EPTHope it helps, that thread has/had really helped me improve on my ladder anxiety! : )
[Q]Remaining calm during games - Page 3
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Temporarykid
Canada362 Posts
Hope it helps, that thread has/had really helped me improve on my ladder anxiety! : ) | ||
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Ayrleand
16 Posts
When it comes to seeing something you've never seen before in your initial scouting or something, that stress can come back because it's something different. Perhaps it's in micro when you know you have to do 3 things in the same second, while also macroing, while also prepping an expansion, and again that all just comes with time. Overall my advice: Play lots of games, you'll learn more from losses than wins really, so don't be afraid to lose to something you don't know. Don't just cave the game, however, try to counter it, but don't be afraid to lose. Also take a break every 3-5 games. | ||
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Syrupjuice
United States173 Posts
A lot of people have been honing in on situational anxiety, or basically freaking out at things that catch you off guard during a game, but from the Original Post I do not think that that is what you were really getting at. Instead of looking at situation, I want to look at stimulation. When you are playing a game of Starcraft, even though all of the action is on the screen, your entire environment plays a part in your performance. This is talked about a lot in terms of LAN conditions, but I strongly believe that you can make a correlation to your home practice/play. So, there are some things you can ask yourself: Is the room I am playing in loud, dirty, dimly lit, etc.? Do I play when I am tired, or well rested? Do I listen to music while I play, and if so what kind? There are many more questions you can ask yourself, personally, to try to figure out what stimulation effect your play. By this, I will give an example of myself: When I played FPS games a lot I realized that whenever there was a lot of gun fire and explosions I got really frazzled and couldn't aim well. So, to try and counter this I started to play with no sound at all. Normally people would say that having no sound creates an obvious disadvantage, but because I did not have the distraction of the loud noises I was able to react calmly to what I saw clearly on the screen. I quickly noticed a strong correlation between my accuracy and maintaining a calm state of mind. When I started to play Starcraft 2 I experienced a very similar thing. Whenever I was in big battles, and especially when battles were at my front door, they just threw me for a loop. It wasn't necessarily because I had never experienced the situation before (because I had several times xD), but because there was just so much being presented to me that I couldn't focus on what needed to be done in order to get through the conflict. I tried several different things to try and take out some ingame stimulants so I could hone in on my thinking and what I saw. I first tried taking off unit response sounds. This proved to be amazing! There is no need to hear the same corny phrases start and stop as you cycle through units, issuing commands repeatedly. And not having the unit response sounds helped me to pay more attention to my mini-map and pop up notifications than on the sound ques. Since then I have stepped up from taking out unit response sounds to playing with no music or sounds, period. This isn't for everyone by any means, but I have found that if all I have is the picture on the screen and my own thoughts I am able to easily read the situation and react accordingly, without my mind be cluttered with excess stimulation. At LANS, I use a pair of closed-ear headphones and play a sound sample of a thunderstorm on repeat to create some background/white noise. tl;dr Try seeing if you can take away some stimulants, both in and out of game. Try to play in a quiet room, or try taking away the unit response sounds and ambient sounds, and see if that can help you direct your focus on the ingame situations. Playing without sound isn't for everyone, but it can help you maintain a focused and calm mind even when there are explosions on screen. edited formatting | ||
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phiinix
United States1169 Posts
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TheSambassador
United States186 Posts
Knowing how hard it is for your opponent to do things is very helpful. It also helps you feel out timings and understand that things that seemed "imba" or "easy" are actually pretty hard. This will help you feel calmer when you're playing your main race, as you'll have a much better feel for what your opponent can have. | ||
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Greth
Belgium318 Posts
I think a key factor in getting rid of the angst is to get to the point where you don't see a win or a loss but a series of events. That after a game you can tell yourself 'hey I did well in the early game but I screwed up mid game'. SC2 is a very rock / paper / scissors so you will always lose games even if you might have thought you were ahead. That's how things are right now. Another thing is realising that your opponent is just another player. That he won't have a magical army suddenly appear out of nowhere, or that he'll be way ahead of you no matter what before the 3-4 minute mark. And that will only come with experience. | ||
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CrazyDragon
United States5 Posts
also move around the map with your stalkers, get vision with towers, observers, probes so you know what hes doing and you'll feel better | ||
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archangel967
Canada111 Posts
Pick whatever builds you're going to do before you start the game. You will have to adapt on the fly but if you put some of your attention into your plan it will help to calm down a bit. And as others have said, practice, practice, practice. Specifically practice calming down. Think about the feelings you are having. Once you start thinking about them you may realize that your fears aren't as bad as you think. Thinking about very specifically and focusing on them will help you to understand them and once you understand them you can work on ways to resolve them. | ||
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Mordanis
United States893 Posts
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Tuplex
80 Posts
You feel the stress you do because you care perhaps too much about the result. Since I am not a professional SC2 player, I view every game as "practice" and a chance to learn or get better. When I think about it that way, I am much more relaxed during the game. | ||
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Veclada
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NTTemplar
609 Posts
But something like yirumaesque (did I use that right...), at least something in the style of yiruma can work wonders, but there are also songs like many of those james blunt have, or with the same "atmosphere" so to speak, or some calm orchestral pieces with some charming violins a smooth single flute or so. again, you get the idea. When you do have music on, I also recommend turning all SC2 sounds off. True this might make you find out in a game a dropship killed your main, or that hellions have engulfed every drone in your 4th and 3rd in flames, but on a positive note it will make you better at using the minimap since sound is no longer a viable source to spot these things. Though DT's are still quite the "bitches" to put it in a vulgar way. You will in the beginning most likely lose a few silly games due to completely failing to stop some sort of harrash, but you should stay very calm thus hopefully play better than usual and overall win more games. And after a short period of practice only, you should start to notice you are much better at using the minimap. Using the minimap a lot is great for much more than just stopping harrash so it could turn out to be a huge boost (personally I find the minimap a great way to remember I need to spread creep since I see creep on the map and get reminded). | ||
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garlicface
Canada4196 Posts
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Thezzy
Netherlands2117 Posts
Whatever happens to you, be it DT harass or a 6pool, stick with the plan and try to execute to the best of your abilities and focus on that. Aside from that, just hit that Find Game button and play games. The more you play, the more relaxed games become. | ||
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-Cyrus-
United States318 Posts
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eugalp
United States203 Posts
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Perfect
United States322 Posts
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