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Half
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2554 Posts
August 07 2010 18:21 GMT
#21

9. ***LACK OF AWARENESS OF BIOLOGICAL NEEDS

This isn't something to strive for, more of a side-effect of being in flow.


This doesn't sound healthy o.o.

But yeah, awesome post <3.
Too Busy to Troll!
Bair
Profile Joined May 2010
United States698 Posts
August 07 2010 18:32 GMT
#22
Amazing. I can vouch for it though. Played a terran who was going marines + siege tanks and I had no banelings. He was not a good player, but I had more satisfaction from sniping his tanks with speedlings than any other victory that night.
In Roaches I Rust.
DennyR
Profile Joined July 2010
Germany379 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-07 18:34:59
August 07 2010 18:34 GMT
#23
thats exactly what Iam working on at the moment. I havent played rts games before sc2. I used to play counterstrike competitively and I was able to massgame but sc2 really skrewed me physically in beta phase1. It was hard for me to play more than 3-5games a day in ladder but I had no problem to play 50games a day with my friends or watch vods or day9 all day long.
I usually was nervous and even shaking in the first 5mins of the game, I simply couldnt handle it. And I felt exhausted after my games.


When I started to focus on getting better instead of winning games I started to enjoy playing this game in laddermatches and I am now able to play 10-20 a day without problem.

Now Iam playing with music and Iam able to sing the songs loud while Iam playing, before I couldnt stop thinking about the game and about winning and maybe what my friends think when Iam losing all day long and stuff.

5mins into the game I feel more often then not like Iam in the zone. I knew how it felt to be in the zone from counter strike, soccer, basketball or simply everything I had done to this point but I never was in the zone in starcraft2 before.
I simply dont make the mistakes I was doing before. I always knew the rules of the game, like never get supplyblocked or build workers all the time but I wasnt able to do it ingame... now I am and it feels great to play this wonderfull game!
dolpiff
Profile Joined June 2010
France300 Posts
August 07 2010 18:37 GMT
#24
thanks for the wise words

on a side note where can i find that unit tester you mention?
Retgery
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1229 Posts
August 07 2010 18:49 GMT
#25
Sometimes it's ok to rage,
literally 10 minutes ago i played a mtahc agianst a terran player and we traded bases, I had a larger force and i knew i could win, I a-moved my army to were his main force was and while i was focussing on taking out his island expo i didn't notice my army split into "3" not 2, 3 smaller groups and were picked off by my opponent. How would you feel in this situation?
Fall down 7 times, stand up 8.
Pablols
Profile Joined August 2009
Chile519 Posts
August 07 2010 18:51 GMT
#26
thats very good, I need to work on not caring about my ranking and winrate. When im doing well, the next session I dont play a lot because im scared of losing points
Afterhours
Profile Joined March 2010
United States125 Posts
August 07 2010 19:36 GMT
#27
Awesome post.
http://i.imgur.com/pHvpBxx.gif
Dissolute
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom12 Posts
August 07 2010 19:41 GMT
#28
Great post, well thought out and totally true!
Floydian
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United Kingdom374 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-07 19:55:32
August 07 2010 19:54 GMT
#29
Dude *awesome* post. Some of the really made me reflect on how I approach the game. I'm one of those many people who often end up finding the game more frustrating then fun, and never really improving. It's why I ended up treating broodwar as a spectator sport. I loved watching it, but playing it was an ordeal.

This needs to be front paged.
UniversalSnip
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
9871 Posts
August 07 2010 20:09 GMT
#30
What a good post. I'm pleased to say over the past few months this is how I've learned to approach quake and it's really been improving my game.

9. ***LACK OF AWARENESS OF BIOLOGICAL NEEDS

This isn't something to strive for, more of a side-effect of being in flow.


I think you've misinterpreted this. Don't play when you're hungry or need to clear your bodily wastes, basically.
"How fucking dare you defile the sanctity of DotA with your fucking casual plebian terminology? May the curse of Gaben and Volvo be upon you. le filthy casual."
Confuse
Profile Joined October 2009
2238 Posts
August 07 2010 20:14 GMT
#31
Really nice post, I like a lot of the things written here, even from a philosophical view point, its good to apply to any activity. I hope you write more in the future!
If we fear what we do not understand, then why is ignorance bliss?
Synwave
Profile Joined July 2009
United States2803 Posts
August 07 2010 20:19 GMT
#32
Nice read and great observations especially as they apply to taking an activity very seriously.
Here's to a quality post!
♞Nerdrage is the cause of global warming♞
vyyye
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden3917 Posts
August 07 2010 20:24 GMT
#33
I love the lengths people go to explain how to improve/enjoy at Starcraft. I'll never understand it.
Smurfz
Profile Joined May 2008
United States327 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-07 20:50:38
August 07 2010 20:30 GMT
#34
I know this sensation, I never really knew there was a psychological name or explanation for it (I've heard the term "flow", but always thought it was just a saying) Thank you OP.

When I'm playing late into the night, my mind isn't dabbling onto other things at all. Just me and the game. My focus is 100% on the game, and I feel really optimistic about the game even if the game in no way at all has a clear winner yet. Then after I'm done playing, my mind won't stop thinking about the game, and I sort of 'act' like I'm playing starcraft, trying to do everything as efficiently as possibile, just stupid little things like throwing something away while simultaneously grabbing something off my desk in a pretty rapid fashion.

In contrast, I have games where I'm very focused on the real world, and I make huge stupid mistakes ;(

Anyways, I'm no psychologist, but I feel like trying too hard to get into your flow will actually be counter-productive. That's mostly just talking out of my ass but that's what I feel would happen to me personally.
JoKeR[X]
Profile Joined August 2010
8 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-07 20:49:18
August 07 2010 20:49 GMT
#35
This post reminds me of a Michael Jordan quote:

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
-Michael Jordan

Why I think win/lose is a crap shoot. Have fun either way, your loses are the games you learn the most from and are what will get you farther.
retro-noob
Profile Joined June 2010
110 Posts
August 07 2010 21:26 GMT
#36
I'm glad some of you enjoyed it, and thanks for saying so.

Also, I caught the jokes about this post on the TL attack cast today, so I've got that going for me.
bendez
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada283 Posts
August 07 2010 21:29 GMT
#37
Or play terran.
chekthehek
Profile Joined May 2010
United States279 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-07 21:37:26
August 07 2010 21:34 GMT
#38
excellent read

id like to add, before every game, i do 10 push ups. this isnt because "i want to get muscle while playing starcraft man", its because it makes me feel good. when i am just reading the forums, and feel like playing ladder i wont feel very up, but you know just doing 10 quick push ups for about 10 seconds, it gets my heart beating and i feel great
retro-noob
Profile Joined June 2010
110 Posts
August 07 2010 21:38 GMT
#39
On August 08 2010 06:29 bendez wrote:
Or play terran.


Nice.
Viz_Ru
Profile Joined March 2009
Canada13 Posts
August 07 2010 21:39 GMT
#40
Amazing post. Flow kicks ass!!
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