Anger and Frustration in Video Games

[bridgedragon]

Yo.
So, I was playing FIFA and not getting the best luck. (If luck is a thing) And I noticed one thing. I was getting really angry, and frustrated. Now, the emotion anger isn't a good thing. At all. So that's when *ding ding ding* thread idea came into my head.

Why do we get angry at video games? Well, there's multiple reasons why. This also depends on the game your playing, and the situation you're in.

1) You're put at a disadvantage. MCSG is a perfect example! Teams. You're playing solo, doing good. Then you have to fight a team. 2v1. If you die to the team, you get angry. You feel like it isn't fair at all, you think that you could beat them 1v1 easy. But because it was a 2v1, you lost.

2) You play with the mindset that you're gonna win every time. I'm sorry, but you're not gonna win every time. I read on reddit somewhere that if you play thinking your gonna win, you're not going to improve. Anyhow, you want to win, but you lose. You're angry that you lost, simple as that really

3 You're time has been wasted. This is in literally any multiplayer game that has player versus player in it. You played the game, and you lost. Therefore, you feel like the game wasted your time.

4) You're competitive. It's who you are. You don't like loosing, so when you lose. You get angry.

Those are just a couple reasons why people get mad at video games. So, how do you not get angry? Well there's multiple ways to go about this. The easiest is, play the game to have fun! That's what video games were made for! (I think) Have fun! Who cares if you die? There's always next game! A good way to do this is just messing around. You can also play with friends! Playing with friends is usually fun! Also, if you're not going to do either, just listen to some music. I find music calms me down, and keeps me relaxed.

So, I really hope I didn't bore you to death! If I did, please don't call the cops on me! Thanks.

Also, on a completely unrelated note. Writing this on a surface tablet is the worst thing I ever did in my life! Imagine typing a letter, to have it load 5 seconds later. Oh so bad. :/

 

[Turtle]

It's just disappointing me that people will say or do things on a simple minecraft game. I don't really get mad.

 

[bridgedragon]

It's just disappointing me that people will say or do things on a simple minecraft game. I don't really get mad.

Well like half of minecraft's players are around 12 I think, so they aren't the most mature people on the planet.

 

[FadingPixels]

It's funny how you think every twelve year old is not mature when there are some that are more mature than 18 year olds.
Even though I'm not twelve I just hate hearing people say that twelve year olds are not mature when there are some matured ones.

 

[bridgedragon]

It's funny how you think every twelve year old is not mature when there are some that are more mature than 18 year olds.
Even though I'm not twelve I just hate hearing people say that twelve year olds are not mature when there are some matured ones.

I don't really want this to turn into a flame, but for the record. I don't find it funny. I am quite humorless actually. And may I ask where I said every 12 year old? There are definitely some who are mature, but in my opinion the majority of those people don't play minecraft.

 

[BitoBain]

I know why people get mad in video games. It's the same reason we love them. There's a law that states that if something can make you happy, then it can also make you sad or angry.

However, there is a big difference between getting yelled at by a friend and having some random little kid type "eZ rekt" in chat. I hope I don't sound insensitive in saying this, but I don't understand why people get so worked up about getting trash talked by some random person that they don't know or respect. I agree with the staff that trash talk shouldn't be punishable. I don't do it, but I think it's just part of any competitive game. Trash talk phrases are different from blatantly stating "you're awful at this game" or "you're easy to kill" because they are hackneyed and say little about the person being insulted. In other words, eZ doesn't really mean you're easy to kill, it simply acknowledges that the person talking is feeling idiotic or cocky. People who get upset over such things are usually only doing so because they are already worked up over something else, like a frustrating death.

Anyways, I think the biggest reason people get upset is because they are disappointed in either their own dumb decision or they feel they are at a disadvantage. Time wasted? True, but we already get our time wasted when we play video games. Thinking you're going to win every game can contribute, but it's probably not a huge reason. Another thing that frustrates me is when things cause my death that make no sense whatsoever. For example, today I played on Hub Games, and I climbed up a ladder just southwest of corn to get on top of the big platform that circles around corn. I looked up and down the entire time to make sure nobody followed me or was ahead of me. Once I got to the top, I relaxed because I knew there were only two entrances to the platform, and the other was a hundred blocks away, impossible to get to this early in the game.

Then one second after I reached the top of the ladder, somebody knocked me off of the edge and killed me from behind. WHAT!!!??? HOW DID YOU GET THERE!!?? I just sat there in shock for like 30 seconds afterwards. If anyone knows how this is possible, please tell me. That was the maddest I'd been in a long time.