Yup, I rage...I usually like to call people names or talk crap, and I usually feel better(that's what matters in the end amirite?). Double that if they win on accountability, you know like 2 banelings killing like half your army or you know mass storms easy mode. But usually when i rage like that I don't care if i loss the game as long as i win the troll war.

PS - I don't even play anymore, maybe 1 game a month...sometime I even dread loading the game up anymore(and yes I don't because in my opinion there's a balance thing and In my opinion I believe each race takes certain skill levels or lack their of to be successful).. I used to be all about this game, but sadly like many people I've lost my passion for it I guess, it's so sad now that I choose dota 2 streams over sc2 ones

Oh yea, Rage is good!

CounterOrder

Canada457 Posts

March 20 2012 17:51 GMT

#62

No anger here, i just shrug and move on.

Marddox

United Kingdom108 Posts

March 20 2012 17:53 GMT

#63

When I used to play zerg and lost to some banshee rush or mass marines/bunker rush I would get so angry i would have to do push-ups until I calmed down. infact I broke the keyboard stand beneath my desk from losing to a marine scv all in. Now I play terran I'll rage and BM about 30% of the time and that tends to be almost always when I lose in late game TvP. and that's the worse case senario.

Luepert

United States1933 Posts

March 20 2012 17:54 GMT

#64

Yes, but it also brings out my greatest joy when I win.

Thaniri

1264 Posts

March 20 2012 17:54 GMT

#65

I get frustrated with myself, so I chose internal anger as the closest option.

Starcraft is my way to compete, it would be completely silly to say that there is no emotion attached to the game under these circumstances. However, I never blame the opponent, the game, I just recognize that I need to improve myself and I will win next time.

achristes

Norway653 Posts

March 20 2012 17:56 GMT

#66

I get angry and BM sometimes, but I wont start rambling uncontrollably and saying stuff like "i fuck ur mother anally" and "i hope you die", stuff like that just encourages trolling and should never be attempted. I do however admit I'm an SC2 racist, because I f*cking hate toss, and most tosses will know that before I leave the game.

But if it matters at all I am so goddamn jealous at you guys that just lose and move on, I can do that for maybe 1-2losses, after that I start to get really pissed off and respond to "glhf" with a "rofl".

itkovian

United States1763 Posts

March 20 2012 17:58 GMT

#67

Yes. I get mad at myself for how bad I am. Its really stressful and frustrating when I lose now because of something as simple as a supply block. I miss the days where I could get better just by fixing the massive flaws in my macro.

Recently I've been taking an extended break from SC2 just cause I'm tired of the stress of laddering. I have enough stress from school right now anyway

Sergio1992

Italy522 Posts

March 20 2012 18:00 GMT

#68

I don't rage for starcraft, luckily

Akzever

Canada94 Posts

March 20 2012 18:04 GMT

#69

I used to get really angry when I lost, or even when I won and thought the other guy played like an ass.

Now though, im just super sickenly gm all game.

"gl hf friend!", "how is your night going?" "gg

" "wp"

That sort of carebear shit. It feels really wierd acting like this even when I get cheesed/whatever. But I've found, that when I do this; I just dont get angry. Not even a little bit. My ladder stamina has increased ten fold because every game is not stressful.

Mzimzim

United States221 Posts

March 20 2012 18:06 GMT

#70

I find if i lose like my first 5 games of the day, I'm much less angry later. It's all about setting the bar really low, so when you finally win one game 10 games later, it feels like an awesome achievement!

xmaine

United States30 Posts

March 20 2012 18:07 GMT

#71

1. No rage: "Damn, he played that game well and I actually had a chance to win, but it was my fault for not siezing the oppourtunity. I ain't even mad"

2. Minimal rage: "Why is my PvP so bad :/"

3. Rage: "K, there was nothing I could do against ~100 food roach at the 12 minute mark. I didn't have enough units out even though I invested in weapon upgrades, sentries, stlakers, and immortals. He just overran me and I couldn't even do anything to punish his fast expansions since roaches eat up any kind of zealot and zerglings will eat up and waste sentry energy that are needed for roaches."

If you type in ggwp at the end, you feel less rage and get over it quickly. Dunno if it works for other people but it works for me.

