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ePLocust
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States587 Posts
February 13 2012 03:33 GMT
#1
There's something about starcraft that's always brought me back to playing, no matter what happens, no matter how pissed off I get. But today was just too terrible. I've been so close to getting masters league as of late so I figure I'll do one last ladder session just so I can seal the deal. I go and proceed to die to the absolute worst builds I have ever seen. Now i'm back playing against purely diamond players again. Today's casualties aren't only my ladder MMR but I also broke to pairs of headphones because of raging today. Today just makes me want to quit the game because it just doesn't seem worth it. I don't feel like I'm improving enough. It's extremely frustrating and so I think I'm going to keep my starcrafting to limited to my work with the NSL and my work with Team aiR. I just can't handle playing anymore.

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cz
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3249 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-13 03:41:02
February 13 2012 03:36 GMT
#2
Not a bad decision. If it's not a positive part of your life and you can't figure out how to make it one, I'd just get rid of it. General philosophy for life.

TL is naturally very gaming-positive, but the bottom line is that for many people it's just a big time waster that has you staring at a screen, alone in a room. If you like it and can balance your life, cool. If you rage alone in your room for hours at a day, might want to toss it. Doesn't mean you can't troll post on TL and follow the pro community / go to barcrafts.
Ero-Sennin
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States756 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-13 03:47:04
February 13 2012 03:45 GMT
#3
I know SC2 can be infuriating. What you have to realize, though, is that you suck, and you have to accept it. Of course that doesn't mean you should accept losing but your mindset has to change.

1) You have to set goals for yourself. In game goals, goals for the day, week, etc... Write them down, change them if you have to, but if you have something written down that you can aspire to you will improve quicker. Try to stay away from, "My goal is to win 40 games today." 10 sure, but even then I'd say start more towards.. "My goal is to have x amount of barracks with 3 OCs and y amount of whatever by z minutes in a TvZ"

2) Have a good mindset. I just played some zerg on ladder who, when I said "gl hf" said "NO PROTOSS IS OP" and blah blah blah. Well guess what? I put a little pressure on him and he crumpled up and just left the game. Self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think you can't beat a race or beat a certain tactic, then you'll have less of a chance doing.

3) So if your mindset isn't good you're going to have to take a break.. whether it's to rub one out, watch some comedy, or commit genocide, I'm not one to judge; just do something to give yourself a little break.
Luck makes talent look like genius.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
February 13 2012 03:47 GMT
#4
If someone committed genocide after losing some on NA ladder I would judge them.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
February 13 2012 03:48 GMT
#5
Just focus on our academy and keep it running smoothly!
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
ePLocust
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States587 Posts
February 13 2012 03:50 GMT
#6
On February 13 2012 12:47 LuckyFool wrote:
If someone committed genocide after losing some on NA ladder I would judge them.

i don't understand this
getdeadplz
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States116 Posts
February 13 2012 03:53 GMT
#7
On February 13 2012 12:50 ePLocust wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 13 2012 12:47 LuckyFool wrote:
If someone committed genocide after losing some on NA ladder I would judge them.

i don't understand this



He means he isnt going to judge you for it you didn't do anything extreme
lolz
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
February 13 2012 04:18 GMT
#8
I think I'm gonna quit too. Just bored and never really liked the lore/game play. Gonna go back to playing the love of my life: age of empires 2. My brain also hurts most of the time so maybe I'll take a stab at more reading and stay in comfy chairs and sturdy desks with the spring in bloom.
Mr. Black
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States470 Posts
February 13 2012 04:19 GMT
#9
I've been frustrated for at least a couple of weeks now. I haven't had enough free time to play, and I haven't been improving. I've been way under 50/50 for a while, and I feel lost a lot of the time in TvZ AND TvP. Then tonight I went 8-1 and it was great. My last game was a game in which I got behind to mid-game DTs that killed my main CC without me even knowing it, but I scratched my way back and won with some crazy drops. I was macroing while executing attacks and everything (I'm silver so....)

