough. Thanks for catching that

I have a playstation 4 but used to own an Xbox so I like to think I know how both communities are
Playstation players tend to be (but aren't always) quiet and skittish
Xbox players tend to be (but aren't always) aggressive and rude
Of course both communities have good and bad sports but for the most part I think that's how both sides act
Sweetie belle chose the Xbox and if she gets a hold of a mic... Well... Lets just say scootaloo being a troll will be the least of her problems

6322855 Interesting, because my research gave men the exact opposite findings. I'm about to commit some console heresy here, but PlayStation fans are amongst the most pretentious, biased, annoying people I've ever met on the internet. Not to say that Xbox has a perfect fan base, but it seems that more idiots and jackasses gravitate towards PlayStation.

Just an observation

6323055
Odd that I'd found the opposite, maybe I haven't had enough data from both communities...
Are you including both the Xbox 1 and playstation 4 or only playstation 3 and Xbox 360?
Also ouch I mostly play on the playstation :fluttercry:

6323617 My first-hand experience is from 3 and 360, but reading forums, listening to conversations, and watching gameplay is where I found most of my date for 4 and One.

No need to feel "ouch". I'm not calling everyone on PlayStation a jackass. Just a lot of them

6323626
Ah well this seems like research for some other time because I speak from personal experience on both accounts (playstation and Xbox) and it varies depending on what games I play, seeing that I play a much more cooperative game like destiny it might be because of that
And because not only do I feel that this chain of conversation has gotten too serious and because your profile pic reminded me of it heres the cutest picture of fluttershy I've seen
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6323641 *sighs* That picture is so sweet, it gave me Type 2 Diabetes. Kriss, go get my insulin!

6329627 Soon, loyal reader. Not much can be promised in this world, but I promise you that therewill most ccertainly be more and it will come soon.

As soon as I can think of a game Sweetie would willingly pick up on her own.

6329898 Spiral Knights? Ooh, maybe Team Fortress 2?!:raritystarry::pinkiehappy:

I'm both excited to see where this goes, and afraid of what might happen. I'm not sure how to feel. :derpyderp1:

I always thought of Button playing more of the...adventure and/or fantasy genre(s). Especially with we got from the Button's Adventures Pilot.

6507897 For the sake of easy storytelling, I'm going to make Button a bit like myself: willing to play almost anything, but partial to RPGs.

I would be interested in seeing how Sweetie would tackle EarthBound and/or EarthBound Beginnings.

Especially EarthBound Beginnings, so that she dies to a hippie 10 seconds after leaving Ninten's house by going the wrong way. I know I sure did.

6518781 The problem with doing something like Earthbound is that I have exactly zero experience with the game. Haven't played it, haven't seen it, haven't even heard of that particular entry in the series. That's not to say that I'll never do it, but it'll take a bit more thought. I will consider it though.

6518995 I can probably help you with that. Anyway, just something for you to consider.

Maybe this would move past Button Mash and just become a fun thing for the two to share.

Yeah cause, you know, buck Applebloom and her PlayStation!

Yeah, I'm kinda concerned for the lack of AB considering that she'd probably want to help too. And, as difficult as this is to accept, most games for the Xbox and PlayStatio are exactly the same. You only have a few exclusives like The Last of Us, Gears of War...and others I can't think of off the top of my head. Besides, I play both. Ratchet and Clank is one of my all time favourite franchises and, at that point, I had an Xbox.

Oh well, minor gripe really. Plus Sweetie Belle playing on her own is kinda boring. Having Scoots and AB round to tease her would be much more entertaining. I think it also might be funny if Rarity actually beat a level Sweetie Belle couldn't get past! :rainbowlaugh:

Keep on writing!

6526344 Don't worry, sir, Applebloom will most certainly be involved. In fact, she'll be showing up in the very next chapter. The only reason she hasn't been here so far is because I was being far too logical. I believe Scootaloo could get away with skipping school. However, I'm fairly confident that Aj would have her sister's ass if she cut.

Fortunately, Applebloom will be getting off of punishment just in time for Halloween.

6526398 Oh yeah! Applebloom was grounded! Ignore me, I can't brain today. I has the dumb. :derpytongue2:

6527701 If you don't and you'd like a neat little schmup, give it a go. You can't beat free.

6527839 No I have "One more Try" syndrome. It's a terrible way to go.

6535006 One More Go Syndrome is what made me voice to never play Dark Souls ever gain. A vow that I'm going to have to break in a couple of chapters... I'm looking forward to the agony

Fallout 4 is out soon, and Assassin's Creed Syndicate is out now. It's the winter season so, understandably, alot of games are going to be out.

And Button made an appearance! Huzzah!

Great Chapter. It's good that Sweetie actually didn't suck too bad at this game, she just got scared by it! :rainbowlaugh: Can't wait for the next one!

My first game was Pokemon Ruby, ah memories.

Plus, high-heel handguns are considered universally cool

You are not wrong.

“DmC stands for Devil May Cry?” she asked. Scootaloo nodded. “So this game is called Devil May Cry: Devil May Cry?” Again, Scootaloo nodded. “That’s SSC: Some Stupid Crap.”

Yep.

“We were just trying to buy some games for Sweetie,” said Scootaloo. “Oh! You’re a million years old, right?”
“Careful, kid, those are fighting words,” growled the Siren. “I am exactly one thousand seven hundred thirty-six years old, and I do not look a day over a thousand!” She cleared her throat. “Why do you ask?”

This is amazing.

“I swear, that idiot Aria wants me to kill her in her sleep,” grumbled Adagio. “I was in the middle of an Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode Terramorphus run with some friends, and she comes along and punt kicks my Xbox!” The room gasped in horror. “The console is fine, thankfully, but the disc is laser-burned to Tartarus.”

WHY!?

“It’s weird. Kinda… It’s Japanese, okay. That wasn’t hard to do, though,” said Rainbow. “Check this out! Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, all Achievements, 100%!” Sweetie heard a bit of rustling through the mic, and the sinking of someone into a bed.

Oh that is cool!

“Maya, duh,” said Adagio. “She’s only called The Siren. Do you really think I could resist?”

Fair point.

In a blink, the TV and Xbox shut themselves down. Sweetie sat, open-mouthed, attempting to keep the sadness from leaking out of her body. Of all the times to have a power outage, now had to be the absolute worst time.
“Sweetie!” Her mother called, sliding into the room. “Sweetie, I hope you weren’t in the middle of anything important, because I may have accidentally shorted out a circuit or something. We should get our power back soon.”

Oh poor Sweetie Bele, you have my most sincere sympathies.

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