EPTAnyone else get really nervous playing this game? - Page 3
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RmoteCntrld
United States596 Posts
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Powster
United States650 Posts
Oh wait I do get kinda nervous when I see person scout really fast cuz I always think they are gonna proxy me (which often they do). Although I dont think I have died to a proxy-er once so far.. | ||
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jazzy3001
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taintmachine
United States431 Posts
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virgozero
Canada412 Posts
I am in plat and i know my level reflects somewhere between high gold and low plat. Yet I hapen to be 8th in my div atm. I really want to keep my place but I know I am not good enough so I am always nervous before my game hoping its a noob to raise my rank  I know thats a bad way to practice and improve but I just can't help but adore the pretty rankings ^______^"speaking of which A BUNCH of pros are on same ladder, whitera, idra, kawaii, TTone, and a bunch moreeeee | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
I'm still killing people on the ladder at times, but I feel a little more tentative in terms of my decision making. Sometimes I feel like I'm being outmacroed, when I'm the one that's actually ahead in unit count. So I think the rustiness is there. I just gotta clear it out. | ||
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tertle
Australia328 Posts
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Rinrun
Canada3509 Posts
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Dionyseus
United States2068 Posts
I just really hate losing... | ||
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Kvz
United States463 Posts
On July 10 2010 11:42 somedumbgamer wrote: Since SC and SC2 are such intense games, forcing you to be on your toes every second and knowing that any slip up can potentially cost you the entire game, I seriously get pretty nervous before games, even random quick matches. I just keep thinking to myself "Oh man, who's my opponent gonna be? Is it gonna be some crazy uber gosu guy with 200apm? oh my goooodddd" And when the game starts and the guy is about equal skill to me, I get really nervous and stuff, so I start slipping up all over the place; slipping up in macro, making bad strategic choices, etc. Fortunately for me, for all my placement matches, I had opponents that weren't very good so I won all of them without much effort, and my nervousness went away about midgame as I realized my opponent wasn't very good. But now that I'm in the platinum league, I'm even more nervous to even try and play any matches >_> This is also why I strongly prefer anything besides 1v1, because 1v1 is just so intense, and it's entirely up to you to win. With 2v2 and 3v3, it's a lot more casual, and anything bad that happens is just kind of like "eh, whatever, not like it was entirely my fault or anything". haha i feel your pain  .the best solution for me is just to suck it up and keep queueing. the feeling eventually subsides or i get used to it lol | ||
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Nairul
United States262 Posts
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FC.Strike
United States621 Posts
This gets extremely frustrating if you're trying to get that shiny new achievement, league, rank, or whatever else you're aiming for. Something that's helped me is at the end of very long games that I lose, I'll chat with the opponent for a little bit (wow that was an intense game, etc.) just to cool off. Before my games, if I'm on tilt, I'll close my eyes and take a deep breath while the countdown is happening. Small stuff like that really helps. | ||
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Randomaccount#77123
United States5003 Posts
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Marl
United States694 Posts
edit: lol I just remembered that my stress levels in sc2 are almost exactly like when I used to play yugioh with my friends and going to Toys R Us tournaments. I think I spent like 10% of my yugioh career actually playing the game and the rest trading / reading about it, kinda like now where I watch sc way more than I play. >< | ||
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Cryptic
Canada44 Posts
Probably a lack of practice, though. Put on your favourite music and just rock out until the anxiety of the first few games passes. Also, I doubt its conscious; because consciously I get the idea of losing is good and I don't really have a fear of losing, nor do I get angry at the end of my games, I just get a certain anxiety when it comes to opening up the game and playing a 1v1. One thing I can say though, is just play the game. If you get stressed over 1v1, just play 2v2 or FFA until you feel good enough to play 1v1 competitively at a level you're comfortable with. The anxiety won't go away unless you play, so do it. =) | ||
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ZidaneTribal
United States2800 Posts
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Luvz
Norway356 Posts
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prochobo
United States232 Posts
It's especially nerve racking since the placement is so screwed up. I got placed in Silver when I was previously Diamond in phase 1, so I enter most games with the mindset that the other dude's a nub. Well, I'm wrong more often than right because I don't play Silver level players. . . more like plat and diamond. So when I lose these games, I'm thinking I'm losing to a nub and rage like mad because that must mean I suck pretty hard as well. Then I look at the match history and only see a -2 and shrug it off  | ||
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vindKtiv
United States215 Posts
On July 10 2010 12:46 prochobo wrote: It's especially nerve racking since the placement is so screwed up. Yeah this really got to me. I was a Platinum player during Phase 1 and I got placed in Bronze. I'm actually glad because I feel that it is more representative of my actual skill (I'm a D- player on BW), but the placement matches were intense because of the pressure. Most of the time though, I get too scared to even start playing. Once I start though, I'm fine, but I'm always scared that I'll lose so I don't play as much. | ||
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
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