EPTMy question is, whats the best way to get back on track after a major losing streak? I suddenly don't feel like playing ladder at all, like I need to wait for some zerg buffs or something, but I'm pretty sure I just need to regain some confidence . . what do you guys usually do?
How do you deal with a slump?
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kAz3
United States56 Posts
My question is, whats the best way to get back on track after a major losing streak? I suddenly don't feel like playing ladder at all, like I need to wait for some zerg buffs or something, but I'm pretty sure I just need to regain some confidence . . what do you guys usually do? | ||
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DrBoo
Canada1177 Posts
On August 27 2010 00:11 kAz3 wrote:I suddenly dropped 5 out of 6 and gave up for the day Well there's your problem... giving up | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23438 Posts
watch jaedong rape face for 20 minutes. You should be good to go. Don't lose heart at all, every game you join you should be ready to win. don't let a losing streak get to you. I regularly streak wins and losses you just have to deal with it. | ||
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naveedx983
United States58 Posts
Or you can be passive about it... play some customs with friends, play a 4v4RT to shift your focus from your record to having fun | ||
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SmoKim
Denmark10305 Posts
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
Just calmly think over your mistakes and criticize yourself what you did wrong or could have done better and play a new game. Some people just stop playing for 1 hour or go play some other game or watch a movie to keep their heads cool and then ladder. All in all you'd find that just not losing your head is the summarized answer of all replies (most likely  ). | ||
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wuddersup
United States228 Posts
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Krohm
Canada1857 Posts
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Chaosvuistje
Netherlands2581 Posts
Normally I just watch some vods of other people, watch streams and look around on forums. I could reccommend TaKeSen's stream on ESLtv tonight. Its in german so you might not understand it, but for those who do its quite a nice thing to watch =). | ||
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Hikari
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kanst
United States8 Posts
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CidO
United States695 Posts
unless you know why you lost when you lost then you don't know, and if you don't know then you need to watch replays. you either lost because of macro / micro / unit type etc, find out why and do better next time. | ||
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danbel1005
United States1319 Posts
Keep practicing and dont pay too much attention to ur record, being in a losing streak its understandable cuz theres not such thing as winning every single game and having a 100% win ratio also that was just a bad day u had probably either way go back to ur replays and try to find out where u went wrong and fix it next time, try to improve ur game by learning from ur replays and keep practicing | ||
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BlasiuS
United States2405 Posts
1. get a sturdy plastic bottle, I use empty SoBe Lifewater Bottles. 2. Bottle in hand, get a good stance, legs about shoulder-width apart. 3. Take a good solid step forward with your non-dominant foot and throw the bottle as hard as you fucking can against the wall. There don't you feel better now? Take a 10 minute break then go own some noob face. edit: it also helps if you add in some SPARTAAAAA as you throw it | ||
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Bibdy
United States3481 Posts
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
ive gone on some reaaal nasty slumps | ||
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Pure.Calm
United Kingdom196 Posts
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kAz3
United States56 Posts
On August 27 2010 01:40 BlasiuS wrote: How to deal with a slump 1. get a sturdy plastic bottle, I use empty SoBe Lifewater Bottles. 2. Bottle in hand, get a good stance, legs about shoulder-width apart. 3. Take a good solid step forward with your non-dominant foot and throw the bottle as hard as you fucking can against the wall. There don't you feel better now? Take a 10 minute break then go own some noob face. edit: it also helps if you add in some SPARTAAAAA as you throw it hahaha more responses like this please | ||
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s[O]rry
Canada398 Posts
On August 27 2010 01:40 BlasiuS wrote: How to deal with a slump 1. get a sturdy plastic bottle, I use empty SoBe Lifewater Bottles. 2. Bottle in hand, get a good stance, legs about shoulder-width apart. 3. Take a good solid step forward with your non-dominant foot and throw the bottle as hard as you fucking can against the wall. There don't you feel better now? Take a 10 minute break then go own some noob face. edit: it also helps if you add in some SPARTAAAAA as you throw it Oh my god, you are some kind of wizard. I do a dangerously similar thing I just use my little brother instead. Okay, jokes... Maybe. | ||
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Shifft
Canada1085 Posts
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rS.Sinatra
Canada785 Posts
This is a great article on how to turn your losses into wins. This is also how I deal with my slumps. Its good to take a break sometimes so that you can approach a topic with a fresh mind and a new perspective. | ||
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Darkong
United Kingdom418 Posts
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kentonator
Vatican City State95 Posts
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Chaos
United States772 Posts
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drlame
Sweden574 Posts
On August 27 2010 00:11 kAz3 wrote: So, I've been steadily climbing the ladder ever since release, and got to almost 900 points in diamond as a zerg player. I had something like a 63% win ratio last week. Just yesterday though, I suddenly dropped 5 out of 6 and gave up for the day . . . the first ladder game I played was vs a Terran who went 5 rax reapers and destroyed me . . . after that game I guess I was too frustrated to do anything right because I lost 2 zvzs, a matchup which I have something like an 80% win rate in, and then won 1 ZvP and then lost another 2 ZvPs to mass colossi rapage . . . and I usually win in a macro game in ZvP. My question is, whats the best way to get back on track after a major losing streak? I suddenly don't feel like playing ladder at all, like I need to wait for some zerg buffs or something, but I'm pretty sure I just need to regain some confidence . . what do you guys usually do? Create a thread on teamliquid. (will probably get a warning/ban well worth it though) | ||
