EPTWinning on the other hand........
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firehand101
Australia3152 Posts
Winning on the other hand........ | ||
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Deckkie
Netherlands1595 Posts
But what about the people that surpress their anger they get through sc because they feel they shouldnt be screaming and breaking stuff over a game? For me personally SC is by far the most stressfull thing I do. Most games are easy going and relaxing. If I am loosing with a shooter too much I just quit the game and join another one. Who cares right? there arnt points awarded or something. edit: Typos | ||
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Holey
United States68 Posts
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canSore
132 Posts
look I love starcraft, but let's face it, it's a game that can make us go nuts from time to time. But because it's the best game ever, most of us can't stop, even if it does boil our blood. | ||
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Dujek
United Kingdom276 Posts
I don't mind being cheesed because it means I can either crush it and get a free win, or lose to it and learn from the mistake. But I've gotten to the point now where cheese rarely works and I don't meet a lot of it. It helps knowing that there's nothing they can do that I can't beat if I play better. I can understand feeling a bit sad after losing a big game, but angry? Chill out >: just a game. | ||
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marttorn
Norway5211 Posts
SC2 isn't just mindless entertainment, as a lot of parents will mistakingly make it out to be. | ||
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
On November 08 2011 02:27 eccokk wrote: i fully agree, it is not like you let out your frustration from your day job or whatever. not angry - play game - get cheesed - get angry I definately agree with this.. the game creates anger for me, it doesn't let out suppressed anger. | ||
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Meatloaf
Spain664 Posts
food for thought xD | ||
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Pesto
United States121 Posts
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Ksyper
Bulgaria665 Posts
Although I don't really rage that much, I have never broken keyboards or mice, because I can control myself no matter how angry I am, mostly I punch walls when I'm in rage mode. Also when I win I get a happiness I don't get from anything else, I'm SC2 and other games in general work on a very primitive part of our brains. I don't think I need a outlet for repressed anger, but a friend of mine once explained why he plays DOTA, he is a very hard rager every time he dies he screams and curses, but one time when he hadn't had played for a week or something he started getting really stressed and he told me " all the bullshit in my life and all the annoying people piss me off so much, I'm gonna beat somebody up, I need to play some DOTA, because when I'm angry and I play I just scream and shout and after that I feel better" So I do believe gaming can be a outlet, and also a flippin' shrink said so :D | ||
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LXR
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TotalNightmare
Germany139 Posts
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
On November 08 2011 05:34 TheRPGAddict wrote: No, it is a videogame. Take it for what it is. Quit over-thinking it. This is TL. SC is the answer to everything, and the meaning of life. We seek to spread the Good Game from one mouse to another, relentlessly. | ||
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KingDime
Canada750 Posts
I'm unsure if it's, 1. The competitive level that I play at (basically i play between top 5 masters and top gm's depending on my mmr and losing streaks), aka smaller mistakes are magnified and even in fairly good situations such as taking out a zerg third little macro mistakes can still end games quite quickly. 2. The highly frustrating ways to lose such as my gateway army getting rolled by highly efficient bioballs from slight positioning mistakes, misfired ff's or just poor macro. I have to also include losing to banshees, 1/1/1's and muta ling counter attacks. The game can be very fragile at times and it's insane how sudden a winning situation can turn into a full on defeat. 3. I played orc in WC3 which hardly ever struggled in TFT at the point where I was at (Blademaster was extremely strong) where as protoss seems to be in a bit of a struggle atm. I never played Orc vs UD from the point of view of an undead player. Did my overwhelming tier 2 dominance using raiders grunts bm etc to effectively shut down the ud bring out a lot of rage on their side? I would be interested to know from ud players. Overall, it's been an issue that I haven't really fixed and i've been working for months and months to stop raging at sc2 ladder. I'm not an angry person in RL, nor am I angry in the very enjoyable team leagues that I play in sc2 so I need to again try new ways. Am I more angry when tired? Dehydrated? Cold hands (Canada! makes it hard to micro/macro)? I wouldn't be shocked if I was one of the biggest tilters in the higher leagues you could meet on NA. I'll play amazing games and very very bad games making it seem like two entirely different players when you face me on ladder. I think it's terrible therapy for repressed anger/stress. Go work out instead. | ||
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KulterBaun
Sweden44 Posts
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Beamer
United States242 Posts
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Dugrok
Canada377 Posts
Hypothetical example : I have repressed anger towards my stressful job. I decide to play SC2 when I get home. I lose, I rage, I smash a keyboard out of anger. If my pent up anger caused to be further angered by losing the SC2 game to the point where I take it out on my keyboard, I think that SC2 wouldn't be a form of therapy at all, and that I would have to deal with the real problem, my job, before I can get any positive « retombés » (sorry can't find the english word) from playing SC2. That said, I don't think that SC2 can't be a form of stress-relief, in the sense that playing a game is something you can do to get away from it all. If I have a lot of homework, and I need a break from it because IT is stressing me out, then yes, playing SC2 will be a stress reliever, especially considering that I don't take it that seriously. | ||
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