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On March 23 2012 02:42 megapants wrote:
if you get angry or rage, you're not learning anything. if you're not learning anything, you'll always be at the same level. always be learning, which directly means you need to learn to not get angry.
that being said, i do often get disappointed in games that i thought i was gonna win; like someone said first page, i have let out more than my fair share of harsh siiiiiiighhhs. but then i can just watch the replay and figure it out as opposed to assuming i'm just bad.
that doesnt make any sense at all. i started sc2 in silver and i am now midmaster. i also always raged. raging does not mean, that you are not fixing your mistakes.
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Of course it does, if you don't feel anger or joy what's the point? BUT back in the days when playing BW i used to get a lot of rage and got angry so i started to control it (it was really hard i have to admit). I learned to think of it as either a good game made by my opponent or that it was only my mistake and not just random thing like - map or OP unit etc.... and i started to learn from it and by the time passes by you will be more calm and focused in the next games and that will get more wins.
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I don't usually feel angry when I play sc2, but I will if I'm on a losing streak and meets someone that bms after winning, especially if I lost to cheese. Like, I played some games in the last few weeks and I raged when they cheesed me and say 'EZ' or just throw an offensive gg at me.
I don't know if its just me but I get really angry at myself if I lose to cheese, especially after scouting it and not responding to it in time.
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SCII = Games
Games = Play for "FUN"
so... SCII = Play for "FUN"
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On March 23 2012 22:30 Thug[ro] wrote:
Of course it does, if you don't feel anger or joy what's the point? BUT back in the days when playing BW i used to get a lot of rage and got angry so i started to control it (it was really hard i have to admit). I learned to think of it as either a good game made by my opponent or that it was only my mistake and not just random thing like - map or OP unit etc.... and i started to learn from it and by the time passes by you will be more calm and focused in the next games and that will get more wins.
The thing with me is, I don't really feel joy when winning but I feel immense anger when losing. I guess i'm kind of like Idra that way.
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On March 23 2012 23:43 Mouzone wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2012 22:30 Thug[ro] wrote:
Of course it does, if you don't feel anger or joy what's the point? BUT back in the days when playing BW i used to get a lot of rage and got angry so i started to control it (it was really hard i have to admit). I learned to think of it as either a good game made by my opponent or that it was only my mistake and not just random thing like - map or OP unit etc.... and i started to learn from it and by the time passes by you will be more calm and focused in the next games and that will get more wins. The thing with me is, I don't really feel joy when winning but I feel immense anger when losing. I guess i'm kind of like Idra that way.
I would much rather be the other way around - joy when winning, nothing when losing. Otherwise, for me, what is the point?
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Normal ladder games rarely make me rage, though i do get angry at times, i generally keep it to myself. What really does frustrate me tho is when im playing a monobattle with a friend, and we always go random race and unit because thats how it should be, and we end up with really silly units, which is great, but someone on the other team, who has like, stalkers or something, decides to cannon rush.
I don't understand this, surely you play monobattles to have some funny fights with interesting unit mixtures and generally have a laugh... not to just cannon rush. It's not like winning is important, so why force the game to be so short and unentertaining for everyone?
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I rage a lot in Starcraft 2 because i lose more than a won T_T, that just applies on 1v1 ladder, in team games (which i play more) i dont mind loosing because i am not alone lol.
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There is a huge difference between being annoyed and anger.
I voted internal anger but its not even close.
I get annoyed and move on. Anger lingers.
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On March 23 2012 22:40 NerfrA wrote:
SCII = Games
Games = Play for "FUN"
so... SCII = Play for "FUN"
This logic is flawed and wrong. A lot of people(including myself) play SC2 in a competitive manner where we strive to improve and get better at the game and thus we take it seriously. When you lose in something you take seriously it's easy to direct a lot of anger to others or even yourself.
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Where's the option,
No, on the contrary - Starcraft calms me down, losing or winning.
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Norway25712 Posts
I'm not entirely sure what I get when I play SC2. I have a decent winrate when I play random, and when I lose, it's always my own fault. I messed up something in the early-game, I forgot to chrono, build a pylon, was late on my gas. When I lose it's usually early.
only thing that ever made me rage was during the last two weeks or so of my playing as terran only in Platinum league. Whenever I'd meet a protoss I'd try to end the game as soon as possible, because I knew that I had no chance at defeating a macroing toss. I'd over-produce vikings, under-produce them, I'd not get Ghost tech in time for HT's and so forth. Those are the only instances I've been mad at the game or anyone else. I never get pissed of for getting cheesed.
Most of the time I'm annoyed, not angry. Annoyed at the mistakes I made, because they're almost always beginner's mistakes.
EDIT
Actually, I do get angry at times, but that's only when I get bm'd. If I get cheesed and my opponent bm's me, then I'll probably do everything I can to drag out the game, if I know I've lost. Then I close the game and have him wait another 60 seconds. Sure it's bm, but I personally find it very satisfying.
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Really? No option in the vote for "it brings me joy"? You'll get nothing from that poll but a confirmation bias.
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On March 24 2012 00:17 prOpSaiton wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2012 22:40 NerfrA wrote:
SCII = Games
Games = Play for "FUN"
so... SCII = Play for "FUN"
This logic is flawed and wrong. A lot of people(including myself) play SC2 in a competitive manner where we strive to improve and get better at the game and thus we take it seriously. When you lose in something you take seriously it's easy to direct a lot of anger to others or even yourself.
QFT
Having a competitive spirit is fun in and of itself!
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Wow. You described how I feel almost exactly....
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Starcraft is more or less improved electronic Chess.
Do you rage when you lose a game of chess ?
Neither do I. So why would you rage on Starcraft ? :p
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this poll kinda made me laugh  I cry a river after every loss
tbh i don't get very angry anymore now that i'm actually trying to become really good because if i lose a game to some stupid cheese i just queue another ladder game and move on
if i lose a really good game i should have won i sometimes get a little mad at myself because i threw away an advantage
the worst for me is when i think i'm really far ahead and then lose because of a hidden expo or something this pisses me off -.- when that happens i might leave without gg sometimes
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I'm constantly banned for some stupid shit and start to think I'm on a list. I just can't say "Nice try" after a cheese fails and must add "retard/fag/piece of shit". It isn't often, about 1 in 50 games, but I always get banned immediatelly. Never happened in any game before and I play multiplayer games like 15 years... I think this treatment is too harsh, I never reported anyone since I firmly believe that this is part of the game.
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You don't play enough if you rage. I used to get mad, but I don't even think about a loss any more. I'm callous cheeses, etc, so who cares.
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