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echO [W]
United States1495 Posts
As Albert Einstein put it, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." | ||
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LuckyMacro
United States1482 Posts
After watching Nal_Ra's Oldboy series though, I don't get too frustrated anymore aha. I just go "oh wow i sucked" and just laugh it off. | ||
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KillerPlague
United States1386 Posts
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TheAngelofDeath
United States2033 Posts
On August 27 2010 01:40 BlasiuS wrote: How to deal with a slump 1. get a sturdy plastic bottle, I use empty SoBe Lifewater Bottles. 2. Bottle in hand, get a good stance, legs about shoulder-width apart. 3. Take a good solid step forward with your non-dominant foot and throw the bottle as hard as you fucking can against the wall. There don't you feel better now? Take a 10 minute break then go own some noob face. edit: it also helps if you add in some SPARTAAAAA as you throw it I just did that exact thing. Thank you so much for your guidance wise one. | ||
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behindert
19 Posts
On August 27 2010 01:40 BlasiuS wrote: How to deal with a slump 1. get a sturdy plastic bottle, I use empty SoBe Lifewater Bottles. 2. Bottle in hand, get a good stance, legs about shoulder-width apart. 3. Take a good solid step forward with your non-dominant foot and throw the bottle as hard as you fucking can against the wall. There don't you feel better now? Take a 10 minute break then go own some noob face. edit: it also helps if you add in some SPARTAAAAA as you throw it haha i did allmost the exact same thing. After loosing 4 games in a row to frustrating terran play i threw a bottle of ice-tea against the wall. Unfortunately it was still half full and exploded upon impact. After the 20 min cleaning of my room the games went way better than before. | ||
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Moa
United States790 Posts
1.) Mothership, neural parasite a probe tech up as protoss and get a mothership. I did this once because my enemy refused to quit because he planned a cute counter attack for when I attacked his massive wall of cannons. 2.) Double fast expand into anything 3.) 200 supply of 3/3 banelings into fully upgraded Ultras if that doesn't kill them 4.) Blot out the sun with mutalisks 5.) Infested terran army, haven't actually done this one but it seems possible This works best if you pretend you are on TL:A | ||
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pieisamazing
United States1234 Posts
In a nutshell: take a break and watch some pros. Go back in a couple days. | ||
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Azile
United States339 Posts
If I lose 4 games in a row I take a break and go blow some shit up. I don't get the whole 'play through it' theory, if i'm on a losing streak I tend to play progressively worse. You can see this on streams too people will go on tilt and just keep queuing and losing and playing worse and worse. | ||
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s4m222
United States272 Posts
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Arnu
Canada96 Posts
On August 27 2010 01:51 s[O]rry wrote: Oh my god, you are some kind of wizard. I do a dangerously similar thing I just use my little brother instead. Okay, jokes... Maybe. Lol. Just take a breather, maybe punch a pillow if you're pissed. =] | ||
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MadZ
Denmark111 Posts
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asdfjh
Canada230 Posts
but seriously, just take a break, watch some replays etc | ||
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Wolf
Korea (South)3290 Posts
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acceL.
United States109 Posts
I guess when you play 50 games a day losing 5-6 in a row doesn't matter. :O! Just grind through it. Go watch Nal_rA's Old Boy. He loses pretty much every game vs pro gamers and the only thing that does is make him try that much harder. It all comes down to mental toughness. :\ Here's what you don't do: Cheese to make up for it (in poker this would be chasing losses) Bottom line: If having a bad session of SIX games makes you mad, you should probably find a new hobby. I heard World of Warcraft is looking for more peoples.  | ||
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SkeweredFromEarToEye
Canada19 Posts
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Fistdantilus
United States136 Posts
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Inkarnate
Canada840 Posts
2.a) Get in car and drive to shooting range. 2.b) Go to backyard. 3. Tape picture to target. 4. Blat blat goes LZGamer's face | ||
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PokePill
United States1048 Posts
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Calidus
150 Posts
On August 27 2010 01:40 BlasiuS wrote: How to deal with a slump 1. get a sturdy plastic bottle, I use empty SoBe Lifewater Bottles. 2. Bottle in hand, get a good stance, legs about shoulder-width apart. 3. Take a good solid step forward with your non-dominant foot and throw the bottle as hard as you fucking can against the wall. There don't you feel better now? Take a 10 minute break then go own some noob face. edit: it also helps if you add in some SPARTAAAAA as you throw it I like taking an empty water bottle and twisting the bottom of the bottle so their is a large amount of air pressure than spin the cap a quarter turn and watch it fly off and hit your roommate in the back of the head. P.S it can leave marks and don't teach kids under the age of 10 this | ||
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Juffalo
United States155 Posts
go play random 3v3s . Throw a couple of your placements so you end up in gold or silver. Proceed to singlehandedly win every game thereafter with your superior macro. | ||
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GreatFall
United States1061 Posts
like I need to wait for some zerg buffs or something, but I'm pretty sure I just need to regain some confidence . . what do you guys usually do? I'm waiting for Zerg buffs myself. I don't even bother playing multiplayer anymore. | ||
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