Liquid`

Team Liquid Liquipedia

EDT 13:57
CEST 19:57
KST 02:57

Forum Sidebar

Events/Features

Pros React to: TvT Masterclass in FlaSh vs Light vespene.gg — BW replays in browser BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ ASL21 Strategy, Pimpest Plays Discussions Flashes ASL S21 Ro8 Review

[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL21] Semifinals B Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 2 [ASL21] Semifinals A

Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Hydra ZvZ: An Introduction Simple Questions, Simple Answers Muta micro map competition

How EEG Data Can Predict Gam…

ramps on octagon

Funny Nicknames

Playing Poorly: August 9

Blogs > apocriva

apocriva

Canada66 Posts

August 10 2012 01:55 GMT

#1

I played a few games last night and totally didn't have my head in it! I lost outright by playing extremely poorly. One thing to note is that I didn't start off playing by writing a bit of blogging, so it's highly likely that my brain didn't have time to 'tune in' properly before jumping in, and like jumping into a cold pool, my brain was probably a bit numb with shock.

So here we are tonight, in a similar frame of mind where I'm done doing whatever else I was doing tonight and sort-of-feel-like-playing-but-sort-of-not. I was able to crack through that kind of barrier in other aspects of creative life by doing this journal-writing beforehand. Let's see if it can work to crack the barrier with SC2 too.

(A little later...)

Oh hey, I just got promoted to gold! Looks like this whole journal-before-play thing really does help my brain out.

3.33 stars based on 3 ratings

3.33 stars based on 3 ratings

y0su

Finland7871 Posts

August 10 2012 03:22 GMT

#2

good job of making sure you were mentally ready and grats on the promotion :D

Azera

3800 Posts

August 10 2012 03:31 GMT

#3

Good job with gold, tiger! Go get plat!

CyDe

United States1010 Posts

August 10 2012 05:00 GMT

#4

Haha, great to hear! I always love hearing how people get promoted. And especially to gold, oh man, I don't know about you, but I actually began to have a scrap of respect for my StarCraft play when I finally got that DIVINE promotion. And hey, that's actually a really good idea, to journal or intellectually stimulate yourself before playing a game. Like warming up your mind. I think I'll start doing that.

101toss

3232 Posts

August 10 2012 05:46 GMT

#5

I remember when I was stuck in silver for around 200 games

Tough times

RiceAgainst

United States1849 Posts

August 10 2012 06:43 GMT

#6

Congratulations with Gold! It seems like a good idea to warm up the mind with something other than StarCraft, so maybe I'll do that too!

apocriva

Canada66 Posts

August 11 2012 00:07 GMT

#7

Thanks for the support everyrone! :D

Please or register to reply.

Live Events Refresh

Refresh

Big Brain Bouts

16:00

#116

Percival vs YoungYakovLIVE!

Reynor vs GgMaChine

126

[ Submit Event ]

Refresh

StarCraft 2

852
IndyStarCraft

58
ProTech40
JuggernautJason22
EmSc Tv

0

StarCraft: Brood War

30791
Calm

4434
actioN

168
firebathero

150
scan(afreeca)

96
Mind

75
Trikslyr50
soO

37
[ Show more ]

Dota 2

Gorgc8482
XaKoH

457

Counter-Strike

fl0m9578
Fnx

1554

Super Smash Bros

Other Games

Grubby17346
singsing2076
FrodaN1291
Beastyqt890
B2W.Neo629
Hui .205
monkeys_forever179
KnowMe177
C9.Mang0117
ArmadaUGS109
ToD103
QueenE55

Organizations

Counter-Strike

PGL106924

StarCraft 2

12
Blizzard YouTube

StarCraft: Brood War

[ Show 21 non-featured ]

Upcoming Events

Korean StarCraft League

9h 3m

RSL Revival

16h 3m

Clem vs Rogue

Bunny vs Lambo

IPSL

22h 3m

Dewalt vs nOmaD

Ret vs Cross

BSL

1d 1h

Bonyth vs Doodle

Dewalt vs TerrOr

GSL

1d 14h

Cure vs herO

SHIN vs Maru

IPSL

1d 22h

Bonyth vs Napoleon

G5 vs JDConan

BSL

2 days

OyAji vs JDConan

DragOn vs TBD

Replay Cast

2 days

Monday Night Weeklies

2 days

Replay Cast

3 days

Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2026-05-14

WardiTV TLMC #16

Nations Cup 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S2: W8

Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals

uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event

Maestros of the Game 2

WardiTV Spring 2026

BLAST Bounty Summer Qual

Stake Ranked Episode 3

XSE Pro League 2026

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Stake Ranked Episode 2

CS Asia Championships 2026

1.

ByuN
2.

TY
3.

Dark
4.

Solar
5.

6.

sOs
8.

soO
9.

1.

Rain
2.

Flash
3.

5.

Bisu
6.

Mini
8.

Sidebar Settings...