u/meadowdruid

For context:

- I usually play with my boyfriend and I have about a 20% winrate. The games I win are 50/50 games that I make a good game and games that he makes bad games. When I play with him and I lose, I lose by A LOT often.

- When I play with more people (he is always present) I might have a slightly lower winrate. But that's okay, as we are more people so more chances of not winning or being the last one.

- In Magic: The Gathering (we are the same 4 when we play) I have won 1 game out of 12 that we had)

- We play Eurogames only (and Magic).

So, my question here is:

How can I minimize the extreme frustration I feel when I constantly lose BY A LOT?

I don't really play to win, I play to have fun and do nice combos in the table. But when I lose BY A LOT, constantly, I am starting to feel extremely frustrated.

I am NOT asking how to win. I understand it is a skill issue. I just want to know how to handle the frustration of not being able to at least get close to the same score as my boyfriend.

Did this happen to any of you? If so, how did you overcome it?

I am very worried I will continue to get more and more frustrated and stop enjoying playing with him. Because I really enjoy doing so.

Please, I beg you abstain yourselves from making jokes as I am a bit sensitive about this right now.

Thank you in advance.

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Edit: Thank you all so much for the replies. You gave me good advice! I will try and follow some of these ideas to feel better. This has been bothering me (and as I can read, many people more) for a long time and I REALLY want to keep loving these games. Thanks again, I really appreciate it <3.

They say this when saying goodbye.

In Spanish is even worse, the translation says something like "doomsday is near" or "the day of the final judgement is near".

What do they mean?

¡Hola! Pues que quiero alquilar una casa rural para un finde luego a finales de año, y la dueña me comenta que, cito textualmente, "El contrato es para gente que sé que me va a destrozar algo, pero yo creo que vosotros no haréis nada malo, total confianza en ti".

Esto me genera bastantes inseguridades, como por ejemplo, que me ha pedido una fianza de 200€ para una estancia de 360€ en total. También por el hecho de que no tendré un contrato que me respalde en caso de que ella decida cancelar mi estancia en su casa.

¿Es esto normal? Realmente quiero quedarme ahí así que antes de buscar alternativas me gustaría saber los riesgos que corro si no firmo nada, aparte de los dos que comento en el párrafo anterior. Muchísimas gracias de antemano.

Edit: muchas gracias por vuestros consejos. Le exigiré contrato, y si no quiere, puerta.

I have the serotonin way too high right now but come on. We should to to a cabin in the woods, bring fruit and delicious food and dance naked to AURORA all afternoon. Let our souls exposed to us beautiful beings.

I love you all. Thanks for sharing something as wonderful as AURORA's songs.

I just wanted to share this.

Every single time I get this song in shuffle I sigh knowing I am going to cry.

I am just amazed that more than half of her entire work hurts in my soul, but... Not with a bad meaning. It feels more like a cleansing. A realization. A liberation, even.

But this song, oh... Her sad voice cracking, only accompanied by the guitar; the mantras repeating ("maybe, maybe it will be alright"), the lament chorus behind her voice, then the silence... It makes me want to be a little ball and cry. Such a beautiful feeling.

My partner loves this game so much, so I'm asking here just in case you can help me.

Does anyone know if this mode (I know the basics, but I've never played it) is a game genre, and if so, which is it?

And do you have any recommendations of games similar to it? So I can surprise him.

To clarify, he loves the game but sometimes gets a bit frustrated so I would like to offer him something refreshing!

Apple tree, The seed, Hunger, Churchyard, Giving it to the love, Heathens... Why can't I post a story on WhatsApp with these songs?

I noticed some people make covers and those are available, but not the original songs.

You can find a lot of her work there, though.

When I listened to DRINK THE LIGHT for the first time I instantly thought that those words fit perfectly on RING THE ALARM's chorus.

"Ring the alarm

Drink the light

Bring me love

Tarara tarara 📢🔊

Tarara tarara 📢🔊"