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[HAOHMARU]

Ok, I'm not sure if this is a regional thing or not but here is the debate: When you finish a game, do you pass the game or do you beat the game?

I had two friends from California that only would talk about passing a game. When I asked them what level they cleared they were like, "WTF? Level, we finished the game!" I was like no, you pass levels but you beat games.

Is this just a West coast thing? I'm from the East and anytime me and my friends discussed things it was always about passing levels and beating games.

So, what do you say and where are you from?

 

[Eminem]

Chicago, beat. Pass? wtf.

 

[bjork]

I don't think I've ever used "pass it", but I will say "finished it"... I'm So Cal, and people around here do say "Shit yeah, I passed that shit, yo" when they talk about games.

But then, these are the same kind of people who would call time out when we play basketball, and go "un-times" when the timeout was over.

 

[levious]

I don't see how you could misunderstand someone saying they passed a game... what else could it mean?

other options: Solve the game, Finish the game...

 

[DJ Demon J]

You Californians also say "smoke out" instead of "smoke up." It's OK, us East Coasters will bear the burden of intelligence, you guys just keep having a good time.

 

[6.8]

I'm french canadian and I say "passed this boss", "passed this level", and "finished the game".

 

[Doth Togo]

Finish / beat.

The only things I pass are tests, n00bs who can't drive their cars and gas.

 

[GDGF]

You pass levels and beat games. You can also beat levels, and for the really old school, you can both pass and beat boards.

 

[Suerte]

Erm... I "complete" a game.

 

[bjork]

You Californians also say "smoke out" instead of "smoke up." It's OK, us East Coasters will bear the burden of intelligence, you guys just keep having a good time.

I don't say either, actually. Smoking's not exactly the brightest thing to do.

 

[DJ Demon J]

I don't say either, actually. Smoking's not exactly the brightest thing to do.

I don't smoke either; WAY TO MISS THE FUCKING POINT!

 

[Justin Bailey]

I beat them.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

I beat it. Them.

 

[Iceman]

I don't smoke either; WAY TO MISS THE %$&# POINT!

yep, definitely from the east coast. Chill, dude.

 

[Joe]

i pwned that shit.

 

[Eminem]

i pwned that shit.

lol

 

[bjork]

I don't smoke either; WAY TO MISS THE FUCKING POINT!

Then don't generalize and say "You Californians", since it doesn't apply to everyone here.

 

[El Papa]

So Cal here, beat them I do.

 

[levious]

he didn't say you californians smoke, just was referring to a term... unless you've never referred in any context to the act of smoking weed.

 

[SFA_AOK]

When I was a kid, some people I knew would say they "clocked" a game, I never used it though, sounded kind of stupid to me.

 

[Ryu]

I pass portions of the games, but I beat or finish the entirety.

 

[Ferrio]

I rolled it.

 

[bionic77]

Some of my friends used to say they "flipped" a game when they finished it.

 

[MoxManiac]

I think 'passing' a game is more a term that casual/non-gamers use. Those are the only types of people i've hear say it.

 

[MonkeyBoy]

pass=only finishing the lowest requirements to end the game..
beat= the entire completion of the game, secrets and all..

 

[Dilbert]

"Beat" all the way. Beat the boss, beat that level, beat the game.

 

[Wario64]

I "Dinner for One'd" the game.

 

[bishoptl]

You BEAT a game, people! Jeez...saying "pass" is like calling pop "soda".

:lol Wario

 

[radios shipping overview]

Usually "beat" or "clear." "Finish" works too. Utah.

 

[Vargas]

I am from MYC and I have always said beat.

 

[levious]

You BEAT a game, people! Jeez...saying "pass" is like calling pop "soda".

:lol Wario

what are you going on aboot?

 

[MIMIC]

I beat the game/level.

 

[MIMIC]

This is just video gaming jargon. When your character receives another point on his life meter/bar/whatever, I call it a new "life" while some of my friends call it a new "man."

 

[ZootedGranny]

I say beat.

The thing there should be some sort of poll on is if you call a stage a "level" or a "board."

I'm 23, and it wasn't until a few months ago that I consciously recognized people calling them "boards." I and everyone I've ever gamed with has called them "levels."

 

[MIMIC]

I say beat.

The thing there should be some sort of poll on is if you call a stage a "level" or a "board."

I'm 23, and it wasn't until a few months ago that I consciously recognized people calling them "boards." I and everyone I've ever gamed with has called them "levels."

Some of my friends call them "boards."

 

[Mugen]

This is just video gaming jargon. When your character receives another point on his life meter/bar/whatever, I call it a new "life" while some of my friends call it a new "man."

Me and my friends always called it 1UP, basing on the original Mario I guess.

 

[carpal]

SODA MOFKRZ!

 

[sprsk]

I say beat. I also say stage (not board). My girlfriend says clear (japanese style)

 

[Kuramu]

I say beat.

The thing there should be some sort of poll on is if you call a stage a "level" or a "board."

I'm 23, and it wasn't until a few months ago that I consciously recognized people calling them "boards." I and everyone I've ever gamed with has called them "levels."

i've been calling them boards since the atari days (when it made more sense)

anyway, most people around here (NJ) say "beat" the game, but i never liked the phrase because it sounds like the game is an enemy or something. i "finish" games.

 

[Alex Anderson]

One of my net pals always says, "I won the game." or "Did you win it?" It always makes me think of a raffle or something.

I always say beat.

 

[anotheriori]

Some of my friends used to say they "flipped" a game when they finished it.

... FLIP IT!

Mugen nice av.

"I beat the s**t outta that game!" or more likely "I finished that game" clears up any confusion with "pass/beat/go long/or punched" my games.

 

[Gek54]

I beat or finnish. My co-worker conquers his games. He is spanish ironicly.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

Beat/Owned that game

 

[dem]

I um.. finish them.

I always thought pass/beat sounded stupid.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Ontario, Canada. I beat/finish games.

 

[Coin Return]

Im still suprised at the whole "boards" thing. I still hear people on Live calling levels boards. Seems like such a dated word.

 

[SantaC]

In Sweden we say: Varva.

 

[DJ Demon J]

California.


Smoke out is correct.

Edit:

Oh yeah, also its "101" or "5" rather than "the 101" or "the 5."

Who can guess which part of CA I'm from?

Gah! Smoke UP! Not OUT! You get HIGH, not FAR!!

 

[Tellaerin]

In my part of New Jersey, it's like this.

First, I clear a level.

Then I beat the boss and go on to the next level.

If I repeat those first two steps about eight times, I beat the game.

 

[brandonnn]

I got mercilessly teased by roommates/girlfriend in college for saying I "beat the big boss."