Gamer's Grind Edit Meaning

1.

Noun. When you're on a really hard part in a video game and you keep trying and trying, but you keep on losing. Gets you very frustrated and makes you want to throw the controller through the TV. A common gamer's grind goes as follows:

1) Discovery of level/task

2) Several attempts and failures of task

3) Frustration

4) Attempts to do task through frustration

5) More frustration

This can end in two ways:

6) Random luck

7) Victory

or:

6) Take a break and come back later

7) Victory

Gamer 1: Man, I was so pissed last night, I had terrible gamer's grind when facing The Boss on Metal Gear Solid 3.

Gamer 2: Yeah, I know what you mean.

See video game, frustration, videogame, gamer