How do you deal with losses :S?

[Passelito]

Could anyone please give me tips how not to throw your computer out the window after like 10 losses in arena in a row. Yes I know its just a stupid game but still it makes you go crazy sometimes :/.

[Secretive]

Well, I'm not on the receiving end of losses too much any more, but I know EXACTLY how you feel, even more so now than before. Especially if you lose to a team that really isn't as "good" as your team is (e.g., warrior/druid losing to mage/rogue). Usually, I stand up and walk around the room a bit, take a drink of water, and just stretch.

Competitive Arena gaming is very, very akin to a "real life" sport. Mock it all you will, I find a 2300-rated Arena match to be very blood-pumping, when a small error means you lose more than just rating, you lose reputation. I play soccer competitively in college when I'm not Arena'ing and such, and I feel almost exactly the same when I lose a soccer match as I do when I lose a crucial Arena match.

Lower-end PvP'ers don't realize that there's a whole other world at the high-end of Arenas full of cross-faction and inter-faction mIRC and vent trash talking, etc.

But the key is to NEVER yell/belittle/berate your team mate. Even if he completely screwed up, like didn't shift out of a Polymorph because he temporarily forgot he was a Druid, or because he wasnt' in Zerker stance and couldn't Bloodrage out of a game-breaking Fear, you never lose your temper with that person.

Getting mad at your partner(s) in Arena only makes the games harder to play.

And that's my advice coming from 2 long seasons of, at times, 2400 rated 5v5 play. Take it for what you will. =)

[Smorj]

Listen to incredibly loud metal in my headphones to wash away the pain works tremendously.

[Loshiis]

It gets harder the higher you go. Usually, the teams you play are of a lower rating, and therefore one loss against a worse team with a better combination sets you back 3-4 games. It can be really frustrating. Usually I deal with it by yelling healthily at my partners about what the hell we need to try to beat them, and how overpowered that matchup is in their favor.

[schworck]

blaming blizzard works for me^^

[Secretive]

... how overpowered that matchup is in their favor ...

I don't have much room to talk in that aspect O.o

[Lesane]

I will just bitch about warlocks in guild chat since that's basically the only class my team can lose to :P

[Nastro]

dont loose? :P

[Secretive]

vveryone loses sometime, be it due to warlock paper scissors or a random DC, losses do occur, sucky as that is :P

[Steeve]

lose with your dignity intact

[Fersas]

If it was post 2.2 against 400+ ub shadow resist team i went crazy but now those just happen sometimes and i try to keep myself together even if we lose more than 8 rating