This is a genuine question. I get super angry at myself whenever I die or lose. When it gets really bad i get mad at myself when I can’t hit my shots. I have no idea how to fix this. I only play Quickplay and I’m aware I take the game too seriously but it keeps feeling like each game is a matter of life and death. Arcade is the big exception to this as I don’t get anywhere near as frustrated there. But I avoid comp with a ten-foot pole. Its more because I don’t believe I’m good enough to play comp but I’m really scared of not doing well enough and getting flamed or just dying to a smurf widow over and over.
Idk. Has anyone found a way to relax about this game and stop tilting?
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I know this may sound stupid. But for me I set very very very very very veeeerrry low standards when I play Quickplay or competitive l. It saves me from being disappointed or tilting. And it’s also best just to always do mindfulness when you start to fell tilted, taking breaks as well. Avoid VC because it doesn’t help when you have others blaming you or yelling in general.
I also recommend taking a month off of Overwatch, I did 3 months and I came back happier then ever to start playing Overwatch again.
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Did you even read the OP?
you grow up, no seriously , one day you will just realize its a game and that theres much worse things in life then dying in a video game. It will still anger you, but it wont last longer then few seconds.
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Sometimes it’s better to take a break and work raising your base skills, such as mechanical skills. You can just watch replay of your videos and learn where you are making mistakes, building up your game sense.
Once your base skill as raise a bit, you will see an increase in your performance and less likely to tilt unless facing opponent who are vastly better than you.
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No, I will now. I got replied to elsewhere and just typed something off the title so I could move on.
Funny how I’ve complained about people doing this in the past. Sorry. Reply deleted.
You’re good enough to play comp, for sure. I’d be impressed with some of the people in my games if they could type this many words 
Being serious though, everyone can play comp, and you just end up at the rank you belong and work from there. I know it’s hard to convince people, but SR really doesn’t matter that much, and you will improve eventually, even if that is reflected independent from your SR. I can’t speak for getting frustrated at yourself even outside of comp, since it happens to me sometimes as well. Once I learned to let go of my sr, just losing in competitive no longer tilts me as much.
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We all lose. The best of the best lose less, but they still lose.
3 things worked for me when I came from console to PC.
-I played less QP and more comp (earlier on). QP just instantly became so much more chill. Also you are good enough to play comp, don’t tell yourself otherwise. The other 11 players are in the same rank & game too.
-Take 10mins to warm up in DM not practice range.
-Make yourself a rule. E.g If I lose 2 games in a row I’ll just stop playing. Even if you’re unsatisfied; you force yourself to stop playing.
Ultimately don’t forget that it’s a game. I always like to win but try to have fun too. You’ll get tilted, it happens. So make sure to check yourself and take breaks often.
Ah! Also if you’re worried about getting flamed. Don’t! Phase yourself in. Maybe start with no voice chat and no match chat. You can’t hear or see what anyone in the game is saying. Gradually adjust this in time.
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When you die, think about why you died. We’re you out of position? Did you miss your shots?
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- Take a deep breath.
- In a neutral tone, think what you could have done better. Dont blame yourself but do think what you could improve on.
- Take another breath.
If you are tilted after a match stop queuing.
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Play some other games once in a while. For me at least Overwatch feels like your best friend after an evening of Mortal Kombat.
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I’ve almost mastered this
- realise that some games are unwinnable. Despite that you should try your best but don’t burn yourself out
- don’t use your mic as most people only come to team chat to moan Nowadays (maybe use it just to call out important things)
- leave chat or report any1 who gets toxic about your hero choice or creates a negative atmosphere
- don’t worry too much about climbing and just focus on improving
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Hey I’m still in Bronze and way too many hours in Comp. I didn’t grow up playing online FPS games.
I will say QP is just that a sandbox style game where people may not be too serious about the game. Use it to polish your mechanics and general gameplay. Sometimes people will play it seriously other times they won’t. Do try and make call outs etc in QP. So just chalk loses here as a learning experience.
Comp is where people will try and work together as they have SR to gain or lose. You can still get a bad team comp or the enemies are just better. Don’t worry too much about losing. Just try your best to do what you can.
I try to put it into perspective. I would rather play a good game with people at my skill level and lose rather than win because they enemy team had a leaver on their team or had a smurf on our team if that makes sense.
Also don’t forget to try playing with friends or make some online! I keep hitting the 200 friends limit because I’m generally friendly online.
In the physical world, there’s the concept of sportsmanship and in the virtual world the same rules apply!
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Here’s my method of dealing with tilting.
1- Understand the source of that tilt.
2- Act accordingly.
For example, back in the days, when i tilted, i realized that i’m not good against this or that mechanic, i need work on this or that, etc.
Or it was simply a matter of listening to music and relaxing.
Nowadays however, I realized that the reason i’m tilted while playing overwatch is the game itself. It sucks. It’s Wow arena turned into fps. I don’t enjoy it anymore. so i quit.
It’s up to you to figure out the reason for your tilt. because loss is always tilting to an extent. In any game. There’s a deeper reason for every individual.
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I just stop playing.
I have some other games that I also enjoy so…
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“Accept the things you cannot change, have the strength to change the things you can and wisdom to know the difference”
Repeat that to yourself. After some scars and 100 mistakes you won’t forget it.
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Most PvP wins and losses in Blizzard games is based on someone tilting, and then the rest of that team tilting.
Sometimes, players will exacerbate the issue by typing in chat “OK, BOOMER” or something along the lines of that, circumventing chat controls to tilt the enemy team.
And with so many toxic individuals in Blizzard games, it’s only a matter of time before Blizzard’s massive toxicity problem rears its ugly head and Blizzard has no choice but to crack down on it.
I stopped playing without voicechat, have like 0 tilt now unless somebody is flaming me typing.
Honestly though you should play comp it’s the best way to improve, all that matters is improving
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Playing multiplayer games used to give me severe anxiety. I mean when I would play Halo 3 you’d have thought I was having a seizure, I was shaking so bad. That naturally lessens over time and exposure, but it stemmed from the same things you expressed: fear that you won’t be good enough. I had this mental image of my team mates mocking me because I didn’t have perfect aim or whatever. I was terrified of being bad.
But here’s the thing, you can’t be perfect. No one can. Even the best players in the world have bad games. They die just like the rest of us, and they lose just like the rest of us.
When I began playing Destiny’s crucible years ago, to combat my anxiety I made it a habit every time I sat down to play to say to myself, out loud, “It’s ok to die. It’s ok to lose. It’s ok to be bad. You don’t have to be perfect. I just want to have fun.” That helped me a lot.
Now some things will still tilt you regardless, and for that I would recommend taking a few minutes to just walk away from the game and breathe nice big, slow breaths. Don’t do what my foolish self did and get so tilted you end up punching a hole in your drywall. That was a real eye-opener for me let me tell you what lol.
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