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Failsafe
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States1298 Posts
June 07 2012 13:52 GMT
#1
An interesting interview from FighterForum with SC2 Pro

When I play Starcraft my adrenaline surges. I can't stop shaking, and I don't think when I play. I have to plan everything beforehand because my in-game decision-making is not good. If I haven't encountered something before, it'll probably kill me. I'm thinking about transitioning back to Starcraft: Brood War where my mechanical expertise will pay greater dividends. Plus, the adrenaline is helpful too because unlike Starcraft 2, the Starcraft: Brood War interface is not streamlined. So, the additional APM from my adrenaline will help me win.

Fortunately with me, I have enough time to play that I've encountered every standard strategy, and I've even memorized pretty much every creative trick that can help me win. So when I play, I don't need to think. I can just do everything from muscle memory and try to detect what my opponent is doing. I have a good intuition which I supplement... so all I need to do is play a great mechanical game, and that gets the job done. I am good at planning my battles, building strategies and I work with a lot of other players who are happy to help me. With their help, I play very well. I'd say probably 80% of my success is from preparation and work that I do outside of ladder. When I'm laddering I just focus on execution, and although that carried me to A- in ICCUP, I find Starcraft 2 to be very challenging. Everyone in Starcraft 2 has pretty much the same mechanics, or at least the returns you get with better mechanics are a lot less. I don't think I'll ever excel in Starcraft 2 with my current mind set.

I think the expansion will make Starcraft 2 a much more strategically interesting game. Right now it seems like everyone is pretty much the same, at least at my level. Everyone's mechanics are pretty much the same, everyone uses pretty much the same strategies -- there just isn't much room to vary what you do. No one seems to have true superior tactics. I'd say that Starcraft 2 still hasn't reached the level of development of Starcraft: Brood War, yet mechanics and tactics are already maxed out, and everyone seems to execute them with the same degree of efficiency. There's still some strategic development happening, but it's definitely not what it should be.

I can't find the motivation to play because it feels like every game is the same. I'm not sure I'd say that I'm burnt out. It's more like I have the desire to play and to improve and excel, but the game is just too simple. I can't improve my mechanics, and I can't improve my tactics. We keep moving forward strategically, and yet there doesn't seem to be much room to innovate. Everything is just A-move (I'm Zerg). Even my Protoss teammates say that there's not much to it. Protoss macro is so easy that a pro can maintain his macro level with one game a day.

I am still fighting the good fight. Unfortunately I don't think I will be a top tier Starcraft 2 professional until I get the right mindset. My anxiety kills me. I make decisions that I regret and I feel like if I'll die if I don't win. I struggle to breath when I play, and my focus wanes. No matter what mindset I use when I join a game, once I've made my first Overlord, all I care about is winning. I watch all my losing replays, though, just to make sure I know what I did wrong and what I could improve.

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iamperfection
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States9642 Posts
June 07 2012 14:00 GMT
#2
so who is this an interview with?
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=406168&currentpage=78#1551
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50196 Posts
June 07 2012 14:04 GMT
#3
didn't fighterforum become Dailyesports a long time ago?
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EienShinwa
Profile Joined May 2010
United States655 Posts
June 07 2012 16:06 GMT
#4
Source please
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Mossen
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
43 Posts
June 07 2012 18:29 GMT
#5
On June 07 2012 22:52 Failsafe wrote:
My anxiety kills me. I make decisions that I regret and I feel like if I'll die if I don't win. I struggle to breath when I play, and my focus wanes.


If you're struggling to breathe and feel like you'll die, maybe SC2 is not the right choice of game. I mean, we're playing for fun, right? What you're describing sounds like torture. Why do it?
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
June 07 2012 19:36 GMT
#6
On June 08 2012 03:29 Mossen wrote:
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On June 07 2012 22:52 Failsafe wrote:
My anxiety kills me. I make decisions that I regret and I feel like if I'll die if I don't win. I struggle to breath when I play, and my focus wanes.


If you're struggling to breathe and feel like you'll die, maybe SC2 is not the right choice of game. I mean, we're playing for fun, right? What you're describing sounds like torture. Why do it?

This is a pro BW player, I'm guessing this is Jaedong or someone who has a lot of pressure on them. Seriously, their performances dictate their salaries not the other way around, its a stressful life, but its one that few get to live.
User was warned for too many mimes.
eXigent.
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada2419 Posts
June 14 2012 23:23 GMT
#7
On June 08 2012 04:36 docvoc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 08 2012 03:29 Mossen wrote:
On June 07 2012 22:52 Failsafe wrote:
My anxiety kills me. I make decisions that I regret and I feel like if I'll die if I don't win. I struggle to breath when I play, and my focus wanes.


If you're struggling to breathe and feel like you'll die, maybe SC2 is not the right choice of game. I mean, we're playing for fun, right? What you're describing sounds like torture. Why do it?

This is a pro BW player, I'm guessing this is Jaedong or someone who has a lot of pressure on them. Seriously, their performances dictate their salaries not the other way around, its a stressful life, but its one that few get to live.


There is no way its a broodwar progamer. The guy said he attained A- on iccup, which is pretty damn easy for most B-teamers, let alone someone like Jaedong who would of absolutely slaughtered the ladder, and easily got A+ / olympic rings
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