Checkpoint confidence is the feeling of safety you get after earning a checkpoint in a video game, that ups your tendency to do risky things now that you know you won't lose your last bit of hard earned progress if you are immediately killed.
"Why are you suddenly rushing them, Gavin? You'll die!"
"Yeah well I have checkpoint confidence right now."
"Yeah well I have checkpoint confidence right now."
by GhostOfRedditPast January 30, 2020