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Durso
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-Kaiser-
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Durso
United States51 Posts
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enslaved[t]
Norway46 Posts
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hummingbird23
Norway359 Posts
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Stratos
Czech Republic6104 Posts
Btw. This might help make you feel a little special... | ||
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RogerX
New Zealand3180 Posts
Go outside take a few breathes in, take a nap (Cures anger) and try again if your willing. | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
 ), whining is just making it worse. if you feel like dying cuz you are sooo normal, what about the rest of us who are less than you? I guess we should jump off a bridge? maybe if we had the attitude of a two year old, but we don't. instead we can be optimistic and improve like humans have done for thousands and thousands of years. | ||
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Skuller
United States197 Posts
― Albert Einstein Everybody has stuff that they're good at, its just finding what that is. Unfortunately, we may not be as naturally inclined toward things that we want to be good at. But if we want to be good at it, then we're willing to put more effort into getting better to compensate for the lack of natural inclination. | ||
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Denzil
United Kingdom4193 Posts
The definition of "trash" in starcraft seems to be you're bad no matter where you are | ||
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supdubdup
United States916 Posts
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Buuuu
Poland18 Posts
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NET
United States703 Posts
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y0su
Finland7871 Posts
On March 12 2012 17:03 Durso wrote: im just sick of being normal... it disgusts me. no one except my finance will ever care about me or even know who I am, i am going to be at a dead end shithole job for the rest of my life working to make somebody else rich. fuck that. Never live life comparing yourself to others. Live life for you. On a similar topic - you'll never be satisfied by the things you want unless you're able to be happy with the things you have. | ||
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hkf
Australia354 Posts
and if you are terran, learn to hit timings as opposed to playing strict macro games. | ||
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Ruscour
5233 Posts
It's a sad realisation to come to if you're a competitive type, but unless you're gonna give it absolutely everything, it's not worth caring about. If you wanna keep achieving, get to masters then quit. That's what I did, and I play my placements every season just to keep those filthy diamonds out | ||
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Arisen
United States2382 Posts
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darkscream
Canada2310 Posts
rather than see the huge void you need to fill, instead look at what you've done so far it's a road that never ends, and you've been running for so long it's okay to sit down and take a break if you're tired, but just remember it's not the destination, it's the journey If you really don't enjoy the journey, then stop playing. But the destination of being "awesome masters guy" shouldn't define whether or not you enjoy it. | ||
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ZeaL.
United States5955 Posts
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
Personally, I've always found that if I'm in the top 30%, I will consider myself good. I'm not all that competitive and I don't play even close to enough to be expecting a top position, so why would I care? There's just no reason to buy into the "everyone is trash" if you're affected negatively by it. The whole idea of everyone considering themselves trash is that it's good for training, if you think you're awesome, you'll just rage and be despressed. Consider yourself trash, and you might be motivated to improve. | ||
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bgx
Poland6595 Posts
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SarR
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taitanik
Latvia231 Posts
 User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Firesilver
United Kingdom1190 Posts
On March 12 2012 19:07 taitanik wrote: i think you should call suicide line or somethink That's an awful thing to say, sure he may be upset but to suggest that hes suicidal about the whole ideal.. really? Ontopic: If you're nearly masters you're well ''above average'' in terms of leagues so I wouldn't take it that much to heart, just take a break maybe for a week then come back with a clear head. | ||
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Umpteen
United Kingdom1570 Posts
Tp;dt: Worry about getting your starcraft out of diamond after you get your attitude to life out of bronze. | ||
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Bibbit
Canada5377 Posts
On March 12 2012 19:27 Umpteen wrote: Worry less about how good you can be and more about how much of that potential you manage to fulfil. Tldr: Worry about getting your starcraft out of diamond after you get your attitude to life out of bronze. You wrote a one line tl;dr for a one line statement. Proposter ! | ||
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Spieltor
327 Posts
On March 12 2012 17:03 Durso wrote: im just sick of being normal... it disgusts me. no one except my finance will ever care about me or even know who I am, i am going to be at a dead end shithole job for the rest of my life working to make somebody else rich. fuck that. well then, good news! Normal is not normal, a la house. I'm not sure why you're so hard on yourself. It takes two kinds of people to get into masters quickly, especially if you've seen my recent blog on what caliber of players held master positions in earlier seasons and how the metagame and evolution of player skill is quickly restructuring all ladder players so that they are in their skill appropriate designations. At this point, it takes two kinds of people to get into masters quickly. Naturally talented or savant types, and hard worker types. Are you planning anything more serious with sc2 like making a little money off it with sponsors? I was approached last night about possibly being sponsored by a fly by night home grown unit from canada, because of my insane number of games played and the fact that I am master and compete in tournaments. I'm still iffy over the idea, because I know it means that I'll REALLY have to step up my game. stop the mass gaming and start really thinking hard and analyzing everything to become better. I wouldn't take sponsorship and stay lazy. Are you planning to go into more of this kind of thing? Because if you aren't, you shouldn't take it this seriously. Imagine its something that you do because you enjoy the game,and that you will get beaten 50/50 because you choose not to try to be the best. there's no harm in having a hobby where you aren't the best at it. Hobbies are completely for yourself, and noone else has to accept what you do. Just you. That said, why not find some pro build orders, work on your macro a little better, and practice holding down your economic growth under pressure with some friends.Then take some solid build orders and try to play them out and see what happens. | ||
