The moment of brutal self-interrogation right before you smash that exit button — a pause where you ask yourself whether your frustration is justified or if you're just bad at the game today.
The moment of brutal self-interrogation right before you smash that exit button — a pause where you ask yourself whether your frustration is justified or if you're just bad at the game today. A ragequit check is your last line of defense against doing something you'll tweet about in shame later. Good players develop the habit. Most don't. The check usually lasts about three seconds before the controller goes flying anyway, but at least you tried.
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The psychological state where every small frustration is being processed as a personal attack and the exit button is looking very appealing — you're not quite gone yet, but you're one lag spike away from being done. Ragequit mode can apply beyond gaming: it's the energy of someone who's already mentally checked out of a meeting, a relationship, or a group project and is just waiting for the final straw. The body is present but the patience has fully left the building.
To quit an online video game in anger.
The act of quitting an online video game in anger.
To quit a game, job, chat, or app in a sudden fit of frustration. Originated in gaming — alt-F4-ing out of a losing match — but now universal. The dramatic exit is usually followed by a calmer return 20 minutes later and a pretense that nothing happened.
I had to do a ragequit check after that third loss in a row — definitely failed it.
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