I usually surf around gamespot for 30 minutes almost on a daily routine in order to check for news and updates....etc. Throughout my experience of checking out forums, blogs, unions....etc, I have realized that some people have a habit of getting angry while playing. Well ok, I feel angry at times as well when there is a specific annoying part in a game or a bug/glitch, but some people get angry to a limit which I can't believe how they rush to such a situation just for a game.

I'm talking about some people who quit the game when their character dies or can't accomplish a specific goal, or even hit their keyboard or throw stuffs here and there. I've been playing video games since 1991 and thankfully I've NEVER reached to a limit where I got angry enough to hit or throw something, I've always felt a minor anger which only lasted for less than a minute and it was minor enough that no one else around me was able to know it except of me. More like an angry-from-inside as some people call it.

So my question here is, what use will they get from breaking something when they get angry over a game? It's not like the game is going to become easier when they do that. What point would they get from hitting the keyboard or mouse when the game is freezing and lagging? It's not like the lags will disppear if you threaten your keyboard or even the system itself. It's just a machine after all, not a person.

Besides, doing such nonsense is going to cost the person to pay money for his/her anger, how? Well, when someone hits the keyboard because of a 2 minutes anger and risks damaging or even breaking the keyboard, he/she has to pay money to buy another keyboard. Same goes with the monitor, gamepad, mouse or anything that the person has damaged due to being incapable of controlling his/her nerve.I remember someone in WoW who got angry because his character died in the game and he ended up uninstalling the game. Of course the next day, he had to sit for hours in order to reinstall the game and wait for the patch downloads. What use did he get from his anger over his character's death other than having to wait hours without WoW that could have been easily avoided by not reinstalling the game?

There are some people out there who couldn't afford buying a computer or a game console and they haven't enjoyed gaming as much as we did. We should be grateful that we were given the wealth and capability to afford these assets and we should respect and take a good care of what we have. Imagine how much money and time these people could have saved if they were patient enough to hold out their anger.

So let go of this habit if you're on one of those people. Be thankful for what you have, even if it's not working well. Learn that anger over a game is temporary and a shame if you can't old on to such anger. Learn how to control your anger, that's where your true toughness and wisdom can be judged! :)

Here is also a video for you to watch, not off topic of course:P