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Venus.exe
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States285 Posts
July 23 2011 04:09 GMT
#121
Great post OP. I'm really liking this thread and I believe this thread deserves to be here by all means.
/")☻ㅈ☻)/")彡snuǝʌ
arbitrageur
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia1202 Posts
July 23 2011 04:19 GMT
#122
Have vitamin D supplements if you're a true SC2 nerd.
TechnoZerg
Profile Joined May 2011
Australia75 Posts
July 23 2011 05:46 GMT
#123
Don't mean to be rude, but where's the evidence that support your claims? It just looks to be some unfalsifiable pseudo-psychological dribble. The only appeal is that your theory appeals to common sense (which is why most people are agreeing with you). Unfortunately however, common sense provides an unsatisfactory basis for a psychological theory.

"You don't see the correlation between mindset and strategy?"

1. The most elite athletes are not correlated to the extraneously positive principles that you propose
2. What correlations are you talking about?
3. Correlations do not imply causality
Power overwhelming!
TangSC
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada1866 Posts
July 25 2011 03:38 GMT
#124
It has plenty to do with sc2 strategy, Sanddbox, otherwise I wouldn't have wrote it on an SC2 forum. I don't think it's "fake happiness" to treat yourself and fellow gamers with respect, and to try to stay positive, confident, and determined.
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ZeNex
Profile Joined January 2011
16 Posts
July 25 2011 06:59 GMT
#125
Maybe this will give me the push to get back into it

No time to play and when do I lose and get angry. Not played in about 6weeks now.


Hopefully soon and maybe try some coaching to help my Protoss out.



GG
[F_]aths
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Germany3947 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-25 08:16:10
July 25 2011 08:08 GMT
#126
1) Be Good Manner - Oftentimes, people get so caught-up in the stress of the game that they forget to have fun. At the start of every game, don't me mute and don't be rude: put out the GL HF. If he doesn't respond, that's fine - you're probably in a more positive mindset and now you know you have that edge over him - so smile to yourself . Take it a step further every game by wishing your opponent the best of luck and telling him to have a blast, and leaving every game with "GG nice timing push or "GG wp, that harrass was killer, man!" If you stay good mannered, you're more likely to stay in a focused and positive mindset. Then, instead of rage-quitting and queuing another game while you're angry, you can take the reasons you lost and apply them to your game to further your growth. And who knows, maybe that player to whom you showed respect in your gracious exit from the game will provide you with a couple tips and practice games to really help you overcome that flaw in your game.
With start of season 2 I decided to begin every game with gl hf and always type gg before I leave. It works wonder for me as I calm down way more quickly.

I probably should go further and applaud my opponent if his blueflame hellions just killed 15 of my drones. Because he was not supposed to do that much damage, but he did.

3) Focus on YOUR game - How many times have you heard someone complain about how strong colossus are, how slow hydras are, or how this guy or that guy is a maphacker. Ignore this type of thinking.
This is my goal for the upcoming season 3. I so need to get rid of the thinking that I need to outclass my player just because I play zerg.
You don't choose to play zerg. The zerg choose you.
IzieBoy
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States865 Posts
July 25 2011 08:26 GMT
#127
great post... i believe there is a downward trend in the later performances when one tires.
Let's Do This! Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy Jenkins!
StarDustNA
Profile Joined June 2011
61 Posts
July 25 2011 17:13 GMT
#128
sup
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
July 25 2011 17:21 GMT
#129
Ty's for tips, great post!
memes are a dish best served dank
IzieBoy
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States865 Posts
July 25 2011 17:59 GMT
#130
also there seems to be a problem with the dynamic

after i play chess, for example, i feel invigorated

after i play sc, however, i feel a bit mentally physically drained. i think the macro needs to be toned down to make the game more enjoyable. i don't like button mashing my keyboard. it just makes me feel stupid. i don't like winning games because of better macro only too.

anyways, i'll definitely start playing a bit again when HoTS comes out. i love the graphics by Blizzard <3
Let's Do This! Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy Jenkins!
TangSC
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada1866 Posts
July 25 2011 19:58 GMT
#131
Yeah there's definitely a drain associated with SC2 gaming, it's quite taxing. Even so, I think long sessions lead the best results and I think caffeine and healthy eating can be quite the boost. I play really well after eating salads and blueberries, for example, and if I start to get tired or in a slump I'll down a coffee. Even if these things work as just placebo, that's fine - I tell myself it's going to help and it seems to work, as I said it's all about mindset.
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Ineffability~
Profile Joined February 2011
84 Posts
July 25 2011 20:13 GMT
#132
My biggest winning streak( meaning I won about 80% of my games) was while listening to this song on repeat
:D
TangSC
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada1866 Posts
July 27 2011 14:10 GMT
#133
Anyone have some good SC2 mantras to share?
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Kalini
Profile Joined June 2011
United States2 Posts
July 27 2011 21:14 GMT
#134
Good tips
PsychoNitro
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada5 Posts
July 27 2011 21:26 GMT
#135
On July 26 2011 05:13 Ineffability~ wrote:
My biggest winning streak( meaning I won about 80% of my games) was while listening to this song on repeat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QS0q3mGPGg :D



This just made my day

also great write up! I think a great mindset coming into the game is essential, but sometimes you get mad after a few losses and just want to CRUSH the next guy you face on ladder. I dont know about the validity of the claim that it will help your game, but if everyone adopts a positive mindset it will definitely make playing games more enjoyable as people wont be as BM as they are now.
I am not Bi-polar, I am Bi-winning!
Keilah
Profile Joined May 2010
731 Posts
July 27 2011 22:24 GMT
#136
I made a post similar to this one, got deleted as it was deemed not 'strategy', but the gist of it was -

Don't whine about getting cheesed. Hope for it, because that's how you learn to scout well, anti-cheese well, and just become super solid in the early game. Enough of your games, even the ones where you get cheesed, will equalize and go long for you to get practice in the endgame. Besides, cheese games are usually both action-packed and short, which IMO is perfect =)

And cheese actually is great, because if you lose to a cheese you don't know how to beat, you suddenly have a fascinating puzzle to solve after the game. Woot!
Channel Pressure
Profile Joined July 2011
United States62 Posts
July 28 2011 00:51 GMT
#137
Indeed. Great post. Completely agree especially on the point of not considering cheese/imbalance. Thats crucial really, in any game/competative thing.

"A pastor I was listening to was talking about Job and referenced that his belongings had been burned down by marauders -- and heres where I blew it -- I immediately and arbitrarily replied aloud, "Were they stimmed?"
XDJuicebox
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States593 Posts
July 28 2011 02:25 GMT
#138
I'd like to add another point to this, and it was the title itself that really made me realize this.

If you play with a positive mindset, let's say he harasses you or something. You might lose some stuff, but you hold it off.

Instead of tilting and being upset about how much damage was dealt, you think about the investment that he made and how you can abuse that.

When I'm playing, whenever something happens, I'm always like

"Oh, okay. I just lost half my base. But I can do X to get him back..."

Really helps.
And then you know what happened all of a sudden?
TangSC
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Canada1866 Posts
July 28 2011 15:52 GMT
#139
That's a good point Juicebox. Anytime someone harasses you and does some damage, or uses great micro to take out more than you think he should, keep in mind his focus HAD to have been on his micro and so his macro probably took a hit.
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Squigly
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom629 Posts
July 28 2011 15:55 GMT
#140
OMG how is this retarded thread not closed yet.
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