User blog:HellboundCA/A Rage Kicker's Guide

Let me first start by getting a few definitions out of the way:

rage - a fit of violent anger; to act or speak with fury; fulminate.

Emotional Intelligence (EQ) - a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and other's emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use the information to guide one's thinking and behavior.

As I'm ever approaching Major 2, I wanted to take a little time to access "rage kicking" and the reasons behind it. Basically what I have found is that it all comes down to one main reason: Players have low emotional intelligence.

EQ is not about being nice all the time, and it is certainly not about being emotional. It's about being honest. It's about being smart with your emotions and keeping your distressing emotions under control.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand our emotions, and have the ability and power to use them wisely. It is learning the difference between "I think" and "I feel." EQ is learning how to better manage our emotions rather than letting them manage us.

Emotions are contagious, and it is easier to identify with someone emotionally rather than intellectually. People take their emotional cues from the people around them. In games, feeling all too often replaces thinking.

What do you think?