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Raaaaaage Quit!

Discussion in 'Video Games' started by Absolute Zero, Mar 22, 2016.

  1. Absolute Zero

    Absolute Zero The second seal

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    So here's the situation: yesterday, I was with a friend and we were Smashing Glory-style. 1-on-1, balanced stages, two stock, no items, all that good stuff. It was our first time Smashing together, I was C. Falcon (trying to transfer my Ganondorf skill) and he was Game and Watch. We're having a grand old time, chatting as we fight. The benefits of Lucina over Marth, the haxy nature of Villager's pocket absorb, nice stuff. I win Round 1 having not lost a stock and only taken like 30% (part skill, part luck, I admit the luck and still say gg). Round 2 is similar: I KO him one time and get him up to ~80% on second stock, and you know what happens? He curses at me, jumps off the edge of the stage, unplugs his controller, walks to his car, and drives the eff home. I'm left here bewildered. I wasn't boasting or being cheap or anything, but two consecutive losses and he was just fed up enough to cuss me out and relocate himself several miles away.

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    How about you? Do you ever encounter players who emotionally quit after repeated failure? Are you a player who rage-quits? What's the underlying reason for the action, and is there a benefit to that choice? Share a story here!
     
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  2. ✯Ho-OhLugia✯

    ✯Ho-OhLugia✯ Pokemon Masters

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    I never rage quit, as I am not an angry person. After all, the only person I ever play games with is my sister! We never get angry at each other, as we are simply in the same level and we are highly uncompetitive. But against my best friend... that's another story. I wouldn't want to talk about other people as I'm afraid to say something wrong. However, there was this one instance where I had no one to play Smash to and my dad was my only target. He just had to accept! I was playing as Mewtwo and he was Greninja, and he had no idea how to play!
    He quit after 30 seconds.
     
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  3. Strytho

    Strytho Giveaway Enthusiast

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    I've never rage quit, but I did have a college roommate who got so angry at a an xbox game that he took the game out and smashed the disc. Then there was the controller prank a friend did on his roommate that caused him to nearly smash his controller. good times at "the wood" good times...
     
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  4. Megarai111

    Megarai111 Elizabeth 3rd

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    I rage-quit, but I never let it get so far as that I actually break stuff. I know how much money it cost me and smashing it just isn't worth it. Usually, letting the game rest and try it again in a few days is the key to mastering the thing I previously rage-quit at.
     
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  5. Sachi-Shimazu

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    Hmm... I don't think I ever rage quit... Except for one time against Hiro online in Smash... Oh yea, and Nate at one time...

    Often times, I can tell I'm doing something wrong, but I can't pinpoint it. I know I'm doing something wrong when I lose. Examples being in Sm4sh on For Glory mode I know I can beat all the really bad players online who spam projectiles and smash attacks, but I don't shield very well, I'm overly aggressive. Xenoblade Chronicles, being so close to beating the Fierce Vigent in Lao's first affinity mission, but I lost because I hit the wrong button. Sure I get mad, but I make a point at trying to fix my mistakes...

    However, what happened with the two LV users... Well, Nate is easier to explain... I thought I was good at Sm4sh, and I thought Nate was just creaming me because he was using characters like ZSS and Shiek... He was creaming me because I sucked at the game and he understood it much better than me.
    Hiro on the other hand, it was interesting... He said he had actually played at some proper competitions IRL for Sm4sh, but he played like the stereotypical For Glory player, not like a proper tournament player. There were various things that he did or didn't do that someone who frequents tournaments would've known, spamming moves that shouldn't really be spammed and not using comboes that work with the characters... I got mad because I was losing, but also because I was trying to understand his claim that he played at tournaments... I got WAY to mad at the time and I feel like shit for saying some of the things I said...
     
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  6. MrTimtendo

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    I do have times where I want to ragequit from Mario Party. Against just CPUs, I will reset the game if something unfavorable happens (lol Bowser Revolution when I have 100 coins and then everyone else has less than 25). With friends, I just brush off such situations and just get a good laugh from it.

    In Smash, I don't ragequit. Do I get disappointed with how I play? Sometimes. But do I get angry/salty? Nah, I'm still a good sport nonetheless. I love to play it, regardless if I win or lose.
     
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  7. Vanillite

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    I'm not really sure when I really last rage quitted, but when I was like 10 I rage quit all the time man-- And I was the type to throw and break stuff. I used to throw the controllers about-- I actually broke a ps2 controller once :S I wish I could remember what excuse I used as to why it was broken (of courseI didn't want to tell my parents that I'd broken it by slamming it on the ground lmao)

    Tbh I didn't even rage quit on decent games, either?? I'd rage quit over like Spyro and Tak & the Power of JuJu. It's embarrassing
     
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  8. 8542Madness

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    I don't reach the point of rage-quitting, but I know when to just stop and play something else. Usually when I'm playing a competitive game and I run into someone who spams or cheats I get angry pretty fast, but I don't stick around. No use in simply getting angry about something I can't do anything about.
     
