How emotionally involved/attached do you get in games?

[kw10]

Too attached, it affects my whole day's emotion + more.
I was chucking my phone against my bed as hard as I can (can't afford to get a new 1, so no chucking against the wall).

Feels totally unmotivated to study although I've got my finals coming up soon.

[ACF]

Games start at 9 pm est. Sucks.

You should try living in Europe with games starting at 2 or 3 am 

[Bahku]

I can never sleep the night before a Finals game that the Celtics are in, so I work an extra shift to keep my mind off it ... but all I do is talk about the Celts all the time I'm working, and drive my coworkers/patients crazy. 

[GreenPride]

Okay...i'm almost embarrassed to say this...but when the celtics fall behind by more than 10 points i'll usually turn off the TV and watch the game track on espn's web site.  I'm that superstitious.  It all started in Game 4 of the 2008 finals.  We all know what happened.  I turned the game off in the 2nd quarter (early) with boston getting hammered by 20 plus points.  I sat in the dark listening to music for about an hour just thinking "i wonder if boston can actually make this game respectable"...so i walked in my computer room and went to espn's web site...and it was the middle of the 3rd quarter and Boston had cut the LA lead to 10.  I couldn't believe it.   I thought 'okay, i'm gonna go lay back down and listen to some music and check again in 10-15 minutes'...sure enough, i went back on espn and it was now a 3 pt. laker lead.  My heart was racing!!  I said to myself 'there's no way i'm turning the TV back on because i know if i do the lakers would go on a serious run and beat us'...so i stayed on the espn game cast for the entire 4th quarter...AND WE CAME BACK AND WON!  

Fast forward to this year.  I turned tuesdays game off at halftime when we were down 12.  Yeah, i know...not a big deficit to overcome but i just didn't like the way the C's were playing and it's easier on my nerves when i'm not watching them screw up!  I get too emotionally drained watching them when they look like s##t.  My wife usually has to come downstairs to tell me to quiet down because the kids are sleeping!  So, i did what i did in 2008 and listened to some music in the dark...and of course i was dying to know if they made a comeback or not.  I logged into espn's game cast and it was in the 4th quarter and Boston had tied it.  Turned out my superstitious actions didn't work and we ended up losing in the final minutes (F-U Derick Fisher!)

At any rate...Celtics playoff games get me to the point where i really need something to calm my nerves.  I get too emotionally wrapped up in the games and i'm physically drained after the game.  It will be more of the same tonight!

[housecall]

I have a dart board with a pic of a ref as the bulls eye...each bad call i try to hit it.

[connerhenry43]

I have a dart board with a pic of a ref as the bulls eye...each bad call i try to hit it.

i would think your arm would be tired by the third quarter....we may need to put you on a pitch count. 

[celtics2]

Games start at 9 pm est. Sucks.

You should try living in Europe with games starting at 2 or 3 am 

If I lived in Europe I'd move to the USA. 3 boatloads left there long ago in 1492.

[Banner_18]

Okay...i'm almost embarrassed to say this...but when the celtics fall behind by more than 10 points i'll usually turn off the TV and watch the game track on espn's web site.  I'm that superstitious.

Haha I know how you feel, but you have to watch the games! Celtics worked so hard to get here!!

[ACF]

Games start at 9 pm est. Sucks.

You should try living in Europe with games starting at 2 or 3 am  

If I lived in Europe I'd move to the USA. 3 boatloads left there long ago in 1492.

See, I love basketball and the Celtics and all but I'm thinking that would be kind of overreacting a bit. I get a couple of hours of shuteye before each game, a pot of coffee when I wake up and I'm usually fine. Still tough, though, especially since I watch all the games by myself. And I'm Danish, we are descendants of the vikings, loads of boatloads left here to sail out loooooooooong before 1492  

[twinbree]

Too attached. Up till we won in 2008 a win would make me very happy and I'd carry that high until the next game but a loss didn't bother me much. The past 2 seasons, a loss makes me extremely bummed out mostly because of the ways we've been losing. Sometimes I'll carry around that sinking feeling until the next time we play a solid game. But it makes the wins especially the great ones so much sweeter.

It's a crazy roller-coaster and these playoffs have been especially nerve-wracking. My heart beats a little faster every we take a shot, every time one of guys hits the ground, every time I hear a whistle. It's crazy. When I watch games with my twin we scream throughout the whole time like we're watching a horror movies LOL.

[Roy Hobbs]

I get attached, especially during the playoffs.  When the Celts lose, I generally tend to go right to bed angry, while when they win, I'll stay up, chat on the blog, watch press conferences, etc.

I know my fiancee' is rooting for Celtics victories, because I'm sure it makes me more pleasant to be around.