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I've completely lost my mechanics.

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SunTurtle
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
156 Posts
June 18 2012 07:36 GMT
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So I've just arrived back home from a week and a half long vacation, and sit down for a few games of Starcraft (of course, haha). I play a few games, but even after just the first game I've noticed that I had been playing horribly. I had won the game however, and was placed into platinum (which I was happy with, considering that the highest I've been in is gold.) What I wasn't happy with though, is the games themselves. I would hundreds of minerals at a time, reaching the thousands soon enough into a game. My reaction times would be bad, and whenever I was under the slightest pressure, even from myself, I would stumble and find myself unable to execute even the most simple of tasks.

I could go on here and list excuses, but I won't. Although tonight, I won more games than I lost, I played badly in every single one of them, and I am utterly disappointed with myself after tonight, and ashamed that my name on the ladder (although it is only in platinum) is tarnished by such bad play. I always felt as though I played above my level, and often times in Peep Mode games people would doubt if I was really only in gold, and would say that that information surprised them. My pride in StarCraft II was built on the idea that I wasn't actually as bad as my ranking reflected. But now, when I finally reached my goal (platinum), I don't even have the most basic skills anymore, and what little name I had in this little community that I played in on the ladder is ruined.

At the root of my problems lies my mechanics. I simply don't have them any more. In StarCraft II, the most basic thing you have to master before you can get anywhere else is the basic mechanics. Once you have them down, you free up your mind to focusing on other things. I used to be able to do that, and due to me having almost no time to play since November 2011, I lost that ability.

Of course, I have to regain it. That will be my primary focus from now on. The only trouble is, I don't know how. For the longest time, I never had to really worry about it, and now my brain isn't really allowing my to think about it, and I'm playing horribly as a result, and not being able to get any better at my missing skills. I don't know how I'm supposed to ignore everything else so that I can focus on my mechanics, but I'll have to do it or I'll never get any better at this game.

Thanks for reading, and please wish my good luck on what could possibly the most difficult thing I've had to do in StarCraft II yet. I'm going to go to bed now, I'll recheck this thread tomorrow morning.

SunTurtle

ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12471 Posts
June 18 2012 07:42 GMT
#2
what race do you play?
I took a month break and constantly training myself by playing greentea AI and focus purely on mechanics such are overlord spread, creep spread, improve my macro and I am pretty much at where I was before now (after a few practise game against my diamond fd)
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
galtdunn
Profile Joined March 2011
United States977 Posts
June 18 2012 11:38 GMT
#3
Just play more...? You're only in Plat. Don't worry about drills or training or techniques... just play. Maybe watch Day9's daily on mechanics but other than that just play.
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SunTurtle
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
156 Posts
June 18 2012 15:04 GMT
#4
On June 18 2012 16:42 ETisME wrote:
what race do you play?
I took a month break and constantly training myself by playing greentea AI and focus purely on mechanics such are overlord spread, creep spread, improve my macro and I am pretty much at where I was before now (after a few practise game against my diamond fd)


Still deciding, so random for now. Thanks for the advice, I'm going to do something similar.
Recognizable
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Netherlands1552 Posts
June 18 2012 15:06 GMT
#5
I stopped playing for 6+ months, the instant I played against my mechanics were almost at the same level, just a bit unrefined, I was fucking up little details because I hadn't practiced my builds but my ''core'' mechanics were still there.
Broodie
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Canada832 Posts
June 18 2012 17:08 GMT
#6
I was random for around 8 months, trust me it's better if you choose a race, I'll be switching back to T this season
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docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
June 18 2012 17:31 GMT
#7
Random is a great idea, loljk. Pick a race and master it, unless you are someone like day9 who can donate enough time to laddering on all three races, I would pick one and get as far as you can with it. I don't mean never experiment with the other races, but its definitely not worth it to divy up your time into three parts and not solely focus on one race's mechanics.
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