Another one bites the dust

Ever since my very first game system, I have had a problem, an anger problem that only seems to creep up when I'm playing video games. My true competetive spirti flys out when I play games, and when this happens, I get frustrated easily. Whether the comp is being cheap, or something is just hard to get, I get pissed. All the bottled up anger from everything else in my life is released in one or many blows to the controller. And the anger will not subside until something has been broken. If something doesn't snap or break off, I have to hit it again. Of course its not like I enjoy smashing my controllers and having to spend money to buy a new one, its something that just happens and I cant control. When I first get a new controller, my will is strong and I will let no harm come to it, but as time goes on, the need for destruction creeps up until the damn thing can't even be repaird. Usualy controllers last several months maybe a year depending on the durabilty of the thing, but tonights victim didnt even last a month I think. I am getting fed up having to buy or even trade in games just to be able to play again, but I cannot get over this problem. I was wandering if anyone else has this problem or did have it and was able to come over it. I'm sure some other people have a similar problem. One of my friends threw his N64 controller at his new TV breaking both the controller and the TV. Sorry about all the rambling. I just needed to get this all of my chest after just taking the life of yet another controller. What number was it? I have no idea, I lost count many many years ago.

Just get yourself a girl with low self esteem, and punch her instead.

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Either that or get one of those pink things that people sqeeze and the eyes pop out and stuff.











Oh yeah, babies.

I should tape that pictue to my TV so whenever I get angry I can just look at that picture and laugh my ass off.

I never beat up my controllers. If I get mad at a game, I just take it out on the fridge, the wall, or a hapless cardboard box. Pads ain't cheap you know! Even when royally pissed off I still feel stingy.

- Matt

i just say, "i don't need to take this shit", and i just calmly turn off the system..
no thrown controllers..

it usually only happens with gill in SF3.

The thing is I usualy throw down the controller before I even realize what I'm doing. I keep telling myself not to throw and then something happens and I throw it. Like I said, its not like I enjoy buying new controllers all the time.

I keep my controllers nice, I even yell at other people when they pound the buttons... only I can do that!!1!

Eh Crow your Exaclty Almost like me, except I usually get pissed at myself when I'm playing games like counter-strike. And sometimes I unfortunatly hit myself, this is probably because of my low self-esteem, and teen angst driving me to think I'm worthless. Though one of these days I will break my Keyboard (Which is actually my fathers), OH and yeah, it also comes a lot when I fight Gill in SF3, god he is fucking bullshit.

Trying to beat the mincing vampire in MGS2 on the hardest difficulty with a save where I had only 1 hit left and no rations. I pulled the grips til the controller snapped :) sweet release. There are some more expensive things I've destroyed while raging, but I am too ashamed to bring them up :sweat:

I'm going to pick up a new controller today but I'm gonna have to trade in a game and a few movies since I only have enough cash to pick up the new InuYasha game. I've decided I am going to punish my self whenever I break a controller by putting that system away for a week or two. Maybe that way I can gain some self control. For a while to let out some reage, I would slam a heavy weight on my metal bed post and bang the crap out of it, but now thats almost broken. I need to find a less destructive way to let my rage out.

i snapped my dreamcast keyboard in half. i wasnt even playing a game that required it. i was so pissed, i saw it just sitting in the corner BEGGING to have its elasticity tested across my knee. as 680 said...."sweet release" :D

I try not to forcefully throw my computer at the ground, but I do tend to gently toss it away towards the ground if I get frustrated. But my controllers for the PS2 are screwed anyway, one has a missing pin connector because it gets tripped over so much (and thus the analog likes to flicker on and off at random) and the other *good* one has a half inch of the cord melted off (involves loaning ps2 to friend with block heater...)

Buy cheap controllers. After about ten or so, I quit. I miss those days though. I remember grabbing a SNES controller by the chord and swinging it "lasso" style and bashing it against the wall; SMASH!!!! I scared the crap out of my friend who just kicked my ass at SF2. Good times.

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Originally posted by johnk_
i just say, "i don't need to take this shit", and i just calmly turn off the system..
no thrown controllers..

it usually only happens with gill in SF3.

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Why not put Nerf pads all over your walls? (in case you really need to throw 'em.)

I am going to do all thats in my power not to break this controller. While p-laying MvC2 today I got so pissed I smashed my old one into many mnay pieces, Its gonna take forever to clean up my room from this mess.

Haha, I keep ALL my stuff in pristine condition (until a friend fucks them up that is) except one time counter strike was pissin me off and this guy got a totally n00b bullshit headshot and i ripped my mx500 out and threw it against the wall as hard as i could. I was having a bad day already but that was the final straw, ugggggg $50 down the drain!!! That guy was a total asshole to begin with