creeper
11-02-2006, 02:46 AM
Let me explain this situation, and then tell me if you think the person I'm talking about should seek urgent, professional help ...
A friend of mine was over playing NHL on the XBOX 360. I beat him 2-1, with different teams, three times in a row. When the last game was over, he shut off the XBOX 360 and refused to play again. The reason he stated for this was that I was scoring shitty goals, and he would play again at a later date if I "learned some skill", and "got good goals". I then was saying that the games were only 2-1, and we have both played the game a handful of times. We got in a bit of an argument, me saying that it was totally unreasonable and illogical for someone to not play, because of the above reason. Then, when I said that he lost because of poor gameplay, he instantly flew out of his seat, and started kicking the shit out of me. Full fledged punching, kicking, pushing, he literally tore my shirt to pieces in the midst of this, I was on the ground in about 4 seconds flat where he proceeded to punch me and claw at me, while shouting (in that teary, crying type voice, you know what I mean) That his gameplay was, and always has been, better than mine, and that I should never ever fucking say that his gameplay was bad.
I have known this person to be fairly 'touchy' in the past, as they have flown off the handle before for similar things, but never as extreme.
I am a pretty calm person, so I didin't freak out and start fighting back or yelling or anything, but I did say, "This is not normal behavior, and you have to see a psychaiatrist about this" to which he replied "You have to see a pyschiatrist about being a {insert various swears and insults here, be imaginative}"
I have always thought this person is the type who would one day end up in prison because of an extreme case of road-rage turned manslaughter, or because he ends up butchering his family in the middle of the night or something.
The person holds a good job, and has an active social life, with a handful of hobbies. Seems normal in many ways, but I have never seen someone react so violently in a split second like that before, especially over something so completely trivial as a videogame.
What do you think? Does this person need to seek professional help? I can't imagine anything being said to me that would make me go berserk like this, it was absolutely crazy.
Help!
A friend of mine was over playing NHL on the XBOX 360. I beat him 2-1, with different teams, three times in a row. When the last game was over, he shut off the XBOX 360 and refused to play again. The reason he stated for this was that I was scoring shitty goals, and he would play again at a later date if I "learned some skill", and "got good goals". I then was saying that the games were only 2-1, and we have both played the game a handful of times. We got in a bit of an argument, me saying that it was totally unreasonable and illogical for someone to not play, because of the above reason. Then, when I said that he lost because of poor gameplay, he instantly flew out of his seat, and started kicking the shit out of me. Full fledged punching, kicking, pushing, he literally tore my shirt to pieces in the midst of this, I was on the ground in about 4 seconds flat where he proceeded to punch me and claw at me, while shouting (in that teary, crying type voice, you know what I mean) That his gameplay was, and always has been, better than mine, and that I should never ever fucking say that his gameplay was bad.
I have known this person to be fairly 'touchy' in the past, as they have flown off the handle before for similar things, but never as extreme.
I am a pretty calm person, so I didin't freak out and start fighting back or yelling or anything, but I did say, "This is not normal behavior, and you have to see a psychaiatrist about this" to which he replied "You have to see a pyschiatrist about being a {insert various swears and insults here, be imaginative}"
I have always thought this person is the type who would one day end up in prison because of an extreme case of road-rage turned manslaughter, or because he ends up butchering his family in the middle of the night or something.
The person holds a good job, and has an active social life, with a handful of hobbies. Seems normal in many ways, but I have never seen someone react so violently in a split second like that before, especially over something so completely trivial as a videogame.
What do you think? Does this person need to seek professional help? I can't imagine anything being said to me that would make me go berserk like this, it was absolutely crazy.
Help!