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Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
May 19 2010 19:52 GMT
#1
Eeeesh am I on a SC2 slump. A few days ago I was over 2050 rating, my best ever, and everything was awesome. I felt comfortable in my matches, I was streaming all my games, etc.

Fast forward to this morning and I'm back below 1900! FML! What's wrong with me? I just feel so off! Making dumb decisions, messing up micro, getting lol'd at by mass banelings, and so on. So frustrating and depressing. I don't rage easily, but I was starting to get really upset T_T; Looking at my match history page is just like /wrists. Soooo many losses in a row.

Ughhghhghhh! Anyway my streamers recommended I rank on TL, so here I am.

Any advice/encouragement or whatnot would be awesome guys. Cheer me up!

*****
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
May 19 2010 19:56 GMT
#2
The best thing I found was take a break. Go out for a walk to clear your mind. Come back login and forget that you lost all of those games.
Brood War forever!
CKSide
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States223 Posts
May 19 2010 19:58 GMT
#3
beta ends soon, all your efforts will be for nothing. that is all.
..

but seriously, that's pretty damn good rating. dunno what advice can be given since its beta...or that you don't have any replays posted. (sorry don't really watch sc2 streams, just play it =P)
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motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
May 19 2010 20:04 GMT
#4
Play a different game for a day.
ModeratorGood content always wins.
apm66
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada943 Posts
May 19 2010 20:06 GMT
#5
definitely take a break. do something else besides gaming just to clear your mind
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love1another
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1844 Posts
May 19 2010 20:06 GMT
#6
Well look at the bright side, you have friends and a family that loves you. And you're not dead :D
"I'm learning more and more that TL isn't the place to go for advice outside of anything you need in college. It's like you guys just make up your own fantasy world shit and post it as if you've done it." - Chill
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
May 19 2010 20:06 GMT
#7
play some UMS on SC1 or SC2.
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
Foreplay
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1154 Posts
May 19 2010 20:07 GMT
#8
stop thinking you are good at starcraft and just learn from your losses. I think a lot of people think they are way better than they are so they get really mad when they lose. No one cares about how many points you have or what your record is.
Better than Pokebunny
The6357
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States1268 Posts
May 19 2010 20:09 GMT
#9
cig break does the trick :D
2010 worldcup!! corea fighting!!!
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
May 19 2010 20:10 GMT
#10
always remember you'll never be as good as me anyway
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
ThisIsJimmy
Profile Joined July 2004
United States546 Posts
May 19 2010 20:12 GMT
#11
Breaks are silly. Be strong and play even more. Just play faster and smarter. Scout for proxies in your base and around the map with your scouting worker. If you are losing straight up games then you need to play faster and/or slightly alter your build (build more x, less y). Don't lose in the same way twice. Slumps can't last forever!
Twitter @_ThisIsJimmy_
kerpal
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom2695 Posts
May 19 2010 20:18 GMT
#12
i love the TL advice to stop playing so much not what you'd normally expect (but certainly good advice!)
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
May 19 2010 20:22 GMT
#13
I don't think taking a break is the key. What you should do is go over your replays in "fast" mode when important things are going on, maybe watch the first person view and check out your multi task. Are you constantly building out of your racks? Are you making sure all your mineral patches are saturated, are you expanding, pushing, upgrading? Is your money being kept down? After you find out some things to work on, do one at a time, play custom games if its not working out on the ladder. Build more racks or factories if you're queuing up.

You're a good player, you'll turn this around, just try to examine whats up. I'm feeling your pain, i already told you once I got moved up to gold its been literally 5-6 straight games of 4 pools, proxy 2 gates etc.
Follow me: www.twitter.com/zlasher
asdfTT123
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States989 Posts
May 19 2010 20:24 GMT
#14
For me, when I start losing a series of games, continually playing does not help at all. Usually, there's something up with my mental state so playing a game that demands constant decision making does now help my state. Some days I'm just in a lazy mental state or my head's not clear...I just take a break and I usually start playing better afterwards.
n.Die_Jaedong <3
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-19 20:45:03
May 19 2010 20:25 GMT
#15
Stop playing and do other things for a bit.
Get the "Day[9] chemicals" out of your system and play again when you feel like it.

@kerpal playing a lot is fine but if you start getting negative momentum you start doing silly things for no real reason. It's the opposite when you have positive momentum. When I was on like a 15-0 streak I was doing strategies that were pretty good almost without thinking and i've never done them before!
Haemonculus
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States6980 Posts
May 19 2010 21:05 GMT
#16
Yeah usually I just stop playing for a day or two and when I come back my first game is always like spot on, and then I go downhill from there.

Makes for really weird gaming times as most people I know need to "warm up" first before they peak. I seem to play my best right off the bat for some reason.

And no, not trying to brag or say how fuckin' awesome I am, just bummed that I feel like I'm playing stupidly. Maybe I'm playing the same and I'm just being a big dodo bird but keep having situations where I am just like "oh god why did I do that?" Quite BM on my part, lol.
I admire your commitment to being *very* oily
asdfTT123
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States989 Posts
May 19 2010 21:11 GMT
#17
Also, if you're serious about laddering I suggest playing a warm-up match in a custom game with a practice partner or some random player...it helps you warm up your hands and head and gives you an idea of how well you're playing that day. It's really impossible for me to gauge how well I do on some days without playing a pilot game.

And of course, it gets harder to climb the ladder once you get up high enough so it never hurts to take a break for a day and let your rested points pile up!
n.Die_Jaedong <3
Warrior Madness
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada3791 Posts
May 19 2010 21:39 GMT
#18
When you start worrying about your rank/points, that's when you really start to lose your cool. You care so much you put undue pressure on yourself. And every loss fills your veins with nerdrage juice, which clouds your thinking even more and you lose more.
The Past: Yellow, Julyzerg, Chojja, Savior, GGplay -- The Present: Luxury, Jae- The Future: -Dong, maGma, Zero, Effort, Hoejja, hyvaa, by.hero, calm, Action ---> SC2 (Ret?? Kolll Idra!! SEN, Cool, ZergBong, Leenock)
condoriano
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States826 Posts
May 19 2010 21:49 GMT
#19
You are good enough not to need any random advice, what were you, B on iccup? It only seems that you are overly competitive, which is a good thing, just need to tame yourself once in a while. It's same thing as "tilt", you are just trying to play more but you keep losing, because your mind isn't sharp at the moment and you are thinking a lot about the previous game. Plus you are constantly streaming which adds to the suspense. Smokers have this amazing way to flush their mind by going outside and smoking a cig for a minute or two, which is a great boost psychologically. You can probably do similar things like drinking a cup of tea while staring into nowhere, I don't know lol. Good luck, you are the real deal, probably the best female rts gamer outside korea.
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