are you a good loser in online gaming?

I will admit I am a pretty competitive gamer. Granted I am in grad school and don't play as much as I used to, but I still play and play to win. Sometimes I have to sit back and actually remember "its just a game and its supposed to be fun." For example, games like CS:S on teh computer I can get really pissed if I don't play well. It was really bad with fight night round 3 on the 360. At one point I beat the #1 player in the country and then stopped playing after about 500 online fights. Now If I play online I can get beat by decent players where before only the greats beat me....so I STOP playing online because of it! Tonight on MK2 a few players beat me back to back and it got me all down. I realize I am a sore loser and will admit it! Anyone else "too competitive" when it comes to online gaming? For those that are competitive but keep things into perspective..what do you do to remember its just for fun? Its like if I am not winning or increasing a rank..im not happy:/

i only get mad when my team isnt doing ****, when someone uses cheap tactics, and when its 1 vs 4 becasue my team left and the guys on the other team are camping me with the warthog ( i mean come on im the only person left)

Well losing is just part of the learning process. You can use losing as a tool to make yourself better. I don't mind losing, what's to be competitive about anyway? It's not like anyone will care or remember a couple hours later.

When you start winning after losing is when it starts getting fun IMHO, quiting before then is like losing and then losing even more so on top of that. Losing also makes you appreciate winning that much more, kind of puts things into perspective.

The key in online gaming is that when u are close to losing, u unplug your internet. Otherwise you might actually lose.

There is another method though too, complain about everything that happened in a match, then afterward report the dude that beat u to a moderator for haxxing.

The key in online gaming is that when u are close to losing, u unplug your internet. Otherwise you might actually lose.

There is another method though too, complain about everything that happened in a match, then afterward report the dude that beat u to a moderator for haxxing.

Acemaster27

Or you could just lose like any self-respected gamer should, and attempt to become a better gamer the next round...

Well losing is just part of the learning process. You can use losing as a tool to make yourself better. I don't mind losing, what's to be competitive about anyway? It's not like anyone will care or remember a couple hours later.

When you start winning after losing is when it starts getting fun IMHO, quiting before then is like losing and then losing even more so on top of that. Losing also makes you appreciate winning that much more, kind of puts things into perspective.

-RPGamer-

[QUOTE="Acemaster27"]

The key in online gaming is that when u are close to losing, u unplug your internet. Otherwise you might actually lose.

There is another method though too, complain about everything that happened in a match, then afterward report the dude that beat u to a moderator for haxxing.

-RPGamer-

Or you could just lose like any self-respected gamer should, and attempt to become a better gamer the next round...

I hate DC'ers. Take your loss like a man.

[QUOTE="Acemaster27"]

The key in online gaming is that when u are close to losing, u unplug your internet. Otherwise you might actually lose.

There is another method though too, complain about everything that happened in a match, then afterward report the dude that beat u to a moderator for haxxing.

-RPGamer-

Or you could just lose like any self-respected gamer should, and attempt to become a better gamer the next round...

Hahaha I'm just not good in online gaming. My favorite thing to do is trash talk. People think I'm mad at them, then they yell at me, and I yell back, and I turn my mic off and laugh. I get such a bang out of online gamers.Bluestorm-Kalas

I use this strategy, or something close sometimes. B/c I'm fairly relaxed while gaming online, I tend to get frustrated reactions from people who are really competitive. Like if I'm losing they don't get as much enjoyment b/c I'm not really reacting as they would. It's kind of psychological in many ways, I'll do what i can to push their buttons. I find a frustrated gamer will eventually lose b/c he/she isn't thinking clearly anymore.

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="Acemaster27"]

The key in online gaming is that when u are close to losing, u unplug your internet. Otherwise you might actually lose.

There is another method though too, complain about everything that happened in a match, then afterward report the dude that beat u to a moderator for haxxing.

makingmusic476

Or you could just lose like any self-respected gamer should, and attempt to become a better gamer the next round...

I hate DC'ers. Take your loss like a man.

Depends. In a RTS game, if you are in the position where you simply cannot recover, quit the game. I don't want to spend several hours hunting down buildings spread out throughout the map by workers.

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]

Well losing is just part of the learning process. You can use losing as a tool to make yourself better. I don't mind losing, what's to be competitive about anyway? It's not like anyone will care or remember a couple hours later.

When you start winning after losing is when it starts getting fun IMHO, quiting before then is like losing and then losing even more so on top of that. Losing also makes you appreciate winning that much more, kind of puts things into perspective.

yoshi_64

Exactly, leanred that lesson back with Street Fighter II and going to the arcade with my uncle (also playing on the SNES) I used to lose so many countless times. Eventually I finally won to people (mostly my uncle) against people I used to get destroyed by, and I had earned it. I thinka big issue is gamer ego, people gotta realize that they're not the best and that there is a lot to say for a gamer that has some degree of modesty.

[QUOTE="makingmusic476"][QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="Acemaster27"]

The key in online gaming is that when u are close to losing, u unplug your internet. Otherwise you might actually lose.

There is another method though too, complain about everything that happened in a match, then afterward report the dude that beat u to a moderator for haxxing.

Redmoonxl2

Or you could just lose like any self-respected gamer should, and attempt to become a better gamer the next round...

I hate DC'ers. Take your loss like a man.

Depends. In a RTS game, if you are in the position where you simply cannot recover, quit the game. I don't want to spend several hours hunting down buildings spread out throughout the map by workers.

