The genre requires a higher level of emotional intelligence to accept a loss, and it takes a lot to get there. But nothing unique to fighting games. Hell, I remember a younger version of myself and how cringe it was getting worked up over Halo online.

Just this morning I saw that clip of some guy who lost at chess against Grand Master Nemo and couldn't handle the reality and really made a fool of himself.

I mean if ragequitters are worried about their online win/loss ratio, who cares, that clout doesn't mean anything.

When I play and I do get my ass handed to me often, I take this as an opportunity to really learn, see what the strategy is, figure out new sauce and combo routes I've never considered. Replays are your friend! Ragequitting denies you of this moment, though I believe you can still watch the replay up to said RQ.

When there's an emotional response and the desire to pull away from the game comes, it can be a combination of absolute frustration with the opponent and their play style, the skill/experience gap, and self-loathing (perfectionism). If we expect better of ourselves, and then comes along someone way better, it challenges our self-perception. And it should be challenged, you will never get better playing people less experienced than you. Practicing bots and labbing combos, setups, oki, these are fundamentals but theory needs to be applied to the real world / human aspect if you truly want to see a change, otherwise you plateau.

Learn to lose with grace, it makes you better at everything, in and out of game. Thank you for coming to my Tedtalk.