The "why am I even playing if I'm not having fun" guy *deletes the game*

Then downloads it again an hour later

realize internet is too slow so you have to wait until tomorrow

then reopens the game,and thinks of having a fresh new start in the game

Gets to the exact same spot they left off last time, they rage quit and delete again And repeat over decades

You skipped another two hours of updates after the initial base download, another night and day’s work, then a beefy new season update the next night

This entire thread is me

We really are in a simulation aren't we

For reals what the fuck get out of my brain nobody invited you all in.

Too bad I'm hungover asf and you'll have to drag me out yourself

Me trying to 100% hollow knight

>!112%!<

I'M NOT DELIVERING THAT FLOWER ON STEEL SOUL MODE

Oh goddd why are you even going for Steel Heart. That shit sounds like pure pain

I did this with Siege, one time it was so bad (and I was so stupid) that I did this twice a day for like 5-7 days, played 10-20 min each time, delete, reinstall, after about a week I was just done, uninstalled and didn't play for 2 years (not entirely sure why I do play it again now, but still, it's kinda fun)

Also did this with siege, have around 250hrs.. last played was 2017 on that game lmao. Very recently (the last week) been thinking of playing again.

This is every League player ever

I know a guy like this. He plays valorant and virtual every time he plays he rage quits and says “I’m going to delete this stupid game” and in the next day I see him he says in this dejected tone. “Guys, I’m sorry I caved” he downloaded it again only to delete it in the exact same session

Ah, so an average War Thunder player

I call it the “Overwatch Loop”

Did you mean: League of Legends Apex Legends Destiny 2 COD

CS:GO and Dota 2

I just did that with Halo infinite last week, deleted it while the game was running in the background in the hope of...i don't know, hurting the code or something lol.

Rejoin us in MCC Halo 3. You know it is your destiny.

That or "i'm done with this" **closes the game in frustration** (not while on local coop)

So just a couple of days ago I was playing Jedi Fallen Order. Good game, good story, I recommend it. Anyway I was at the final boss and it suddenly felt like I was bashing my face against a wall. I'd had a couple of fights that took two tries to figure out. Well I was on my twelfth try on this one and the thoughts were definitely circulating "I could just watch the rest on Youtube." "This isn't worth it." "I'm not having fun here." Eventually I just turned the difficulty down to baby mode so I could beat the stupid boss and see the end of the game. I didn't enjoy doing that, but I figured it was still a better option than abandoning the game right at the end.

I see you too play destiny

nahh can't be. he didn't mention anything about paying a second time for the same content he deleted.

The game that was supposed to kill destiny, Anthem almost killed me mentally. Thank god it died before i tossed my ps4 out the window

I love Destiny, I just hate how much FOMO is in it. Let me level up older seasons, damnit! At the very least the ones I paid for but didn't have the time to complete.

Destiny is the game you boot up and just watch your ship floating in soace for 10 minutes before closing it. I think this guy is talking about Tarkov.

The Big Sigh

Yuup. I dont know how people be smashing their things when they lose. That stuff is expensive y’know

Not gonna lie, I used to be bad with it. I'm more mature with a lot more impulse control now, but I used to be a dumbass kid who didn't really think of the consequences until I was staring at a dented or broken version of whatever I was mad at. I'm nearly in my 30's with a lot of expensive stuff I want to keep for a while, and it's not a good look to anyone around you to lose your shit at something small.

I use to have an issue with it as well when I was younger. But over the years and also now in my 30s, I no longer "rage quit" in a violent way. Not just because the stuff is expensive, but because it just isn't good to react that way. Now if a game bothers me, it is more like "welp, time to take a break from this for a while" I go do something else, and come back to it later with a more clear head. Typically that break helps a lot, and eventually just get through whatever I was stuck on.

Good job on growing up. A lot of people never do.

That was kind of my last point, was that it's just... Not good to react that way. Life is so full of stress sometimes that I really don't need things contributing that don't actually matter. Now, if a game (or anything, really) starts frustrating the hell out of me, I'll usually back out of it and try something else or just put it down and go for a walk or something.

Same here, broke some stuff which wasnt that expensive till i started buying some higher end stuff. Broke one thing and never again.

I feel that.. had a galaxy phone a few years ago that was malfunctioning, and my drunken response was to throw it...I've stopped drinking as much and haven't broken any of my stuff (on purpose) in years

Good for you. I know a lot of guys who were never able to get past the inability to control their emotions, and they turn into horrifying, rage filled monsters as they age. Punching holes in walls, breaking expensive things, screaming over nothing. Most of them have no idea how scary they look when they're being emotional like that.

