endoKarb wrote:n0rtygames wrote:You don't see them get up go "FUCK SAKE", walk around the room pissed at some stupid mistake they never should have made.. then sit down still tilted for another go.
As a dedicated shooting game player I really don't want to be associated with this kind of stereotypes.
If I'd get frustrated with shooting games, I'd do something else.
You never get frustrated with these games?
Just in a rather general sense to everyone here, I personally don't see how one couldn't feel frustration when playing these games. I'm not talking about throwing tantrums and smashing pads. It's probably what people think I do but it's nothing like that; it's just a generic expression of annoyance at something that has stopped me from doing what I intended. In the more extreme moment I say to myself internally that it's "fucking ridiculous" and turn the machine off after finally blowing all my lives on sections that I clear 9/10 times. You see
my reactions to this on this forum frequently; it's the motivating force behind a lot of my posts. I am however under no illusion that everyone has these moments frequently, it's just that the best scorers refuse to air them... it's a sign of weakness, a sign of being human; something that would tarnish the image that they fastidiously created for themselves online.
To completely disconnect emotions from playing a goal-orientated game is ridiculous. We feel.... we try, we fail, it hurts, we're happy, we die, you feel frustration, you get through a hard sequence, you feel relieved. Every second and every input is a moment and decision that you are invested in. If you feel nothing for the consequences of that then I don't know why you'd play games like these because the prize of succeeding must surely be as worthless as every hour you played.
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