I’m a new player in Street Fighter 5, and I just ended my session with a post game rage quit. I got a few wins with Akuma, but running into a Blanka made me quite salty. This salt affected my decision making, and my frustration level was at its peak after a Ken beat me twice. I felt like there was no way to open him up, or prevent his mix ups, and I lost both matches. Immediately after the runback I closed the game in frustration, and I’m honestly disapointed in myself that I let the salt get to me enough to end my online session earlier than I wanted to. A part of me is still salty after that match, and I’m not sure if I’ll even want to play tomorrow.
So how do you all handle saltiness, discouragement and frustration?
Accept its only a game, dont be so bitch made that the pad becomes a lethal weapon in your hands. Everybody gets mad, try and look at your beatings as a lesson.
Biggest thing i think is you gotta take every match as a learning experience more than a win/loss scenario. To expect to win all the time as a noob is just ego and really nonsensical. The salt is from being too focused on winning. Basically there’s a whole bunch of scenarios in each round which lead to the loss. Just analyze those and come up with better strategies (either on your own/through SRK char matchup threads/youtube match vids, etc). Go in expecting to lose, but to DEFINITELY take something away from each match to improve your game…This also leads in to post match analysis etc rather than just repeating the same sh#t next time you play thereby putting yourself in to a perpetual salt loop. Also learn from your opponent, they’ve probably been playing a lot longer than you and know things you don’t. DON’T BE A SLAVE TO THE SALT.
I used to play on ggpo a lot. Those bastards would raise my blood pressure but I never rage quit on em. I dunno why, this is kind of a hard question. Maybe I’m light-hearted, maybe I’m stubborn