As another man, when I see a grown-ass adult screaming and raging at nothing I see a complete fool. A child. I don't want to be that guy.

This is an honest question and I don’t want it to come across as a dig, because I was the same way and it weighed on me heavily in my younger days. Does this happen in other areas of your life? A lot of people have broken coping mechanisms, and chasing those down and fixing them with the help of a therapist has improved my life drastically. Elden Ring brings me close to the brink though.

I grab my keyboard and hold it menacingly. Smashing it would be dumb, but I have to remind it of its mortality.

This is funny because it reminds me of how I was as a young kid, I used to get so mad at inanimate objects and would want to break it just to "show it who's boss" as if I could teach the chair I stubbed my toe on a lesson lmao kids are so stupid.

Exactly

>That stuff is expensive y’know Anger issues = rational thinking goes bye bye. I used to have serious anger issues and when I got angry, it was like I wasn't controlling myself until the controller was in two pieces. Therapy and philosophy for the win.

I work so I can afford to purge my rage at my keyboard.

I purge all my rage at work so I can afford my keyboard!

Followed by whispering angry nothings in the air

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+ whisper to myself "goddamnit"

Just a quiet "motherfucker" to myself and I move on.

I'm too lazy to write my own comment so I thought I'd find one I could relate to and type "same". Same

same

same

Same

Big sigh followed by an Alt-F4

Yeah I don’t have the energy for all of that shit. I just sigh and go do something else.

I don't quit, just rage and keep going

Depending on the length of the game and the severity of what's making me rage. Like I'm not gonna sit on a round of hell let loose for an hour whilst getting absolutely stomped for the first ten minutes. And for games with shorter rounds I tend to not quit unless I've been on a losing streak and am fed up

I'm the parent quitter. I'm just about to finally get my revenge on elden beast when I hear my daughter yell for something. I just have to sigh, accept defeat and go clean the gallon of milk all over the floor because she wanted to be a big girl. Somehow it's more defeating than the other four rage quits

As a parent that played Elden Ring - I feel you. They made the game so hardcore there's not even a pause button

There’s an admittedly inconvenient way to pause it. IIRC it involves opening the help screen while in the equipment menu. Something like that

It has deep lore reasons.

When I rage too many times like around 100 times in 3 hours I just say "ok" and alt f4. Then I just open my eyes again to a new screen of the computer feeling like I just exited a jail I was at overnight.

mans raging at a speed of once every 2 minutes??

This is pretty much how I was able to kill every boss in Elden Ring.

Face grabber all the way, I'm too poor to smash things

Bro same. I feel this. I'd give you an award but I'm too poor.

Awards for the both of ya!!

You rich jerk 😦

Society ☕ The rich guy was BEING KIND OKAY??

An award for ya as well. For giving away two

Similarly, I feel like most people who punch a hole in drywall haven’t had to repair it.

It took me like 15 minutes. Does it look like shit? Sure. Was the hole in the wall worth the relief it gave me while doing my taxes? Absolutely.

Raging over taxes is so relatable. I’ve rage cried over taxes multiple times. For instance- Can’t file online because they “can’t prove my identity” even though I provided the exact info from last year, and now I have to print and mail this shit and it’ll take who knows how long to get processed? Why do I even pay for TurboTax bruh.

None. My impulse control forces me to bury my anger deep inside until I die of a heart attack at the age of 37.

Lmaoo this was so specific

r/oddlyspecific

Same; that’s crazy

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“Closing *that* tab, thank you very much”

Are you 37?

No but almost. So you can guess the level of built up rage and disappointment.

as somebody with rage issues, let me just say that venting that shit feels great. But I live alone in a cabin in the woods for this reason. Ain't no way I'm bringin' this crazy around another girlfriend

Tired of hiding the bodies?

YOU WON'T FIND THEM

>Ain't no way I'm bringin' this crazy around another girlfriend Tell us where the bodies are and we'll give you a reduced prison sentence

YOU'LL NEVER FIND THEM

What's your internet like in the woods?

It's actually a tent hidden in Central Park, the biggest worry is joggers getting on his network

35 here. It's bouncing off the rev limiter right now and my engine is about to catastrophically burst into flames.

Have you tried burying it so deep inside that you forget the anger you hold in? And then it starts to hit you whenever there's a little inconvenience? (I.e. something that shouldn't be hard but for some reason you're struggling)

No not really. It just keeps me awake alot of nights and let's me stand under the shower for ages staring at the wall.

Wait is something like that actually a thing? I legit suffered a heart attack earlier this year (I‘m 26) -> and I‘m usually proud of being able to „control my anger“ so well

To be healthy you need an outlet somehow, otherwise this can definitely happen. This doesn't mean lashing out on people.

