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Ninja: Not getting angry after losing suggests a 'weak mindset'
- Thread starter Chessguy1
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There's a good message he's trying to impart here, but the way he's saying it is pretty stupid. Rage gamers are one of this hobby's biggest stereotypes and here he is justifying that behavior.
Being a little upset over a loss is fine, taking that emotion and then punching a wall/yelling/calling people slurs/or just generally acting out is not fine. People need to manage their emotions, and if they can't they need to see a professional over it so they can.
Striving to be better after a loss is great.
Being a rage gamer is not
Idk man. If I raged out every time I lost i'm pretty sure my friends / girlfriend would think there's something wrong with me.
Slam a moster and punch some drywall? No thanks Ninja..
Slam a moster and punch some drywall? No thanks Ninja..
Actually, I do not think they are. You cannot sustain a long-term plan of improvements, recognizing plateaus, setting up training routines with the mindset that anger is somehow a necessary part of it. I met a few people who really got anger issues when they lost (and even if they dropped a combo, which is always a bad sign, not the combo-dropping part but the anger which follows), and it is just not healthy, not conductive, and it adds roadblocks.
There is a reason why in go, there is the saying 'now go and lose your first 1000 matches', anger has no part in that equation. Imho.
" There's always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle. "
The only truth in that whole tweet.
The only truth in that whole tweet.
A take totally fit for his audience.
The man knows his 12 year olds.
The man knows his 12 year olds.
second part of the tweet is totally fine although something obvious.
Someone needs to tell all these YouTubers and streamers that the Angry Video Game Nerd was supposed to be a parody not a manual.
"Imperfection of a craft" in regards to playing shooty games is just so funny to me lol
And here esports is wondering why so few people take it seriously.
And here esports is wondering why so few people take it seriously.
Oh yea for sure, English is not my first language, but it is kind of weird to word it the way he did.
This is a gown man who makes a living playing video games for children to watch. On one hand, good for him for finding a way to monetize his skillset. On the other hand, it's kind fo hard to take anything he says seriously, especially given his past nonsense.
Yeah poor wording. I'd agree with the idea of not being satisfied with just losing but anger is different.
Thread title is reductive. I came in expecting to make fun of the guy, but he has a point. The way he expresses it is a little hammy, but whatever, it's for his audience. Stay invested in yourself and improving what you do. Just because the point of contention here is video games is non-material considering partly why he makes more money than any of us is due to his skill in video games.
I'm delighted when I lose.
It happens so infrequently, after all.
I don't need to be angry to want to strive to do better.
It happens so infrequently, after all.
I don't need to be angry to want to strive to do better.
One and done. No reason to ridicule him. This is his craft and his idea is right, but one can be a calm master, too.
nah.....I'm not fucking 13 anymore.
Instead you recollect, reassess and evaluate why you loss and learn from it. You don't have to get pissed off to learn from a situation. In fact, having self control takes serious strength of a mindset.
Ask all the couples how getting angry goes instead of keeping calm and working things out calmly......
Ninja literally writes like hes 12
Instead you recollect, reassess and evaluate why you loss and learn from it. You don't have to get pissed off to learn from a situation. In fact, having self control takes serious strength of a mindset.
Ask all the couples how getting angry goes instead of keeping calm and working things out calmly......
Ninja literally writes like hes 12
Today I learned there is something wrong with me because I simply accept that I was beaten by a player with more skill, experience and/or luck than me.
See, I avoid conflicts with this issue by never winning anything in the first place, ever.
Because that's his audience...? He at least seems to understand them well.
Pretty much. It's fine to get upset if you actually learn from it, but angry sounds like an all-or-nothing version of being upset. I get tilted playing crucible in Destiny, but it's because there's some legit BS in it that gets really annoying. I don't get mad when I'm tagged by something that actually takes some legit skill and practice to do.
He just keeps proving to me that he's one of the worst socially aware "celebrities" around and I'm glad that the TV people seem to have cooled on him after seeing it.
Some of these responses are weird. You should get mad if you lose. That doesn't mean you rage at the people on your team, or you throw things, or you slam your fist. But you should feel something. You can be mad at yourself, you know.
I guess feeling happy when you win is a bad emotion, too.
Anything to shit on the guy, I guess.
I guess feeling happy when you win is a bad emotion, too.
Anything to shit on the guy, I guess.
Getting mad about losing at a video game is literally just being a loser who lost. Being a gracious loser and in control of your emotions at least makes you slightly less of a loser.
i think this is right. I think he could have phrased it better but ultimately nothing to see here, folks.
Getting angry after losing suggests a weak mindset, because your emotional state is so fragile that it can't handle the fact that sometimes you aren't perfect. I wonder if he got angry when no one would floss with him on NYE...that was one helluva loss.
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On a more serious note...he's still wrong. You can be okay with losing and not get angry....yet still have the resolve to do better next time. Not every loss has to be a personal failure because really...life is too damn short to stress your body out with anger over a video game. I would say it's "childish" but there are certainly children that can handle losing without getting angry like he's suggesting.
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On a more serious note...he's still wrong. You can be okay with losing and not get angry....yet still have the resolve to do better next time. Not every loss has to be a personal failure because really...life is too damn short to stress your body out with anger over a video game. I would say it's "childish" but there are certainly children that can handle losing without getting angry like he's suggesting.
He's speaking to 14yos. That's pretty on point with how emotions worked back then. I'm not expecting 20-somethings to gain any sage wisdom from Ninja's twitter lol.
Not sure what he is trying to say really. Surely uncontrolled aggression would be the sign of a weaker state of mind? If you would have to argue such a thing in the first place, which is stupid by itself.
Weak mindset? That is backwards af. Getting angry is a fixed mindset reaction. Growth mindsets see losing as an opportunity, not something to lash out against.
