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BudgetTheLeech
United States89 Posts
I hate losing, losing is horrible, but I've been trying to realize lately that it's just ladder, nothing else, what does ladder mean? In my opinion I don't think that ladder would matter to anyone until they get to Masters or GM, unless you're a professional player, then ladder ranking literally means nothing to you at all. Great read, thoroughly enjoyed it! | ||
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Ahelvin
France1866 Posts
On November 15 2011 05:11 Br3ezy wrote: fear is such a weak emotion and that's why i despise it Reminds me of this : I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Muad-Dib, Dune, Frank Herbert. This mantra has helped me so much throughout my life, and is still helping me overcoming my ladder fear. | ||
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ALPINA
3791 Posts
 agree on everything. Sadly it's very hard for me to not get frustrated and mad after multiply loses. | ||
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Clazziquai10
Singapore1949 Posts
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UchihaAndy
Sweden15 Posts
Must say that i´m also quite afraid of the ladder. I´ve been diamond since the Beta and I think that my fear of getting demoted to platinum has been a far greater force than my motivation of becoming a master league player. It´s pathetic. I have a total of over 4000 custom games and they havent gone bad at all, I often beat diamonds/masters. But even if I win - the feeling of having given in to fear again and playing custom games kind of takes my joy of winning down a notch or two. But tonight I'm going to get over this big ugly, cloaked in excuses, obstacle and play some ladder! Thank you for giving the the strength PokeBunny! | ||
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EndOfLineTv
United States741 Posts
Poke Fighting! Question: in terms of General practice, when you are to focusing on anything special. Do you choose to ladder or play with sparring partners? | ||
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RamonMcGrady
33 Posts
On November 15 2011 21:53 Ahelvin wrote: Very good write-up, quite inspiring. Reminds me of this : I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Muad-Dib, Dune, Frank Herbert. This mantra has helped me so much throughout my life, and is still helping me overcoming my ladder fear. Thanks on that quote, helped me open up my mind again. I always find it so refreshing when somone comes with something simple, yet highly inspiring, and reminds me that I don't have to overthink and sometimes, it just about acceptance and reaction. Thanks a lot for this thread, pokebunny! | ||
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Catatonic
United States699 Posts
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rEalGuapo
Germany832 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
On November 16 2011 04:12 rEalGuapo wrote: Edit: Just thought it over and wanted to delete this post. Now I'm really curious  | ||
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GhostKorean
United States2330 Posts
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enigamI
Canada385 Posts
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Arco
United States2090 Posts
On November 15 2011 12:10 colonel66 wrote: I have a macbook pro (>.<) and use a Logitech M505 wireless mouse with software that (I think) effectively disables mouse acceleration in my Starcraft application. But, I still have problems with mouse control. Every once in a while (at least once per game) my mouse jerks violently in one direction. This has many times resulted in a bad command and my exasperation. Overall, I don't have the control that I think I should have over mouse movement. I have a Macbook Pro as a secondary computer, I think it would be wise to look into dual booting Windows for playing Starcraft 2, in Mac Operating Systems, mouse control is really weird and has always been one of my problems with gaming on a Mac. I have Windows 7 also installed though, so if I have to play SC2 on my MPB I just rock that. Also, once you have a mouse you enjoy, google for recommended DPI and other settings. The standard in Windows for setting mouse speed is the 6th line, so all you really need to do is download the mouse setup program for your specific mouse, find a good setup for DPI/mouse specific settings, and last by not least your in-game mouse sensitivity. The in-game Keyboard/Mouse/Drag scroll are pretty important too, so once everything is setup these are the last things you most likely want to change based on your own personal preferences. | ||
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DaOrks
25 Posts
On November 15 2011 06:19 Megabuster123 wrote: Fear isn't a weak emotion, only a fool feels no fear. "Coughing" My space marines.. would like a word with you.. And a great read, I usually come up with excuses over actual fear xd Edit-A very easy way to inspire yourself "without the stupid quotes, you dont need them to be inspired" Watch major casters like Husky/Day9, Day9 very much so, very funny guy and quite smart about starcraft. | ||
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The.Doctor
Canada333 Posts
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Mahtasooma
Germany475 Posts
I agree to everything except the "don't watch your own replays" thing, because it's often times similar mistakes you're making (not producing workers when you should, having idle production facilities, idle larvae although you have supply and money, having missrallied units around the map, ... | ||
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PyreSC
United States258 Posts
Nick, you have helped me out so much and I'm so glad that you made this guide because I know that a lot of people suffer the same way I do while playing. I really like the way you tackle the game mentally and I think that's part of what makes you such a good player. I really think you should copy+paste this onto reddit as well because there's a large audience there. Definitely continue making these guides man--your writing is very mature. thXyo | ||
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rEalGuapo
Germany832 Posts
Well, I was in rage mode yesterday since I came home, read this guide and thought "well I know I shouldn't play this tired, if I lose because I'm tired it really pisses me off" Maybe you know that. You are tired know you will play like shit and do it anyways. You then lose due to something incredible stupid. For me it was PvP and I got supply blocked at 18!!! (I'm mid Master) I lost the game right there against a 4Gate. I thought "OK just keep cool and continue" Well it didn't get any better from there. So is there actually a point in playing under bad conditions? I ruined my stats and motiviation, I am not going to play today because I fucking hate SC2 right now. Your Guide was meant to motivate me and that only worked for an hour or something but this hour demotivated me for at least the rest of the week. So, why should I play if I know I will just play 2 leagues worse than I am!? Also in that post before I was formulating it a little more emotionally, don't want to show bad manners on TL though, hence the Edit. | ||
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rEalGuapo
Germany832 Posts
On November 16 2011 21:55 Morghaine wrote: I agree to everything except the "don't watch your own replays" thing, because it's often times similar mistakes you're making (not producing workers when you should, having idle production facilities, idle larvae although you have supply and money, having missrallied units around the map, ... If you keep that in mind every game, you don't need to watch the replay, just work on your mechanics to tab these buildings as much as possible. And you will get better at producing workers/units. Those are the things you really don't need replays for. | ||
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PyreSC
United States258 Posts
I was inspired to write this as I shared some of my advice with another 16 year old grandmaster player from local LANs (SolidPyre) and realized how much I actually know about how to make yourself perform in this game. LOL I missed that the first time I read it, you put me in the spotlight there :} | ||
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