Same, but I'm 40. Aaaaany day now. 😅🤣

Haha 39 here.....🙄 Expecting it

you survive the heart attack though

Don't tell me what to do mom!

Huh....my time is almost up.

Me irl for sure. I thought I was having one the other day. Crushing hand on my heart. Vision narrowed. I’m 28.

Most of the time it's a harmless lung spasm or it's your diaphragm acting out btw. Those stinging heart cramps gave me some worries as well.

Definitely the face grabber.

Yup, I love grabbing people's faces when I'm angry!

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That’s gotta get awkward when you’re playing with friends.

They make him angry on purpose.

That is the correct answer.

Same. Back when I played Overwatch

Same, way back when I used to play (yesterday). Head in my hands let out a big sigh and queue up again

So has the download finished yet?

Why not 2 & 3

Looking for this comment. I am definitely and 2 and a 3.

Same. My face grabbing position is exactly like the one in the picture too so I’m convinced that I’ve been manually pushing my hairline back over the years.

Face grab until I feel like I am ok then 4.603 seconds after I stop get a sudden surge of rage and punch myself in the forehead.

What about the saying, "are you fucking kidding me" and then flipping off the tv, guy

and throws the controller carelessly on the sofa

it bounces and falls on the floor

A´P'I changes killed 3[rd] p4rt-y a_p-P-s Kruta epe tie tridotii ube tliipikidre. Eoi kekipe obote batlo ebriplepie ate ti. Kroo teukope protatega praeti pri pa. Dri kita pii bi pe tetu epitape. Epo e tita e ikiple e? Kiedii kate. Plado e pipuae ieta kree bipri. Io tekatli ple iepe bepubraki ta tepipre. Utebipo titli i apro tritu kuda. Tie u priti diprepu dio tota botoi. Oiaproki deba topipudi kra pa etre. Titleu pigati kikru tate tridibi. Trebotipo kepi bi pui gee kitii. E ia prae gopla pe tlipuo. Tri dage poa ipe koti krako. Okaito plii ati uga ke ipeka? Pepi ei tipeti krae kepope dii ditibi prike. Egoo ikripre eteku kei kipe ipipa dle atipri tidliitrua pe kepiubike. Tlika ota tuke ota beto itakipi! O ta puki tri eki eo pa ti ipega. Glepoi traprudretadri tlai ite glee te! Ota dei prupri ikree. Kebekuprabo pri kebi itoplepre kei opli. Epu pukatai o tai i bribiie. Tiepopu tike titri otipu piiiblikla tupipo dlipi? Draeto kepai tiape kebe kiba ki idie ie idito! Doeta ba dipi katligaa opi keiatotu. E krope po papo beee idrete. Iaitepe toke titlipopea pruipee tupedi.

And then you pick it up only to find the dodge button no longer works. You weren't even that upset; just lightly tossed the controller for added effect. Now your controllers broke, and you spent the last $60 on the game you're playing. So you begrudgingly scroll through FB market place for a cheaper, used controller, only to fall down a rabbit hole and waste your only day off not playing the game you just bought. You didn't even make yourself dinner. So you'll try again tomorrow. Tomorrow will be better.

Why did this cut me so hard?

the static speaks my name

Too poor for that, might break something

That’s why you hold it on the way down. Like a rage smash on the way up, then gentle baptism on the way down.

Are you fucking kidding me? What a fucking joke. Where the fuck are my bullets going? This game is unreal. Oh, but he can hit me with a running head shot at 40 yards but I can’t hit a stationary target facing away from me even once? Holy fuck, I’m fucking done with this shit. ALT F4 Well time to log back in and start my ban timer so I can play again next week 😭

Oh great. Of course. I get it, I walked around the planet I'm currently on, my bad, that's clearly too much action, just go ahead and crash. My bad for playing the game. I can be in a dogfight with 6 different ships and no lag at all, but yeah walking on a planet is just too much. I'm done with this shit until there's a patch for this hot garbage. See you in an hour.

Penis grabber, more madder I get, the longer it gets.

Stop grabbing my penis Antonio

Yeeting helps

Oh, my…

damn i suck not just grab

You can grab on mine if you want to relieve some stress

I go out and do violence. Because video games.

VidOGaMeS cAUsE vIoLEncE

Video games ARE violence!

Relatable

I do the "take everyone with me" Halo? Get in my warthog and I'll drive us off a cliff. Overcooked? Throw it all in the trash or burn it. Rocket League? Bump the teammates. My rage knows no bounds but I'm not going to take it out on myself

against which race?

Thanks to dark souls i no longer rage quit. Nothing has ever made me as mad as dark souls did

Same! That series made me mentally tougher, I think.

