I feel like I'm getting way too angry when I lose. I fucking flip out and often time am BM to opponents when I shouldn't be. Its getting to the point where I'm yelling at the top of my lungs and slamming my desk when I lose. I feel like its getting worse and every time I'm even angrier. Is there a good way to deal with this? I don't have any anger issues outside of Starcraft and generally get over losses after a few minutes.

Chill

Calgary26003 Posts

January 27 2011 21:59 GMT

Why do you get angry?

Mazer

Canada1086 Posts

January 27 2011 21:59 GMT

Not worth playing a game if you're not having fun. I've taken a week break from the game since I was hardly enjoying it anymore and don't miss it much. Playing some other games in the meantime.

Eirin

Norway12 Posts

January 27 2011 22:00 GMT

Physical exercisem, go jogging or something, it's supposed to help a lot

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

January 27 2011 22:02 GMT

On January 28 2011 06:59 Mazer wrote:
Not worth playing a game if you're not having fun. I've taken a week break from the game since I was hardly enjoying it anymore and don't miss it much. Playing some other games in the meantime.

Yeah if you're taking the game to seriously just take a week long break or something and then return for the fun of the game. Or you can just play UMS games for a while?

hellbound

United Kingdom2242 Posts

January 27 2011 22:02 GMT

Is it all games or just ladder? I fight these tendencies by playing more friendly games with people I (at least somewhat) know. Ladder is for happy days...

-orb-

United States5770 Posts

January 27 2011 22:05 GMT

What you should do is...

... I got nothin

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

January 27 2011 22:07 GMT

just chill out.

it's ok to feel frustrated but just chill out, lol

why does it matter so much? just try again

Tabbris

Bangladesh2839 Posts

January 27 2011 22:07 GMT

Buy a book about Buddhism and find your inner peace

Navane

Netherlands2762 Posts

January 27 2011 22:10 GMT

#10

In real life we hardly ever loose anymore. I mean, no one is gonna steal shit from you (ordinarily) or kill any of your relatives. It is only in games and sports that we still loose today. See broodwar as an opportunity to deal with losses. Because you will loose one day in real life and it will hit you less hard if you know ways to deal with it.

TelecoM

United States10847 Posts

January 27 2011 22:11 GMT

#11

take a break and smoke a joint, the only way I can play this game without raging is with weed. lol but thats actually a horrible idea because then when you are out of weed you won't want to play... ( like me)... ::face palm::

Tenox

Sweden128 Posts

January 27 2011 22:12 GMT

#12

Loosing in sc2 is so hard on you, because there's nothing/noone to be angry at but yourself. And I think that's a really hard to thing to realize, that there is ACTUALLY no one and absolutely nothing, that can be blaimed except yourself. Also in this anger atleast it seems most people find it extremely easy to make excuses for themselves and just direct that anger towards imba issues or what have you. Obviously 2-3minutes after the game you quickly come to your senses(hopefully), and you keep on playing. I've been consciously thinking about this as soon as I loose, just saying to myself that it's my own fault and I just need to focus more and play better. But it's still really hard to face and accept after every game you loose. I mean it's like this in most solo games, but it's never felt as hard as in sc1 or sc2.

I'd say some physical exercise like eirin semi-suggested can work, but personally I just want to get some wins and get my good mood back. Stopping to play when you're really rage loosing/tilting just makes your whole mood really sour for atleast a half-day.

NearPerfection

232 Posts

January 27 2011 22:15 GMT

#13

Time to face reality, your probably a rager, you will probably always be a rager. How do you control your rager behavior? only known way is to stop what is making u rage, and from the OP what is making u rage is losing, so in order for you to stop raging at your opponents you have to beat them, if you win the game there is nothing to rage about, since you don't have to type gg cause u won people don't think ur BM when u leave the game without a GG. Obviously a perfect 100% record is not possible, but for most people 60-70% win rate will control symptoms of rage, 80-90% win rate and people won't even think u rage at all.

-orb-

United States5770 Posts

January 27 2011 22:15 GMT

#14

On January 28 2011 07:11 GGzerG wrote:
take a break and smoke a joint, the only way I can play this game without raging is with weed. lol but thats actually a horrible idea because then when you are out of weed you won't want to play... ( like me)... ::face palm::

this is pretty much how I don't end up killing myself or others or breaking stuff

makes me worse at the game tho

niteReloaded

Croatia5282 Posts

January 27 2011 22:16 GMT

#15

On January 28 2011 06:59 Chill wrote:
Why do you get angry?

these type of stuff often doesn't make sense in the conscious mind, but the subconscious is perfectly acquainted with it.

Dgtl

Canada889 Posts

January 27 2011 22:17 GMT

#16

On January 28 2011 06:59 Chill wrote:
Why do you get angry?

Probably because he is not chill enough.

-Frog-

United States514 Posts

January 27 2011 22:20 GMT

#17

embrace the rage

Gummy

United States2180 Posts

January 27 2011 22:21 GMT

#18

On January 28 2011 07:05 -orb- wrote:
What you should do is...

... I got nothin

Ahahahahahahahaha. You get so angry when you lose! :D But seriously, as everybody is saying, you should just relax and (Z)

Chill.

Tenox

Sweden128 Posts

January 27 2011 22:21 GMT

#19

Well, the question chill stated actually goes a long way. And the answer to the question actually is a bit deeper than one might think. Or maybe it's just me that's looking into it too much.