The psychology of in game threads

[ManxomeLion]

The Five Stages of Fan Grief or "How I stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Team"​

There seems to be a seasonal rite involving kvetching, and for more advanced posters, kvetching about the kvetching.
You may even see posts stating "good grief people!". This is in recognition of how critical these processes are to the fanbase.
What's important to recognize is it's part of a process and that we may all be at different stages.

1) Denial - "We deserve better"
2) Anger - "I hate us"
3) Bargaining - "I'll give up tomorrow's scone and latte for an explosive play"
4) Depression - "we're never going to beat Meatchicken if we play like this"
5) Acceptance - "it was a sloppy game, but hey, we won by 3 scores"

So next time you're in a game thread, ask yourself "what stage am I in?"

Five stages of grief - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[SleepyLion]

this is what we're up against.

 

[rudedude]

The Five Stages of Fan Grief or "How I stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Team"​

There seems to be a seasonal rite involving kvetching, and for more advanced posters, kvetching about the kvetching.
You may even see posts stating "good grief people!". This is in recognition of how critical these processes are to the fanbase.
What's important to recognize is it's part of a process and that we may all be at different stages.

1) Denial - "We deserve better"
2) Anger - "I hate us"
3) Bargaining - "I'll give up tomorrow's scone and latte for an explosive play"
4) Depression - "we're never going to beat Meatchicken if we play like this"
5) Acceptance - "it was a sloppy game, but hey, we won by 3 scores"

So next time you're in a game thread, ask yourself "what stage am I in?"
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Five stages of grief - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Delusional is not on that chart!

 

[MaconNitt]

The Five Stages of Fan Grief or "How I stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Team"​

There seems to be a seasonal rite involving kvetching, and for more advanced posters, kvetching about the kvetching.
You may even see posts stating "good grief people!". This is in recognition of how critical these processes are to the fanbase.
What's important to recognize is it's part of a process and that we may all be at different stages.

1) Denial - "We deserve better"
2) Anger - "I hate us"
3) Bargaining - "I'll give up tomorrow's scone and latte for an explosive play"
4) Depression - "we're never going to beat Meatchicken if we play like this"
5) Acceptance - "it was a sloppy game, but hey, we won by 3 scores"

So next time you're in a game thread, ask yourself "what stage am I in?"
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Five stages of grief - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Who is @BobPSU92 ?

 

[Ludd]

The Five Stages of Fan Grief or "How I stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Team"​

There seems to be a seasonal rite involving kvetching, and for more advanced posters, kvetching about the kvetching.
You may even see posts stating "good grief people!". This is in recognition of how critical these processes are to the fanbase.
What's important to recognize is it's part of a process and that we may all be at different stages.

1) Denial - "We deserve better"
2) Anger - "I hate us"
3) Bargaining - "I'll give up tomorrow's scone and latte for an explosive play"
4) Depression - "we're never going to beat Meatchicken if we play like this"
5) Acceptance - "it was a sloppy game, but hey, we won by 3 scores"

So next time you're in a game thread, ask yourself "what stage am I in?"
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Five stages of grief - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Many posters are stuck in the first two.

 

[LionsAndBears]

Masterpiece!

 

[step.eng69]

As a guitarist, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the back country. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost.
I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.
I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man.
And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished, I packed up my guitar and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full.
As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.”
Apparently, I’m still lost…