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Hey guys,
I did a quick search on this and didn't see anything in the general forum about it.
I don't understand what's wrong, but I get the worst anxiety attacks when playing 1v1s in SC2. I'm generally not an anxious person in real life, or when I play team games, but 1v1s seem to get to me. Every time I play, I get pretty shaky and have the worst butterflies in my stomach—it's almost to the point where it's not enjoyable to play. Even after I win a game, I spend like 2 hours just watching the replay over and over; analyzing my opponents match history (I swear I'm not a stalker), and basically looking at all the games they've played; and not playing another game.
I think it might have to do with the ladder system. I played BW and War3 (when they had the old ladder system) and never had any problems. I feel like that was because I was able to maintain over an 80% win rate in War3 though.
I wouldn't call myself a terrible player (Diamond 1v1, ~1500 pt, 74-37 record), and I don't even really mind losing...I'm not sure what it is.
I found a blog that talks about the Zero Second Rule and Destroying Logical Blocks, but it's easier said than done imo. I just can't bring myself to do it.
Should I just stay away from 1v1s? Or do you guys have any tips?
Thanks!
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It's because SC2 is the most challenging game ever created, mentally and mechanically. :p
It's just another person at the other end. You can't take responsibility for his mindset, but you can for your own. Ask yourself, why do you play? To spend time, to win, to get better, to have fun?
Many plays to win for some reason. That's the ultimate goal, a better way would be to make little goals instead of going for the ultimate every time. Such as: not getting supply blocked this time, or surviving for 10 minutes.
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Yeah a lot of people get it; I had it in bw, the only real cure I found was just to play tonnes and you get over it eventually. Sucky advice, I know, having to play over and over to decrease the anxiety, but that's what I've found to work.
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dude are we like twins or someshit?? i have the exact same problem, in the beta i loved playing 1v1's and i got into platinum rank 3 (i think platinum was highest then..) and i didn't care because there was a reset..now the official release i havent even done ONE 1v1 quick match and unranked atm...i also do alot of 1v1 custom games on lost temple tho, and they dont get me as bad.
I start shaking and it really pisses me off, i think for me its the fact that its "ranked" and its pretty much "permanent" on my profile that sets it off...but yeah, feels bad man. ily OP
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One of the biggest helps for me is that if I lose a lot I know the match making system will match me against weaker opponents. Really though, the best thing for your mental state is to just play over and over. Eventually you realize it's just a game like any other and the stress fades. Don't let yourself worry about ranks or wins, just try to survive as long as you can and win the games you can. 50% of the people are losing at any given time so don't let losses bring you down.
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I swear there is a thread about something like this every week, dunno why your search didn't find anything.
But anyway, a lot of it has to do with the fact that you just haven't played a lot of games. Once you play hundreds and hundreds of ladder games, you'll click the 'find match' button without thinking twice about it.
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I thinlk this kind of fear will deseapear a little when Blizz will annonce ladder season with reset
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I play to get a lot better! You should fine ur "motivation" and ask yourself why u play this game? first of all.
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On November 30 2010 17:16 SpaceFighting wrote:
dude are we like twins or someshit?? i have the exact same problem, in the beta i loved playing 1v1's and i got into platinum rank 3 (i think platinum was highest then..) and i didn't care because there was a reset..now the official release i havent even done ONE 1v1 quick match and unranked atm...i also do alot of 1v1 custom games on lost temple tho, and they dont get me as bad.
I start shaking and it really pisses me off, i think for me its the fact that its "ranked" and its pretty much "permanent" on my profile that sets it off...but yeah, feels bad man. ily OP
The fact that you remember your exact rank in beta says it all.
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i had the exact same issue. then i just forced myself to hit the search gaME button RIGHT after i finished my last game, and just ladder hard and get games in. i realized my issue with it was i was just scared to ruin my record but i got over it after i realized it doesnt matter
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I wouldn't say I get anxious to the point of what you do - my reason for hestitatin in que'ing is that I'm always afraid I'm going to do something dumb and just get owned. I really enjoy playing the game though but I don't know. When I'm in a good mood I'll just queue and queue and queue, but I'm working my way up from lower leagues having 0 experience with the game so I'm always afraid I'm going to hit a wall at some stage (hasn't happened so far - which is making it harder to queue as I get further along lol)
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play the game and forget that there are ranks and points.