It made me really glad that I logged on instead of just going to bed.
Make more anything.
fYlddnaHturtDyaWdmAi
Profile Joined February 2012
Israel157 Posts
February 13 2012 04:25 GMT
#10
good luck with your other endeavors then
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Kamais Ookin
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada591 Posts
February 13 2012 04:28 GMT
#11
SC2 is a shit-fuck balls game. I get all-in'd almost every game. Late game is frowned upon and I'm sick of nerfs coming around every month making things even worst. Fuck this, it's all about switching back to brood war and only watching pro players in SC2.
MAL Profile: http://myanimelist.net/profile/Kamais_Ookin Twitch account streaming fighting games and PC games, etc twitch.tv/kamais_ookin
worked13
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia93 Posts
February 13 2012 04:32 GMT
#12
He'll back within a week.
NrG.NeverExpo
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2114 Posts
February 13 2012 04:36 GMT
#13
You know ladder is locked right now right? xD Win or lose you aren't going anywhere right now >.<
TwitteR: @NeverExpo follow me, i'll follow back :)
mrafaeldie12
Profile Joined July 2011
Brazil537 Posts
February 13 2012 04:37 GMT
#14
I got 5 protosses in a row in tal'darim altar (not joking) , I just gave up, there is no conceivable way for me to beat toss anymore >.<.

Well not that will stop my stream watching,but as for the game,i'm done,no motivation to move foward since i'd most likely be forever platinum.
"..it all comes thumbling down thumbling down thumblin down"
liberal
Profile Joined November 2011
1116 Posts
February 13 2012 05:03 GMT
#15
I seriously considered quitting today after some really stupid losses.

I play random, and I rolled a pvp, and this idiot protoss just blindly proxy 2gate rushes me before he even scouts my race. Shit like this happens all the time to me, and it's making me more and more paranoid that people are maphacking. I mean, if I rolled T instead of P, it would have simply been a free win. I've never once had someone give me a free win like that, how do they always guess right?
bebe01
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)512 Posts
February 13 2012 05:04 GMT
#16
feel your pain bro.. went from 1300 masters to 11 losses in a row.. made me rage and uninstall the game
Charger
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2405 Posts
February 13 2012 05:19 GMT
#17
We've all been there man, this situation isn't unique to you. EVERYONE has shitty days on the ladder. I've had multiple 10+ game losing streaks but you know what? All the shit I've been through makes the win streaks and promotions all worth it. If I had to choose one, I'd rather have high highs and low lows than a mediocre, average experience anyday. The tremendous joy AND the heartaches is what makes this a great game. I could mindlessly hop on COD for a couple hours but it's just so...average. I never get mad and I never get happy, I'm just there playing a game.

If you can't handle both success and failure, go play something less engaging or better yet, cut out any sort of competitive game completely.
It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback.
Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
February 13 2012 05:19 GMT
#18
Games lost vs games won isn't a real mark of how much you're improving. There is ALWAYS gonna be lots of people better than you, so you have to look at your individual games and what is actually happening in them. Don't be results oriented, if you look at your games now vs a month ago and can't see an improvement then that might be cause for concern and some serious analysis and application of stuffs
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Oh goodness me, FOX tv where do you get your sight? Can't you keep track, the puck is black. That's why the ice is white.
ePLocust
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States587 Posts
February 13 2012 05:31 GMT
#19
On February 13 2012 13:36 NrG.NeverExpo wrote:
You know ladder is locked right now right? xD Win or lose you aren't going anywhere right now >.<

sorry i'll explain further: Trying to get my MMR high enough to get promoted on tuesday.
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
February 13 2012 05:33 GMT
#20
On February 13 2012 12:33 ePLocust wrote:
Today just makes me want to quit the game because it just doesn't seem worth it. I don't feel like I'm improving enough.


Who cares how good you are? You should play the game because it's fun. I'm tired of people making Starcraft into more than it should be. It's a game, you should play it for fun, as a hobby. Starcraft isn't supposed to be about some grand life mission to be the best and catch 'em all. Stop playing with that attitude and play the game for enjoyment; that's the way it's meant to be played. Proplayers are able to play the game with such conviction because they have such an incredible passion for the game that they can sit and ladder for 12 hours straight, you obviously don't have that and neither do 99% of us.

Now go to the steam store and buy some other cool games and have some fun for a change. That's the whole point of why we are all gamers.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
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