How to stay calm during a (cRPG) gaming session?

[Kafein]

You look a lot like me. Most of my frustration comes from expecting victory like it's mandatory. Try to go back to the basics. Make a gimmick alt and troll people with it. Don't play with the character you feel entitled to success with. Play other games, other gamemodes...

[Patoson]

Do what I do: write all kind of crap in chat, it helps... a little. Having a bed nearby is great as well so you can punch something soft and don't screw up your hand.

But now, seriously, the moments I don't rage like a maniac are those when I have made many profitable things away from the computer - it's like I enjoy the session a lot more. When I play all day long, I end up getting mad every minute.

[Torben]

• Put on some banging, hot dubstep.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAg1DnDasCU


dont ANYONE insult this tune by playing it on a bad system. [/list]

[Christo]

I'm back, read all the pages.

Good suggestions, I'll try learning some.

Get a new computer

I'm sure that would make me somewhat happier, this hunk of junk is getting a bit.. old now.
Money is ze only problem stopping me though. 

1. You started working out recently?
2. You have not had sex in a long time (long is what is longer then normal for you)?
3. Are you feeling like you are not in control of some elements in your life. Work, school whatever?
4. You recently started new medicine like beta-blockers?

Other less likely candidates

Cancer in the testicles.
Cancer in the brain.
You are going through sex transformation process.
Aids (just because they always put aids as a possible cause

This made me lol.  Really true, on certain parts, like the 3rd one. Hate not being in 100% control of everything.

[Grumbs]

Don't take things too personally, try to stay detached and remember the internet is full of people you would never associate yourself with in real life. You know nothing about the people playing, just gotta try to laugh and enjoy it even when it seems messed up.

Most frustrating thing for me is when I hit a team mate, especially when I seem to hit nowhere near them, and when hits go through enemies heads sometimes. I've hit a foot or so away from an enemy and assumed I missed and still killed him. Hitbox type things get annoying for me atm but overall I enjoy the game a lot still

If you find you're getting more and more worked up then you have to take a break. If you're laid back and don't get emotionally involved though you won't need breaks. Not always easy lol I know

[Duke]

Only advice I can give if you're frustrated, which I frequently am, is to change builds / characters or just stop playing.

I seem to have a lot more fun when I lower my expectations and play a joke build or just moonlight as a peasant.  Save some coin, throw rocks, whatever.

[Thomek]

I rage too.. and I have admintext available.. and ban button.

It's though I'm telling you!

But in any case, raging is part of life, normal and all that. Too many people creates problems out of nothing because they think they are not normal. People who seem perfectly normal scare the shit out of me. They are either completely retarded, or so fucked up they do all they can to hide it..

oh yes, working out made me a really angry and agressive person. So I stopped.

[ThePoopy]

alt + F4

[Leshma]

Alt + X

Fixed.

[Murmillus_Prime]

Funny how I ask this, because in real life, I am a laid back, calm person, who hates raising his voice most of the time.

But I'm noticing that this coolness is kinda disappearing in my gaming personality. I try to be nice, or anything, but I get overloaded with all the "cheap" deaths, and stuff like that. It's ironic because this wouldn't happen a year ago or two. It's a recent thing.
(Happens at other games too, not just cRPG, sadly.)

I think of it as an illness, that needs to be cured somehow. I never was the guy who smashed keyboards, or yelled out loud of anger, and I'm not in a bad stage like that. It's just that I quickly reach for the chat, to talk bullshit I even regret about 20seconds after, and it makes me look foolish. Of course this leads to even more mistakes, that lead to even more stupid talk. It's a cycle of madness.
I'm sure people here can confirm me doing this. 

What do you think, how could I get back on track again? I know how annoying this can be to others, and It's kinda shameful, and retarded to do this. Yet, I prone to do it way too often these days.

And no, I'm not drunk.

Shout FUCKINT CUNTS, and then get on with the next round, and shout something similar if you die early or by a million cav or archers the next round.... works for me.

[Tyr_]

Easiest way for me to stay calm is to do it like Van Gogh; get green

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[Xtrah]

Happy player!

http://www.youtuberepeat.com/watch/?v=p3CSGAnIZBY

[Christo]

Happy player!

http://www.youtuberepeat.com/watch/?v=p3CSGAnIZBY

xD

This made me laugh. Good one, good one.

By the way, the new Rageball is amazing, and made me stay in the server for many hours last night. I had fun being a defender near the goal. Fun stuff.  Didn't rage one bit.

[Teeth]

Whenever I start raging at this game I am not having fun. When I am not having fun I stop playing and go do something that is fun.

[Dezilagel]

Don't listen to these fools, embrace your anger! Let it be your tool of mass destruction as you mow down heaps of enemies just to get to that one archer who got a lucky HS on you the other round. Or that backstabbing cavscrub who thinks he's cool with his 33-2 score of pure backstab/afk kills. Or that melee bundle of sticks who ran away from a 1v1 with you. Let the hate flow through you, it's what will give you the strength to deal with the lamers. (Like making Maganda RQ by standing in spawn and baiting him... aah, so much fun)

...

On a more serious note, I'm at the top of my game when I'm really pissed for some reason but I'm at my worst when I'm frustrated. 

If you're getting frustrated with the game just take a break and idle in TS or something.