Hey guys,
Last time I was seriously competitive in anything in life and gaming was when i played some 1v1 in starcraft or dueled in diablo 2 hardcore (no hacks). That was closer to 2004-2005ish.
Nonetheless, I was watching streamers on twitch, which i never really did and discovered SC 2 streamers and that got me back into SC 2 as well as inspired me to start streaming.
So i'm playing Starcraft 2 competitively now. I've played 150ish games on ladder so far and i just hit gold rank. (goes bronze-silver-gold-platinum-diamond-master-grandmaster). Now i've found my competitive streak.
The new Path of Exile season comes out in like 4 days and I have no interest in even playing it. Isn't that amazing. I have put 1600 hours into Path of Exile and every season i start new again WTF.
If I had put 1600 hours into SC 2, I believe I'd be master level now or perhaps greater. My stream would be growing better. Then again, I guess I could stream Path of Exile.
Onto controlling rage:
Also, i did play SC 2 6 years ago for 2 weeks but quit as I broke 2 mouses after losing games. 2 days ago, I almost broke my mouse again after losing. I'm much better now than I was before, but how do you control your rage when playing competitively.
I was reading online about it and some guy had a great quote that basically said this, "Once you realize you're getting mad because you thought you were entitled to a win, then the rage will go". I definitely get mad when I think I should have won, but I guess the key phrase is to lose the entitlement and you won't get so pissed.
If i played against a pro player and got destroyed, I wouldn't be mad because you know, I never thought consciously or subconsciously that I should ever win the game. But in other games, I guess I subconsciously feel like i'm entitled to a win and i need to get over that.
So what are your tools to not rage when you lose competitive games.
Sincerely,
Cryomatrix
Catch me streaming at twitch.tv/cryomatrix
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2. Yelling helps.
3. Getting up and walking about, reflecting on what fucktards my adversaries are helps ... a little.
4. Calling a gaming friend and venting helps.
5. Turning the computer off and watching tv instead helps quite a lot.
6. Getting a beer to drink while watching tv helps most.
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Speaking of mad, while not playing competitively it has awoken a fury I didn't know was still in me, wife says I'm scaring the cats.
I think you nailed it, I don't get upset dying when trying something new or stupid, it's when I get hung up on a rock and dying during a delve which can absolutely infuriate me as I was "supposed" to win.
Controlling the anger, I dunno, try to keep in mind stuffs gonna happen and press on though I realize in your situation easier said than done.
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When i was serious playing UnrealTournament,imo the most skilled fps ever,i would simply load up some video game play of the best known players to see what they were doing.
The only reason i ever got upset was because of cheats.Luckily in UT we could just go to a different server and leave the cheats to themselves.
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On getting mad...
Frustration is when I want to rage quit. I make plenty of stupid mistakes on my own, I don't need the computer helping me out. It's when the game "knows" too much and a tactic goes awry because who knew an alien (XCom 2) could hit a target across the screen behind high cover for a critical hit? I did everything right. My soldier was in high cover, none better. I thought he was out of range, even. But the game decided, "You're gonna LOSE!"
I get mad enough to rage quit only when I feel frustrated, which is quite different from mad or angry. Frustration is out my control. I, AlBQuirky, did all I could have. At that point, I curse and yell, then I turn off the PC, grab a drink, put on my reading music and grab a book
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
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In SC2 there are four fundamentals:
Macro = managing resources and army numbers
Micro = controlling your armies individually
Scouting = self-explanatory
Mechanics = knowing how things work together for proper counters
For low level they say to focus on macro and you'll move up the leagues which is what I'm doing until it becomes automatic. The losing to cheese is the other 3 fundamentals.
Funny thing, in SC 2 you try to focus on your macro, they come in for attack and you forget your ass from your elbow and panic and start doing stupid crap.
You can see my sci-fi/WW2 book recommendations.
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
Nothing gets the blood pumping like having one third of your screen get covered from view when you get your hand a bit off center during a frantic recovery attempt.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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i will get back, and I will find a way to win.
My question is, what do you do when you have to compete with yourself?!
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If I get angry over losing a competitive game, it's usually a sign for me something is amiss... that's just me, though. I tend to play another one, but this can easily become a spiral.
If I end up experiencing rage, then I remind myself it's just a game and isn't it funny how worked up a game can get me? Then I'll usually take a long break... maybe a week or more.
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"The simple is the seal of the true and beauty is the splendor of truth" -Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Authored 139 missions in Vendetta Online and 6 tracks in Distance
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
It can be summed up with being forced and unforced errors. The unforced errors are stupid mistakes you did, the forced errors are about making wrong decision under pressure. Unforced error is about basic understanding of the game and about maintaining focus. Learning how to deal with players that put pressure on you is how you improve to become a much better player.
That's not to say I never raged, I kicked a hole in a wall when playing table tennis, I ruined my tv remote control during '99 champions league final between bayern munich and manchester united, I destroyed a mouse during a naxxramas raid. I also punched a hole in a door after I didn't get a job. The only reason I haven't ruined a controller while playing from software games is more about the durability of the controller than the lack of rage.
But i wamt to play PoE, i may be better at streaming it because im a better PoE player. But im on vacation with the wife at the exact wrong time as usual. Always when new league starts.
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