Dont you hate when you are playing one match really cool and you win and then because of the rush you play a second one and then you win again and you are all exited because you're on fire and your are playing laddering up but in the next game suddenly your keys dosent work… and you are like wtf you click ctrl 1 and it dosent work and you click again and still dosent work, and you satrt messing up your BO and when you least expected you're being zerling rush… and you just gg and calm your self… you think hey maybe its the hotkeys or something like that… you check and everything seems fine… so you go into the next game… @#$% it dosent work again and you say ok I can do this just focus, but you find it really difficult to not use you ctrl groups, but you hold on, and hold on, miss some probes and some GW cycles but you hold and then Marines start coming to your base, and you hold of the first then you misclick the FF in your ramp and they come and come and come and you try to use your groups but dosent work and you start frustrating… and eventually you lose.

You say ok 1 more, you enter a custom game to not lose more matches in your ladder and NOW it works FINE and you're like FUUUUUUUU and then you start getting really mad and… and… and…

What should you do to calm your self?
1. Throw something
2. Hit the bed
3. Scream
4. Nothing

What do you sugest to do?

GLHF

Legatus Lanius

2135 Posts

April 27 2011 15:36 GMT

realise its a game?

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

April 27 2011 15:37 GMT

It happened to me this weekend. I just took a break, and read a book. That worked for me. Then again, I don't think I was nearly as mad.

proot

United States126 Posts

April 27 2011 15:45 GMT

Get a pillow(seriously). Punch that pillow, scream into it, throw it around, then queue up again

SpavaM

Croatia175 Posts

April 27 2011 15:52 GMT

I would consider not being involved in a certain hobby if it makes you feel like this. However, perfectly normal in today's society to feel like this about your job ^^

Saechiis

Netherlands4989 Posts

April 27 2011 15:53 GMT

That's why I have guinea pigs *MUHAHAHAHA

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I pet them and talk to them in a condescending tone "That guy was a cheesy noob wasn't he [insert cute guinea pig name abbreviation]?" Then when it looks at me like "WTF dood, I'm just here for the lettuce" I say "yeaah, he WAS a cheesy noob!" and continue happily on with my day

Equinox_kr

United States7395 Posts

April 27 2011 16:02 GMT

On April 28 2011 00:53 Saechiis wrote:
That's why I have guinea pigs *MUHAHAHAHA

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Damn I was not expecting that hahaha

@OP: Chill out, it's not that big of a deal when you lose. It really sucks because it was due to something out of your control but just shrug it off and talk to some guinea pigs.

Yodo

Russian Federation327 Posts

April 27 2011 16:24 GMT

What do you sugest to do?

buy new keyboard

EdSlyB

Portugal1621 Posts

April 27 2011 17:00 GMT

On April 28 2011 00:53 Saechiis wrote:
That's why I have guinea pigs *MUHAHAHAHA

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Best anger managment tactic EVER!!

BRB...going to the nearest pet shop.

Zeddicus

United States239 Posts

April 27 2011 17:10 GMT

#10

On April 28 2011 00:53 Saechiis wrote:
That's why I have guinea pigs *MUHAHAHAHA

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LOL

Anyways... I think something to let the anger out is good. Day9 talked about this in one of his dailies. Get a stress ball and squeeze it and burn off that rush, then take a few minutes to relax yourself, then have another go.

Last night I was playing and kept miffing my hotkeys. I was getting so pissed. I'd be trying to micro my mutas and all of the sudden my queens were half way across the map and my hateries were rallied all over the place. I was like WTF. It's so frusturating.

McKTenor13

United States1383 Posts

April 27 2011 17:20 GMT

#11

FBGM. If that doesn't work I suggest smoking weed before hand so you just chill out bro. It's a game, if you lose 10 games today that doesn't mean the 10 games tomorrow will be losses.

Ko1tz

France493 Posts

April 27 2011 17:42 GMT

#12

Doing nothing would be the solution, I can tell you it is extremely hard to stay chill in a situation like that. But punching or screaming can only make it worse.

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

April 27 2011 19:27 GMT

#13

You should probably go looking for a new keyboard...

R1cE

United States59 Posts

April 27 2011 19:48 GMT

#14

On April 28 2011 00:53 Saechiis wrote:
That's why I have guinea pigs *MUHAHAHAHA

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LOL. EPIC!! I want to get guinea pigs now!

reincremate

China2216 Posts

April 27 2011 19:52 GMT

#15

Don't vent; catharsis doesn't work. If venting makes you feel better, it just reinforces the anger response, making you more likely to be angry again in similar situations. If it doesn't make you feel better, then it's also useless.

Geovu

Estonia1344 Posts

April 27 2011 20:02 GMT

#16

If I get really pissed off and feel compelled to put my fist through my desk/wall/monitor/keyboard/ababy'sface/etc I turn on the shower and put my head under cold water. It makes me a lot calmer and I realize that I can't afford to replace my equipment.

Also relevent
(TLDR The removal of physical pain = removal of emotional pain therefore putting yourself through pain and then removing that physical pain will essentially remove your emotional pain (EG from getting 4 gated lolz) Just don't cut yourself over losing rofl)

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

April 27 2011 20:05 GMT

#17

When the keys don't work, alt-tab out and then in again, should revert itself.
Don't worry, SC2 angers me too. Bang the desk, the keyboard. The neighbors below me say they'll call the police if I don't quiet down.