First of all, I don’t want to link to it. If you heard about it you know what happened and if you didn’t…basically dude had some gaming rage moments and shouldn’t have been watching his kid and playing at the same time if he was going to put himself in a position to rage out.
Anyway the point of this thread is to ask…anyone here had gaming moments that if someone else saw, they would think you were a raging psycho and should never play again because…(raises hand)
Not as bad as this guy did, but definitely moments I should have realized I was very tired and should take a step back. I did have a wake-up call a few years ago when I threw a controller down and it bounced up and hit my nuts. Now my worst would be calling the AI a fucking cheater.
God, don’t even ask about a few decades ago when games were a lot harder and more unforgiving.
I had a very recent rage gaming experience on January 6, actually, because of the stress I was feeling wondering if our government was going to fall. It was in my online written roleplaying game. My character ended up doing something completely uncharacteristic of her, and it cost her her job.
I know the video your talking about, and for what it’s worth the mother kicked him out of the house and should have no problem gaining sole custody with that video out there.
I do rage from time to time but for me that’s an indicator I’m playing a good game. I always try and play most games on the harder difficulty settings except for Total War games, easy setting is hard enough./
What the hell kind of controller sells for $300? The most expensive keyboard I’ve ever seen was something like $90, and it certainly wouldn’t break that easily.
And is he really so ignorant about babies that he didn’t know that they make lots of irritating noise and don’t understand or obey commands? Really? He had no idea?
I don’t quite get the fun of watching someone else live stream themselves playing video games.
I understand people making Youtube videos of themselves playing because a video is edited and condensed to contain the best bits for their audience and some commentary over the top. But sitting for three hours watching someone go through the motions sounds like the most boring thing on Earth.
I’m bad at video games. I lack eye-hand coordination, I’m not good at guessing/seeing the layout and options, I don’t react quickly - many games just aren’t a good fit for me. But I’d made it through a few other Lego games, so I thought I could do this one. After trying to do something that should have been straightforward for 30 minutes, I lost one more time, yelped at the screen, and then realized that I didn’t need to do this.
I’m somewhat miffed that I wasted money on a game that I effectively can’t play. (it’s why I avoid a lot of games - I know full out that I won’t be able to be successful with them). But it’s better than getting actively angry at virtual legos.
I don’t experience rage, but I can and do really get into it. The other day, playing L4D2, I was jumped by a “Hunter” and was getting torn apart. At the top of my voice I yelled to my online partner, “Help, it’s killing me!!” If a neighbor had heard, she probably would have called the police. LOL
I’m generally not a gaming rage type. I mean, I may gripe a little at someone who’s not playing fairly, but I’m not one to get frustrated, yell, scream, or throw things. I just stop playing that game if I’m getting annoyed.
Sometimes it’s nice when you’re starting out in a game, it is nice to watch someone good play - you can sort of vicariously soak up how the map looks, where the chokepoints are, where the loot can be found, etc… and also just HOW good players play.
But as an actual activity like watching a TV show, or reading a book? I usually have something better to do.
I have a low tolerance for difficult games. Especially as an adult - I will never have that kind of time again. I remember recently chucking my controller at the floor. I think it was Fallout 4. I suck at games. I got stuck at basically the first mission, where you have to wear a mech suit to kill some Godzilla creature, and my mech suit power cell died so I had to go find another one, and when that one died too, I think I just lost it. I was so pissed I spent all that money on a game I should love and it was wasted on my stupid incompetence. I was pregnant at the time and had a very low frustration tolerance. I switched to Stardew Valley which is all light and healing. I’ve certainly rage quit games before but that’s the only time I took it out on my controller.
I’m sad there are people out there yelling at their kids because of a dumb video game.
I can play video games, almost anyone can play videos games. Playing them well just requires being familiar with the games, learning tips and strategies, and practicing. And you don’t need to “train” or anything, just do it enough to get used to it.
Not everyone can golf well, and very few can do it professionally. Watching someone play a video game is like watching someone vacuum a carpet.
I don’t watch golf because it’s boring to me, but at least you’re watching someone do something exceptional. Except for maybe the most elite of e-sports (and I’m being generous here) you’re not watching someone do something you couldn’t do yourself.
Actually, a lot of the time, they are. Almost anybody can get better at golf too the same way.
The folks getting tens or thousands or more people watching while they stream are pretty good at it. Sure, anybody can get a dozen people to watch but there is skill and talent involved at the high end that most gamers aren’t going to match because they really aren’t going to put the time or effort in to doing so. It’s like any human activity. Some people are going to have the combination of talent, practice, etc to be better at it.
There’s even chess streaming, for goodness sake. And while a lot of people would rather eat rusty nails than watch that, there’s clearly a demand for it.
And that’s kind of the point - it’s wrong to say there’s no point. The market determines that, and the market has spoken in favor of it. I don’t personally see a lot of value in streaming of most sorts, but I take that as a personal issue rather than something fundamentally wrong/different with streaming itself.
Basically, they aren’t affecting me, so why should I give a shit if I personally think it’s a waste of time? Get off my lawn!