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/ˈɹeɪd͡ʒˌkwɪt/ · noun
(slang, video games) The act of quitting an online video game in anger..
Hardison: I don't know what happened. I had 'em and then I just— Nate: Didn't anticipate the ragequit. Hardison: You know gamer terminology? Nate: I know the key to a good game is balancing boredom and frustration. Now the game — the puzzle's too easy, then the mark — the player — gets bored and walks away. The puzzle's too hard, then the player gets frustrated, and quits in a rage: ragequit.
Having had my share of ragequitting teammates and unfinished campaigns -- I still haven't completed a L4D2 campaign on Expert -- I'll take a positive outlook and say that the complaints about difficulty amount to a longer and taller learning curve, that will give this game a longer lifespan than the first.
Cheap insta-kill attacks have made me ragequit at least twice.
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Rage quit means (slang, video games) The act of quitting an online video game in anger..
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Hardison: I don't know what happened. I had 'em and then I just— Nate: Didn't anticipate the ragequit. Hardison: You know gamer terminology? Nate: I know the key to a good game is balancing boredom and frustration. Now the game — the puzzle's too easy, then the mark — the player — gets bored and walks away. The puzzle's too hard, then the player gets frustrated, and quits in a rage: ragequit.
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