The Donkey Kong Deaths you just can't stand!

[homerwannabee]

This is the one death that for whatever reason just drives you up the wall.  Deaths that will make you want to use every single cuss word in the book, plus a a few foreign ones as well.

OK, I'll get this started.  I could name a few, but one for me gets me going like no other.   Mainly because it's a complete result of me being a bonehead in the game.  For me it's dying on the ladder.  It doesn't matter where in the game  Rivets, Pie Factory, Barrel, or even Elevator boards.  Almost all of them is completely due a lamebrain move on my part.

So how bout you.  What is your one death that just drives you crazy?

[f_symbols]

I hate when I accidentally jump into the Monkey 

I also hate dying on level 22 before the screen-kill bug kicks in...

[marinomitch13]

I hate when I die from overzealously over-pressing the barrels. I have this really bad, almost masochistic, habit of literally trying to cheat death by running headlong into situations that are, for all practical purposes, unsurvivable. I guess I just like the feeling of pretending like I am that one remaining spartan warrior charging tauntingly towards imminent death; or, that I am like an explorer from an age gone by, trying desperately to find a new route to scale a treacherous mountain.

I also figure, in some cases, it's hard to tell what is possible to achieve if you don't ever try.

And, yeah....I really hate it that DK always wins. 

[corey.chambers]

I hate it when you are in the midst of your best million point attempt and you can't even jump over a stupid barrel, or two.  I have been haunted by it since.

[LMDAVE]

Its funny I was just talking about this during my last session, stuff like that the game relies on randomness instead of skill when doing a fireball jump. I'm in a place in the game where I execute the perfect fireball jump, only to have it turn around underneath you. Frustrating, but the skill in the game is avoiding those random situations.

Another will probably being getting hit by a wild barrel wild in mid air, most times when you look at the replay you see the wild barrel was released before you jump, so that means, it could have been avoided with the right peripheral vision, but there are times when it is after you are in the air, but some will say you should never jump in that area. which we all know is BS when you're in the zone.

Frustrating game. But I love it.

[stella_blue]

I pretty much take it all in stride, but if I had to choose, I'd go with any death that seems to be the result of a jump button misfire.  The most common occurrence is on the barrel board, at the top of the center ladder connecting the 3rd and 4th girders.  I'll climb that ladder, racing an oncoming barrel (on the 4th girder) to the top, knowing that it's going to be close.  I'll get there first, with enough separation to execute a back jump.  I face right, press the jump button, and . . . nothing.  The barrel rolls into me, and I'm well on my way to another game over.

[hchien]

Wild barrel on 4-3 after spending an hour trying to get a start.

[ChrisP]

Wild barrel on 4-3 after spending an hour trying to get a start.

Definite contender for the win.

L4 wild barrels taught me to warp. I have never looked back.

[syscrusher]

After having finally gotten a start, dying on L5-1 like Ethan did the other day. Pain!

[Scoundrl]

I pretty much take it all in stride, but if I had to choose, I'd go with any death that seems to be the result of a jump button misfire.  The most common occurrence is on the barrel board, at the top of the center ladder connecting the 3rd and 4th girders.  I'll climb that ladder, racing an oncoming barrel (on the 4th girder) to the top, knowing that it's going to be close.  I'll get there first, with enough separation to execute a back jump.  I face right, press the jump button, and . . . nothing.  The barrel rolls into me, and I'm well on my way to another game over.

This is probably the reason most of my sessions end short. I dont mind the game killing me or me doing stupid shit but the jump button timing really makes my blood boil.

[NesSumSimpson]

When your trying to outsmart a fireball and all of a sudden it kicks into warp drive, heads down the ladder and kills you.

[craighiphopfish]

I hate dying because why wife yells at me to go to bed.  Weak.

[JCHarrist]

Death from above

[Svavar]

I hate when I accidentally jump into the Monkey 

know that feeling haha

[Milehighdt]

I hate when I'm leeching points from the fireball on the elevators and the fire burns me across the gap.