Skill = Rage

[Dragon Tamer]

This is something that I just noticed the other day, years ago (as in last year) when I still sucked at the game I enjoyed every minute I had in game. I didn't care about ack huggers, HOers, runners, pickers or the general tard you may think of. But as I started to get a bit more skill in game I started getting pissed off at tactics that happened all the time. I find myself constantly getting irritated by the things I listed above (pickers and HOers not as much anymore since I've learned how to beat them).

I was just curious if anyone else felt the same way.

*It's also worth noting that I use the term "skill" very loosely.

[zack1234]

No

[Dragon Tamer]

No

He lies! 

No pie for you! 

[Wiley]

I'd say it's not as much skill as it is experience.  I know when I first started out in flight sims I was just in heaven, other airplanes to shoot at with real people flying them.  All I did was die, did a fair bit of training with various people and started to become something resembling a cartoon pile-it.  It went from dying horribly to trying to survive to holding my own to feeling fairly confident that if I come across a single other aircraft I am going to kill him.  That confidence isn't always justified of course.

As you get more experienced and come around to whatever your idea of how the game should be played, you start to have the time as you're playing to notice the things that irk you in other players.  Partly because you're not as overwhelmed as you used to be, partly because this is literally the 5000th time some guy has tried to HO you and run for his ack.

I think a lot of people go through almost a progression as they spend more time in these games.  There's a start, middle, and end to how people feel about the game.

Wiley.

[waystin2]

I assume the HO is coming every merge, assume the guy above me (whether I see his plane or not) is going to try to pick me, assume the guy in a faster plane will run away, and  assume when I chase enemy planes they are most likely headed towards their ack coverage.  Makes me a lot happier. 

[The Fugitive]

This kinda sums it up for me....

http://youtu.be/t4e32wstykg

[Dragon Tamer]

This kinda sums it up for me....

http://youtu.be/t4e32wstykg

 

[Shifty]

No

Zack only gets mad when there are no Narzels for him to shoot at.

[mbailey]

I believe that when you get better at the game you are looking for better opponents to fight against. Your looking to Test your skill level. Coupled with having less patience with those that do what your stating above.   Just natural progression.

One thing I've always managed to do is not get mad.  It's only a game

[Aspen]

People get mad when their expectations aren't met.   Think about who is setting the expectations you have when playing.  This translates to a huge chunk of real life as well.

[caldera]

Anytime that I flew for score, inevitably caused me grief when I got shot down.  Last few years, I set goals for myself and they also sometimes cause grief too.  Still have a ways to go on my current goal and it is difficult and frustrating.  Can't wait until it's done and I can just fly. 

I would say expectations cause grief.

People get mad when their expectations aren't met.   Think about who is setting the expectations you have when playing.  This translates to a huge chunk of real life as well.

What he said.

[JimmyC]

ignorance is bliss

[68ZooM]

I assume the HO is coming every merge, assume the guy above me (whether I see his plane or not) is going to try to pick me, assume the guy in a faster plane will run away, and  assume when I chase enemy planes they are most likely headed towards their ack coverage.  Makes me a lot happier. 

 well I'd have to agree 100 percent with that I just don't worry about it anymore, if I find myself getting frustrated or pissed off that's when I go find something else to do.  It's just a game.

[Nathan60]

This is something that I just noticed the other day, years ago (as in last year) when I still sucked at the game I enjoyed every minute I had in game. I didn't care about ack huggers, HOers, runners, pickers or the general tard you may think of. But as I started to get a bit more skill in game I started getting pissed off at tactics that happened all the time. I find myself constantly getting irritated by the things I listed above (pickers and HOers not as much anymore since I've learned how to beat them).

I was just curious if anyone else felt the same way.

*It's also worth noting that I use the term "skill" very loosely.

sometimes it does irk me but then again I'm not skilled, nor do I play the game like I expect to be uber for me its all about having fun. I expect others are playing for the same reason so who am I to nitpick how they choose to have fun.

[LCADolby]

This is something that I just noticed the other day, years ago (as in last year) when I still sucked at the game I enjoyed every minute I had in game. I didn't care about ack huggers, HOers, runners, pickers or the general tard you may think of. But as I started to get a bit more skill in game I started getting pissed off at tactics that happened all the time. I find myself constantly getting irritated by the things I listed above (pickers and HOers not as much anymore since I've learned how to beat them).

I was just curious if anyone else felt the same way.

*It's also worth noting that I use the term "skill" very loosely.

This is pretty close, no cigar. I believe that it isn't skill that = rage.
It's more along line of frustration of not being able to stretch yourself and further expand, learn and understand those skills by "poor form" opponents.
But pilots that use those tactics don't further their own ability because those tactics are short term results, (that "fight" only) and not expanding their own skill set. Often they fall prey to the guy that has fought and earned the vast majority of his kills mano a mano.
The trouble is, as you learn more you naturally want to be tested to at your level and the level above you, anything below can feel repetitive or a wasted time.
It's not rage, it's aggressive disappointment.