EPTDoes anyone else feel like this or am I just stupid? Tips would also be helpful on how I can play more than one game in one sitting.
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TyTaynium
United States49 Posts
Does anyone else feel like this or am I just stupid? Tips would also be helpful on how I can play more than one game in one sitting. | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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cive
Canada370 Posts
Only solution to this i say, is don't care about your stats. If you get a IRL practice partner, you will find you can chew up 20 games no problem. | ||
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baeracaed
United States604 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=139658 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=129577 Here's one that has some interesting discussion in it that might help. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=142131 | ||
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sjschmidt93
United States2518 Posts
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PhiliBiRD
United States2643 Posts
but its best to get over that fear and just play. easier said than done ofcourse | ||
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Bartiemus
New Zealand84 Posts
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
though in SC2 it's much easier since there are so many wow newbies around so i could just spam dddddddd then stim then a-move then lolgg then feel good about myself :3 | ||
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Kwidowmaker
Canada978 Posts
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G3nXsiS
United States656 Posts
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ZidaneTribal
United States2800 Posts
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sNes.
United States377 Posts
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speedyoctopus
Australia7 Posts
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CrunkOwns
United States138 Posts
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Kakisho
United States240 Posts
On August 10 2010 14:10 speedyoctopus wrote: Yes this is a common problem. This is why I believe StarCraft is a mans game. That's Awesome. As for me, in the beta, even though I loved SCII I kept avoiding 1v1's. I made the rule that my first game could be a 2v2/3v3/4v4 or a custom as a warm-up but the next ones would have to be the dreaded 1v1. Just force yourself to have to do what you fear the most as much as you can. It's kinda exciting to be so into something and at the same time have such a strong feeling against it. | ||
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MrMotionPicture
United States4327 Posts
On August 10 2010 16:05 Kakisho wrote: That's Awesome. As for me, in the beta, even though I loved SCII I kept avoiding 1v1's. I made the rule that my first game could be a 2v2/3v3/4v4 or a custom as a warm-up but the next ones would have to be the dreaded 1v1. Just force yourself to have to do what you fear the most as much as you can. It's kinda exciting to be so into something and at the same time have such a strong feeling against it. Yeah, I like to warm up in team games as well. It helps the transition into 1v1's, for me at least. | ||
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UisTehSux
United States693 Posts
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Antimage
Canada1293 Posts
On August 10 2010 13:04 TyTaynium wrote: Hello Team Liquiders. Today I come with a very peculiar problem, which I can't quite seem to find an answer for. I play SC2 and am in Silver League(not very impressive, I know), but I find that I have trouble sitting down and just playing many games of SC2 in a row. I find that I'll play one, and it doesn't really matter if I win or lose, I just don't feel like I can play another game, as if I'm scared to click on the button to find another opponent. I originally played fps shooters, and have no trouble playing those for hours on end. I also can watch streams for hours on end as well. I believe I watched about 10 out of the 12 hours that BigT streamed yesterday. I don't know if its a strange fear.. or if I'm just mentally exhausted. Does anyone else feel like this or am I just stupid? Tips would also be helpful on how I can play more than one game in one sitting. A lot of people don't really like massing games... I personally like to play 2-3 games at a time, then taking a break. Works well when I practice with my team so we can take turns. I do the same when I ladder... 2-3 games every few hours, and if I still feel like playing sc2, i'll play some challenges/campaigns. It's too mentally demanding to play a game and actively improve for hours and hours. If you're playing for fun, then just play whenever you want. If you play to get better, play until you don't feel you benefit from it anymore. | ||
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Mizzles
33 Posts
In the long run that semi-intentional lose streak will just be eaten up and disappear, but in the short term it may give you the mental relaxation required to enjoy the game. Don't think about it, just do it, then it's too late. If you are super worried the ladder will probably be reset one day for some reason anyway. | ||
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Antario
Netherlands23 Posts
what i do is i boot up the replay and analize my own preformance, allowing myself to calmly process the match and then entering the next one with a calm mind and a couple reminders for myself | ||
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MindRush
Romania916 Posts
then you only practice one match-up. (ex. i am terran, my friend is protoss i play him, i practice TvP, he practices PvT then we go play other people or watch replays/vods, learn new shit, and throw in our regular matches and we both get better the secret is finding some1 closer to your skill-level as having a too-good-for-you sparring partner or a too-bad-for-you one is helping neither. One wins too easy, the other does not understand why he lost) the down-side of my way is that i tend to beat protoss quite often, but i suck in TvZ and especially TvT. just join a clan, who has at least 2 from either race and practice all 3 match-ups like this. Trust me, watching replays/vods will do you better than playing ladder noobs all day. | ||
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purerythem
United States245 Posts
I find that watching streams here on TL helps to relax. | ||
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pzea469
United States1520 Posts
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Nexic
United States729 Posts
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RzM
United States79 Posts
