I remember my last meltdown.
I was playing madden on all-madden in franchise mode year#7 (yes I used to be one of those madden nation guys)...anyway, I was going on my seventh straight undefeated season and seventh straight super bowl.
I was up pretty big late, and
"the computer started cheating" (this is the common statement usually said by gamers before they go NUCLEAR,so if you hear someone say it..either duck, don't talk to them or stand by to witness a meltdown of epic proportions!)...anyway, they came back on my team via some unGODly, never will happen in a million years plays and I lost the super bowl.
I twisted the controller in my hand until it cracked in half (literally) and picked up my play station and tossed that devil,back stabbing bastard across the room. About 5 seconds went by and I remember thinking wtf did I just do. My wife was dying laughing at me. She just said "Don't get mad because you can't WIN!"
Ever since that day whenever she saw me playing madden she'd always say,"I don't know why you play, You SUCK!" and/or "Is the computer kicking your a$$ again?"
I have since retired from game play now completely demoralized, insecure and unmotivated with the haunting phrase from the movie CARRIE
"they're all gonna laugh at you!" playing over and over in my mind. LOL