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Bleak
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Turkey3059 Posts
September 14 2011 18:12 GMT
#1
Seriously I'm not sure what keeps me uninstalling Starcraft 2 anymore. Every game is a ragefest, I must be on a 20 loss streak right now, I am messing around in ladder, recently got demoted to Platinum from Diamond, right now playing Random, losing to everything on any matchup on any map, seriously if I didn't buy my new computer recently, I'd fucking burn it to pieces with this rage right now. I don't even care anymore, lost the game? Alright, quit and start again and to lose that again.....

What should I do? I still like the game, I've got the mechanics to play with all three races, it's just that my timings, my decisions and my planning sucks almost everytime. I just don't know what to do. If WoW didn't suck so much and was comparable to the Vanilla-BC times, I'd say to hell with this game I'm playing WoW, but since it sucks so much right now, I have no idea. Single player games only go for so long.

*
"I am a beacon of knowledge blazing out across a black sea of ignorance. "
frogmelter
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States971 Posts
September 14 2011 18:15 GMT
#2
Is this a venting thread or a thread that is looking for help?

If it's a venting thread, just understand that what you're feeling is natural and every 'good' gamer has gone through it. The people that get through it are the people that reach a completely different level of mastery of the game.

If it's a help thread, then just post a few replays and we can analyze and work out mistakes and improve your game.
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aisight
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States145 Posts
September 14 2011 18:16 GMT
#3
If your timings and decision-making are not good then arguably you do not have the mechanics to play all three races. If you're just messing around on ladder, why are you getting mad at losing for not trying your hardest?
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
September 14 2011 18:17 GMT
#4
Yer in Gold good chap. If you have mechanics (pardon me for not taking your word for it), stop making decisions and just macro for a while.

I've never had timings or any sort of planning and I play in high masters. IMO stop bothering with being smart for a while and just macro like a beast.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Bleak
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Turkey3059 Posts
September 14 2011 18:30 GMT
#5
Macro doesn't help when Terran slowpushes you to death and you gotta deal vikings and all that thing, tank positioning....it gives me nightmares..

Macro only helps to some degree.
"I am a beacon of knowledge blazing out across a black sea of ignorance. "
hiREvel
Profile Joined June 2011
United States80 Posts
September 14 2011 18:30 GMT
#6
I'd suggest picking a race aswell, and not taking the games that seriously for now, the more games you play without stressing the more you will learn about your race's mechanics etc, and what your opponents in gold are doing.
Jakkerr
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2549 Posts
September 14 2011 18:33 GMT
#7
On September 15 2011 03:12 Bleak wrote:
Seriously I'm not sure what keeps me uninstalling Starcraft 2 anymore. Every game is a ragefest, I must be on a 20 loss streak right now, I am messing around in ladder, recently got demoted to Platinum from Diamond, right now playing Random, losing to everything on any matchup on any map, seriously if I didn't buy my new computer recently, I'd fucking burn it to pieces with this rage right now. I don't even care anymore, lost the game? Alright, quit and start again and to lose that again.....

What should I do? I still like the game, I've got the mechanics to play with all three races, it's just that my timings, my decisions and my planning sucks almost everytime. I just don't know what to do. If WoW didn't suck so much and was comparable to the Vanilla-BC times, I'd say to hell with this game I'm playing WoW, but since it sucks so much right now, I have no idea. Single player games only go for so long.


Why ask help if u allready know what ur doing wrong.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32159 Posts
September 14 2011 18:39 GMT
#8
Sounds like you actually don't have the mechanics to play all three races well. You should realize that and focus on one if you want to be competitive, or just keep randoming and enjoying that you will always get different games all the time, but will never truly focus on improving one race
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Bleak
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Turkey3059 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 18:52:53
September 14 2011 18:44 GMT
#9
On September 15 2011 03:33 Jakkerr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 03:12 Bleak wrote:
Seriously I'm not sure what keeps me uninstalling Starcraft 2 anymore. Every game is a ragefest, I must be on a 20 loss streak right now, I am messing around in ladder, recently got demoted to Platinum from Diamond, right now playing Random, losing to everything on any matchup on any map, seriously if I didn't buy my new computer recently, I'd fucking burn it to pieces with this rage right now. I don't even care anymore, lost the game? Alright, quit and start again and to lose that again.....

What should I do? I still like the game, I've got the mechanics to play with all three races, it's just that my timings, my decisions and my planning sucks almost everytime. I just don't know what to do. If WoW didn't suck so much and was comparable to the Vanilla-BC times, I'd say to hell with this game I'm playing WoW, but since it sucks so much right now, I have no idea. Single player games only go for so long.


Why ask help if u allready know what ur doing wrong.


Why post if you have nothing to add?

I am not in an environment to improve at all. None of my RL friends play SC2, I don't have too many ladder friends since contrary to what people think, practice partner thread does nothing to help you find people...even if they are online they are either busy or something.. then I just can't improve. I am not sure what to do for the first time since retail I'm playing players from gold..I'm that bad right now. I started Protoss, was absolutely terrible. Switched to Zerg, made to Diamond last December. After another huge losing streak, switched Terran, and got to diamond about a month ago. Now I'm losing left and right and don't know what to do.
"I am a beacon of knowledge blazing out across a black sea of ignorance. "
Ignorant prodigy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States385 Posts
September 14 2011 18:51 GMT
#10
Cheese

seriously… if you lose you won’t be too upset.. if you win you will be happy.. you may even get your opponent to rage instead.
Play some 3v3s or 4v4s… playing games on tilt will just make you more upset when you lose.

Cannon rush, two port banshee, 6 pool on small maps.
http://www.twitch.tv/ignorantprodigy playing masters random with no hotkeys......big pimpin'
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
September 14 2011 18:54 GMT
#11
On September 15 2011 03:30 Bleak wrote:
Macro doesn't help when Terran slowpushes you to death and you gotta deal vikings and all that thing, tank positioning....it gives me nightmares..

Macro only helps to some degree.

I'm pretty sure I could get at the very least high diamond doing just bio as T or meching with terrible army management. Can't imagine a player with decent macro not getting out of gold even with poor control.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Bleak
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Turkey3059 Posts
September 14 2011 18:56 GMT
#12
On September 15 2011 03:54 Djzapz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 03:30 Bleak wrote:
Macro doesn't help when Terran slowpushes you to death and you gotta deal vikings and all that thing, tank positioning....it gives me nightmares..

Macro only helps to some degree.

I'm pretty sure I could get at the very least high diamond doing just bio as T or meching with terrible army management. Can't imagine a player with decent macro not getting out of gold even with poor control.


It doesn't when they camp at a choke and sit there for whole game. I try to go around, find openings to harrass...but he has tanks there aswell...I do some damage, kill some buildings, then lose my army. I've never felt this desperate, this hopeless, this angry playing this game. I just wish I never switched races. It fucked me up in the long run. I'm a fucking idiot.
"I am a beacon of knowledge blazing out across a black sea of ignorance. "
TiTanIum_
Profile Joined August 2011
Brazil1335 Posts
September 14 2011 19:00 GMT
#13
On September 15 2011 03:51 Ignorant prodigy wrote:
Cheese


two port banshee


Two port banshee isn´t cheese.
Bleak
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Turkey3059 Posts
September 14 2011 19:17 GMT
#14
On September 15 2011 03:51 Ignorant prodigy wrote:
Cheese

seriously… if you lose you won’t be too upset.. if you win you will be happy.. you may even get your opponent to rage instead.
Play some 3v3s or 4v4s… playing games on tilt will just make you more upset when you lose.

Cannon rush, two port banshee, 6 pool on small maps.


I don't like cheese. I like playing straight up, I take risks only when there is a clear opening where I can see it'll probably work.
"I am a beacon of knowledge blazing out across a black sea of ignorance. "
Yew
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States940 Posts
September 14 2011 19:23 GMT
#15
Sounds like things are looking... *sunglasses* Bleak

YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!
Bleak
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Turkey3059 Posts
September 14 2011 19:31 GMT
#16
On September 15 2011 04:23 Yew wrote:
Sounds like things are looking... *sunglasses* Bleak

YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!



My nickname is depressing, my life is depressing, lately SC2 is depressing, things are going great for about 8-9 months for me.
"I am a beacon of knowledge blazing out across a black sea of ignorance. "
pStar
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
996 Posts
September 14 2011 19:36 GMT
#17
On September 15 2011 04:31 Bleak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 04:23 Yew wrote:
Sounds like things are looking... *sunglasses* Bleak

YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!



My nickname is depressing, my life is depressing, lately SC2 is depressing, things are going great for about 8-9 months for me.


Sounds like you're depressed.

I think you summed it up in your OP though "im messing about in ladder"

Gonna keep falling if you gonna keep messing
Jakkerr
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2549 Posts
September 14 2011 19:37 GMT
#18
On September 15 2011 03:44 Bleak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 03:33 Jakkerr wrote:
On September 15 2011 03:12 Bleak wrote:
Seriously I'm not sure what keeps me uninstalling Starcraft 2 anymore. Every game is a ragefest, I must be on a 20 loss streak right now, I am messing around in ladder, recently got demoted to Platinum from Diamond, right now playing Random, losing to everything on any matchup on any map, seriously if I didn't buy my new computer recently, I'd fucking burn it to pieces with this rage right now. I don't even care anymore, lost the game? Alright, quit and start again and to lose that again.....

What should I do? I still like the game, I've got the mechanics to play with all three races, it's just that my timings, my decisions and my planning sucks almost everytime. I just don't know what to do. If WoW didn't suck so much and was comparable to the Vanilla-BC times, I'd say to hell with this game I'm playing WoW, but since it sucks so much right now, I have no idea. Single player games only go for so long.


Why ask help if u allready know what ur doing wrong.


Why post if you have nothing to add?

I am not in an environment to improve at all. None of my RL friends play SC2, I don't have too many ladder friends since contrary to what people think, practice partner thread does nothing to help you find people...even if they are online they are either busy or something.. then I just can't improve. I am not sure what to do for the first time since retail I'm playing players from gold..I'm that bad right now. I started Protoss, was absolutely terrible. Switched to Zerg, made to Diamond last December. After another huge losing streak, switched Terran, and got to diamond about a month ago. Now I'm losing left and right and don't know what to do.


Exactly... as I said u answered ur own question.
U wonder why u lose when u say u got the mechanics (basics) to play with all 3 races but don't really know any timings or anything with the races.
Well that's about gold/plat level I'm not too amazed about that.
It also sounds like u got some mentality issues while playing, u gotta play to win, otherwise there is no point in playing at all.
Breaks help a lot, sometimes when I play bad, I just take a break for a week or a few days. And usually I play much better after that break.

U want to improve? Pick a race, learn some builds, practice those builds every game, u will get to masters.
It's not that hard really, there's like 3 of these threads every day.
Bleak
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Turkey3059 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-14 19:43:08
September 14 2011 19:41 GMT
#19
On September 15 2011 04:37 Jakkerr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 03:44 Bleak wrote:
On September 15 2011 03:33 Jakkerr wrote:
On September 15 2011 03:12 Bleak wrote:
Seriously I'm not sure what keeps me uninstalling Starcraft 2 anymore. Every game is a ragefest, I must be on a 20 loss streak right now, I am messing around in ladder, recently got demoted to Platinum from Diamond, right now playing Random, losing to everything on any matchup on any map, seriously if I didn't buy my new computer recently, I'd fucking burn it to pieces with this rage right now. I don't even care anymore, lost the game? Alright, quit and start again and to lose that again.....

What should I do? I still like the game, I've got the mechanics to play with all three races, it's just that my timings, my decisions and my planning sucks almost everytime. I just don't know what to do. If WoW didn't suck so much and was comparable to the Vanilla-BC times, I'd say to hell with this game I'm playing WoW, but since it sucks so much right now, I have no idea. Single player games only go for so long.


Why ask help if u allready know what ur doing wrong.


Why post if you have nothing to add?

I am not in an environment to improve at all. None of my RL friends play SC2, I don't have too many ladder friends since contrary to what people think, practice partner thread does nothing to help you find people...even if they are online they are either busy or something.. then I just can't improve. I am not sure what to do for the first time since retail I'm playing players from gold..I'm that bad right now. I started Protoss, was absolutely terrible. Switched to Zerg, made to Diamond last December. After another huge losing streak, switched Terran, and got to diamond about a month ago. Now I'm losing left and right and don't know what to do.


Exactly... as I said u answered ur own question.
U wonder why u lose when u say u got the mechanics (basics) to play with all 3 races but don't really know any timings or anything with the races.
Well that's about gold/plat level I'm not too amazed about that.
It also sounds like u got some mentality issues while playing, u gotta play to win, otherwise there is no point in playing at all.
Breaks help a lot, sometimes when I play bad, I just take a break for a week or a few days. And usually I play much better after that break.

U want to improve? Pick a race, learn some builds, practice those builds every game, u will get to masters.
It's not that hard really, there's like 3 of these threads every day.


Biggest issue was picking a race. I switched races whenever I hit a block...And now I hit a massive block and there is no option but going back to P (which I could do...P has fun units and looks great on Ultra settings....but PvP sucks) or Random. My confidence is so terrible with T right now that I just don't know if it'll matter. Actually, I just hate to know that I've been in diamond a month ago and soon to be Gold. If I get out of gold with T, what's the point I've already been there, it's my own idiocy that got me down. I'd feel even worse when I got back to Diamond to T knowing that.
"I am a beacon of knowledge blazing out across a black sea of ignorance. "
aisight
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States145 Posts
September 14 2011 20:01 GMT
#20
On September 15 2011 03:56 Bleak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2011 03:54 Djzapz wrote:
On September 15 2011 03:30 Bleak wrote:
Macro doesn't help when Terran slowpushes you to death and you gotta deal vikings and all that thing, tank positioning....it gives me nightmares..

Macro only helps to some degree.

I'm pretty sure I could get at the very least high diamond doing just bio as T or meching with terrible army management. Can't imagine a player with decent macro not getting out of gold even with poor control.


It doesn't when they camp at a choke and sit there for whole game. I try to go around, find openings to harrass...but he has tanks there aswell...I do some damage, kill some buildings, then lose my army. I've never felt this desperate, this hopeless, this angry playing this game. I just wish I never switched races. It fucked me up in the long run. I'm a fucking idiot.

Then camp his choke and don't let him expand while you take over the entire map.
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