The "You know you're playing a lot of KSP when..." thread

[Gargamel]

When you watch videos of real rockets failing and suddenly you don't feel so bad about yourself.

And your first thought is "Needed more struts"

[Srpadget]

...when you catch the number "69,851" out of the corner of your eye and it GRABS YOUR FULL ATTENTION AND SEARS YOUR SOUL OMG I FORGOT TO RAISE MY Pe!!! And only then do you realize it's the odometer... in your car... and you're driving your daily commute....

[n.b.z.]

n.b.z., you know that you can check the mass of it by looking at the map view, right? One of those tabs on the right should give you vessel info.

Thank you, I had never clicked on that.

(I'll post a weight reading of my Tylo stack in the "Largest Rocket you've ever built"-thread, as that seems to fit the topic better.)

[Robotengineer]

When you see a Headline that says Jeb might run for president, and get a mental picture of a Kerbal in the Oval Office.

[monstah]

So guilty of these:

When I try to use right-click to roll around to see the other side of photos of actual spaceships!

Or when I right-click everything to look around: photos, websites, other games...

When you look at your gas gauge, and think "I have enough fuel to complete this mission."

Heh, when I'm climbing a steep slope on first gear and think "When is the souposphere gonna end???" or "Time to stage empty radial boosters!"

[NeatCrown]

When you see a Headline that says Jeb might run for president, and get a mental picture of a Kerbal in the Oval Office.

That's the first thing than came into my mind when I saw "Jeb Running for President"!

Edited December 17, 2014 by NeatCrown

[Captain Sierra]

When your motherboard dies on you whilst playing KSP.

No seriously, my motherboard went DOA on me today whilst trying to put a satellite in orbit for OMB without any SAS.

[FiesesAlien]

You know youve played too much KSP when you are on the ladder and wait till Spacebar is pressed.

[Alchemist]

When you know the capabilities of most parts, so you don't check them... so you don't notice a change... so you launch a probe with the only attitude control being LV-909, because the damn stayputnik refuses to produce torque anymore... and still manage to complete contract for Kolnya orbit!

[Sola_J]

When you're driving on snow, with snow chains... and you're first thought when driving on the road again is : "Don't need that anymore, where is the jettison button..."

U_u'

(And yes, I had to go on EVA to remove it manually...)

[Elowiny]

When you are irritated when somebody when speaking about Duna says "Mars", or when somebody say "Jupiter" instead of Jool.

[Slam_Jones]

You have to mentally stop yourself from referring to Earth as Kerbin.

Your roommate who doesn't play KSP knows about ISP and TWR thanks to your ramblings.

[xub313]

I've definitely called Jupiter Jool before.

[Loligoat]

When you know the capabilities of most parts, so you don't check them... so you don't notice a change... so you launch a probe with the only attitude control being LV-909, because the damn stayputnik refuses to produce torque anymore... and still manage to complete contract for Kolnya orbit!

I did that exactly, I completed the contract, but not without yelling at my monitor a few times.

[SchweinAero]

I passed by someone in the corridor and happened to catch a few words about her holiday plans. She said she was going to Thailand.

I heard Tylo.

Thanks for the idea, whoever you are.

[Dwight_js]

I was watching the Space x launch and I instinctively tried to use the mouse to rotate the view around the rocket and zoom in and out.

[John FX]

When you stop playing and only post on the forum...

[BriXman]

When you start hearing Skype message noises when burning a rocket.

This happends all the time, I used to get interupted every second when launching a rocket. Guh.

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And I keep using the timewarp buttons when speeding up time in The Sims 4...

[Ikaneko]

When the rest of your classmates are drooling over pics of J-Law and Rihanna for hours, while you spend hours drooling over your SSTO fleet.

[monophonic]

When you spend more time planning (or admiring ) your designs in the dV calculating spreadsheet you made than in the actual game.

[vladd148]

You go to shave and wish you could use symmetry mode

[Alchemist]

When you look at all the satellites you launched and the word that comes to your mind is "Kessler"

[Jonboy]

When you facepalm at every inaccurate description of spaceflight in movies and news.

[Frank_G]

...when you want to change the camera angle or try to zoom in a KSP screenshot...

[Spheniscine]

... when you hear "nuke" and think "terrifyingly efficient rocket engine", not "terrifyingly destructive weapon".