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I guess as good a way as any to start my TL blog. Season 5 started recently and I've been feeling the pressure. I've lost almost 10 matches today and won about 2. Im really demorilized. I started a SC2 General discussion thread about ways to cope with stress, half as advice but half really just to socialize a bit with the community, but it was locked. Oh well. I guess they thought it was more of a serious way to look for advice than just a way to talk to people and discuss ways we can relax. But im not here to bitch about why my posts got locked, I guess it just stuck out for me since I'm already frustrated and it just added insult to injury, but obviously these people know best as they can't let every thread run wild on TL, have to keep things in order.
I'm thinking of switching races to Zerg, maybe Terran, I just cant seem to handle protoss anymore. Maybe today was just an off day for me, maybe people are still getting settled in their respective leagues, but it feels like I was completely wrecking yesterday and today I can't really do anything. I even feel like my play has deteriorated. 70th in Plat seems so much worse than 1st in Gold. Maybe this is an off day. Or maybe its for the entirety of my Starcraft career. But that's just pessimistic thinking. Its funny, no game has ever made me feel this way about it before, genuine disappointment in myself. But Im trying to stay positive. I even watched a Day9 video about how to just always be positive, and if I can a positive person, a friendly person, a helpful person in the TL and real life community, then no matter what happens in game, I will be satisfied with how things turn out.
 
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Dude chin up! remember that the game is there to challenge you and let you have fun ! if all you are having is a bad day realize it is just that and change it ! play some customs do anything :D
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If you want to switch races, DO NOT go to Zerg. It is stressful and complex as all hell. That said, if you want to improve as much as your seem to, you probably shouldn't switch races at all.
As for the stress, just try to chill and tell yourself that it doesn't matter. Play enough games and that mentality should kick in. At the moment, just take breaks if you start to tilt and try to figure out what you did different that made you lose.
The most important part, though, is to remember that the ladder is ONLY for you to improve, not to win.
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On December 22 2011 12:10 ShakAttaK wrote:
Dude chin up! remember that the game is there to challenge you and let you have fun ! if all you are having is a bad day realize it is just that and change it ! play some customs do anything :D
Thank you! I've been receiving a lot of BM and critisism (mostly from [H] threads where the higher ups shit on me) so this is basically my /baww blog posting haha. I appreciate someone stepping in and just being a Good Guy Greg.
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i switched too zerg 5 days ago from terran even though i dropped from down too gold from low masters i like playing alot again so maybe you should change it up then again its only one day tomorrow will be different!
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On December 22 2011 12:14 GleefulPiXie wrote:Show nested quote +On December 22 2011 12:10 ShakAttaK wrote:
Dude chin up! remember that the game is there to challenge you and let you have fun ! if all you are having is a bad day realize it is just that and change it ! play some customs do anything :D Thank you! I've been receiving a lot of BM and critisism (mostly from [H] threads where the higher ups shit on me) so this is basically my /baww blog posting haha. I appreciate someone stepping in and just being a Good Guy Greg.
No problem :D
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Ya chin up. If you really want to get better, your going to have to get used to losing. It happens, and it happens a lot, some days more than others. You will have bad days. Maybe even bad weeks. That's just the way the cookie crumbles. However, it's fair to say that at your level (not trying to look down on you  ) the more you play, the better you will get.
I watched streams for a few months before I actually started playing sc2. Once I started, I was addicted and I played all the time. It was just so fun and do challenging, I love a good challenge and getting better was my goal. And I did get better, who knows how many games I've played. But i played for the challenge, not the amount of wins I could achieve.
Stop looking at wins and losses. Start playing because it's fun, and challenging, not because you need those wins. It will make a big difference and you will get better. I went from bronze to masters in 4-5 months ish, but I played a shit ton to get there, and looking back I don't even know how I got where I am. Play enough, and just like anything else you will naturally get better.
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Everyone has a bad day, don't let it get to you. I am a mid-diamond toss and have been for about 2 seasons now, I recently joined a team my practice partner started. I decided to actually play more now and watch less. I am also organizing my schedule to be more efficient, I plan to make a push for masters. If you want to join our chat channel and TS server for games (customs, KOTH) shoot me a PM. I can offer some tips and coaching. <3 toss NEVER CHANGE!
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On December 22 2011 12:12 AnachronisticAnarchy wrote:
If you want to switch races, DO NOT go to Zerg. It is stressful and complex as all hell. That said, if you want to improve as much as your seem to, you probably shouldn't switch races at all.
i have no idea what you're talking about zerg is easy, it's terran that's hard
anyways, no big deal man, we all have some bad days and get frustrated, just pick it up tomorrow and you'll be fine, as for the [H], pylons and probes are honestly the answer to so many things, you might overprobe, but you'll realize how much money you can actually get how quickly, and that'll help more then any bo or tactical advice
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Russian Federation269 Posts
ok, no race is easy and as a high masters zerg player and low-mid master in every other race I will tell you right now, of course no balance or anything applies here, that zerg is extremely stressful... being a reactive race is a bitch... if you dont scout your dead you cant just stick to a strategy for a good amount of game time you always have to react to what your opponent is doing. And to say zerg is easy is a big pile of fucking bullshit that gold level troll would say, so cut the bullshit and get to the facts. Reactionary is always more "stressful" then sticking to a strat through mid game.
As for the OP, DO NOT SWITCH RACES worst thing you can do is switch a race completely you had a bad day, chill take a day off and come back you will be fine if you need any help send me a pm.
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It is hard, nearly impossible to say exactly what helps you if you dont tell background of how YOU feel, I dont want any physicly able to point out to be fact that you have certain feeling I just want you to tell how you feel, no matter do you write it easy/funny to read or putting every dot and this mark , to every right spot. Just write it down and dont let ego to block the possibility of feelings because only you can tell how you feel not ego or any psychologist nor smirk. Also I think that maybe trying to put your feelings into words will help a lot. There is no trick to just not-get-that-feeling or any pill or anything like that.
Big thing where I saw this in action was in Golf, I noticed when I went to another city for weekend to play 18 holes each day that first day when I arrived I played horribly because I had all this school/exam crap making me think everything else then the correct golf club to use and how hard should I hit it and do i either chip or swing or that kinda golf crap, second day I played very much better because I had forgotten these real-life crap and focusing mainly only to the game itself.
Anyone who hasnt played golf, go try it! Its very funny and when you are doing the stroke you only need to focus to the stroke and body posture and you cant think how the stroke will end up, u decide point where you aim, pick right golf club for the distance and environment and have non stop focus to the stroke and body posture! Its lots of fun!
Also I think that SC2 works mainly in same way emotion wise.
if this feels like september depression or something like that what will go away after good nap, go take a nap ! it helps
are you 100% sure that you got pressure only about starcraft2 ladder season 5? If ur 100% sure then I think that you have ummm not wrong or bad attitude, just that kind of attitude which makes playing ladder and improving harder then other attitude.
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