The True Origin of TILT

[StellarWind]

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The question that I have had to ask myself is: Is this a form of tilt?

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This is a matter of definition. Many would say that tilt exists whenever your emotions are interfering with your play. By that definition it certainly is tilt.

I would eschew that definition because it is not useful. The emotions involved are completely different. So are the causes and effects. Overconfidence when winning needs to be studied and treated as the separate and unrelated problem that it is.

Similar remarks apply to the situation where strong, game-unrelated emotions such as grief are dominating the player and interfering with play. You could call it tilt but it is really a separate topic.