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[Poll] Are you a nerd rager?
maccarthur2004
Member UncommonPosts: 511
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I do not agree with the presumptions in your poll.
Taking the game seriously, getting angry at the game, and raging at others over it are 3 separate behaviors that are not that strongly linked at the end of the day.
I take games very seriously if I play competitively and the last thing I am going to do is blame someone or rage at someone, especially when playing with strangers, because I know it means saying goodbye to teamwork, and I am trying to succeed. When playing with people who you do know, you have to understand their individual personalities and what works best for each of them and the team as a whole.
In a similar vein, losing is part of improvement. If you cannot handle losing, you either need to become very good very quickly, or you need to take control over your emotions before you start self-destructing. I know some people who rage so much they can't play competitive games at all.
I will agree with the last point that rage is generally silly, especially if you are not involved in an activity that is, indeed serious. If you are doing a level 15 dungeon in WoW with strangers, the rage is probably a sign of poor self-esteem and deflection and little else. On the other hand, I can understand emotions running high in a tournament for money, or when attempting to accomplish a world first, as those things are not silly at all.
Favorite MMO: Vanilla WoW
Currently playing: GW2, EVE
Excited for: Wildstar, maybe?
Playing: FFXIV, DnL, and World of Warships
Waiting on: Ashes of Creation
I chose the last "Yes" choice. I can't say I'm completely carefree, but I won't shout down an entire vent chat full of people over not winning a stupid piece of virtual junk either. Those people are obnoxious.
I will, however, occasionally proclaim that the group "isn't going to get it done" and drop group as politely as possible while letting them know they need better tactics.
I don't rage. I will quit long before that state of mind kicks in.
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
Exactly.
I quit a group if i don't like it for whatever reasons. It is not like i cannot just click a button and get another one.
Wow, 60%? That's a whole lot of liars
that means that 40% are in some way or form a nerd rager. That makes sense when you think about it
I do. Jumping Puzzle #4761661. For some reason, just pushed the 'enough already' button.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Please. I can't even answer the poll because none of the options are valid.
I guess most people in this thread don't actually play anything seriously.
Favorite MMO: Vanilla WoW
Currently playing: GW2, EVE
Excited for: Wildstar, maybe?
I argue with people on forums but when I play games I'm there to play and have fun. I mostly ignore chat and am all about blowing stuff up with whoever is on voice comes with me.
It's been years since I've been actually mad about anything that happens in a game.
I usually quit a bad party, I might get upset over loot, I feel bad about myself if party dies and it's my fault (I always play a healer), and etc. However these feelings aren't really deep. I just think "Oh crap" and go drink some coffee.
Only once I felt something remotely close to rage, and I realised it was time to quit the game, because I was no longer having fun.
This isn't a signature, you just think it is.
This, so much this....
Playing: FFXIV, DnL, and World of Warships
Waiting on: Ashes of Creation