How do you recover from gamer rage?

[Samphire]

I break down....

Seriously sometimes I get so angry I bight my controller... There are bight marks all over my Xbox/DS

But after I get over that I just go play an MMO or watch Zero Punctuation or just go to youtube and see where videos take me

For example I went to youtube for the classic Zero Punctuation episodes and ended up with watching trailers for Star Wars: The Old Republic in about half an hour.

 

[Summermute]

Go outside and have a cigarette. Maybe make a sandwich. Pour myself a nice big glass of whiskey if I'm actually angry, then proceed to go back to game, do worse because I'm getting progressively more drunk, and then cry. I cry for days. Stopping only to eat and shit I cry myself a whole NEW game, with a pre-programmed 'win' button that gives me a blowjob every second that I'm not dyeing and makes attractive women have sex with me when I do. Then I laugh at the world and remember I am king. King of games.

Seriously, half of that's true.

 

[Random Argument Man]

Joke:I try the "Doomsday Arcade method". (Ahem) Whiskers on kittens! Whiskers on kittens! Whiskens on kittens!

Mmmmm, I don't know... I find another game I'm good at and massacre everyone.

 

[Beartrucci]

I find them in real life, beat them up and do things with their mothers, just like I say I would when I play online.

 

[irmrbrian]

I suppress it somwhere in my minind.

 

[iml337rofl]

throw my mic. not as satisfying as throwing a controller, but better than squeezing stress ball or something retarded like that.

 

[teutonicman]

I used to be like that when I was younger (13ish). Now i deal with it by say "fuck it" and coming back later. Pissing around on the laptop usually.

 

[stabnex]

Fire.

Fire. Solves. Everything.

Light fluid + butane torch. Microwave. Marshmallow Fluff + matches. Go nuts.

 

[Brad Shepard]

I just listen to some music i like, like FLOW, or just watch a show i like.

 

[Haunted Serenity]

Banzai Charge. If it doesn't work then i go get something to drink.

 

[SageRuffin]

I stop, drink some Kool-Aid (red, of course), and I'm in a good mood again.

 

[Shurikens and Lightning]

quit, or do some other game.

An angry gamer equals broken TV.

 

[The Other]

I go outside and beat up trees.

 

[MasterMongoose0]

I've found 2 things that help really well:

1: Start up Assassin's Creed 2, play Don't Stop Me Now from Queen and start murdering tons and tons and tons and tons of guards. It's so easy, and the counter/combo animations are so satisfying.

2: Start up L4D2, start a singleplayer campaign on easy, and murder lots and lots and lots of zombies. Very good stress reliever.

This, but with Super Mario Galaxy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOh968qao74

I think it deserves its own thread, personally. It gives me goose bumps EVERY time.

 

[Revolutionary]

ruptured blood vessel.

 

[CargoHold]

I suck it in and stay calm. The bottled up rage is going to make me go on a shooting spree in a games store or something.

 

[Ziltoid]

Blast Meshuggah while playing some God of War or Devil May Cry on easy. Helps me out every time. The worst thing to do is keep playing online though, people will always piss me off online.

 

[ButanicXpandA]

ive said it in another thread a few days ago... i restrict myself to about 10 games (or less) at a time for my own wellbeing =)

 

[Amack433]

I saw what it was like to be on the outside of the gamer rage, and let me tell you, it is not pretty!

 

[Ganthrinor]

I shoot things or laugh at the misfortunes of others. Or I watch this:



AMV Hell 4 always soothes the savage beast.