Life can be tough and can sometimes get the better of us, we all try to relax in our own different ways. So, you come home from work or school or whatever you do in your life and try to relax with a few games of Smite... only to get triggered at everything. This steamrolls and you keep saying, "One more game, I need to end on a win," and the win never comes - annoying you even more. It's not uncommon for this to happen and we all have those days, whether we're playing poorly and annoyed that we should be doing better or the little things that happen throughout the game keep frustrating you. Well here are a few ways to help you survive those dreaded "Tilt Days".

Poor Performances

First way is if you're in a slump and tilting after a few losses, take a break. Play a different game, go watch Twitch for a bit, whatever. You will enjoy just getting away from the game for a bit and letting yourself relax before going into the next game. Tilting will change how you play, it will tilt you more the longer you go through it, and despite what everyone thinks you play worse when you tilt. So, getting away from the game will calm you down and hopefully get you playing how you usually play.

I've seen people come into matches moaning about previous games and it ruins everyone else's game as well as adding pressure on to people that don't need it, especially if you do it during casuals. Casuals should be where you go to have fun, try new stuff out, and get comfortable. Don't bring your ranked mentality into a casual game as it won't help you and could make you tilt more.

They Aren't Getting Away This Time

DON'T GET TUNNEL VISION. I know that Ravana keeps getting out on 1 HP, but don't chase him to the other side of the map, especially when you’re a Geb. It's totally frustrating to see people surviving but if you've already tilted and you start getting tunnel vision, it isn't going to help you get back into it, mostly because the enemy team will ambush you and the Ravana will still survive. I've seen it too often. You'll die to the enemy team who have collapsed you, then the surrender vote and a sea of "get me out" usually follows. Even if you don't end up surrendering, you've just made your whole team salty.

If you're sitting there in a sea of rage after dying or can feel the tilt coming out during a game, just focus on little bits, get that next item in your build, get your Hunter further ahead, or help mid get the harpies. Find things that help the team and that you can see the benefit from in the game. It will help you think more logically instead of "I have to kill that Medusa as the last time she killed me it was b******", because nine times out of ten you will die to her again and you'll go further into tilt.

Finding Your Zen

Music is great it can change your mood with just a few minutes of listening to it. I've had it before where I was starting to tilt so before the next game I just sat there and listened to some music, played a few casuals with it playing in the background and it helped me personally. It's amazing how a little thing can just change your mood on a dime. I'm not saying this is a guaranteed method to stop you from tilting but it works for me. Find something like this to help you refocus your energy, as it will help you get back out of the tilt mindset. It may be looking at memes, playing a minigame, or drawing. Whatever it is, if it will get you out of the tilt mentality, you'll feel so much better and you'll see your performances improve.

Too Toxic

Within every community you will find toxic people and trolls. Smite has a mute button in-game for a reason, so you can enjoy the game without these people. Trolls are looking to tilt you, they aren't looking to win or improve their game. They're out to tilt you and most people will fall for this. The mute and block feature in Smite is great to stop trolls affecting you in chat, and if you're in a game with them you just need to focus on your game. Play like you would if they DCed and if you carry them to a win then you've proven that you can rise above them.

All they want is for the team to tilt, so if you don't show it is working or if you work on your game and not let them affect you, you'll find it easier not to tilt with trolls in the future. Toxic players come with the trolls really. Some of them can just be players who have already tilted and want to take their anger out on everyone. If they start moaning about how you're playing or trying to make you tilt, mute them! You won't have to deal with them spamming VER all game whenever the team misses an ability. Let's face it we all miss abilities from time to time and someone spamming when you miss doesn't help really. Muting them and carrying on with your game will help you stop tilting so you can focus on your game and get back to playing the way you know how to.

Hopefully these will help you get out of the tilt day slumps and try to stay "tilt-free" for as long as possible.

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