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Sometimes playing pc games can make you literally lol. Had a moment like that in Gothic 1. When you begin the game you learn who is so good at things they are trainers. I am told of Cavalorn, who is outside the camp nearby and is a master bowman (and can teach you to be a master bowman, if you have the level points to spend.

So, still in Chapter 1, weak but having gained some better equipment decided to "test" my abilities against a Snapper, a very tough beast early game. Not far from where Cavalorn stays (and teaches) is a band of Snappers. So I lure one lone out toward me. I give it everything I have and realize, ok, this ain't happening, so I turn and run as fast as I can towards Cavalorn, who I believe will save me.

I go running past him, assuming I would then hear the Snapper screaming in pain from the arrows of Cavalorn The Mighty. That assumption didn't last long, as the next thing I know Cavalorn passes me on my left running faster than I can possibly run (without a potion). I mean he went FLYING past me. It was like "Dude, you're the master here, WTF???"

And then after the Snapper killed me, as I lay on the ground, the last thought that went through my mind was that old joke was true. The one about two guys coming across a hungry lion, who decides they look like lunch. They both start running, and one looks to the other and says "We have no hope, we can't out run a lion." and the other responds "I don't have to outrun the lion, I only have to out run you."

Appears what's true with lions is also true with Snappers. Long live Cavalorn, The Mighty Hunter.

What's made you laugh out loud playing a game recently?

EDIT: Replaced "Raptor" with "Snapper" as upon going back in game I had remembered their name wrong. Guessing there is no such thing as Raptors in Gothic 1. I do remember Razors and Biters. Not sure where my mind was coming up with Raptor (aren't they flying beasts now that I think about it?) Just my old mind getting confused yet again.
Post edited August 24, 2023 by OldFatGuy
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OldFatGuy: I mean he went FLYING past me. It was like "Dude, you're the master here, WTF???"
And then after the Raptor killed me (...)
Long live Cavalorn, The Mighty Hunter.
Haha, that's some glorious situation comedy. That made me chuckle. :)
This game has a lot of potential for absurd chaos despite (or because?) being heavily scripted.
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OldFatGuy: I go running past him, assuming I would then hear the Snapper screaming in pain from the arrows of Cavalorn The Mighty. ... next thing I know Cavalorn passes me on my left running faster than I can possibly run (without a potion). I mean he went FLYING past me. It was like "Dude, you're the master here, WTF???"
ROFL!!!! Classic, simply classic. You would think the Mighty Hunter, the Master, would deal with it ... not turn out to be a master runner! LOL.

I haven't played anything like this recently, but Thank You for the best laugh of my week! I'm just very glad I had put my drink down before I read this. :)