Frustration & Gaming

[slickdtc]

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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.

Same with me. It started getting a little to expensive and embarassing to make up some story to my brothers of why I was accidentally stepping on all the controllers.

Looking back, I'm trying to figure out why I ever did such stupid things. I definitely took my games way more seriously back then, but it usually wasn't a "what the ****, I'm losing" type of thing because I don't mind the losses. What I do mind is when the CPU continually cheats its way into making me lose. Prime example of this was in MVP 03 (I believe, or 04). I was a game away from completeing a team goal of sweeping a rival. I played the 4th game of that series 5 times. Each game I had a lead, only to lose it midway through because they hit everything, no matter what or where it was located. I ended up opening the XBOX disc tray, then smashing it back in. It cost me the price of another XBOX. I later found out that the Cardinals weren't even listed as a rival.

Wouldn't happen now though. Even if I'm losing because the CPU magically starts doing everything right no matter what I do, I'd just give a little sigh and play on.

[BunnyHardaway]

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I usually keep my composure during sports games, but when I play Guitar Hero and I miss a bunch of easy notes, I punch the hell out of the guitar and throw it down.

[Brandon 2006]

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I used to go through controllers like no tomorrow, but I calmed down quite a bit. I still do throw the controller though, I've ruined two 360 controllers to the point where they are unusable and my last one is falling apart.

[jonpt]

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I usually keep my composure during sports games, but when I play Guitar Hero and I miss a bunch of easy notes, I punch the hell out of the guitar and throw it down.

Exactly what I was talking about lol....I got in the habit of missing notes right after I used star power the night I ripped the whammy bar out. Some nights I'm in the zone and hitting everything with that game but some nights I can't do a thing and have to quit right away before it gets the best of me.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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I usually keep my composure during sports games, but when I play Guitar Hero and I miss a bunch of easy notes, I punch the hell out of the guitar and throw it down.

Wow...

Some of you guys need to relax a little, geez! It's just a game, something most play as a hobby or to relax.

[ThreeKing]

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I used to slam my hand on the floor...

For some reason I read that as "I used to slam my hand in the door."

I was like...damn.

[stewaat]

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Wow...

Some of you guys need to relax a little, geez! It's just a game, something most play as a hobby or to relax.

Another person for the ignore list...nice job belittling people.

I usually don't get upset during games but I'll get all happy when I make a big stop or something. My "upset" moments are when I give up a big play in NCAA...then I'll just sit back in my chair and say "you gotta be ******* kidding me".

[BunnyHardaway]

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Another person for the ignore list...nice job belittling people.

I usually don't get upset during games but I'll get all happy when I make a big stop or something. My "upset" moments are when I give up a big play in NCAA...then I'll just sit back in my chair and say "you gotta be ******* kidding me".

That's what I do...or when a guy running a post route somehow goes from sprinting to gliding at 40 MPH and makes a catch on 3rd and long, I'll just sit there and be like "wtf...nothing I can do"

Still not sure why I am the way I am with GH though.

[dkgojackets]

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Wow...

Some of you guys need to relax a little, geez! It's just a game, something most play as a hobby or to relax.

coming from the guy who went ape**** and got banned over fantasy football...

[ManiacMatt1782]

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never any distruction, but my girlfriend laughs when i curse at the game. Like if the CPU, or someone im playing scores, I'll say ahhhh (poop). Or if I am playing APF 2k8 and my generic receiver who was wide open and had plenty of space to run after the catch drops the pass, I'll say what the (hell), my (freakin) disabled mother could have hauled that pass in.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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coming from the guy who went ape**** and got banned over fantasy football...

[BunnyHardaway]

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Actually, I get mad at FIFA too...how could I forget my classic "what the piss?!" line in one of my league matches with Acid.

[windseer90]

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In Halo, whenever someone kills me and there should've been no way he could've, I usually just say "Wow" or "Ok" in a sarcastic way. If I'm really sucking though, I'll cuss only if my parents aren't home. I'm alright at controlling it.

In Guitar Hero/Rock Band, the only time I got really frustrated was on Expert Raining Blood. I FINALLY passed Mosh 1 for those of you who know what that part is, and then failed the very last part at like 95%. I was so pissed I threw my guitar and my whammy bar broke. I don't get that pissed anymore over songs, but lets say I was about to pass TTFAF on Expert and I fail at 99%... I would definitely throw my guitar. TTFAF is serious business.

[dkgojackets]

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Actually, I get mad at FIFA too...

[duke776]

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My brother used to always get extremely mad and yell at the tv when something bad happened in NCAA 04. Well, we had a dynasty together and we would play each other every year and he would kick the **** out of me, so one year I tell him I'm not going to play him. We both ended up being undefeated and going to the NC, I was afraid to beat him, he used to eat me up because that's what older brothers do, so I was kicking his *** somehow and then he came back and he was only down 1 with 5 seconds left my ball he had no timeouts. So you're thinking I'll just take a knee right? Nope, I was like I'd rather lose to him in a video game then get my *** kicked by him so I intentionally scrambled around and ran into the endzone hit the pump fake button while going out of bounds so he didn't know I was intentionally doing it. It was totally worth it, I'd rather take a loss and be safe then get beat up. I did end up telling him about it last year, so I can say I actually beat him in one game my entire life, so I still get the enjoyment out of it, just 5 years later than planned.