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MASSivezTV
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States289 Posts
May 13 2011 00:14 GMT
#1
Like many other people, I tend to become extremely frustrated with myself after a hard loss or a losing streak. After a while, it can become very intimidating and even a bit depressing if you put yourself down too much. Usually after a loss or a losing streak of some sort, I tend to get off and relax a while.

For instance, today I lost a rough game vs a protoss that I clearly had control of but lost it in the end. So what did I do? I went outside and de-stressed a little. When I was out on my back deck, I sat in a chair and looked up at the trees above me. I noticed a squirrel moving around jumping branch by branch to look for acorns or something I guess.

At that moment for some strange reason, I realized why I keep going back to the game, and why I keep trying to get better. Take a look at the squirrel, why does he risk his life jumping across thin branches clinging on for dear life to search for acorns? Because he is hungry and determined to achieve his goal by retrieving some.

Think about it...

Aren't we as Starcraft players similar to that same squirrel?
We throw ourselves out into the game and attempt to climb the ladder and are constantly seeking improvement. We cling on to the hope that we can one day become professional just like the way the squirrel clings onto the thin, flimsy branch of a tree. Improvement is our acorn.

When a squirrel takes on the tedious of task of exploring that tree for its goods, and there are none there, does it give up and go home hungered? No, it simply moves onto a different tree searching around, and looking in places it would not last time. This is just like when we begin to seek advice and new, different build orders in Starcraft.

We simply cannot leave ourselves existing on an acorn-less tree, we have to always seek improvement and flow with the changing tides of the game. That is what Starcraft players do, they improve, improvise, and unfold the ignored creativity inside of their minds.

This may seem like an odd post, but I just wanted to share it with you guys. Goodluck, have fun, and whenever it seems as though you cannot grow any further, just change to a new tree

Senya
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
54 Posts
May 13 2011 00:18 GMT
#2
Wow, that was deep! I'm glad you picked upon this and yes, I do think that starcraft players are like squirrels. They live their lives with the goal of winning games (in this case, getting acorns). As winter is approaching, we must work harder to win so that we can be prepared for the harsh winter storms and wake up in spring, refreshed and stronger than we were in the winter. Nice write up and presentation, I enjoyed it.
Hard work is meaningless if you do not believe in yourself. - Gai Sensei
MASSivezTV
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States289 Posts
May 13 2011 00:19 GMT
#3
Thank you very much I completely agree with you.
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