EPTThere is no solution but there are a few short-term solutions. Do sports, punch a pillow, things like that. The frustration will stay overall but it won't hammer in your head so much anymore.
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ForAdun
Germany986 Posts
There is no solution but there are a few short-term solutions. Do sports, punch a pillow, things like that. The frustration will stay overall but it won't hammer in your head so much anymore. | ||
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XCetron
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Steelflight-Rx
United States1389 Posts
Edit: unless you play protoss. If you play protoss consider your defeat a glorious martyrdom for the sake of the khala, and know that you and the souls of your warriors will be rememberd forever in the templar archives. | ||
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WindCalibur
Canada938 Posts
get him to play you improve while stomping him a lot .....PROFIT | ||
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404.Nintu
Canada1723 Posts
When someone tells you what you did wrong, your natural response will be to justify your action, or make excuses. It takes a lot of self-awareness to recognize this and reverse your thinking. You're entering a world where thousands of people are going to be better than you. NEVER record dodge on Iccup. Everytime I see a high rank join my game, I get excited. Losing to a B is worth a hundred wins vs D or C. Ask them for advice. Read the strategy forum. Watch replays. Watch Pro-FPVODS. But most of all, think when you play. Think hard. When you get into the downward spiral, when you lose and lose, and every loss makes you more upset, which makes you play worse, etc... Get up and splash some water in your face. Run up and down a flight of stairs or go outside for a few minutes. I remember chess grandmaster Josh Waitzkin said he would leave the chess board during big games and go run up a flight of stairs and splash water on his face. Something to do with body chemistry and activity sobers you from the frustration that is blinding you. Sorta like being slapped in the face when you're hysterical. It sobers you. | ||
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[X]Ken_D
United States4650 Posts
I grew up losing sooooooo much from competitive Street Fighter (game) and sports team, that if I lose, I can just shrug it off. Lose, forget about it and move on. Take a break if you have to, especially those close games. Also ICCUP competition is quite high compared to bnet. Think of it as the training grounds for semi-pro. At least know where you should start from and your starting position in the hierarchy. In basketball, you wouldn't go out and play against college level players while you are still struggling just to get 2 pointers. Stick with bnet. | ||
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FirstProbe
1206 Posts
When you realise that, you won't care. | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
oh hey he posted above me o.O | ||
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yoshtodd
United States418 Posts
1. Macro. Did you spend your money, continually make units and workers, and take advantage of expanding? I think at low level, superb macro can make up for lack of micro skills, which you'll only gain after much play experience. 2. Map awareness. You absolutely must keep track of where your opponent is on the tech tree, where and how big his army is, and where his expansions are and how many. Every replay you watch of yourself, try and think, did I know all of the above things about my opponent? 3. Suicide attacking. I don't know if this applies to all beginners, but I find myself often just going blindly on the attack, without first spotting any reason to or weakness in my opponents defenses. Sacrificing all your units and inflicting no damage is a very quick and obvious way to lose. This doesn't mean you should be afraid to attack, but figure out by watching the guys who kill you when and why they attack, and what made their decision a good one. Anyway by doing the above, it helps me deal with frustration because my goal is getting better (which I have control over), rather than winning all the time (in that case you're at the mercy of how good your opponent is). I still get frustrated after being owned, but using this mindset helps. | ||
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iCCup.Trent
Argentina450 Posts
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man
United States272 Posts
and also On July 06 2008 09:08 FirstProbe wrote: There are far more important things to get emotional about. When you realise that, you won't care. | ||
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MuShu
United States3223 Posts
On July 06 2008 09:39 TrentLane wrote: teh_pwnerer dude I find your nick oddly familiar, where do you play? Does my nick ring a bell? I'm TrentLane on every bnet server. It probably sounds familiar because of the Internet show PurePwnage. The main actor Jeremy's ID is teh_pwnerer. | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
1. Play for fun, not to improve. Improving should simply be a side effect of all the fun you are having. 2. Play with friends & shoot the shit while you all suck and improve together. Yell at eachother, laugh, whatever it is it's more fun in a group. Getting good takes time in any game for the vast majority of people. Most people plataeu at a relatively low place on the skill food chain anyway so just 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, ffa etc.. and have fun. That's the best way for any player to get good and reduce frustration. You familiarize yourself with the game and your mind should simply adapt as everything improves. | ||
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
Also, Smurf iccup. | ||
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Louder
United States2276 Posts
You'll learn a lot more studying your own losses than watching other reps, but it does help to watch pro gamer vods on matchups/maps where you have problems and try to understand how they make choices. | ||
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Skew
United States1019 Posts
On July 06 2008 06:49 ForAdun wrote: Frustration never goes away. If you want something and you don't get it it's frustrating. And if you work hard for it and you still don't get it it's even more frustrating. It's part of all competition anywhere in the world. Just read that post and ignore the rest :> | ||
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lepape
Canada557 Posts
But still, getting beat by cheese can be really frustrating, especially when you know the player is worse than you. On July 06 2008 07:16 Nintu wrote: You're entering a world where thousands of people are going to be better than you. NEVER record dodge on Iccup. Everytime I see a high rank join my game, I get excited. Losing to a B is worth a hundred wins vs D or C. Ask them for advice. Read the strategy forum. Watch replays. Watch Pro-FPVODS. If you're B- or C+, then you'll probably learn a lot from playing agaisnt a B player. However, a D player won't learn much from it, other than how huge the gap is between him and a B player. I played people with 250-300 APM a few times and with hardcore, hardcore macro. I got crushed so badly it wasnt even funny, honestly afterwards there's not much I could learn out of it. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11554 Posts
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Mastermind
Canada7096 Posts
On July 06 2008 05:28 grobo wrote: You just have to try and force that laid back "i don't give a fuck"-attitude, kind of the way you get after 1-2 beers, you just sit there and sort of laugh it off and try silly shit all the time. ya, this is what i do. I just tell myself it doesnt matter. | ||
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