Dog-amoto Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Following on from the "Easy Mode" thread, how often do you rage at your games? Do you quit in frustration, smash the controller, throw the disc or just simmer away until you explode, unable to let the game win? I must admit, I'm normally quite placid in most areas of life, but there's something about certain games that make me fly off the handle. I'm nowhere near as bad as I used to be (a thrown controller tends to go into the soft couch rather than the hard floor nowadays) but there's still something oddly satisfying in smashing a controller (which I've not done for years) even though you feel really stupid afterwards. Two mates I know, both near 40, are absolute lunatics for it. One's 360 controller is more Sellotape than machine nowadays and the other actually put a controller through his tv and, quite proudly, owns a graveyard of various stamped on or thrown into a wall controllers. Madness! It's weird for me as well as certain games, no matter how many times I fail, have me in hysterics rather than anger. Stuff like Trials, Super Meat Boy, Hotline Miami I can fail at all day. But I remember getting a bit miffed and hurling my 3DS into the couch when I couldn't do the rather annoying Big Luigi sideways battles in Dream Team Bros. I think that was because the touch controls were unresponsive and random at times... So how about you? Do you quit when certain games piss you off, or keep going long enough to turn into a controller chewing maniac?
Ville Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Nah, I take good care of my gaming stuff, I would never throw them around! If a game is being a total dick, I might start cursing at it, but that's about it.
Blade Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 I headbutted my 3DS so many times that I completely smashed the top screen during a N-E MK League match. Also when I was younger and shared a bedroom with my brother I was playing on Sonic 2 and reached the final boss. My brother had a cold at the time and breathed too loudly causing me to lose concentration and die. I lashed out and smacked him repeatedly on top of his head with the MegaDrive controller. Oh I accidently smashed by Wii U GamePad whilst playing on CoD There have also been countless other times that I have banged various controllers on the table etc in the heat of the moment. Other than that i'm a happy gamer
Dog-amoto Posted April 26, 2014 Author Posted April 26, 2014 I headbutted my 3DS so many times that I completely smashed the top screen during a N-E MK League match. Also when I was younger and shared a bedroom with my brother I was playing on Sonic 2 and reached the final boss. My brother had a cold at the time and breathed too loudly causing me to lose concentration and die. I lashed out and smacked him repeatedly on top of his head with the MegaDrive controller. Oh I accidently smashed by Wii U GamePad whilst playing on CoD There have also been countless other times that I have banged various controllers on the table etc in the heat of the moment. Other than that i'm a happy gamer How did you accidentally smash your Wii U pad?
Guy Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Never broke a system or accessory as a result of gamer rage. I've purposely dropped controllers, tossed them across a bed and cursed up storms though. Being able to close the 3DS is great. I pretty much shut it up whenever I'd usually scream out or curse in public. Sometimes I shake it first.
Jonnas Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 The only time I damaged hardware was by sheer accident, rather than hitting something: namely, I sat down in a huff in a multiplayer game, PS1 controller still in hand, and it was yanked from the console with more force than expected. The controller never worked again (but I think it was shoddy to begin with). Other than that, I always took my frustrations to a few poor pillows who were beaten, punched, kicked and bitten repeatedly. Blame Pokémon Stadium's cheating CPUs for that.
Blade Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 How did you accidentally smash your Wii U pad? By dropping it
dazzybee Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 I like biting things... When I was you pager I used to bite fuck out of snes pads, they were good on the teeth. The n64 pad though was a lesson... They were HARD! I don't really get frustrated with games to any level now, but I do with life, and my knuckles are now the recipient of that...
Jimbob Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Yeah, if i get frustrated with a game i tend to throw the control pad on my bed and/or shake it. My mate however, he's been through 3 Xbox 360 controllers (1 was a spare i had) as he tends to throw them out of the window. Edit: Forgot, i did smash a Wiimote up when playing the later stages of Super Mario Galaxy. Edited April 28, 2014 by Jimbob
Fused King Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) I remember completely demolishing a big, luxurious armchair's left side by smashing it with my angry fist because I couldn't defeat Heihachi in Tekken 3 when I was younger. Nowadays I just curse myself over and over when I make a stupid mistake in Fire Emblem: Awakening. Though I would love to throw my controller/3DS on the floor, watching it squirm under my boot, I never ever would! Edited April 27, 2014 by Fused King
Blade Posted April 28, 2014 Posted April 28, 2014 I also have bite marks on my Wii mote. I think thats from the frustration caused by Skyward Sword when it wouldn't register my movements correctly.
Clownferret Posted April 28, 2014 Posted April 28, 2014 I headbutted my 3DS so many times that I completely smashed the top screen during a N-E MK League match. ... after @Clownferret destroyed me AGAIN!
Zechs Merquise Posted April 28, 2014 Posted April 28, 2014 I snapped a GCN pad in half playing Mario Kart Wii. I am the rage monster!
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