Taking Modern Warfare 2 as an example, I hardly play it any more because mostly the experience is one of frustration. But occasionally I will have a good enjoyable game. The good games are an immense amount of fun and make it worth playing for those games.
Two nights ago I had a rare succession of games which actually prompted several of the people in the lobby to comment on how refreshing it is to have a game without boosters, noobtubers etc, me included. There were a couple of better players than me in the game but that didn’t matter because there were no douches. The guy that kept winning was being polite and friendly, and his abilities were being respected rather than moaned about.
That kind of experience is rare.
So I was wondering if you set yourself rules to help you have an enjoyable time.
Rules such as “If you are losing badly, stop playing”
“Don’t play if you are frustrated”
“Only play when you have a genuine urge to play”
“Play for more than x-amount of time until you’ve got into a stride”
that sort of thing.