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GreatFall
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1061 Posts
August 12 2010 20:24 GMT
#101
What I do is try to remember that the matchmaking system will eventually put me in the place I belong. If it puts me to high up in league, then I will work my way down to where I should be and if it puts me to low in league, well then I will wtfpwn people till I work my way up to where I should be! If you think about it that way you should reduce your fear of playing.

I get nervous myself but then I just tell myself that if I lose or win it doesn't really matter because based on my fundamental skill level I will be where I belong to be anyway.
Inventor of the 'Burning Tide' technique to quickly getting Outmatched Crusher achivement :D
GenesisX
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada4267 Posts
August 12 2010 20:39 GMT
#102
I get really nervous when I'm on a win streak, because I'm thinking "How am I winning so much? I should lose one soon..." and I do lose one... Just be confident in your play and you will win.
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fenster
Profile Joined July 2010
United States73 Posts
August 12 2010 20:40 GMT
#103
On August 12 2010 21:40 Boona wrote:
The proper way to ladder in SC2 is to after a win calmly check the stat screen a bit, look up your opponent to check his ladder rank etc, just collect yourself, then hit search again. When you lose, quickly rage quit (might wanna include some bm here) and mash your mouse button really fucking hard and fast on the multiplayer and search button while cussing out b.net 2 for being so god damn slow and ignore the replay and stat screen. It's worked for me so far, but I do get a lot of losing streaks...


LOL, that is the quintessential Starcraft player.

This happens to me as well, but as I've been playing more games each loss grows more and more insignificant and I generally feel less anxiety about playing matches. I'm now at about 70 games played and I don't really fear losing at all. In fact sometimes I'm glad I lost, because those games allow me to focus more on what I did wrong. When you win, sometimes it can be difficult to look at what you could have done to be better.

So my advice would be fight through it, it gets easier. Watching replays after your matches is great for calming yourself down and getting better at the game.
icydergosu
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
528 Posts
August 12 2010 20:43 GMT
#104
You need to be more like Rocky and less like Robert Balboa Jr.

I am the Punishment of God. If you had not commited great sins, god would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
blackodd
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden451 Posts
August 12 2010 20:47 GMT
#105
All you need is love. really
For I am the Queen of Blades. And none shall ever dispute my rule, again...
bubusls
Profile Joined March 2010
Romania61 Posts
August 12 2010 20:53 GMT
#106
Damn, reading all these comments made me realize once again: this game is AWSOME. If it triggers such emotions, and impacts the human body and mind like that, it really must be GREAT. Oh , God bless gaming.
Could I use the term " lings " to refer to ducklings ?
Asdkmoga
Profile Joined May 2010
United States496 Posts
August 12 2010 20:53 GMT
#107
On August 13 2010 05:43 icydergosu wrote:
You need to be more like Rocky and less like Robert Balboa Jr.

+ Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfXw-E7HUq8

anyone else find this oddly helpful?
"Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action and over 600 is clearly the work of an ancient Sumerian demon or some shit."
Zalias
Profile Joined June 2010
Lithuania79 Posts
August 12 2010 21:12 GMT
#108
Before seeing this topic, i thought i'm the only one with such problem "afraid to play quick matches" :D
-Desu-
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Turkey173 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-12 21:18:54
August 12 2010 21:16 GMT
#109
On August 12 2010 14:30 prOxi.swAMi wrote:
Nobody cares if you win or lose, you are nobody.

Repeat that to yourself 10000 times.

Then click find game.


This is best method.
And the super thing about this is if you became really somebody in sc2 scene you will keep your modesty, you won't be come an ego monster......

really try this.
checo
Profile Joined November 2008
Mexico1364 Posts
August 12 2010 21:21 GMT
#110
On August 13 2010 05:53 Asdkmoga wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 13 2010 05:43 icydergosu wrote:
You need to be more like Rocky and less like Robert Balboa Jr.

+ Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfXw-E7HUq8

anyone else find this oddly helpful?


