Posted by baelnic on 2014-01-03 20:55:45

Play stunty for a month. Learn to accept the SPLAT.

Posted by Garion on 2014-01-03 20:56:52

well this edition is alot more frustrating than the last imo. So its bound to happen. Best thing to do is take a break for a few days. Then come back refereshed and ready to accept what ever stupid stuff the dice throw at you.

Posted by latulike on 2014-01-03 20:57:18

Force yourself to laugh at failure and expect your rolls to fail. At least this produce less frustation. As if you would think you play your turn until it fails instead of playing it as long as you succeed.

Posted by Azure on 2014-01-03 21:03:10

Several practical tips:
1) Think about something in real life - puts frustration in perspective many times.
2) Try to think about the game from opponent's perspective - can help make you laugh at what is happening.
3) Change teams - annoyed with what is happening try another team.

Good luck.

Posted by RC on 2014-01-03 21:07:03

Play with vamps vs every other race. They teach you humility and to face the fact that this is a dice game.

Posted by easilyamused on 2014-01-03 21:09:32

I just chat to my opponent whenever i can, have a laugh and a joke with your opponent and the dice cease to matter.

Posted by Zy-Nox on 2014-01-03 21:09:35

Quit lol.
Then come back.
Dont do math, chances are if it can happen it probably will ( yes those 3 6+ dodges 2 d against needing double pow on the ball carrier, even happens in table top)
Best example i have from the weekend, ( my first games in 7 years) Ogre catches the ball on the line from kick off, I cage around him so he can hand off, he boneheads and just stands there in front of the opposing team. trololot ( tabletop, and one of many hilarious things to happen)

Posted by Roland on 2014-01-03 21:14:00

Em0 after 4-game losing streak? Pfft!

Posted by Jeffro on 2014-01-03 21:14:52

Dice win dice games, first and foremost. Once you come to the understanding that all your "genius coaching" needs dice to win, you'll get less upset when what was likely a dumb play gets foiled by dice.

Now if you rage and whine at other things like "GAH! WHY DIDN'T I STAND MY GUYS UP??!!"... or "GAH!!?? WHY'D I BLOCK WITH MY TROLL FIRST AND THEN TRY TO REROLL IT!!???"... those are easy things to fix. But if all you rage at is dice rolls... only two ways to fix that. Stop getting mad or stop rolling dice.

Posted by Jumboparagon on 2014-01-03 21:35:49

read the "did you know" sections of the rule book, and imagine it's your team making history for all the right and or wrong reasons with similarly silly context.
sports are never supposed to be predictable. how else would the bookies make any dough?!

Posted by WhatBall on 2014-01-03 21:36:19

Play me, beat up my mens, and listen to me whine. Then you can see how childish is sounds! :D

Posted by Zy-Nox on 2014-01-03 21:47:34

Exactly what Jeffro said. I addapted my play to have no rolls apart from blocks and pick ups, no passing, handoffs, dodges, etc if you got enough rr and skills it works ^_^

Posted by pythrr on 2014-01-03 21:51:21

make your team about THEIR story. and be a fan.

true fans all know, when we follow sports teams, that losses are as much a port of the reason we follow them as when they win. Sure, a great win is a glorious thing, but a win means nothing if you have not tasted the bitterness of tragic defeat! (just ask a Spurs fan, for example).

so make your team a story, and follow it as a fan. glory in the might have beens, in the one's that got away, in the time that the filthy chesty rats stole the game from you --- all are fun!

(ie stop obsessing about winning (DICE) and enjoy the ride)

Posted by pythrr on 2014-01-03 21:52:25

err, CHEATY rats. or chesty rats, depending on your on perversions...

Posted by Frankenstein on 2014-01-04 01:12:32

I'd just ragequit ;)

Posted by Dan-Da-Man on 2014-01-04 01:43:19

Not played for months i play on cyanide now, Seems to be alot more random.

Its a shame as all i used to do was bash cyanide and promote this place.

Posted by HammercatFunk on 2014-01-04 06:32:17

the better the chat, the less the results matter to me. No chat + getting diced = SUX

Posted by pythrr on 2014-01-04 09:41:25

dan, are you really suggesting that the RNG here is fixed?

LOL

Posted by Winni on 2014-01-04 09:59:24

Rated 1 for being a whingy blog. Also, there is nothing wrong with whinging and swearing during a dice game called Bloodbowl.

I wonder whoever got the idea that we all have to be oh so politically correct.

Posted by Purplegoo on 2014-01-04 10:45:53

Breaks are healthy.

Posted by easilyamused on 2014-01-04 11:20:02

Yeah pythrr, he's convinced that the admins have fixed the RNG against him :P

It clearly has nothing to do with the fact that the standard of play is a lot higher here.

Posted by JackassRampant on 2014-01-04 17:22:27

Well, I've learned that when you haven't got the luck, you can laugh or you can cry. You win more when you laugh. Stay sanguine about all the sanguinity, ya know? Players die, you snake out, rookies noob on you with their 5+ rolls while you quadskull all over the place, and you just gotta smile and laugh and see the game afresh every single turn.

Posted by Topper on 2014-01-05 01:27:47

For me there´s three things to help me to not bitch too much.
1) Always see the game as how Id like my opponent to be. This goes both when Im lucky or unlucky. Talk about and acknowledge it´s there. Helps me a lot, when or if, my opponent accepts that the dices are screwed.
2) Try and see things as a lesson - was it a mistake in the first place I invited the opponent into?
3) See the bigger picture: Am I REALLY unlucky? I mean how many bad dices have I been served overall when counting blocks, dodges, pickups, armor/injury etc etc. together. IF you focus on just 1 aspect/die roll it gets frustrating - rarely so when looking at the game overall. Also look at your opponents dices are they perhaps not massive either?
4) Don´t get attached to your pixels - for learning this it helps to play a lot of Stunty :)

And other stuff:
4) Become a better player - accept that what one person considers "bad dices" another more experienced one accept as the chance of the game. Happens every now and then.
5) Smile at it, there is scientific evidence that shows that IF you smile when frustrated/angry etc. You will get in a better mood shortly after!

Posted by Verminardo on 2014-01-05 15:37:34

Remind yourself of the last time you played someone who was constantly whining in chat. You don't want to be THAT GUY, do you?

Play fewer matches. Do not play when you are already in a bad mood, you're in a hurry, or you cannot play without distractions.

Work on your coaching until it is at a level you are happy with. Watch your own replays, learn from your mistakes.

Posted by albinv on 2014-09-27 10:13:25

Quit.