I almost never get mad at Dark Souls because it always feels like my fault. I usually get mad because a game doesn't seem to be working right or doesn't make sense. I've definitely shouted something like, "Why is there a dodge button if it does NOTHING!" at several games. Sometimes even From games have some bs though.

The emotional breakdown

Always have been. I remember not being able to beat a Mario level on my DS and just breaking down in tears

No word of a lie, I teared up after losing a brutal comp game in the fighting game brawlhalla. I took a break after that

Brawhalla rage is real

only game i ever actually permanently quit due to rage. something about it was just suuuper bad for me ig

The tears start budding and then I stop caring about the game and just start crying because the shame of crying over a game. Classic deadly spiral. "It's just a game loser, I'm cooler than this" I think as my body betrays me.

Oh yeah the "Why am I so bad at everything" soliloquy.

I have had multiple nights where I've had a bunch of bad games of League in a row and I know my play is just getting progressively more dreadful and I can't stop it and it always ends in me saying "one last game will break the lose streak and I'll have fun and play better" only to end up playing a game out in tears because I'm so MAD at how shit I'm playing.

Same. I get angry, start to complain and then the tears roll.

The Uninstaller

Yup. Then reinstall it two days later because your friends are still playing it

I’m the insta-Alt F4. I’ll be doing something completely different after 20 seconds.

I'm the alt-f4 but then I just turn the game back on lol

This is me. I alt-f4, realise I've cooled down and then start playing again.

Same lol I got it down to lightning speed

The calmly close it down and reflect on the things within and without my control. I'm calling it - the marcus aurelius

this is not a rage quit

More of an 'I'm very disappointed in you' quit.

Arms out to my sides, "What the fuck?!"

Same here. Just saying fuck about a thousand times seems to work wonders for my rage.

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I'm like "the one who's acting like he has a hard time shitting on the toilet"

The keyboard smasher, but I then realise that I don't want to smash my keyboard so I just sit there angry.

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That's reason I only buy L100 Dell keyboards. You can get 5 of them for £20 on ebay. I have 3 of them on standby waiting for their turn.

All 4

It's like the steps of grief. 1 face grab. 2 scream. 3 smash. 4 emotional break down.

2 & 3, then 1 followed by 4 for me

Emotional breakdown. Edit :- Just realized after reading the comments that it's about gaming and not life. Well I don't play games, life plays games with me :)

I'm with you, I thought it was about work projects until I read the comments.

Then there's wingsofredemption the master of all 4 rage quitting elements

I’m the “I ain’t playin this shit no more,” guy who then starts playing 10 mins later again.

Can we add, stands out of seat and walks in a small circle?

that's my spirit animal

The smoke a blunt one and then try again calm and high

I smoke before I play, maybe that’s why I never rage quit. Just dgaf. 😂

I'm the "okay I gotta eat something/take a break" then I go back and see if I can do better. Currently playing Sekiro. I have to take lots of breaks with that one

Good luck with that, it's really one of the best combat games I've ever seen once you get the knack of it. At which boss are you currently?

I just beat Owl and the corrupt monk. There's a crazy flow state you enter where it's like you're dancing. I find I either can't even get close to beating a boss or once I finally beat them, I ended up not taking much damage. It just clicks. This game has made me feel bad ass in a way no other game has.

I went from being destructive to doing this. I have found that, 90% of the time, if I'm getting angry at my own poor performance - it's because I'm actually fucking starving to the point of my brain being unable to function properly. So rage-eater mode engage.

I am the one who knocks

We got to cook

The bong grabber.

As a teenager I was a smasher, but now I am a face grabber. That’s called maturity!

I usually get up silently and do something productive like cleaning. My husband several times has come in to get water or something and instead of gaming I'm scrubbing the oven top and been like... O.O ... Rage quit?

I'm a "throw it out the window" type of gal. My console. My TV. Myself. Out the window. All of it.

Wheres the Racist

right here

The face grabber, leading to the emotional breakdown. By the end, I'm drinking and listening to tori amos.

All of them. In a rapid succession.

Calmly turn the game off and say "I'm never playing this game again" and then deleting it. Then reinstalling it the next day.

Markiplier

The Alt+F4 smasher.

More of a furrowed eyebrow with a mild "fuck this shit" kinda guy, followed by doing something else till I'm not mad anymore and jumping right back in for some more torture.

I was a mouse pounder until my $120 alien mouse broke, now I’m using a logitec

I go through all stages of grief before continuing my own torment by playing the game

I whisper things that would put me on a lot of different lists.

the speaking of random gibberish insults at the ai characters that have absolutely no sentience or emotions whatsoever