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Gprime
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada198 Posts
August 08 2011 03:49 GMT
#1
So im sure alot of you know how shitty a league demotion feels.
"alright, season 3 platinum! gettin it doooneee " --> horrible losing streak, makes me feel crappy, but you know, ill get better ---> demotion-->lose some more--> play league of legends for a week cuz im sick of it.


now, the past few days ive realized that its really my CHOICE to feel shitty after i lose. i think that since i really focus hard on getting better and winning and improving, i forget to have FUN when im playing. like if you play chess, you dont rage when you lose and take a week long break from chess because you dont want to lose anymore. you think, oh shit i guess i shouldnt be so careless with my queen, and then your ready for more. its strategy game, but its still a game.
i think i kinda forgot that starcraft is a game, and its not a measure of how good or bad i am personally. like after a 5 game losing streak id be like man i suck i need to play more and get better....then id lose more and be like fuck this sucks why aren't i getting better i hate losing RAAAAWAWWWRRRRRR.

yesterday i thought; you know what GPrime, even if you go on like....a fifty game losing streak and get demoted to bronze league, ill STILL be playing starcraft, an awesome fun game that i love, against people of a approximately even skill level.....BAD-FREAKIN-ASS.
so pretty much ive decided that im going to have fun, improve, and think of winning as a bonus rather than a measure of how good or bad i am. If you try a build and lose with it 50 times, you make 49 adjustments and get that much better.

Happy laddering.

*
diablo 3 killed my skill.
Turo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada333 Posts
August 08 2011 03:57 GMT
#2
On August 08 2011 12:49 Gprime wrote:
play league of legends for a week cuz im sick of it.


I do this too. Oh man I do this too.

I try to remember that this is just a game, but it's really hard.

Your blog cheered me up though, thanks!
101toss
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
3232 Posts
August 08 2011 04:00 GMT
#3
Oh wow I do the exact same thing with lol

I still treat ladder game like they don't mean anything
Math doesn't kill champions and neither do wards
Gprime
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada198 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-08 05:20:57
August 08 2011 04:45 GMT
#4
Glad i could help Turo. yeah i just downloaded LoL a while ago so im a big noob but i at LEAST wasnt on huge 1451345 game losing streaks
although i dont think i should get mad when i lose alot, i think every once in a while its good to get some distance from the game and kinda refresh your brain.....Hit the ole' f5 :D
diablo 3 killed my skill.
lOvOlUNiMEDiA
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States643 Posts
August 08 2011 05:47 GMT
#5
Your blog made me happy! Of course you'd prefer to win your games but it's not true that you can't stand losing your games. In fact, as you've stated, you can even have FUN losing your games.

This is a great attitude and I hope you have a great time playing.

Also, please check out this video because it is of a very well regarded psychologist elaborating on the discovery you mention above "the past few days ive realized that its really my CHOICE to feel shitty after i lose."
To say that I'm missing the point, you would first have to show that such work can have a point.
Sega92
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States467 Posts
August 08 2011 06:00 GMT
#6
this is a huge problem with the NA ladder (because in my experience it is so damn cheesy) as well as this league system in SC2, we have no blizzard info on how it works so each loss is a huge risk and its annoying how we have no way of knowing when we move up/down unlike the Iccup ladder system, that coupled with the lack of a non ranked matchmaking system really makes sc2 ladder climbing so impossibly annoying, my best recommendation is to just take every loss as a lesson, and really pay attention to how you can avoid that loss in the future

glhf

remember to love the game even as you struggle with its demands ,its not easy and thats the way we like it <---words to play by
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