I want to play starcraft so much, but.... - Page 2

EneMecH

United Kingdom218 Posts

May 21 2012 21:23 GMT

#21

Frustration or stress from ladder is all imposed by you. When you queue up, all it does is match you with someone else who it thinks is similar to your experience so you can play a game together. There is no pressure or stress there.

I ladder to improve and for the fun of games.

yazgot

Poland6 Posts

May 21 2012 22:52 GMT

#22

On May 22 2012 00:08 Swipe wrote:
I have a similar issue, which I have dubbed "Ladder Apathy." Like ladder anxiety, just a different emotion. I want to get better so badly (secret dreams of me being up in the booth someday, the fan favorite), but when I think about having to sit there and hardcore concentrate for potentially an hour, I always just kind of groan, open up the custom games page, and join a match of SFE. That or LoL. I love how non-focused you can be and still do well in MOBA's. Zone out every time you back, it's all good. Zone out while you last hit, it's all good. Zone out/spam QWER during teamfights, it's all good. Starcraft, on the other hand, requires Adderall levels of concentration to win.

Despite this block, I am reaching GM. Eventually.

Seriously, someone should write a book about sc2 player psychology.

Kuja

United States1759 Posts

May 21 2012 23:38 GMT

#23

I often have to urge myself to hit that ladder button the first time, but after that it comes easy. You get that fighting spirit going and that love of competition. If you succeed its easy to do it again, and if you lose your hurt pride can often coax you into another game also.

D_K_night

Canada615 Posts

May 21 2012 23:42 GMT

#24

One thing you have to also remember is, due to the lowered number of sheer players in the ladder, what we have left behind is a pool of all very good players, stretched across the leagues.

This is a prime reason why suddenly things are much harder than they used to be. This is another reason why you have fallen into a lower league as well. There are literally tons of guys I know(including myself) who were diamond in season 1, but now struggle to get out of plat. It's hell.

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