I feel like its something that alot of us feel right? We get heated at characters, balance, our teammates, Blizzard and even ourselves.
So maybe we can all share some tips on not tilting. Personally, something that usually helps me is that I remember that there’s another person behind the charater.
Yes, I am guilty of seeking out Mercy mains for a symbiotic duoing relationship but thats neither here nor there. LFG made it easier…
We’re all people and remembering that helps. We all are going to have a bad game, make a mistake, or run infront of your tank into the enemy tank despite there being no space just yet as you attempt to do damage, or fail a flank because no one was anywhere near you to help distract the enemy team. We all make mistakes.
The great Bret Farve would throw the ball up and just hoped someone down the field would catch it. Thats why he’s the GOAT.
Music is the key. The louder the better. (i.e. having an outlet that isn’t harmful)
Also a lot of experience playing poker (where the term comes from) with real money on the line you learn pretty quickly how tilting only hurts yourself.
This goes such a long way. Because one, even minorly aggravating comment, can cause the rest of the team to devolve into name calling and toxicity.
Even someone bad mouthing themselves like “aw man, I can’t believe I missed that shot, damnit!” can start having others become down on themselves.
If you want to not tilt, it’s something you simply practice until it’s second nature. You take a close loss in a 1v1? It’s not your team mates fault, and it’s nothing to berate yourself over either. Just part of the game.
If you do find your temperature rising, it is your job to take a small break from the game and cool off. No one else can control your mental, only you can do that.
I usually don’t say seriously negative things in-game, but sometimes you really do lose because of some other guy not doing well enough. Maybe they had a bad day, bad game or just were repeatedly unlucky. It happens and sometimes I get a bit mad at someone even in quick play.
I think it’s perfectly reasonable to blame that player in that case as long as you don’t talk about it. Blame them for yourself, no need to tell them they suck. If this thread is less about blaming and more about lashing out there’s no reasoning that would stop you from doing it anyway. Grow up, become less emotional, I guess.
Of course if you find yourself blaming your team most of your games… just realize that this is statistically extremely unlikely to be true. Nothing more to it. Accept the reality that, statistically, you’re playing with and against people of similar skill to you
Yea I find keeping team morale high helps keep my personal tilting to a minimum. If I feed a few deaths, maybe have a bad ultimate, my hero pick seems suboptimal, making a hero swap helps keep teammates from getting frustrated. Especially when I kind of think my team is wanting me to switch but hasn’t asked yet.
If my team gets frustrated, that leads to me enjoying the match less. I’d rather enjoy the game than play my 5,261st game of Lucio and just go Moira for the win if my pick isn’t working. Helps when you give your teammates the benefit of the doubt and assume they want to work together to win and aren’t terrible players/teammates.
I don’t know the last time I told someone on my team that they were bad out of nowhere. Even provoked, I just leave chats. I assume everyone I play with is just trying to destress after a rough day or whatever. I just assume everyone’s mental is hanging by a thread.
I sometimes watch replays when I have someone on my team who is doing really, really badly and it always “unmaddens” me. At first I’m like “I want to see this idiot play like wtf was that” and then I see them legitimately trying to win but sometimes they’re unlucky or they miss a lot because maybe they really are playing badly today, but watching it from their perspective always almost makes me see the player sitting in front of their PC. They’re trying and having a bad game, they probably know it, no point driving it in. They’re just trying to relax and have fun. And suddenly I’m serene again.
The next step for me is realizing this before I watch replays
I had a game the other night where the enemy team was doing really badly. 4/5 were sitting on 0 kills after the first map. Their Lucio was actually getting people left and right though. Genuinely an annoying little dude. I complimented him and it led to a toxic storm of everyone else on his team crying.
As for the OP I just don’t say anything to anyone even if I get a little heated. Yeah, maybe the Soldier going 3 - 10 is annoying me. I’m likely to never see them again or maybe they’re just having a bad game. It happens. Humans aren’t robots and people aren’t going to perform at the exact same level constantly. I’ve definitely gone on crazy winstreaks some nights just to be humbled the next day.
I rarely type anything in chat, but after a good first round I’ll tell my team in team chat “gr team ily all” particularly if no one has said a word the whole round. Just a quiet, good round.
You have to learn to not care if you win or lose. If you win, cool. If you lose, cool. If you’re getting upset and not having fun press escape → Exit to desktop even in the middle of a comp game.
It’s one of the main reasons I advocate for removing leaver penalties… If people are not having fun playing your game atm they have the right to leave without being punished for it.
Above all Overwatch is a video game and a punishment system should only be for people who are confirmed trolls. I also believe your rank should be protected from change if you are not the first to leave (with the exception of people who are grouped then all in the group should lose rank)
I don’t think it can be controlled, it’s something that each person has to deal with, it’s mental stability
It’s not just something that’s relevant to the game, it’s more about how the person is. Games are a way of escaping and sometimes the frustration isn’t really related to the game, but the way they vent this frustration is through the game. Some people just play and have fun, while others scream and swear, putting their personal frustration back into the game and relieving themselves of what’s happening to them.
Many people don’t even understand this exchange.
But a person who is satisfied with themselves, happy, doesn’t give a damn about something stupid that happens in a video game.
If you really want to win the match remember any bit of toxicity brings the whole team down. Even if everyone is individually annoyed it wont have the effect that someone actually saying something in chat will. If you genuinely want to win, getting mad over something is never worth it. Just keep moving and focus on the next play.
Personally, if I’m really annoyed at someone’s performance ingame i just remind myself that i won’t care about them the second the match is over. I haven’t been wrong yet