In Age for instance I don't DC I just forfeit.

Exactly, leanred that lesson back with Street Fighter II and going to the arcade with my uncle (also playing on the SNES) I used to lose so many countless times. Eventually I finally won to people (mostly my uncle) against people I used to get destroyed by, and I had earned it. I thinka big issue is gamer ego, people gotta realize that they're not the best and that there is a lot to say for a gamer that has some degree of modesty.-RPGamer-

I have to agree. I think some people just have to big an ego. I hear it all the time, whenever I play on XBL or something. People just tend to go "Oh I can do ______ and I have ________ achievements/gamerscore." Then they are losing to someone who has less gamerscore/achievements and complain.

[QUOTE="makingmusic476"][QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="Acemaster27"]

The key in online gaming is that when u are close to losing, u unplug your internet. Otherwise you might actually lose.

There is another method though too, complain about everything that happened in a match, then afterward report the dude that beat u to a moderator for haxxing.

Redmoonxl2

Or you could just lose like any self-respected gamer should, and attempt to become a better gamer the next round...

I hate DC'ers. Take your loss like a man.

Depends. In a RTS game, if you are in the position where you simply cannot recover, quit the game. I don't want to spend several hours hunting down buildings spread out throughout the map by workers.

Only in a few older RTS games do you have to literally destroy every building. The only recent one like this that comes to mind (and i mean recent as in the last 5 or so years)is WCIII, and judging from your sig, that's what you play.

Also, there's a difference between quitting and DC'ing. When a player disconnects they usually unplug their ethernet cable so they don't recieve a loss (and their opponent a win). If they just quit, they still get the loss.

In Supreme Commander, I had a negative win/loss ratio at one point, because so many of my opponents ended up DC'ing. Had all my victories actually counted, my ratio would've been around 3:2.

i only get mad when my team isnt doing ****, when someone uses cheap tactics, and when its 1 vs 4 becasue my team left and the guys on the other team are camping me with the warthog ( i mean come on im the only person left)

-Sora

I'm the same, minus the warthog thing (not a fan of halo). Nothing pisses me off more than having to try to pick up slack when my team is just running in circles.

Also, there's a difference between quitting and DC'ing. When a player disconnects they usually unplug their ethernet cable so they don't recieve a loss.If they just quit, they still get the loss.

makingmusic476

I know the difference but with some games, they still register a DQ as a loss.

Also, I don't really care about people DQing. They know they loss so that alone makes me happy.

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]Exactly, leanred that lesson back with Street Fighter II and going to the arcade with my uncle (also playing on the SNES) I used to lose so many countless times. Eventually I finally won to people (mostly my uncle) against people I used to get destroyed by, and I had earned it. I thinka big issue is gamer ego, people gotta realize that they're not the best and that there is a lot to say for a gamer that has some degree of modesty.yoshi_64

I have to agree. I think some people just have to big an ego. I hear it all the time, whenever I play on XBL or something. People just tend to go "Oh I can do ______ and I have ________ achievements/gamerscore." Then they are losing to someone who has less gamerscore/achievements and complain.

LOL, I was just thinking the same thing. I love playing MP titles with my friends and watching their skills develop. It's quite interesting to me watching someone unknowingly become a better opponent until all of a sudden it's me learning how to trump their latest skills.

[QUOTE="yoshi_64"]

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]Exactly, leanred that lesson back with Street Fighter II and going to the arcade with my uncle (also playing on the SNES) I used to lose so many countless times. Eventually I finally won to people (mostly my uncle) against people I used to get destroyed by, and I had earned it. I thinka big issue is gamer ego, people gotta realize that they're not the best and that there is a lot to say for a gamer that has some degree of modesty.-RPGamer-

I have to agree. I think some people just have to big an ego. I hear it all the time, whenever I play on XBL or something. People just tend to go "Oh I can do ______ and I have ________ achievements/gamerscore." Then they are losing to someone who has less gamerscore/achievements and complain.

LOL, I was just thinking the same thing. I love playing MP titles with my friends and watching their skills develop. It's quite interesting to me watching someone unknowingly become a better opponent until all of a sudden it's me learning how to trump their latest skills.

Most of the time I'm a pretty good loser. I mostly play for fun so winning and losing comes 2nd to having a good match.

Most of the time I'd rather a match be close and lose, then easily win by a blowout.

I really don't like getting stomped repeatedly, and that probably more than anything will ruin a game for me. I don't really like non-compeditive matches but most of the time I can handicap myself in a way to at least make things interesting.

If it isn't you who lost the game, there's a right to be mad.

That's why BF2 died pretty quick for me. Either I have to be the commander because everyone is a crappy commander, or I have to quit commanding because no one can take a damn flag point.

Im a total sore looser on online :P. The latest game i played online was Mario Strikers and after i beat someone who was really good in a best of 3 match i just walk around the room laughing shouting how amazing i am to all my friends in the room saying things like "That fecking looser, man he was about to tackle Birdo and that egg thing went right in the net that stupid feck ahHAHAHAHah 0_0".

Now when i do a match and i loose i stop playing the rest of the day getting in a mood and saying stuff like "CHEAP TACTICS, it has to be!!!!. He was fecking cheating :(". LOL

I'm not a sore loser, but I do question my ability sometimes when I play crap. I can usually put it down to tiredness because most of the time I hold my own. It is a very rare thing for me to be the best in the room anyway, I just occasionally get in the zone and I'm on fire, but it doesn't last long :? :lol: