So recently I feel like I lost my Mojo, When I say that I mean, it feels like when I play the game I'm not playing my fullest. I know upgrades are good but I dont get them,. or I engage cause I just dont give a dam and I lose. I am trying so hard to break out of this rut by taking breaks and doing other stuff so I dont mess with my MMR. I played a few games this morning and I did nothing but lose to stupid mistakes so they wont end up here on the blog because It's not like im asking what did I do wrong? i know what I did wrong and in the game i didnt care.

I am going to try to pull together and get some good games and get some good practice today

Game 1

Protoss
Rank 29 Gold
17 Wins

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Alright this game I was just trying to break out of that " I am not playing my best " mentality and pushing to do everything I needed to do. I managed to pull the win because I knew he was doing some sort of timing attack so i Preped for it pretty well. I could have droned harder ofc, but overall I think I did alright.

Game 1

Okay so I played a couple more games, nothing serious, really just trying to break this rut, the games are turning out terrible, even if i win so I am not going to post them, one I feel my skill has come come bcck I'll start to post some replays and such. Does anyone else have these days where your skill just flys out the window?

Carapace

Netherlands128 Posts

November 15 2011 19:58 GMT

Yes, i`m so inconsistent! One day i can compete vs masters and another i can barely win from platinums...

thesideshow

930 Posts

November 15 2011 20:05 GMT

Today is one of those days for me

and I was doing so well yesterday too

BrokenTV

Canada119 Posts

November 15 2011 20:09 GMT

Yeah its been same for me, past 2 days I just dont seem to be doing that great. I guess its all about taking that extra time to just step away from it and see if you cant find something else to do for a bit. I was doing alright for a bit, but now its coming back so i dont want to keep playing if i dont feel like i'm playing to improve.

ETisME

12715 Posts

November 15 2011 20:24 GMT

totally happens.
The first day I got promoted to diamond?
I played 4 favored diamond and they just cheesed me straight up.

Then I finally got one who is a slightly favored opponent and went to a macro game, but I just kept on making stupid mistakes because I was so upset about previous games (even got supply blocked at like 20 supply)

From that day, I stopped laddering. (mostly because of the exams through, not that I am totally giving up sc2 lol)

BrokenTV

Canada119 Posts

November 15 2011 20:55 GMT

On November 16 2011 05:24 ETisME wrote:
totally happens.
The first day I got promoted to diamond?
I played 4 favored diamond and they just cheesed me straight up.

Then I finally got one who is a slightly favored opponent and went to a macro game, but I just kept on making stupid mistakes because I was so upset about previous games (even got supply blocked at like 20 supply)

From that day, I stopped laddering. (mostly because of the exams through, not that I am totally giving up sc2 lol)

haha yeah exams sucks, so totally understandable to stop playing for a bit, iv just hit a rut and its tough getting back into that gamer mentality I used to have. Since i am not playing sc2, iv actually got shit done today

like cleaning the house, my god that was long overdue! ahaha!

AimlessAmoeba

Canada704 Posts

November 15 2011 21:55 GMT

I was just thinking about this - even just days where the game is more interesting, when I suck I just don't want to keep at the grind but when I at least put up a fight I'll stick it out even if I keep losing.

It's totally a mindset thing.

Sanhadrian

Poland33 Posts

November 16 2011 01:12 GMT

Play! Train! No excuses!

Also, I am SC starved, since my gaming PC is being serviced, so be grateful that you can enjoy the game.

But in all seriousness, getting consistent results (i.e.: improving precision) is more beneficial to the learning experience than irregular streaks of good performance (i.e.: occasional leaps of accuracy). It's better to play worse consistently than to play at your best rarely, since you are only as good as your average performance. You are looking to improve your norm, not deviations from it.

TheAgent

United States22 Posts

November 16 2011 06:19 GMT

I've been reading all your blogs, really enjoy them for some reason (idk why) but having off days happens. The best things to do is to take a while to cool off so that you don't keep playing frustrated and lose and get more frustrated and lose because of that. Its an endless circle, so when I lose to a cheese or something frustrating happens (like when battle.net disconnects me five seconds from winning a game) I usually take a bit to cool off. I've also found that listening to music while playing keeps me alot calmer and more collected while playing games but that's probably just me.

Game play wise one of the recurring themes I've found in all your games is you don't really utilize you 3rd hatch too often
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This hatchery was up and running for two minutes and hasn't received any drone love

Other games your third will get one or two drones at most and only get more if the main gets mined out. Try droning up like a boss. When I used to play zerg I found it was more fun to lose a six minute game because I droned too hard than to lose a twenty minute game because I droned too little.

GL HF Hope ya get to plat

BrokenTV

Canada119 Posts

November 16 2011 14:30 GMT

#10

Thanks for all the love and support guys! I am feeling much better mentally, and hopefully my game gets back on track today, I know droning is a huge problem of mine, and its something I want to work on but in game I never seem to be focusing on it, and I should be. I will be practicing a lot and hopefully with time and practice it will come naturally.