Yea watch this movie long time ago and didn't remeber that scene XD
El amor no mueve al mundo, ni hace brillar el sol, pero el amor hace latir este corazon....
DuneBug
Profile Joined April 2010
United States668 Posts
August 12 2010 21:40 GMT
#111
play 3v3's until it doesnt bother you as much.

seriously though i hate playing 1v1... I feel really bad when I win. Like guilty, for making the other guy lose. Well, not always.

friendly matches are different though.
TIME TO SAY GOODNIGHT BRO!
qazqwezxc
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada91 Posts
August 12 2010 21:43 GMT
#112
well if you go to jack astors enough (Canada or States) you'll find a very inspiring t-shirt where it says: "Your special, just like everyone else" now go play =) its just a game.
rifi
Profile Joined February 2010
United States74 Posts
August 12 2010 21:48 GMT
#113
A few days ago I had a 9 game losing streak, it trashed my record, going from 30-15 to 30-26. After that, I actually found it much easier to queue up because I no longer cared about my win ratio.
ZodiakLucien
Profile Joined August 2010
United States14 Posts
August 13 2010 01:13 GMT
#114
want to win, don't be afraid to lose
Wargizmo
Profile Joined March 2010
1237 Posts
August 13 2010 01:20 GMT
#115

I know the OPs pain all too well having experienced it through SC1 and Wc3, but it's way different with Starcraft2 because no matter how good you are the game will always even you out to around 50-60% win ratio, so unless you're in the top 0.1% of players who just beat everyone your record is going to get roughly the same amount of wins and losses no matter how well you play.
yesplz
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States295 Posts
August 13 2010 01:23 GMT
#116
Something I learned from playing HoN. Just play the game cause it's fun, not for stats/wins/whatever.
sNes.
Profile Joined June 2008
United States377 Posts
August 13 2010 01:33 GMT
#117
that rocky scene...made me cry...

now im #1 Diamond because i won while crying hysterically and eating smores
Heroes get remembered but Legends never die
Jenslyn87
Profile Joined May 2010
Denmark527 Posts
August 13 2010 01:44 GMT
#118
I understand where you're coming from because I've felt that way exactly. It's all about protecting your ego. I would also get extremely frustrated with every loss, so if I didn't play, Iwouldn't get frustrated. I was just afraid to lose because my ego didn't like it ;-)

What helped me was realizing a couple of things

- You are the only one who gives a shit about your ranking.

- You are only afraid to lose because your ego makes you afraid so to speak. You need to just not give a shit about that and look at the game as a game, not as something to inflate your ego with.

Also, two techniques:

- Sit down one day and play a shitload of games. Just tell yourself that you will play for 4-6 hours straight 1v1 and just go for it. You will lose, and you will lose several times, but it will help loosen you up.

- Practice another race ON THE LADDEr. This helped me so much. I switched from Z to P just a few days ago, and I just said to hell with it, told everyone I was playing P now and just going directly on the ladder. You will get your ass kicked, but you won't care so much and you will begin to take your ladder score less seriously. This helped me tremendously

Hmmm, I wonder what terran is doiAAAAARGH BANSHEEEEES
SoL[9]
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Portugal1370 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-13 01:51:20
August 13 2010 01:50 GMT
#119


I dont need to say nothing more...
I Can Fly...
nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
August 13 2010 02:00 GMT
#120
I got 5-0 in my placement matches, which put me into Gold. Then I kept on winning up until the point my record was like 18-3 or something. I thought I was all gosu and shit. Then when I got promoted to Platinum, things got ugly. Cheese, cheese everywhere! At first I was pretty frustrated when going on a losing streak (mostly due to stupid baneling burst or 4-gate all-in faggotry), to the point where I kinda stopped playing for couple of days. Then I achieved enlightenment "Real men don't quit, if you get cheesed, call them fags then f10+n and play another game". That's how I became an SC2 bonjwa.

+ Show Spoiler +
lol not really, i'm still stuck at plat around 60'ish but at least i don't mind losing any more ... and i say "gg" in every game no matter what are thrown at me ... actually i said fag once and lifted up my CC and flew it to the corner of the map and left for dinner because this toss canon rush me twice in a row ;( i knew it was all lame and shit but it felt fucking terrible back then I just couldn't help it
Sugoi monogatari onii-chan!
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