When I havent played for a few days. I am somewhat anxious to play since I know I will get owned the for a few games. However when I click the search game button I stop caring :D.
Theres no real advice just play and stop whining.
There are many more people who are worse than you and they still play. .....
I really wonder how people are able to coup with live when they are already afraid to play a stupid online game.
Dont think just do it (play).
PS: If you are afraid to lose your record you dont deserve your record anyways. So are you gonna uninstall the game after ladder reset ?.
PPS: What did you buy the game for in the first place ? If you cant handle a little competition in a video game I will gladly take your account. 
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Just hit the button and distract yourself while its matching so you don't overthink it. Look through your division, check out your achievements, what you're aiming for, where you're at etc. This tends to relax me going into game.
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I think I might be scared of ruining my record as well. But it doesn't make any sense because your win ratio really doesn't matter, your MMR does. And the ladder is getting reset anyways.
I wonder what if Blizzard decided to make MMR public, actually that might make my problem even worse.
I almost wish that when I logged into B.net it would automatically search 1v1 so I didn't have the option. Someone make me a macro! lol
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Something Day9 said that really worked for me is to just say out loud, "I am fucking TERRIFIED of laddering." and then just hitting the Find Match button.
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What fixed this for me was playing through the worst losing streak ever. I used to stop when I started losing but I decided to play through an entire day when it happened recently. I must have lost about 20 out of 25 games that day but ever since then I stopped caring and just started playing. I dropped from 2000 to 1800 or something.
Ever since I stopped caring about losing I have done really well. Now I'm at 2150, and playing much better than I was before I went on the streak. I can queue for games even if I know I'm tired and probably won't win and that's a good thing, because I think with SC2 you just need to play a whole lot more than anything.
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On November 30 2010 17:24 Kojaimea wrote:
Just hit the button and distract yourself while its matching so you don't overthink it. Look through your division, check out your achievements, what you're aiming for, where you're at etc. This tends to relax me going into game.
That actually sounds like a good idea, I'll have to try that. Thanks.
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On November 30 2010 17:24 Kojaimea wrote:
Just hit the button and distract yourself while its matching so you don't overthink it. Look through your division, check out your achievements, what you're aiming for, where you're at etc. This tends to relax me going into game.
I do that then just go alt tab and do stuff until it finds me a game and tabs me back in - actually works quite well for me
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i changed my whole philosophy on the ladder system. my ultimate goal is for one day be able to play competitively at the pro level (big goal i know). but i really dont focus on that its simply the goal of my goals. i then thought about it and thought about my ladder ranking and realized i really dont care what my ladder score is and neither should anyone else. it doesnt really matter but it is a very helpful tool for practice because the ideas is it will pair you up against simliarily skilled players.
it does matter for some of the top 200 invites that happen for GSL and other various tournaments (where ladder rank makes you eligible for admission). but trying to artificially boost your ladder rank doesn't do very much in helping you be able to compete at that level.
what im trying to say is forget about your e-peen and focus on improving not how bright and shiny your win/loss is. oh yeah and cigarettes help me calm my nerves down after a real bad loss.
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On November 30 2010 17:18 motus wrote:
I swear there is a thread about something like this every week, dunno why your search didn't find anything.
But anyway, a lot of it has to do with the fact that you just haven't played a lot of games. Once you play hundreds and hundreds of ladder games, you'll click the 'find match' button without thinking twice about it.
This is what I believe as well. I feel like some people build up 1v1s in their head to be more than they are. Once you throw down 10 in a row or so you'll be right in the swing of things. Win or lose. Of course I'm sure this doesn't work for everyone. But when I had to take a break from SC for midterms, was kind of hesitant to play 1v1s again. But I just played a few and it went away fast
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