Mario Brothers made my neighbors angry (I think)

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13 May 2008, 9:46 pm

Today I was playing the original Mario Brothers for Nintendo. I decided to crank the volume up on my sound system to see what Mario Brothers would sound like at a really high volume on good speakers. The music sounded kind of weird at a high volume on my speakers but I still decided to play it for a while cranked up. I continued playing the game at a high volume since I was too lazy to turn down the volume (the remote wasn't close by). About ten minutes later I hear this hostile knocking on my door so I quickly turn the volume all the way down. I was too scared to answer the door. It would have been too embarrassing to have my neighbor yelling at me for playing the original Super Mario Brothers with the volume cranked up high. :lol: :lol:

I just thought I'd share that. You might get a laugh out of it... :lol:



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13 May 2008, 9:52 pm

Actually, that is pretty funny - also, the neighbor was probably greatly relieved that you did not answer the door, since he probably wanted silence rather than a fight :lol:



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13 May 2008, 9:55 pm

Ok I get the joke now.


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13 May 2008, 9:58 pm

CityAsylum wrote:
Actually, that is pretty funny - also, the neighbor was probably greatly relieved that you did not answer the door, since he probably wanted silence rather than a fight :lol:


Point taking there about avoiding a fight is good.


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14 May 2008, 8:48 am

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It doesn't seem funny to me because I would do the same but ask polite to turn down the volume. I ask one of my roommates to turn the volume down on his music but he told us to ask if it was too loud then knock to inform him.


This was Mario Brothers though you fool. It wasn't rap or metal (These being examples of genres which would normally antagonize a neighbor)

You lack a good sense of humour. Don't post in any more of my threads.



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14 May 2008, 9:03 am

pat666rick wrote:
JerryHatake wrote:
It doesn't seem funny to me because I would do the same but ask polite to turn down the volume. I ask one of my roommates to turn the volume down on his music but he told us to ask if it was too loud then knock to inform him.


This was Mario Brothers though you fool. It wasn't rap or metal (These being examples of genres which would normally antagonize a neighbor)

You lack a good sense of humour. Don't post in any more of my threads.


Yeah Jerry, you better watch out. Patrick is hardcore. He'll bust a koopa shell in your ass!



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14 May 2008, 9:15 am

If I lived that close to neighbors, I'd be considerate and not turn things up too high. I don't blame them for being upset.



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14 May 2008, 10:56 am

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If I lived that close to neighbors, I'd be considerate and not turn things up too high. I don't blame them for being upset.


Good for you. I wasn't intentionally trying to piss anyone off with the volume turned up high, it just happened. Unfortunately some people don't see the humor in this.

If I was to blast REAL music would it be funny? No, it wouldn't be. This was MARIO BROTHERS which IMO makes it quite funny.


I'm NOT the type of person who is inconsiderate and that's what makes this even more funny. They'd be wondering why the hell I was playing Mario Brothers at such a high volume. :lol:



BTW, it's not like my neighbors suffered very much from listening to the Mario Brothers music for a few minutes. Maybe you guys don't like Mario Brothers music much? I don't know...



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14 May 2008, 6:30 pm

Well at least you didn't turn it up, then go on holiday for a fortnight.


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14 May 2008, 6:45 pm

lol, I would love to hear super duper high volume Mario Bro :D:D:D



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14 May 2008, 7:22 pm

NES has a triangle wave, which Mario brothers uses for it's music most of the time. Those sound waves can travel and rattle the neighbors windows. I'd know. ;) I got a powerful 4 speaker Onkyo system (each speaker being like 4 ft tall).

Not to mention the higher pitched "clicks and pops" from the noise generator for the percussions. That can not as much be heard, but it can add to the anger.


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14 May 2008, 7:26 pm

*kicks in door* GRAA!! ! ME HATES MARIO BRO'S GRAA!! ! *kicks in t.v. and stereo then stomps out* GRAA!! ! Now for some soothing opera at ear bleedingly loud levels, b/c everyone loves opera :D


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14 May 2008, 8:53 pm

I do have a good sense of humour for your information. Yeah its funny for something like this to happened with Mario Brothers.


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15 May 2008, 5:58 am

I'd have treated the neighbours the same way I treat Jehovah's Witnesses: I'd intimidate the f**k outta them... and then go back inside and only turn the noise down about half an hour later.



And it would have been Sonic in my case; not Mario. Green Hill Zone all the way.



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15 May 2008, 8:17 am

SotiCoto wrote:
I'd have treated the neighbours the same way I treat Jehovah's Witnesses: I'd intimidate the f**k outta them... and then go back inside and only turn the noise down about half an hour later.



And it would have been Sonic in my case; not Mario. Green Hill Zone all the way.


Lol yeah thats unique in a way.


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15 May 2008, 8:42 am

JerryHatake wrote:
Lol yeah thats unique in a way.

It comes as a result of considering such people to be mewling, irrelevant, plebian scum... unable to raise themselves above ground-level consideration through any sort of intellectual merit.