Ninja's "It's Just A Game" Tweet

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The Virgin Ninja The Chad Bryzgalov Blue hair like a Cool, easy to maintain buzzcut wannabe anime character "It's only game. Why do you have to be mad?" Olympic bronze medalist playing for a Stanley Cup winning team Thinks he's hot s--- when "The phrase 'It's just a game' is such a weak mindset... When you stop getting angry...you've lost twice" he's not even a top player Plays a game for 12 year olds in front of a computer screen on a platform nobody uses DUCKS Believes anyone who disagrees Plays the combination of hitting a hockey puck and fistfighting known as professional hockey with his mindset is "a horrible human being" "He's a good guy"

Welp, I tried PLAY OF THE GAME ZAWARUDO S WRECKNG BRLI You stupid f------ bitch if you cant take the competitive heat go play non-ranked you filthy casual PLAY DE THE MATCH BY MONERRO Come on bruh its just a game The phrase it's just a game" is such a weak mindset. You are o with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When yo stop getting angry afterlosing, you've lost twice. There's alway something to learn, and always room for improvement, never

ti Matt McMuscles retwitteó KestinTheVoiceo PAX East @KestinTheVoice The phrase "it's just a loaf of bread" is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you've lost twice. There's always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle. Traducir Tweet rob @itsroblaw · 10 dic. 2019 i just watched 28 year old tyler "ninja" blevins struggle to figure out how to cut two slices of bread out of a loaf Mostrar este hilo 0:29 1,7 M reproducciones 3:26 p. m. · 19 feb. 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall · 18h If you don't punch drywall when you fail to understand a theme or plot point in one of our games you're barely a gamer @Ninja · Feb 18 Ninja The phrase "it's just a game" is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you've lost twice. There's always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle.

Yugioh Forbidden @yugiohforbidden · Feb 18 This is every Yugioh antagonist @Ninja · Feb 18 Ninja The phrase "it's just a game" is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you've lost twice. There's always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle.

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Ninja's "It's Just a Game" Tweet refers to a copypasta inspired by a tweet from popular Fortnite streamer and gamer Ninja wherein he attempted to motivate gamers to aspire to challenge themselves to improve their skills. His tweet reads, "The phrase 'it’s just a game' is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you’ve lost twice. There’s always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle." The tweet was mocked by people who commented that it was an extremely harsh mindset and others who joked that the tweet reflected their attitude when playing a casual game.

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On February 18th, 2020, Ninja^[1] tweeted, "The phrase 'it’s just a game' is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you’ve lost twice. There’s always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle," gaining over 22,000 retweets and 148,000 likes (shown below).

Ninja @Ninja The phrase "it's just a game" is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you've lost twice. There's always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle. 5:01 PM · Feb 18, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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Quickly after Ninja's tweet, posters began joking about it by saying it represented them playing casual games. For example, Twitter user @cowhagumi^[2] retweeted Ninja's post and added, "me when i dont get the cards i want in gacha games," gaining 29 retweets and 87 likes (shown below, left). User @distantvalhalla^[3] also retweeted Ninja's post and added "Me whenever I stir the recipe too quickly on Cooking Mama"," gaining over 200 likes (shown below, right).

mer @cowhagumi me when i dont get the cards i want in gacha games @Ninja · Feb 18 Ninja The phrase "it's just a game" is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you've lost twice. There's always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle. 10:30 PM · Feb 19, 2020 · Twitter for Android

Steiner @DistantValhalla Me whenever I stir the recipe too quickly on Cooking Mama. Ninja O @Ninja · Feb 18 The phrase "it's just a game" is such a weak mindset. You are ok with what happened, losing, imperfection of a craft. When you stop getting angry after losing, you've lost twice. There's always something to learn, and always room for improvement, never settle. 6:23 PM · Feb 18, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Others commented on the attitude of the tweet, taking the stance that games should be fun and Ninja's tweet took them too seriously. User @pukicho^[4] commented to that effect, writing, "Nerd thinks he's life guru after playing a bideo game gooder than the rest of us. Oprah Winfrey-ass, blue hair-ass looking ass. Games should be fun. Man. That's what most people play them for," gaining over 110 retweets and 700 likes (shown below, left). Professional gamer @RiotAzael^[5] wrote, "Hard disagree. You don't need to get angry about a loss to grow from it. Take what you can learn from each loss, focus on what you can do differently next time & how to improve / apply that. Anger isn't helping you improve, it's making you irrational and clouding judgment." Jokes and commentary on Ninja's tweet was covered by StayHipp.^[6]