Mentalizor

Denmark1596 Posts

March 20 2012 18:09 GMT

#72

I rage if I feel I'm being BM'ed or lose to... well not imbalance... but things I feel are too strong or too strong synergy... When I feel to someone who just straight up outplayed me, I'm not angry at all. But once people start to talk shit, I actually get angry. Never trashed any hardware 'cuz of SC2 though

Rockztar

Denmark210 Posts

March 20 2012 18:16 GMT

#73

Sometimes I write "gg" if I felt like it was actually a good game, sometimes I just "wp" if I played like shit/my opponent played well, and other times if I lose to a cheese I just leave, because I don't feel like that deserves either, and sometimes I'm just so mad at myself that I just leave without saying anything either.

As a terran I feel really helpless lategame though. I feel like my race without a doubt is the weakest race lategame(which I love playing. Less for every patch that comes along though). :p
So I don't know where to place my anger, and end up going on a massive tilt, while I just keep playing losing most of my following games.

I've met some random ragers last few days. Yesterday I met a huge douchebag that said I should leave the game, because he's high masters on KR, and told me that I'm gonna lose one way or another, and started BM'ing me later in the game, when I wouldn't leave for him. I also ran into another terran bm'ing me for going biomech despite of himself playing..biomech. And a whole lot of protosses that say "This is a joke", when I go for a Thor/Banshee/ghost army composition and win with it.

I don't really care about raging, I fully understand if people get mad at a game such as this, and even if I say something bad myself I still respect my opponent, especially because I know it's a person that also loves and invests a lot of time into the game despite of what I/he may have said in anger, because this is a really stressful game, and I can't imagine how much more stressing it would be if we didn't have pros to demonstrate good standard play for us to follow.

Kira__

Sweden2672 Posts

March 20 2012 18:17 GMT

#74

Something that actually helped me control my feelings was that I started to force myself to write gg after a loss, no matter what. Somehow the words bring acceptance, but obviously still feel frustrated that I didn't win. The next step is identifying WHY you lost. Once you know why you lost, you now feel in control as you can prevent this from happening again.

Faiz Ali

Canada8 Posts

March 20 2012 18:25 GMT

#75

Starcraft, more so than any game I know (besides real life), is a game of skill. It's not like competitive shooters, DOTAs or competitive team sports where you can blame team mates, or like 1v1 fighting games, where there is very little game balance. When you lose a game of SC, it's because you're a worse player than your opponent. This is what makes the game exciting, when players play they risk not just ladder points, but dignity.

When I lose a game on ladder, I don't feel anything but respect for my opponent for being better than me. I only disrespect opponents when disrespected first.

Uhh Negative

United States1090 Posts

March 20 2012 18:27 GMT

#76

I used to rage but it's not a big deal anymore. Understand why you lost and move on because getting angry is not beneficial. Easier said than done, for sure.

Dyme

Germany523 Posts

March 20 2012 18:28 GMT

#77

I sometimes get slightly angry playing SC2 though it's more getting mad at me and a little sad. I never insult anyone except for fun when I am not actually angry (usually when I won and opponent insults me). I always gg. When opponents offensive gg me or do something similar, I build shit everywhere and go afk.

When I play LoL however, I get so angry that sometimes I feel physical pain and I catch myself shouting at the people I am not in Skype with. I used to play it with my "normal internet friends" but at one point, we played a game, got mad at each other, didn't talk for a week or so. That was the point we decided not to play it anymore.

Acritter

Syria7637 Posts

March 20 2012 18:29 GMT

#78

You need another poll to show frequency. I don't get angry very often at all. It's incredibly rare.

galtdunn

United States977 Posts

March 20 2012 18:29 GMT

#79

On March 21 2012 00:28 GeNeSiDe wrote:
I've also noticed that in my masters players I play, it is very seldom to receive a simple GG. I'd say about 10% of my victories end in this; most of the games the player will either just leave without saying anything, complain about balance, or be straight up twats and BM to hell before GTFO'ing. Also, in the games I lose, many of them end in offensive GG's, "get out" or "EZ". I've even had a couple situations where I've typed "gg wp" to receive "EZ noob gtfo" in reply...things like this serve to make me more likely to reply in kind the next game I win.

This is so true, master league is so bm. And they like to complain about balance. One terran had the balls to complain about metalopolis after we played a long macro game. Zerg has to be only SLIGHTLY favored, and whether low masters even has the ability to exploit that is another question entirely...

SmoKim

Denmark10304 Posts

March 20 2012 18:32 GMT

#80

On March 21 2012 03:07 xmaine wrote:
If you type in ggwp at the end, you feel less rage and get over it quickly. Dunno if it works for other people but it works for me.

Definetly, the "wp" for some reason makes it both much easier to get over + its a good friendly gesture to end the game. Your opponent also get a little "yay go me" out of it, and that's never a bad thing