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Thanks for your thoughts buddies. By "being the best" maybe it wasn't as clear to you as it was to me. I meant something more in the lines of "feeling I'm playing well" or "feeling I'm succeeding in my games", whatever level said games are played.
you don't need to be good to enjoy the game.
I just realized you are absolutely right. The activity should feel fun to do at first before the mere fact of "being good" is thrown into the mix.
I think the best thing you could've done was take a break from it all
Thanks, I will do this. Right now I feel like starcraft causes me frustration but my mind is still tied to it, I dont really know if drug addicted people feel the same, like doing something you know that won't be good for you but doing it nonetheless..
Also Peeano your graph made my day, thank you D:
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You can always learn a skill that isn't competitive or real time, like programming.
Or a musical instrument. It's very fulfilling, but losing isn't as frustrating. You can just try again.
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On August 03 2014 14:42 SC2John wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2014 11:47 ninazerg wrote:
What if I told you that it was the game's fault that you were losing, and not your own? I love you nina. Literally. I love you.
:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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On August 03 2014 18:21 Zbass wrote:
With your departure, golden league will lose one hell of a player
People like you suck. I'm sure you're aware though.
Good luck man, if gaming isn't fun for you anymore, then dont play, easy easy!
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On August 03 2014 11:47 ninazerg wrote:
What if I told you that it was the game's fault that you were losing, and not your own?
Then you would be kidding yourself, as well as the person you said it to.
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My advice: Play something else. You don't have to good at what you're playing in order to have fun. Just think that nothing really matters and just play for fun.
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On August 04 2014 01:31 wongfeihung wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2014 11:47 ninazerg wrote:
What if I told you that it was the game's fault that you were losing, and not your own? Then you would be kidding yourself, as well as the person you said it to.
Why?
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Hey Twiggy I support your decision 100%. I used to feel the same way, I'd play so much and try so hard and still lose to multiple all-ins that I did my best to scout. Then when I watched pro tournaments I see pro-gamers winning with extremely cheesy strats, most infamously with SoS and his 2-gate attacks in Blizzard's World Championship. I just figure screw this game, its got too much luck and its too anger inducing. Uninstalled it, haven't looked back, been happy ever since  . Beyond that my fingers just don't move fast enough so there's that too 
Now I just relax and play some other strategy games that have less luck involved, but recently for multiplayer I'm just playing hearthstone. I'm thinking soon I might try that hawken game...who knows. The world is your oyster now
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I feel the same as you, although I haven't uninstalled. I see players I used to play against on the ladder and even beat, that now are top 100 gm EU while I'm still a random mid master scrub. Some people just won't improve past a certain point, even if they try so hard, while others do it really quickly without much effort, There isn't an explanation to that.
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On August 03 2014 14:27 falconfan02 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2014 11:15 TwiggyWan wrote:
Can anybody become good if they spend enough time at something?
The desire to be the absolute best that you can be at something is actually quite interesting. It is a necessary drive to have if you want to succeed, but it can very easily be one of the greatest obstacles to your success if not controlled and used correctly. I have the same problem as you do, and I know quite a few others that have it as well. After all these years you feel like you should be better than you are. After each game, you feel like you should have played better than you did. Believe me, I understand how easy it is to have these thoughts and how discouraging they can be. In my opinion, your anger and frustration boils down to this perception of that you think "should be." You are what you are, in one year you will be what you will be, and so on. Your drive to be the best creates this imaginary, ideal version of yourself, and comparing yourself to this nonexistent person will get you absolutely nowhere and just lead to frustration and lowered self esteem. All you can do is live your life to the best of your ability (or practice sc2 for as many hours as you see fit, etc.), and what happens, happens. In Starcraft and in the rest of your life. Accept what you are, enjoy your progress, and look forward to what you will become. I apologize if I completely missed the mark here, I've just had these thoughts simmering for a while and this seemed like an okay place to let them out. In the end, if you don't enjoy Starcraft anymore, there's no one making you play it. There are plenty of other, probably more productive, activities out there to fill your time. Best of luck!
I agree with your analysis. Ambition is degenerative because it builds up an idea of happiness that is impossible to reach, and everytime you get closer to it, it brings it even further away. But when I think that I should give up with all my ambitions, I feel like I would have nothing to stimulate me afterwards and it would feel even worse. So it's really hard to get rid of it.
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