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  9. BiohazardSr

    BiohazardSr My name is Sid. Sid the Bard

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    I think the only time I've ever rage quit was in mortal combat. It was this one tag team fight in the campaign. I actually worked up a sweat from the salt level I was at. Other times I've learned to simply walk away. There might have been other times I've raged, but I can't remember
     
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  10. Phyxture

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    I don't usually rage quit so much as I rage check-out, if that makes any sense. In the case of Smash Bros., I usually get upset if I know I'm not playing at the top of my game and the other person's punishing me for it. It's not really a rage at the other person for being so good, but rather a disappointment that I'm sucking. If I'm not able to pick myself up and git gud quick, I'll just progressively play worse and worse until I reach the point that I know I need to give it a rest. But if I decide to stop playing, I don't do it while throwing down my controller and stomping out of the room. Generally, I'll just stop because things ain't going too well, and I need to take a break. (Or if I'm absolutely exhausted. Late-night Smash is glorious, but I can only keep it up for so long.)

    Now in the case of games that have poorly designed or glitchy mechanics, I'll get upset, but I'm usually lightheartedly upset (if that's a thing?). As in I'm frustrated, but I can tell that the game's just being ridiculous or would require lots of time to master that I'm just not willing to put in. When this happens, I'm rarely taking the game seriously and I find the experience overall much more enjoyable. It's like a fun angry, y'know?

    In a nutshell, I try to make it a goal that, if I'm not enjoying the game, I'll stop and come back when I'm able to do so.
     
  11. ClamEatsCurry

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    I don't really rage quit. Sometimes I can get frustrated with myself when I'm doing bad in a game I know that I'm good at. But to me it really is just a game at the end of the day and even when I do get frustrated with myself, I get over it in a minute or so because I really do believe that it's just a game and a game, meant to be fun, shouldn't anger me, so I don't let them. If I do start to get angry for whatever reason though I just walk away for a minute to chill out and then go back to the game.

    I think people take games way too serious to get mad, even violent, over them. In terms of the OP, I've never had anything like that happen to me, and that just seems insane. Whenever I play games online, if I'm not playing with friends I just don't play with voice comms because I know how toxic game players can be after losing so I just stay away from it. Basically, if you're not there to just have a good time, win or lose, well to be honest I don't even want to play with you.
     
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  12. Teddybear2345

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    If a game frustrates me enough, I just lose my composure
    and quit playing for a few hours.

    I have been tempted to punch the tv or a wall.
    Not as such yet.
     
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  13. Shada

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    I have only ragequitted twice, as I couldn't defeat the final boss of those games. It took me every day, I tried at least once, for about 3 weeks to actually beat those bosses. Turns out, you had to use a special skill in both of those games that I didn't realize how to do earlier.

    I've never taken it to the next level (throwing stuff, etc.) , or hated the game just because I couldn't defeat the boss.
     
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  14. ~Nova~

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    I rarely rage-quit, unless I'm playing with my brother and he keeps beating me endlessly... and showing no signs of stopping...

    But him... I'm not sure if I should go into it. Okay, I will. If I win, he rage quits. If he dies five times, he rage quits. Once, he got so frustrated, he took a hammer and smashed the game. (I'm not sure what game it was, all I know is that he smashed it.)

    Normally, if I get frustrated, I stop playing for awhile until I either forget how hard it is or think I'm ready. Wait, that's rage quitting, isn't it?
    ...
    ... I calmly rage quit.
     
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  15. Achromatic

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    Welcome to Pokémon battles, lmao. So many people get mad and discount! I've done this a few times too, honestly. It's very easy to get annoyed with the games.
     
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  16. Butternut

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    I try to stay calm... But I usually dont succeed xD I have done my fair share of raging at games. The things that gets me the most are when it's unfair. But even with my rage and even if it's unfair, I rarely rage-quit. I have done it, but it takes a lot of bullshit to get me that far xD
     
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  17. Noctis

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    I think anyone who has ever played League of Legends has met someone who has raged quit or has rage quit themselves.

    I'm guilty of doing the above in that particular game. Baha!
     
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  18. Lucy

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    I'm an uber masochist when it comes to playing games. I do get mad often when the RNG screws me over and may curse at or put the game down for a while; however, I almost always end up playing the game again minutes after I ragequit. Have something happen to me again, ragequit once more, then go back to playing not long after. And so forth .w.
     
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  19. Nate

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    I rage quit Hearthstone if I start getting really frustrated with a series of bad luck and bad matchups. This is partially because the more upset I am, the worse I'm going to play so it's also a strategic thing.
     
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  20. YouHoney

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    Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue team. Zero Isle. Floor99. KO'd.

    The uncontrolled fury of my soul being torn apart. My bicep wanting to burst fro my need to lob the DS as hard as i can, but it was my gf's so i couldn't. I think i cried like... 20mins and stopped playing for 2 weeks.
     

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