A Master List of DK Anxiety Disorders

[stella_blue]

Just a sparse list to get this going.  Ok, so here we go...


Sagliophobia

The fear of beginning Level 5 with fewer than 140,000 points.

Chienophobia

The fear of a world record attempt disrupted by an obnoxious spectator's constant declaration, "Hey Doc, my elbow hurts when I do this..."

Willmsophobia

The fear that every fireball in existence is a "jerk".

Staalophobia

The fear of falling through an open rivet hole.

Vincophobia

An unnatural fear of the number 2700.

Psarophobia

The fear of being forced, at gunpoint, to play at 1.2m pace for 8 consecutive hours.

Davophobia

The fear of having a masterful 1.14m game rejected by TG, due to a submitted video that consists of 2 hours 41 minutes of a dog relaxing on a sofa.

Vonophobia

The fear of playing DK without the aid of an infectious techno soundtrack.

Stellaphobia

The fear of broadcasting embarrassingly poor gameplay on Twitch TV.


There's no shortage of imagination on this forum.  Feel free to be creative, and add a few "phobias" of your own.

[Xermon54]

Hahaha, that's funny, Scott ;-).

Willmsophobia:
The fear of using savestates while playing Mario Hack

Sagliophobia:
The fear of getting a level 3/4 wild barrel in the face IN THE FACE

Goffinetophobia:
The fear of getting 200 points shy of 1m

Vinceophobia:
The fear of dying on the kill screen, before the kill screen.

Tudoseophobia:
The fear of playing the game past level 1-1

[stella_blue]

Some quality additions there, Vincent.  A couple of "alternate" definitions I just thought of:

Estelophobia

The fear of accidentally grabbing the hammer on Level 21 of an attempted "no hammer" run.

Willmsophobia

The fear of never owning a DK cabinet due to an obsessed UPS employee in Colorado, determined to get past the Level 4 elevators, despite a personal best of 28k.

[Xermon54]

Haha, but for Estel, we could say "On stage 22" instead of stage 21. Like he's at the kill screen, he's so happy, he climb the small ladder, and he takes the bottom hammer with a forward jump because he's used to it (on a no hammer run). That would be funny, lol.

[LMDAVE]

Pretty funny stuff 

[stella_blue]

Haha, but for Estel, we could say "On stage 22" instead of stage 21. Like he's at the kill screen, he's so happy, he climb the small ladder, and he takes the bottom hammer with a forward jump because he's used to it (on a no hammer run). That would be funny, lol.

Yeah, I thought of that too, but decided to leave the post unedited.

Obviously, there's one person who wouldn't find the Level 22 scenario quite so hilarious.

Ok, just one more and then I'll shut up:

Wagsophobia

The fear of arcade gamers boycotting any title that prominently features a kangaroo, or other marsupial.

[lakeman421]

I want one!

[konghusker]

This blog always entertains.  Good stuff.

[stella_blue]

I want one!

Ok, Robbie, I haven't watched enough of your online sessions to familiarize myself with your playing style and/or idiosyncrasies, but I'll give it my best shot.

Lakemaphobia

The fear of mandatory attendance at a 4-hour Allen Staal seminar, "How to Confuse Fireballs and Master the Pie Factory", without the benefit of unlimited beer refills.


And while I'm at it, let's bring another killscreener into the mix.

Ethanphobia

The fear of an overweight feline mistaking your joystick for a scratching post, during an uncooperative L16 rivet stage of a potential 1.05m masterpiece.

[stella_blue]

Ethanphobia

The fear of an overweight feline mistaking your joystick for a scratching post, during an uncooperative L16 rivet stage of a potential 1.05m masterpiece.

I'm not referring to that joystick, Vincent, so don't even think about dragging this topic through the gutter.  S'matta with you?   

[f_symbols]

Awesome. That's right on the money, he's a S*** Cat.  How much are tickets for Allen's seminar?   

Well done Brian!  Im quite greatfull for the inclusion in the phobia club. Thanks again

[stella_blue]

Well done Brian!

Please tell me that you deliberately made that mistake . . . again.   

[Xermon54]

I'm not referring to that joystick, Vincent, so don't even think about dragging this topic through the gutter.  S'matta with you?   

Damn... now I have nothing else to say!

[John73]

Estelophobia

The fear of accidentally grabbing the hammer on Level 21 of an attempted "no hammer" run.

lmao 

[f_symbols]

But of course Scott!