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[Q] Regarding Tilt mode

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Peebrain
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden11 Posts
February 01 2011 07:10 GMT
#1
My question is regardning tilt.. I rarely go into ragemode, but it happens from time to time. For example if you already are irritable, you start a game, glhf , you loose a game you should have won, GG out, and the person writes noob to u. Stuff like this piss me off so much.

(Should note i switched races couple of days ago..)
When this state appears, i tell myself "you still need to practise with this race so just keep playing it out". And offc the loosing streak comes along.

So to the question, Does playing in tiltmode actually help you in anyway? Or is it better to sit it out and play in normal mode? What do you guys think?
han_han
Profile Joined October 2010
United States205 Posts
February 01 2011 07:33 GMT
#2
Think you need to step back and realize one thing, and one thing only.

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it's a fuggin game bro. Calm down, take a few steps back, and realize this is not life or death. You'll play better when you're calm, and you'll be more aware of the map and timings if you're not bat-sh crazy mad about your previous games.
HawaiianPig
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada5155 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-01 07:48:09
February 01 2011 07:45 GMT
#3
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This happened to me today. Yes, I was tilting and losing to some really awful (cheesy) things. I also got BM'd in a few of those games. (The most recent loss was a disconnect from battle.net! ugh!)

So yeah, I was in tilt mode at the beginning for sure... but sometimes you can just channel that into something positive.

I started just playing as safely and as smartly as I could, and it paid off (though, I bet the matchmaking algorithm helped).

Just keep cool and fall back on the strengths of your play.

NEVER try some cheese you've never prepared or try some silly tech you've never used. The worst time to try new things out is when you're losing games.

You've gotta step back after a losing streak and keep your head about you. It's a good skill to be able to operate normally even when you're annoyed. Learning to play while tilting is a good skill to have.

..........That said, in the very last game a dude proxied 2 gates and tried to cannon my ramp, all within range of my high ground.

Having tilted earlier in the day, I was actually annoyed at the mere fact that he tried this silly attempt at cheese. I quickly got siege mode and rolled over it. I then scanned a stargate and pre-empted his (even dumber) mass void ray follow up. I played well enough, and dealt with his completely cost-ineffective play, but like I said, it actually annoyed me. It's as if I took it as a slight against my skill that he'd try something so silly.

I BM'd him. As soon as I caught it I knew I'd be able to deal with it easily, so I talked a lot of shit the entire game.

Looking back, I have to ask myself, why? Why was I annoyed at someone else's play style? If it's worse than yours, then so be it, whether he knows it or not is not your concern.

In retrospect, it was probably because I had lost to very similar off-the-wall styles of play earlier in the day.

BM's a hell of a thing, it's what probably helped set off my tilting, and what I ended up doing after I rebounded. For all I know that guy went on to tilt after and might have later, uh, paid it forward.

I'd say the moral of the story is to keep your head about you, but judging by my own BM, sometimes you can't. If you're unable to calm down stop playing or channel that energy into playing sensibly.

And if you can do the latter, it'll make you a better player, but try not to be a jerk... despite how tempting it can be.
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Tatari
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1179 Posts
February 01 2011 08:00 GMT
#4
Don't cheese in tiltmode. It's seriously the worst thing that you could do since you're most likely mad without thinking through things in the long run. Then again, you could cheese... as long as you're confident that you can survive if shit hits the fan and your cheese fails.

Just do the tried and true, old faithful builds that you're comfortable with. Just keep playing until you're at the end of the losing streak hellhole.
A fed jungler is no longer a jungler, but a terrorist.
yosisoy
Profile Joined October 2010
Israel202 Posts
February 01 2011 08:02 GMT
#5
In my experience, playing in "tilt mode" is destructive to a player's win/loss ratio. Usually after 4-5 losses in a row if I keep playing I will end up with dumber and dumber losses, and each one frustrates you more than the previous, making it harder to win the following match.

I've decided, personally, to just sit out and do something else after losing a few games. I guess being a very casual player helps though..
In Soviet Russia, sorrow harvest you
Eka
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden71 Posts
February 01 2011 09:07 GMT
#6
Playing in tiltmode helps me controll the feeling of frustration, and it teaches me to play with my head, not my emotions. I play worse, but its still educational.
CooDu
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia899 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-01 09:37:13
February 01 2011 09:35 GMT
#7
On February 01 2011 17:02 yosisoy wrote:
In my experience, playing in "tilt mode" is destructive to a player's win/loss ratio. Usually after 4-5 losses in a row if I keep playing I will end up with dumber and dumber losses, and each one frustrates you more than the previous, making it harder to win the following match.

I've decided, personally, to just sit out and do something else after losing a few games. I guess being a very casual player helps though..


Totally agree with this fine chap. While I don't really care tooooo much about my W/L Ratio, I find logging off the best viable option for me when faced with issues like a losing spree.

Basically, I stop while the going is still somewhat good Lol, otherwise I'd do things I regret like uninstall the game in frustration and then have to reinstall 10 minutes later when I calmed down lol!

Also, don't BM -.-' it's a game, not some bar brawl because you're opponent touched your Mrs. Go yell at your dog or something.
Just a simple guy, going wherever this journey takes me.
TFB
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom89 Posts
February 01 2011 09:53 GMT
#8
Personally, I find the answer depends on what sort of game I'm playing. If it's a practice game against someone I'm going to face again (often in the next game), I find playing while the red mist is down to be quite beneficial as it becomes "Ha! I shall have my revenge!". However, for laddering it just messes me up totally as I'm still focusing on the last game - "I'm gonna shove his turtling terran head up his backside!" doesn't really do much for one's ZvZ. In a way, laddering's like playing against a rather perverse AI* in that there's no real psychological carry-over between games, so coming into a game with a bit of baggage isn't going to help at all.


* To the point where, at lower levels at least, Blizz could chuck in a few games against something like Green Tea and I doubt anyone would notice. It's a very, very anonymous and impersonal environment.
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