On August 10 2010 13:26 nayumi wrote: lol i felt the same back when i was playing BW ... i created a game and prayed that no one joined so i could give myself a pat in the back saying "at least you tried" ... but someone came ... and i was like "holy shit what am i gonna do T_T" ... then he's like "gogogogo" ... im like *click Start* ... and 10 minutes later i typed out feeling like someone just fucked me in the neck ;_; though in SC2 it's much easier since there are so many wow newbies around so i could just spam dddddddd then stim then a-move then lolgg then feel good about myself :3 I dont see any relativaty here, and this post will not be usefull at all. However, I just want to state the fact that this above statement, had me in stitches for a solid 5 minutes. Thank you for that =] | ||
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
I myself am very motivated and last week I played for 20 hours straight on ladder after that I was so tired and demotivated I didn't touch sc2 ladder for few days :D Just went out and chilling  | ||
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Anxiety
United States650 Posts
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RushGG
United Kingdom212 Posts
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pksens
United Kingdom156 Posts
Every game presents a different challenge, slightly unique in how it outcomes and I guess I have a fear of the unknown. I'd love to be able to replay the same game afterwards and refine my play, rather than play a new game in a different matchup / opponent and do something silly there too. It's not AS bad once you have 3 different openings in your mind, depending on seeing the race at the start, random can go fuck it self though. | ||
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silencesc
United States464 Posts
It gets easier, just play a couple a day and eventually you can play 5 or 6 in a row (or more!) without getting nervous. Even after playing BW ladder, all of beta, and now release, I STILL get the jitters before and in game. It'll go away though. Just play for fun, and don't worry too much about losing, go lose a few on purpose! Not like sac your workers, but in base proxy gate, hatch or bunker rushes win only half the time, so play cheesy for a bit just to get the fear of losing out of the way. IT'S A GAME, HAVE FUN! (and good luck :D) | ||
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digiwaffles
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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Skyze
Canada2324 Posts
I have to be in a certain "mindset" to ladder.. but if I am in that mindset, I need to play like 15 games in a row. I cant play just 1 or 2 games, it makes me feel like I didnt play any at all (as far as skill retention) But theres days where I cant pull together the strength (weither it be physically tired or emotionally tired) to do it, so often days I just 2s or something else and wait for a period where I am in the zone to ladder hard. Sometimes its only 1 or 2 days a week, sometimes its like 5 days straight. Lately its been only 1 day a week haha. | ||
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micro7295
United States68 Posts
this is all mindfuck. u can never seriously lose progress or experience in starcraft by playing starcraft. just keep playin regardless of skill and ull be where u should be. once starcraft becomes natural 2 u ull be like hell yeah bring it on 1v1ers my protoss bawl will stomp ur face  and sc will cease to blind up.s. counter strike 1.6 is...da bomb p.s.s. this tends 2 not happen in regular games as regular games dont change anything so the pressures off | ||
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Nyth
Netherlands19 Posts
I'm still not really sure what causes me to be really nerveous to push the "PLAY" button. I've played a lot of games, and I only get these kind of "jitters" in online RTS games, i can play any kind of FPS hop in and just have fun without caring whether i win or lose. But when it's an RTS I'm somehow really nervous about doing something really stupid, or losing in a really cheesy way. I remember playing SC2 beta for a while, and in one of the games I got cheesed so badly by a P that did a proxy pylon with 2 Gateways. I was terran and I did wall in, but when I get pressured I mentally shut down and I start making these huge mistakes. Like in that game, i forgot to keep making marines to defend my wall in. And it's so frustrating. I mean i can understand that I get outmicroed by a better player, or that i forget to play my macro game and forget to use MULEs on cooldown when i'm pressured. But forgetting to make offensive units when you're gate is being harrassed by chrono boosted Zealots is like a total blank out xD The ironic thing is, that again this only happens in RTS games. Because in a game like counter strike (which I played a lot) my favorite part of the game was when (i always played in like 16v16 servers) was the only one left on my team vs 5-6 opponents and still managing to win the game. That adrenaline rush and being pressured made my game even better; yet in an RTS i totally blank out and lose focus under nearly the same conditions I guess it's just lack of experience. | ||
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JudoChopper
England148 Posts
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Chill
Calgary25980 Posts
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monkh
United Kingdom568 Posts
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JudoChopper
England148 Posts
On August 14 2010 02:04 monkh wrote: I have this issue also but I find when playing at m8s house just taking turns on match's its alright don't really get stressed so much and we highlight each others issues during games helps us improve. Sounds fun! I might try this sometime. | ||
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Response
United States1936 Posts
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RaLakedaimon
United States1564 Posts
glhf! | ||
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Crackensan
United States479 Posts
Helps keep me mentally fresh. | ||
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TOloseGT
United States1145 Posts
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silencesc
United States464 Posts
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Vimsey
United Kingdom2235 Posts
Day9 touched on this a bit with a recent daily when he says dont be afraid just play and think of how much harder it is for him knowing how well known he is. | ||
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kalendae
United States47 Posts
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alphafuzard
United States1610 Posts
Experiment around to see what works for you. you could for example... -watch replays -watch streams -play campaign -play against an ai -play a team game -think up a build order/strategy you want to try -any combination of the above I used to come home after school, microwave a chicken pot pie and watch replays until I finished my meal to get in the starcraft zone | ||
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