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Now, not talking about members of this forum, they don't seem to do this but I've seen a lot of posts of this.....Why the hell do people get so mad over games? Smashed models, flung or drunk paint, even bodily assault?
How does this happen!? I ask because I just can't get my head around the idea of someone getting this angry over a game. Anybody have any insight?
Ok. I understand the reactions when frustration boils over and someone lashes out.
What I don't get it is, yoiu say people drink paint in a fit of blind fury?
Tip it on their head, throw it, flail arms and legs in a demented swimming motion in paint spilt on the floor. That I can see.
There are bad losers at everything. If you think wargames are bad look at sports or dancing/performing events and competitions, violent tantrums are virtually given if you have enough people attend and there's only one winner.
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Ok. I understand the reactions when frustration boils over and someone lashes out.
What I don't get it is, yoiu say people drink paint in a fit of blind fury?
Tip it on their head, throw it, flail arms and legs in a demented swimming motion in paint spilt on the floor. That I can see.
But really? Drinking?
how the mind doth boggle
Apparently happened, according to an 'inappropriate action taken by gamer' thread. Granted, the doer of this was supposedly like 12, that doesn't make it any less insane. I understand 'sore losers', hell, I'm not happy when I lose at something, sometimes I even feel a little sour about it...but I mean, get over it. It's a game. Try again. Use that bum feeling to try and get some motivation to win!
People are stupid theres no need for sore losers like this but there always will be what can you do?
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Once upon a time, in 1986 or 198y, Mr mystery was taking part in his primary school's Sports Day.
Now one of the sport mental kids at the school was pretty much sure to win most of his events. His ever-so-proud Mumsy turned up to watch. Well, she did until he won his first race, and she discovered they weren't giving out ribbons or such to the top three. In fact nobody got owt that year. Then she threw a strop, and left.
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Ok. I understand the reactions when frustration boils over and someone lashes out.
What I don't get it is, yoiu say people drink paint in a fit of blind fury?
Tip it on their head, throw it, flail arms and legs in a demented swimming motion in paint spilt on the floor. That I can see.
But really? Drinking?
how the mind doth boggle
Apparently happened, according to an 'inappropriate action taken by gamer' thread. Granted, the doer of this was supposedly like 12, that doesn't make it any less insane. I understand 'sore losers', hell, I'm not happy when I lose at something, sometimes I even feel a little sour about it...but I mean, get over it. It's a game. Try again. Use that bum feeling to try and get some motivation to win!
I remember a guy called lewis from primary school (aged 8ish at the time) who used to lick bird poos on walls etc for a bit of attantion and notoriety. He quickly became know as 'Lewis T Licker' and was popular and yet shunned in equal measure. I think he's still single (i'm 31 now).
Drinking paint ? Doesn't surprise me. Now decanting a full tin of Skull White spray and downing it. Now thats mad!
Kilkrazy wrote:The leather padded crew hat you are thinking about was also called a helmet.
yes but the inference is that they wore them for protection even though they are strapped into a bomb.
All pilots wore flying helmets.
not the same as a hard hat.
The same reason they gave tokkotai (kamikazes) full tanks of fuel, and actually trained them. So they would have a chance of success.
Not every tokko attack was successful because of fuel/engine trouble, never finding the target or whatever. Better they return to base intact and try again then sacrifice them for nothing.
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Anyway, I've gotten angry before in a game, never thrown anything or attacked someone but I have gotten angry before. you spend all this time and effort on a storm trooper squad only to ahve them deep strike in and fail to pop a razor back with 2 melta guns. It gets frustrating sometimes.
In my experience, the angriest players ive seen are meq players. The most relaxed are horde players.
Ive never seen an Ork player get angry. Ive seen Tyranid players get upset about all the dakka coming there way, but the assault phases usually cheer them up. IG players seem to expect all their soft pink humies to die so dont get too bummed out.
The angriest seem to be people who expect their special units or characters to reign supreme. I used to play against a marine (flavour of the week) player who would expect the best of his units, and if things didnt go to plan he would lose interest by about turn 2.
People get angry. If you're passionate about something, it means you have emotions about it. And when some of us win we're really amped. Others just emote more when things go wrong.
I've been known to get red in the face. But I'm not angry at anyone in particular. Just angry. Yes, it's a game of plastic army men. But I love it and I want to do well. If I fumble all my dice, I get mad.
I don't attack anyone verbally or physically, I don't throw gak around. I just get mad. Nothing wrong with that.
I was called sad becuase i told some one that in a small normal game he wasn't aloud to have 4 chapter masters , and my team mate AKA dumbass said "ill slit your neck" this was how he said it with a blast template , i left him to help some renagade Blood angels and we won the game.
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The biggest indicator someone is a loser is them complaining about 3d printers or piracy.
Absolutely EVERY game I play against skaven is ruined by this piece of rubbish...
I had the misfortune of playing against one at a tourney today - and it meant that the tournament was ruined for me after 5 otherwise awesome games.
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ChaosGalvatron wrote:In my experience, the angriest players ive seen are meq players. The most relaxed are horde players.
Ive never seen an Ork player get angry. Ive seen Tyranid players get upset about all the dakka coming there way, but the assault phases usually cheer them up. IG players seem to expect all their soft pink humies to die so dont get too bummed out.
The angriest seem to be people who expect their special units or characters to reign supreme. I used to play against a marine (flavour of the week) player who would expect the best of his units, and if things didnt go to plan he would lose interest by about turn 2.
That just pisses me off. I cant stand it when a game isnt going their way, and so they just lose interest and couldnt care less. I mean, when you see it in the way they throw dice, its bad. Cmon man, THROW THOSE DICE!
I play orks and Daemon Hunters. I expect to win, lose, kill, and be killed. I absolutly owned a guardsmen player the other day during a 2v2 game. CSM and Orks vs CSM and IG. The IG team had mostly tanks and not enough infantry. After killing one of his tanks with my SAG, he got really annoyed and angry.
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Agrinja wrote:Now, not talking about members of this forum, they don't seem to do this but I've seen a lot of posts of this.....Why the hell do people get so mad over games? Smashed models, flung or drunk paint, even bodily assault?
How does this happen!? I ask because I just can't get my head around the idea of someone getting this angry over a game. Anybody have any insight?
well. Some people have issues.
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