• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 03:54
CEST 09:54
KST 16:54
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash5[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt1: New Chaos0Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy9ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT30Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book20
Community News
Weekly Cups (March 16-22): herO doubles, Cure surprises3Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool49Weekly Cups (March 9-15): herO, Clem, ByuN win42026 KungFu Cup Announcement6BGE Stara Zagora 2026 cancelled12
StarCraft 2
General
What mix of new & old maps do you want in the next ladder pool? (SC2) Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool Team Liquid Map Contest #22 - Presented by Monster Energy Potential Updates Coming to the SC2 CN Server Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book
Tourneys
https://www.facebook.com/Solasilk.Official/ RSL Season 4 announced for March-April Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament StarCraft Evolution League (SC Evo Biweekly) WardiTV Mondays
Strategy
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Frigid Storage Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026]
External Content
Mutation # 519 Inner Power The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 518 Radiation Zone Mutation # 517 Distant Threat
Brood War
General
[ASL21] Ro24 Preview Pt2: News Flash ASL21 General Discussion Pros React To: SoulKey vs Ample RepMastered™: replay sharing and analyzer site KK Platform will provide 1 million CNY
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Ro24 Group C [ASL21] Ro24 Group D [ASL21] Ro24 Group B
Strategy
What's the deal with APM & what's its true value Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Darkest Dungeon Path of Exile
Dota 2
The Story of Wings Gaming Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
G2 just beat GenG in First stand
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Five o'clock TL Mafia Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion Cricket [SPORT] Tokyo Olympics 2021 Thread General nutrition recommendations
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
[G] How to Block Livestream Ads
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Money Laundering In Video Ga…
TrAiDoS
Iranian anarchists: organize…
XenOsky
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 3969 users

Time to tighten it up...

Blogs > techempage
Post a Reply
techempage
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States43 Posts
November 17 2011 14:06 GMT
#1
Gah. Last night was a disaster. The only game I won involved my opponent quitting 9 seconds into the game. =/

And I ended my night against a 6 pool...that I didn't react quickly enough to. Nevermind that for some reason I was going bio against Zerg when I had decided that mech really would have been the way to go.

Blah, just one of those nights. For whatever reason, my PC seemed to be slowing down quite a bit too...but I won't make excuses for myself.

One of my favorite coaches early in his coaching career had a team that was blown out by 43. At the end of the evening, at a team dinner one of the news guys for the college raised a glass and said, "Here's to forgetting tonight." To which the coach responded, "No! Here's to never forgetting tonight."

That said, it's time for me to see what I can do to make those nights happen less often. It's time to hit the replays. The 0-9 streak from last week. Hell, now that I'm using SC2 gears, I can find every loss I have and watch them all.

Here's to never forgetting the losses.

Here's to letting those losses push me forward.

Time to remove myself from the ladder for most of my playtime, boot up YABOT and start working on my builds, over and over and over and over. Know the maps, know the builds as second nature and how to adapt them based on both the map and the opponent and his moves, and have my ECO running like a well oiled machine.

~grins~ For the Horde!

(Something about the gutter exuberance of that phrase seemed to fit at the end. ~shrugs~)

*****
Keep stumbling over dead bodies...
Mattchew
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States5684 Posts
November 17 2011 14:21 GMT
#2
Coach K is pretty motivational.

GLHF
There is always tomorrow nshs.seal.
thesideshow
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
930 Posts
November 17 2011 15:27 GMT
#3
Why not "For the swarm!"?

I realised awhile ago that my losses actually are more useful in improving my play than wins. You can just learn so much more from them.

Good luck!
OGS:levelchange
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37065 Posts
November 17 2011 19:25 GMT
#4
On November 18 2011 00:27 thesideshow wrote:
Why not "For the swarm!"?

I realised awhile ago that my losses actually are more useful in improving my play than wins. You can just learn so much more from them.

Good luck!


QFT. As strange as this may sound, losing makes you a better player. You can analyze what you did wrong, and learn from your mistakes. You can also get motivated so that something like that never happens again. As much as it sucks, you only get better by losing more than you win.
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
TL+ Member
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 1h 6m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Livibee 25
SortOf 0
StarCraft: Brood War
Bisu 165
Larva 124
910 67
ToSsGirL 61
Bale 51
JulyZerg 31
GoRush 25
yabsab 17
ZergMaN 12
Noble 11
[ Show more ]
ajuk12(nOOB) 11
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm121
League of Legends
JimRising 568
Counter-Strike
summit1g9564
Stewie2K1045
shoxiejesuss606
m0e_tv564
Other Games
C9.Mang0162
Mew2King69
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• LUISG 3
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Rush1178
• HappyZerGling201
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
1h 6m
Afreeca Starleague
2h 6m
Light vs Calm
Royal vs Mind
Wardi Open
3h 6m
Monday Night Weeklies
8h 6m
Replay Cast
16h 6m
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 2h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 2h
Rush vs PianO
Flash vs Speed
PiGosaur Cup
1d 16h
Replay Cast
2 days
Afreeca Starleague
2 days
BeSt vs Leta
Queen vs Jaedong
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
2 days
The PondCast
3 days
OSC
3 days
RSL Revival
4 days
TriGGeR vs Cure
ByuN vs Rogue
Replay Cast
4 days
RSL Revival
5 days
Maru vs MaxPax
BSL
5 days
RSL Revival
5 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
6 days
BSL
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

2026 Changsha Offline CUP
WardiTV Winter 2026
NationLESS Cup

Ongoing

BSL Season 22
CSL Elite League 2026
CSL Season 20: Qualifier 1
ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
StarCraft2 Community Team League 2026 Spring
RSL Revival: Season 4
Nations Cup 2026
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

CSL Season 20: Qualifier 2
Escore Tournament S2: W1
CSL 2026 SPRING (S20)
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
BSL 22 Non-Korean Championship
CSLAN 4
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.