How to stop getting angry when playing ranked online.

[Sigma skibbidy rizz]

Pretty much applies to any competetive online game, i get very angry when losing etc to the point where i feel i'd probably burst a vein or something. How do you stay calm in such games?

[F_F]

It's just a past time. A game. Your rank means nothing. Once I started thinking this I got less angry and started to enjoy the game as it was meant to.

[Lintaur]

By not giving a crap about your ranking. Oh no, my numbers went up, oh no my numbers went down. There goes the little plate next to my name.

[Zagryzaec]

Originally posted by Chief Beef:

Pretty much applies to any competetive online game, i get very angry when losing etc to the point where i feel i'd probably burst a vein or something. How do you stay calm in such games?

Change your approach.
Stop caring about your rank.
Start concentrating on small achievements, like countering one specific strong.
Finally learn to appreciate YOUR progress, not formal progress

[kiteless 凧無し]

simple answer, learn not to care

if you're not a pro, content creator, streamer, there is no spotlight on you so there is zero pressure, nobody else cares about your rank, so just forget about it and treat the whole mode like it's quick play

[C1REX]

I coach myself by explaining what I could do better or at least why I keep getting hit.
I can keep loosing for like 5h straight and still finishing with a smile.

[Backburner]

Don't give a damn. It's just a stupid game. Also try to laugh when the enemy does the unthinkable.

[Hosenbund]

Do you get angry when you lose a match of soccer with your friends?
do you get angry when you lose a board game or a card game against your friends?


Learn from your mistakes and try to improve until you win, same as with everything in life.

Getting angry gets you nowhere with nothing in life

[BlackRock Saber]

you need a very good mindset and tell yourself the next day will be a better round. If you cannot do that rent a Soulslike game and try playing it as you will die so many times it will make your head go berserk...it is the same way in a fighting game. Just let it ride the next day. Also take breaks and eat food. And one final thing to say...the things you see from your screen are just nice icons and they don't mean anything IRL. Just have fun and be a gamer while you are alive.

[DoDonPachi]

Originally posted by Chief Beef:

Pretty much applies to any competetive online game, i get very angry when losing etc to the point where i feel i'd probably burst a vein or something. How do you stay calm in such games?

get therapy or grow up

[Silver]

"I care about winning in this game"
"Have you tried not caring about winning in this game"
"wow thanks I'm cured"

Swear this is every comment when this subject comes up.

People who get angry know that the anger is irrational but that doesn't stop them from feeling it. Telling them it's irrational does nothing.

Look up anger management techniques. Don't look up anything gaming specific just regular anger management techniques.
You don't have gaming anger it's just anger.

Breathing exercises, meditation, taking a break. All of that will help.
As soon as you start to feel even a little bit of anger start one of the techniques. Don't wait for the anger to peak.
Once it goes away you can process what lead to the anger and hopefully understand the situation better so it won't make you angry next time.

[soul like that be capable of]

Originally posted by Chief Beef:

Pretty much applies to any competetive online game, i get very angry when losing etc to the point where i feel i'd probably burst a vein or something. How do you stay calm in such games?

start with the fact you are bad at the game and need alot of practice once you accept it you can improve. winrate means nothing in this game . everyone going to lose alot

[C1REX]

Originally posted by Silver:

Look up anger management techniques.

I think this is difficult and can backfire if you try to suppress your anger.
I think you either need to find a way to genuinely not care or even enjoy the process of losing and learning and the taste of your own salt.

Also a fun fact: ranking mode in most fighting games is designed to keep you around 50% win rate. By ranking up you lower your chances of winning.

[Xauth]

Learn to learn from losing basically.
Perspective changing I'd guess.
The game has a replay feature which is great to use and look back at certain things you could've done differently in some scenario's.

Playing Tekken since Tekken 3, it's always been the same for me of actually wanting to lose so I can keep trial & error in play, and it gives me incentive to go into the replays now, then into practice and try out other characters to learn more of the matchups.

Can't expect to win every game, but if someone destroy's me with pure skill of their main, I can just sit back in awe at how well they played and aspire/train more to reach that skill level.

3-bar Law though? Nah, can't be mad, but can't be bothered either, they'll win every time :D

[Sigma skibbidy rizz]

I have learned it's a dangerous mindset when you care about your winrate and rank etc. I play a lot of league of legends, that is where it got bad to be honest.

[firstduo93]

That was me when i was loosing games on fifa in my younger days. I was raging so hard that i almost take pills to relax .Right now i can loose 10 games in a row in tekken and i dont care. I just have fun. To me it came naturally with years .