On March 12 2012 23:48 Inori wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2012 17:07 hummingbird23 wrote:
I think you should stop buying into the whole "if you're not Masters, you're trash" idea. Ask yourself, if the definition of trash is anything but the top few percent, does that idea hold any water at all? I've always felt that the idea behind the negative connotation of "mediocre" is objectively stupid.
It's much much easier to get into masters than GM and getting into GM is much much easier than winning actual tournaments we see on streams every day. So if a person can't even get into masters, then yes, he's relatively poorly skilled, even if masters is top2%
Relative to what? The top 2% or the whole playing field. I have always disagreed with calling people trash when they are better than the far majority of the community. Sure, they can't take any games off of any pros, but they can have a match win of 100% against 90% of the community. That is not trash. You might be a trash pro, but you are a very good starcraft 2 player.
You wouldn't start calling yourself decent in football just because you won some local high school game even though that would put you into a high % relative to amount of people who ever tried playing football at some point in their life
I would call myself decent relative to my piers. You should be proud of your accomplishments and at the same time aware that there is always room to improve.
I also think that by saying "hey, I'm diamond which puts me into top30%, I think I'm quite decent", you're basically giving up on rapid improvement. While you keep in mind that diamond is relatively shit, you have both the pressure and drive to keep pushing for the cool kids club (and once there you realize they're shit also and try to move on, etc). As soon as you start telling yourself you're already in the club, you've lost the drive.
This part I agree with a little more. If you only want to be the top than you do not want to lose your drive to succeed. However, I still think a little sense of accomplishment is important. I believe it creates a better mental state that will only enhance your learning experience.
EPT
