Rage and it broke something expensive

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ivedone the “slam my fist on the keyboard” thing before, but didnt break. ive bounced my mouse off my desk a few times… none of the bounces themselves broke the mouse, but as a whole… yeah it stopped working one day… man did it take a beating and lasted longer than my Razer Naga, who i babied. oh, i did punch the wood paneling once, thought i broke my knuckle for a bit as it swelled up real nice, but was normal by morning.

most of this happened in my 20’s tho… now i sigh really loudly and then flip off my monitor when a game makes me angry.

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I’ve never raged or broken anything because of a game, but I have raged ONLY ONCE IN MY LIFE and broken a little slide-y door to my laundry area with a hulk smash.

It was not worth. I don’t know how to fix a door!

R.I.P laundry door.
:door:

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I don’t rage.

However, I did manage to get my old $75 mouse submerged in a bucket of water. It didn’t survive.

Word of advice: if soaking your feet at your computer sounds like a good idea at the time, it isn’t.

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People who get angry enough to physically lash out need therapy.

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Or hit something that can hit you back with equal force.

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When I was a kid I was making a level in the map editor for the original Doom (I think it was called WADED). It was an unofficial program and would occasionally crash. One time it crashed after I’d been meticulously adding detail for over an hour since my last save. I got so mad I kicked a hole in the wall.

I was REALLY surprised how easy it was to kick a hole in the wall.

My parents made me fix it, so it was an educational experience all around.

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Nothing, I will yell during Arenas in regards to class balance issues. But other then that it is just pixels and all things are fleeting. Not worth going berserk.

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Nothing. I have self-control.

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Never raged at the game that hard to break stuff… only thing that I think to myself sometimes why in the hell am I even playing this game…other then that

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I discovered long, long ago that if I did not control my rage that it would control me. So when I feel a rage coming on, I chill.

Or go break something I know I won’t miss later. I keep a few of those and a big ol’ hammer in my back yard for just such emergencies.

ETA: I rarely stay with the game deep enough into serious frustration to develop a true rage. Long before then I generally say “blow this noise” and find something else to do.

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My hand :rofl:

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When I was a teenager I got mad playing a game then broke the CD in half. My dad was pissed. Never did that again. Now that I have a kid, I have to tone it down. If I get angry I just stop playing and go for a walk or start playing with my toddler. He’s pretty good at getting daddy to calm down lol.

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Children are good for that plus they give the best hugs.

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Most definitely. Now that my son is starting to form sentences its even better! Sucks being at work though when you want to see em.

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When I was pregnant with my son. I had to get my mother to care for my daughter because I had to go in for monitoring three days a week. I missed seeing her take her first step and I cried like a baby over that.

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Lets just say I have a decently priced headset now, so I don’t think I can ever do arena’s again.

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That’s awful! :frowning: I hope you get as much time as you can now with her. Its amazing how time flies, I just want to spend every moment with my little guy, even the more difficult moments… Lol

One cool thing is he does enjoy watching me play games occasionally. Right now we are on a Spyro binge together and he can’t contain himself when he sees the purple dragon charging enemies lol. That game can be rage inducing though… :stuck_out_tongue:

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My daughter is now 13 and has no time for mom lol. In other words a typical teenager. My son is 12 and approaching that stage as well. Enjoy your son while you can.

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I’ve never raged from wow, on the other side I snapped my last laptop’s display after losing one too many times in hearthstone to the same cards, also, on another ocassion, punched a hole on an acoustic guitar, rendering it useless (though that was cheaper than the lap). Been trying to control my anger since then.

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Girls don’t rage in video games.