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Spieltor
327 Posts
On March 12 2012 17:22 y0su wrote: Never live life comparing yourself to others. Live life for you. On a similar topic - you'll never be satisfied by the things you want unless you're able to be happy with the things you have. On March 12 2012 17:10 Skuller wrote: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ― Albert Einstein Everybody has stuff that they're good at, its just finding what that is. Unfortunately, we may not be as naturally inclined toward things that we want to be good at. But if we want to be good at it, then we're willing to put more effort into getting better to compensate for the lack of natural inclination. I as well, personally, wish I could believe these things, but the truth is, as social animals we are subject to the denigration of our peers for what we choose to do. Why else is "basement virgin living with mom" an insult? they're choosing to do what they want with their life, right? Maybe its jealousy. I know this last word gave everyone reading a chuckle, and thats my point. However, for starcraft this is perfectly true. You don't need to be good at SC to be special. Try to grow in other areas would be my advice. like going back to school, finding hobbies like bonsai or ceramics, etc. | ||
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deathgod6
United States5064 Posts
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Umpteen
United Kingdom1570 Posts
On March 12 2012 19:33 Bibbit wrote: You wrote a one line tl;dr for a one line statement. Proposter ! Hadn't intended it to be tl;dr: fingers went on autopilot. Fixed. | ||
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
everyone below that sadly should just be playing this for fun. Obviously youre not. Get a life | ||
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BadBinky
Finland649 Posts
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shaftofpleasure
Korea (North)1375 Posts
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Bibbit
Canada5377 Posts
On March 12 2012 20:51 shaftofpleasure wrote: Play Broodwar. Stop trying to kill your fellow TLers | ||
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LonelyIslands
Canada590 Posts
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Spieltor
327 Posts
On March 12 2012 21:07 LonelyIslands wrote: Being anything, is better than not being anything. I dunno, imaginative meditation where you imagine that you are formless entity floating in empty nothingness feels pretty transcendental. | ||
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scDeluX
Canada1341 Posts
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Deleted User 61629
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Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
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vOdToasT
Sweden2870 Posts
On March 12 2012 20:03 deathgod6 wrote: Not that great in one video game that has an almost limitless skill cap and you are saying your whole life is meaningless? That is pretty harsh. It's not because he's not good at StarCraft 2, it's because he feels like he's not good at anything. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20285 Posts
On March 12 2012 17:03 Durso wrote: im just sick of being normal... it disgusts me. no one except my finance will ever care about me or even know who I am, i am going to be at a dead end shithole job for the rest of my life working to make somebody else rich. fuck that. If you really think that then i think you need to see a therapist, not post on TL forums | ||
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ShatterZer0
United States1843 Posts
Find a way to have fun. Stop playing to win. Star playing to learn. Learning is fun. Pushing limits is fun. That's why I play Starcraft. :D | ||
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zezamer
Finland5701 Posts
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NET
United States703 Posts
On March 13 2012 00:29 ShatterZer0 wrote: If you're not having fun, why are you playing? Find a way to have fun. Stop playing to win. Star playing to learn. Learning is fun. Pushing limits is fun. That's why I play Starcraft. :D I love this mindset. So much bm and hate clouds the way I should be thinking. Thank you sir for reminding me what its all about. | ||
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Hidden_MotiveS
Canada2562 Posts
This isn't something that I've been able to change and something that I may never be able to change. I have improved a bit since senior year of High School and am, I would say, continuing to do so, but I will probably never become great. Does that make my life not worth living? Nah. I really do have to just try to do what I can. I should not tell myself that if I can't be the best then I shouldn't even bother trying. I shouldn't try to start my own company and become a millionaire if I don't have the resources and backup in case it fails, I should just get a job. On March 12 2012 17:10 Skuller wrote: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ― Albert Einstein Everybody has stuff that they're good at, its just finding what that is. Unfortunately, we may not be as naturally inclined toward things that we want to be good at. But if we want to be good at it, then we're willing to put more effort into getting better to compensate for the lack of natural inclination. Einstein said a lot of things. That doesn't mean he's right. Most often we find that some very few are gifted with their genius. The rest of us are either just really good cup stackers or not really that special. | ||
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Khazroul
United Kingdom206 Posts
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drgoats
United States310 Posts
On March 12 2012 23:48 Inori wrote: 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. | ||
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TORTOISE
United States515 Posts
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
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