How to calm yourself down when raging at video games?
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watch bob ross
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MghiBW3r65M[/media]
i literally watch this shit before bed everyday cause it's so calming
[QUOTE=Stupideye;35241885]watch bob ross
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MghiBW3r65M[/media]
i literally watch this shit before bed everyday cause it's so calming[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;lLMZNW4WSSA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLMZNW4WSSA[/video]
Always relaxing.
[QUOTE=Stupideye;35241885]watch bob ross
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MghiBW3r65M[/media]
i literally watch this shit before bed everyday cause it's so calming[/QUOTE]
Can never have enough happy little trees and bushes.
I always thought it was a little strange that he never painted anything with people or animals in it though.
If something usually happens in a game that gets me mad, then I just blame it on myself. Like if I get shot in BF3 I think "well I guess I was an easy target from that angle." If it's obviously lag, then I blame the connection.
[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;35241835]Stop playing.
Realise it's a game. You shouldn't get mad at games. Get mad at things worth getting mad at.[/QUOTE]
Like games.
TBH though, I have exploded over retarded shit and put blame onto my friends, but its normally after a long string of really bad games.
Fap.
[QUOTE=Jacen;35241897]Can never have enough happy little trees and bushes.
I always thought it was a little strange that he never painted anything with people or animals in it though.[/QUOTE]
it's funny cause on "the joy of painting" series, there is a episode where there's a portrait done, but he gets someone else to do the episode. I guess he preferred painting nature stuff
I had a friend that used to rage at CS. The weird thing was he was actually really good. But if he was a on a good run top of the board and he got killed he would rage like no tomorrow. He just sort of grew out of and stopped taking games so seriously.
I do the odd curse word. But that's as far as it goes. If it's multiplayer it won't count to much in the future.
Boot up a random TTT game and RDM everyone
no wait that's terrible advice [sp]no it isn't[/sp] quit gettin mad at videogames
Every time you're pissed off get down on the floor and do a set number of push ups. Either you'll learn to not want to be angry, or you'll put that extra energy somewhere useful.
Step 1: get off the computer
Step 2: grow the fuck up
Open your window and yell at birds.
Fuck birds and their shit.
Wait till puberty kicks in and you mature a little
[QUOTE=latin_geek;35241979]Boot up a random TTT game and RDM everyone
no wait that's terrible advice [sp]no it isn't[/sp] quit gettin mad at videogames[/QUOTE]
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king of the fuckin' bees
[QUOTE=IcyTruth;35241055]
Any suggestions on how to chill the fuck out when playing games?[/QUOTE]
Keep this in mind: It's just a video game. Pointless, meaningless zeroes and ones flying past your face at the speed of light. You're not going to be living your life off video games, so there's absolutely no reason to take it even remotely seriously.
You can also ponder how you may be ruining it for for-fun players who just want to spend 45-90 minutes blowing shit up and don't want to hear someone raging on about how much they suck.
If that fails, just hang your keyboard up and call it a day. If you absolutely cannot stop taking gaming seriously it's probably best you don't game at all for a few months. It'd be the first thing I did if I found myself acting as you are.
Find the nearest living thing and kill it.
Wear it's hide as a coat.
[QUOTE=Tark;35242255]CSS Jailbreak server more like.
king of the fuckin' bees[/QUOTE]
i love stgggs
anyway what i do if i'm mad (i don't get mad at video games often) is make some coffee and listen to good music
I stopped raging at videogames after my first round of Space Station 13.
[QUOTE=Archonos 2;35241870]Apparently I'm destroying someone.
Well then uh... go back to square one of my post with "get over it."
I mean you shouldn't have those feelings, it's obvious that the OP knows it. I also gathered from his dialect that he has a spec of self-confidence so I figured I wouldn't be hurting him.
I don't mean "get over it" derogatory either, I mean it literally. Get over the anger and such as long as you aren't breaking something valuable. We all get pissed at games but "batshit insane" is a little much. Just notice it and find ways to cope when you get angry. Whatever helps you. Lift weights, punch pillows, whatever.[/QUOTE]
The idea is to learn how to deal with these feelings constructively, not to stamp the feelings out or repress them.
My rage comes from frustration. What helps me is to not let yourself get to that level of frustration that turns into rage.
I rarely get angered by them. More that I get frustrated with some hard games or poorly designed ones.
I was gonna say get the fuck over it but then I had horrid flashbacks.
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NOPE!
If you wanna calm down boot up saints row and smash some testicals.
I haven't gotten angry at a game in a long time.
I don't get mad.
I get even.
When my rage has gotten past the 'point of no return', I start playing Prince of Persia (the 2008 one that nobody liked). There's just something about it that calms me down, no matter how angry or frustrated I was before.
I'm not saying you should play it, but maybe there's something similar that works for you. Try find a game that's not frustrating, is easy to get into and has something 'calming' to it.
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It doesn't have to be a game. Listening to music or watching certain videos tends to help, too
Hunt them down and murder them, it's the counter strike way.
I don't know what's scarier, a bunch of people willing to admit that they get upset at video games or the fact that they're confiding in eachother about something that 8 year olds do
Seriously if you get angry at video games how do you even function in the outside world
I haven't been angry at a game since I went through puberty, must have something to do with not being a hormonal teenager anymore.
If I get angry I have a break and smoke a bowl, it's all good.
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