Frustration & Gaming

[Marino]

So i am playing MVP 08 and just getting embarassed by Mark Mulder. He struck me out 12 times and it just felt i could not do anything...so i am pretty much yelling at the screen and at myself...and hitting the controller on the ground....its pretty crazy...so my question is, how do you maintain your frustration when you are doing bad in a game, because i feel like i need help with this

[ohyeahbaby123]

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I realize that it is just a game, and a virtual one at that.

[av7]

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Cant be the best each and every time you play, thats what I tell myself.

[Marino]

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i agree with both of yall...but its like i get so into the game and want to win every time lol i guess i have to realize that i shouldnt overreact if im doing bad...to competitive i guess

[ehh]

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I used to be really bad, breaking controllers pretty frequently and even threw my Size 16 Timbs through a wall once (huge hole in the sheet-rock in the apartment I was living in at the time) but I finally realized it's just a video game and since then I've been all good.

[Marino]

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yea towards the end of the 7th inning after the aaron miles home run i wasnt even mad then...i just realized i threw a bad pitch and he hit it out...then i realize i chase way to many pitches...frustration has always been my problem even in RL sports...when i do bad in baseball or football or basketball i get really upset....one time i broke an aluminum bat out of frustration

[dkgojackets]

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what the hell is mvp 08?

[The Chef]

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what the hell is mvp 08?

I would imagine he is talking about MVP '05 with 2008 MOD's installed on the PC.

[ehh]

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what the hell is mvp 08?

http://eamods.com/remository.html?func=fileinfo&id=1120

[bgeno]

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I used to slam my hand on the floor and yell at the TV and stuff... especially when my WRs dropped the ball in NCAA04 and 05.

I just laugh when something like that happens now. When the D-line does the ol' Jump-the-Snap on me, and I don't have time to do a damn thing, I just laugh and often even shut the system off before I get too upset. It's just a game... it'll be there another day.

In terms of IRL sports, I never got/get too upset. You win some, you lose some... and sometimes you can't win any, like my high school football team senior year. What's getting upset about it going to do? That's what I always think. And I see how other people act and how idiotic they look when they get upset over sports, and I just don't want to look that way. No one wants to hear me whining about this and yelling about that.

If I'm coaching a flag-football team (which I do at school) and we're getting beat, I try to tell my teammates how to improve in the game or try to motivate them to play better with a metaphorical pat on the back and an "attaboy." No yelling at all (unless it's from the sideline telling them to look for a certain play or something like that). Hell, if I know the game's out of reach, I just bail on the game plan and tell the guys to have fun. I'll put people out of position, run whacky plays, etc.

It's just a game. Sports are supposed to be fun.

Getting all bent out of shape over sports is ridiculous and makes you look silly.

It's supposed to be fun. Find the fun in the game. If it's not fun, you shouldn't be playing (video games or IRL sports).

[callmetaternuts]

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i love watching people get upset at video games. Ill yell at the TV in jest sometimes, but i dont take it too seriously

[jonpt]

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I hate to admit it but I get this way sometimes when I play guitar hero or rockband. Only game that I've ever had much frustration with. It's pretty sad that I actually got mad enough one night that I jerked the whammy bar right out of the guitar. And I'm usually a pretty laid back guy. I went out and bought a new wireless guitar and learned to controlled my frustration after that.

[jmood88]

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I tell myself that if I ever get so mad that I'm throwing things and yelling that all I have to do is quit and start it over or just turn the system off. It's also just a videogame so I won't get that mad anyway.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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From Middle School through my Sophomore year of HS, I was no good man. Can't even tell you how much I spent on New Controllers during that time period.

Now when I'm frustrated, I either pause the game for a while and take a break(usually a few hours or so)or just turn the game off completely.

[dkgojackets]

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I hate to admit it but I get this way sometimes when I play guitar hero or rockband. Only game that I've ever had much frustration with. It's pretty sad that I actually got mad enough one night that I jerked the whammy bar right out of the guitar. And I'm usually a pretty laid back guy. I went out and bought a new wireless guitar and learned to controlled my frustration after that.

ive never gotten frustrated with the guitar, but ive thrown drumsticks before on some songs