I've never gotten angry over something and punched a wall/destroyed equipment but I'm very clumsy so I've managed to hurt myself while playing games. Stretching fingers too far, messing with my mouse and getting skin trapped, trapping fingers in parts of equipment as well as cutting it, spilling hot drinks on me, bashing knees into my desk, that sort of thing!
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i really wonder, how do you trap your fingers in gaming equipment?
you must be the only person in the world clumsier than me :)
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I used to get headaches from playing every game? I have broken keys off of my keyboard while mashing buttons... My scroll click hardly works from using it too much...
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My worst injury, was a painful unintentional attempt at self castration. I was playing "Warioware: Smooth Moves" on the Wii, with my brother. We were at home, and dressed casually (I was wearing loose shorts). We were in vigorous competition, Nun-chuck in one hand, Wii-Remote in the other, and the cord connecting them in between. One of the games required you to make a motion similar to lifting a barbell. I did it very quickly, but too close to my body. The pain was not fun. It yanked the Chuck/Troller out of both my hands violently.
Other than above, just standard injuries. Fighting game blisters, sore fingers/hands from button mashing (I'm looking at you "Mario Party")
I've gotten very angry, but never destroyed anything.
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Yes, it is because of forgetfulness; We sometimes become so attached to the idea of not losing and the obsessive need to win, that we forget what is the main motive for playing. We start the game to have fun, but instead become too careful not to lose, like winning is more important than to have fun by just playing. And any distraction from outside of the game becomes a obstacle in the way of obtaining the win status. This is why we sometimes yell angry at a family member when distracting us from the game. It is because we are programmed by neuro linguistic programming (NLP) to think that "fun" equals "win" instead of "fun" equals "play". This kind of attachement actually defeats the purpose of the game. This is from a observatory and psychological point of view of course. Yes, i am a psychology student. Sadly this behaviour happens also outside of the gaming sphere, as instead of enjoying life, we sometimes become obsessed of becoming a likeable person for others and always caring more for others opinion first, instead of just doing our own thing.
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My old 15 inch CRT monitor started to get this pink tint from time to time because of the ocasional punch it used to receive from my end. Eventually it died.
I learned my lesson with that monitor so I started to punch my keyboard (good old TF2 times). When I broke the keyboard I stopped raging at games and haven't broken anything since.
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I got a knee injury from playing DDR too much without taking breaks. D:
I'm pretty careful about my electronics though. So I just pretty much ruin my body. The angrier and the more frustrated I get, the more controlled I get, kind of ironic. :')
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I get beat up all the time for being so MLG pro at every game I play! >_<
But seriously, mostly just a sore left hand from all the WASD control games I play.
When the Wii first came out I had some pretty sore shoulders from playing Wii sports for hours at a time. I still play that game every few weeks, it never gets old. o_O
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Broke my mouse a few years ago when I was playing Penumbra Black Plague and I jumped, jumped my PC desk, and spilled my glass of lemonade right onto my mouse, and it just shut off.
Also, when I was younger, I would play Super Mario Forever for HOURS on end, and clicking the space bar and just having it sit in an awkward position (didn't really play many PC games, and didn't really know proper posture), and it would hurt so much I would have to put a make-shift cast on my arm so it would stop hurting and I could continue playing the game...
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Played Duke Nukem Time to Kill on PS until my palms cramped(repeatedly, of course).
I've hurled countless headphones across the room/into a wall. As of late, however, I have learned to control the anger and direct it in-game toward my enemies.
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