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On July 18 2011 05:38 TangSC wrote:
mple:
1) Be Good Manner
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2) Be Confident
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3) Focus on YOUR game Every SC2 player would learn and play significantly better if they considered imbalance, hacks, and cheese none-existent
4) Be Healthy
Been saying these things FOREVER to students (Also do lots of coaching). No, you may not be used to being Good Manner to people that cheese you or insult you. [b]Do it anyways. Don't downplay your chances of success, it can only hurt you. You ARE gonna learn from the game, he DOESN'T start with any kind of advantage over you, he HAS weakness just like you do. Go and Win.
I mean just look at my signature. I've had that for most of the year. Ignore perceived imbalance, hacks, and cheese. Nobody looks at top tournaments and sees 6 in a row that are missing a race in top 8. I'm not talking about individual tournament variation, I'm talking about multiple tournaments. All 3 races can win and DO win. Practice.
Be healthy ... well I work out but not when I'm gaming so =). I work out after my job and before gaming, but make sure to take small breaks for my eyes. And yeah, don't do nachos and soda try fruit and regular water/milk/orange juice drinks.
One more I'd like to add:
Keep practicing
If you try something new, and like it, keep in practice of trying it, refining it. Don't stop laddering for a week, or not use the strategy for 13 games before trying it again. Make the Ladder YOUR training ground, or more simply, make the ladder YOURS. It's okay losing to silly cheese you didn't scout or aren't prepared for. It prompts the general question on what you can/can't hold off, and what scouting needs to be done. Losses are frequently more useful than wins.
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I like what Danglers says about making the ladder yours. This is an extremely relevant concept - people always think ladder is about showing off, about pride, about points and score. To a small extent this is true, but if your goal is improvement, excellent results shouldn't be your first goal. If you're trying to perfect a build, you absolutely can NOT hone a build without losses - it's just not possible.
You need to ask yourself why you lost, what you could have done differently, what strategy this particular player employed that caused you either beat your strategy or force you to deviate from the strategy you were trying to use.
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Tang is the mother fucking boss O.o
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Hey Tang I saw you beat Idra on his livestream! Great game and keep up the good work. Also, what was your mindset when yo were playing Idra.
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great post tang, a good read and i agree with everything you said. when im in a good mood and positive about playing, im twice as good... at least it feels that way.
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My mindset against IdrA? haha, I wouldn't say it was much different than any other game. I told myself from Day1 of SC2 that I was going to play and beat him one day, so at the start of the game I had my game plan and I was positive and focused. A little rattled, admittedly, but I was really excited and I thought there was a good chance I could beat him. I just kept my usual positive reinforcement: "Ok, time to barrel down this guy's front base like every game ZvZ I play. I'm going to crush him, when it comes to a micro war I'm going to play flawlessly and pressure this guy so hard." Unfortunately, he droned up and my lings won pretty uncontested, I was hoping for a micro battle at least but he just ragequit when he saw how many units I have. Not the style of game I wanted to beat him in, but to take a game of him meant a lot to me.
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Really great read, I Always seeM to be a rager when it comes to Sc2 or any game lol.
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Sometimes it's hard to keep cool when losing a 1v1 but I guess this does help understand the importance of pushing your game mentally as much as practically. Thanks for the great read!
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What I recommend when you're having a losing streak ties into being healthy. Take a break, do a workout or get a good lunch. For example, in mid-day when I'm losing I'll go for a jog, have a green tea or a coffee, and eat some berries and yogurt. When I'm back at the desk, it's a completely different Tang.
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Good post. Like most people, I do rage quit occasionally if some game really stressed me out, but for the most part I try to be GM. What I normally do nowadays is just play a lot of custom games or 1v1 obs, since I realize that losing won't affect anything in those game types, and I'm able to learn and improve in a friendly environment.
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hmm i hope this will contain the gracken inside me MWAHAHAHAH
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hmm this was a really good read =) awesome job
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If you can approach ladder in the same way, Aesces, you'll find it much more beneficial. Ladder really shouldn't be any more stressful than customs, and it's typically less wait time as well as opponents close to your skill level. If it stresses you out and doesn't motivate/encourage you, then don't think at all about points and wins - focus instead on improving. The ladder is your playground, it only becomes something else if you build it up to be in your head.
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I have found everything Tang has said here to be 100% true through the past months, and it's what I tell my friends to do to break through a wall to improve.
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Great post. My biggest issue has always been letting some silly strategy get to me and put me on tilt. Also, I like the idea about verbally reminding myself about what I am planning to help keep me focused.
At least I always gg, even if I as;ldfjsad ;fjasdf ;osahfsad; ifj wq;foj before hand 
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Yep! I feel like Kanga even though I dont gg often because its some kind of reflex to just flee from a shitty game. I just want to add that I often times lose focus when something totally expected still does damage. Voidray harass for example... There is one and my queen is about to kill it and it charges and kills my queen and suddenly a second void pops up at my natural and i defend defend defend and suddenly phoenix lift my first few hydras... IT ANNOYS ME TO LOSE TO SOMETHING I EXPECTED.
Anyways. Ill follow these rules now even though Ill start it seriously after I recovered from my manflu.
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On July 18 2011 05:59 Moda wrote:
Great post, However I know quite a few people that have a verry positive mindset, but their mechanical skill is close to terrible, and it makes them look they don't want to get better at all. I think that even though you NEED to have a positive mindset, it is also crucial to beat your self down whenever you make mistakes, you MUST be able to see what mistakes you did and to make sure that they will never happen again.
Why is Anger a bad thing? The reason I got into platinum from bronze is because my friend that introduces sc2 to me would do theses retarded cheezes all the time and I got pissed, and wanted to win against him.
"beat yourself down" is a pretty harsh word to use.
What tang is saying is actually true. and everyone know it. If you lose a game, "gg" and go check the replay and REMEMBER what you did wrong.. maybe you didnt scout good enough, or maybe u did get supply blocked to often? and when you check your own replays and see what you did wrong...
THATS LEARNING, thats how you get to higher leagues.. 
TL;DR be happy, watch replays, get higher leagues, learning !
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I agree with the importance of being able to take a critical look at your play, but I don't think anger helps this at all - I think if you approach your mistakes positively, you'll make just as much (if not more) progress than if you try to look at your mistakes when you're upset.
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Lol that this hasnt been moved from strategy yet. I can see it might be helpful but its belongs in blogs/general
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