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Best way to stay calm after loss?

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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10483 Posts
January 18 2013 00:41 GMT
#1
i have a problem of always getting really damn mad after i lose games, especially games like bw or sc2 where i lost to some stupid beginning like when the guy power goons me and snipes my tank and shit and then i die right after.

i get a lot of pent-up rage about that shit, like i have the urge to smash my computer to pieces after that. i already broke one laptop when i slammed the keyboard and probs fucked up the motherboard beneath it. http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=352727 if you want to go read that blog lawl.

but yeah, i need to get rid of rage. i mean, sc2 and LoL are more so just fk around games for me, though im pretty competitive in LoL, and so i dont really care when i lose unless i have retarded allies in LoL.

but bw is a whole different thing. i usually dont get mad if i just get plain outmacroed or outplayed, but stupid shit like losing to 2 gate all-ins or getting cheesed and shit is really unacceptable for me.

idk, semi-rant and a cry for help. i dont want to be like another idra.

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seiferoth10
Profile Joined May 2010
3362 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-18 00:55:48
January 18 2013 00:53 GMT
#2
Do some push ups when you feel like raging, that'll get that energy out. That's probably why Idra is so jacked now.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
January 18 2013 01:06 GMT
#3
On January 18 2013 09:53 seiferoth10 wrote:
Do some push ups when you feel like raging, that'll get that energy out. That's probably why Idra is so jacked now.

Pull ups bro, seriously that would make you so ripped if after 1 loss you did the equivalent of 10 pullups per loss. I think that running for 10 minutes (a 10 minute mile) after every loss would really teach you to not get angry, and make you really in shape in the process.
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NukeTheStars
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States277 Posts
January 18 2013 01:37 GMT
#4
This happened to me a lot, too, especially in Starcraft 2. I came to the conclusion that I was just too competitive to enjoy myself and took a long break. Hell, I even rage-quit on Ranshin once, which made me feel awful.

But, if you don't want to take a break, you should find something to beat up when you lose, like a punching bag. Or you could get one of those squeezy stress toys. That would probably do the trick.
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10483 Posts
January 18 2013 01:43 GMT
#5
On January 18 2013 10:37 NukeTheStars wrote:
This happened to me a lot, too, especially in Starcraft 2. I came to the conclusion that I was just too competitive to enjoy myself and took a long break. Hell, I even rage-quit on Ranshin once, which made me feel awful.

But, if you don't want to take a break, you should find something to beat up when you lose, like a punching bag. Or you could get one of those squeezy stress toys. That would probably do the trick.

u... u posted on my blog... *sniff sniff* nuke ilu <3 im going to treasure this blog forever now.

yeah, good ideas xD get ripped and get rid of anger all in one :D thanks for the suggestions, will definitely try them now ^^
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WarSame
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1950 Posts
January 18 2013 02:26 GMT
#6
If you are doing the pushups here is a good resource: http://www.hundredpushups.com/week4.html#sthash.hLgCevVv.dpbs

Back when I played SCII I had the same problem. Focusing less on the game(i.e picking up other activities/sports) and taking out my frustration on myself by working out were 2 methods that helped control it for me.
Can it be I stayed away too long? Did you miss these rhymes while I was gone?
Whatson
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States5357 Posts
January 18 2013 02:35 GMT
#7
Realize that BW, SC2, LoL and all the other games out there are just that: GAMES. They're meant to be played for fun, unless you're a pro/semi-pro. For the longest time I was stuck in mid-masters (SC2), and I was desperate to get out and got pissed off easily; I raged after every loss, I would BM, Fantasy GG timings, you name it, I did it. And then I realized that I was taking the game way, way too seriously, and even though I'm incredibly competitive, I wasn't having fun anymore.
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Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
January 18 2013 03:57 GMT
#8
On January 18 2013 11:35 Whatson wrote:
Realize that BW, SC2, LoL and all the other games out there are just that: GAMES. They're meant to be played for fun, unless you're a pro/semi-pro. For the longest time I was stuck in mid-masters (SC2), and I was desperate to get out and got pissed off easily; I raged after every loss, I would BM, Fantasy GG timings, you name it, I did it. And then I realized that I was taking the game way, way too seriously, and even though I'm incredibly competitive, I wasn't having fun anymore.

They're also meant to be won, because they are competitive games. Something just being a game doesn't mean people shouldn't take it seriously.

Though I agree with you, if you're not raging and stressing over games, consider if you're actually still enjoying yourself.
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10483 Posts
January 18 2013 06:14 GMT
#9
play to win man xD

already probs have done like 300 pushups total xD its a good thing to keep the blood flowing in between games or when ur summoning in LoL

thanks for everything guys!
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ninazerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States7291 Posts
January 18 2013 06:45 GMT
#10
I'm beginning to think there is a correlation between LoL and anger problems, because it seems to bring out the worst in everyone. I think the path to world peace begins with shedding our society of the evil of LoL.
"If two pregnant women get into a fist fight, it's like a mecha-battle between two unborn babies." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Forcewater
Profile Joined July 2011
United Kingdom206 Posts
January 18 2013 07:26 GMT
#11
You don't have to stay calm. You just have to be comfortable with being frustrated.
"Reddit on the other hand has always just been a box full of retarded blind puppies licking and sniffing everything they come in contact with and leaving it moist and oily" - Gamegene
Sterling
Profile Joined December 2009
United States182 Posts
January 18 2013 07:54 GMT
#12
I agree with Forcewater. Remember that frustration is a natural reaction, and just a temporary feeling.

For me, it is quite calming to identify why I lost a particular game. Even against proxy gates, 4 gates, and 6 pools... when you are in the mindset of improving and learning its a lot easier to move on.
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
January 18 2013 10:23 GMT
#13
I don't know about you but when i got really angry playing SC2 when i was playing actively, i'll queue up to another game and the anger made me faster and better...

But when i lost during my "raging gaming process" i'll get so mad that i could break my mouse (god it was a death adder). Don't like pushups but sometimes i'll go for a run like someone suggest. I would run until i was calm down and playing another game when i come back (something casual like Emergency IV). Then... I'll queue another game in SC2
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Pucca
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Taiwan1280 Posts
January 22 2013 03:56 GMT
#14
BW sometime can be unforgiving in the early game so builds are just terribly powerful. Not to so much with BW but rather SC2 ill just punch my bed a couple of times or walk around my house to punch something that is soft so I don't break anything important and not damaging my hand in the process
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