Normally i play games to chill out after college or whatever but i realised that i only tend to enjoy playing cod if i'm already relaxed, because if i'm a bit stressed out and i start getting killed constantly, everything feels more annoying and i'm getting pissed off at myself for dying in "stupid ways"  and then making more mistakes and so on, but when im relaxed i can play and just have fun, and if i die i dont care cos....its a game!! :P

Anyone else the same, or with different games? Where you really love the game but playing when ur stressed doesnt help.

There are certain games I won't play when I just need to unwind. I like strategy games, but I never feel up to a whole match when I'm stressed out. However, unlike you, I really enjoy CoD and other shooters when I'm stressed. I'm satisfied enough with running around a map and shooting blindly, even though I constantly get killed.

unfortunately nothing makes me angrier than playing online games even when calm. usually because I suck hard cheese.

then hulk smash.

Slaughtering Nazis/Zombies/Communists/Terrorists is very calming, lets just hope that doesnt mean we are all serial killers

and i agree with Jacobs whole, not playing RTS games while stressed, those games are difficult at times and just not casual.

I do not find WaW relaxing at all.  If you're playing Campaign, grenades are constantly thrown in your face, forcing you to back up when you need to advance, and Multiplayer is pretty much a "Spray 'n' Pray" paradise because of the MP40.  Nazi Zombies is the only reason I haven't traded this game in, and I stand on end while playing.  I get chills down my spine while playing think how much longer my team and I can hold the legions of the undead off.