What is Gamer's Grind?
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.
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