EPTOn September 01 2011 06:13 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
You might just be experiencing a lack of focus. Take a more active approach to gameplay and practice. In BW I would often get in this zombie mode where I wouldn't really be all there when playing, just kinda going through the motions of it, and I'd get supply blocked a lot or let my minerals rocket up to 1800-2300 maybe even more and it was only when I was actively participating in the game (checking my supply, looking at the minimap, thinking and asking myself questions sometimes outloud about what my opponent is doing) did all of that improve greatly.
It's like reading when you go through a sentence four times and never process it. You need to sharpen your focus and really take in every detail. Don't ever let a single moment of monotony occur.
You might just be experiencing a lack of focus. Take a more active approach to gameplay and practice. In BW I would often get in this zombie mode where I wouldn't really be all there when playing, just kinda going through the motions of it, and I'd get supply blocked a lot or let my minerals rocket up to 1800-2300 maybe even more and it was only when I was actively participating in the game (checking my supply, looking at the minimap, thinking and asking myself questions sometimes outloud about what my opponent is doing) did all of that improve greatly.
It's like reading when you go through a sentence four times and never process it. You need to sharpen your focus and really take in every detail. Don't ever let a single moment of monotony occur.
This is actually so true it hurts. I would get that frustrating feeling after floating minerals and getting supply blocked that I started realizing that I went into zombie mode and never looked at the top right for most of the game. Another bad habit I have is to be so focused on creating one unit (stalker in PvZ) that I will only make that unit and stop expanding because I'm OCD about keeping my warpgates always on refresh.
Thanks for reminding me of what happens whenever you get so used to the game that you stop actually going through all the motions.
