EPTWhat do you guys do when you're on a losing streak? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
So many losses in a row.
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sk0pe
Australia7 Posts
What do you guys do when you're on a losing streak? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. | ||
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Aflixion
United States191 Posts
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lazydino
Canada331 Posts
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VTFlow
United States84 Posts
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Bey
United States78 Posts
2.) Wait one day. 3.) Watch some of your replays 4.) Observe the decisions that you made that led to your losses. You will often find a pattern when you're on a losing streak. If you think things like "I had really bad scouting yesterday and never took the watch towers" or "I was way in the lead here but was just too scared to attack," this is good. If you think things like "God I just fucking sucked I'm a loser" this is bad. Wait one more day. And go back to step 3. Alternatively, you can use the search feature to look up the roughly 70000 existing threads that have asked this exact same question. But you probably just wanted to vent more than you wanted an actual response so now that you've done that, hopefully things will improve. | ||
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emythrel
United Kingdom2599 Posts
I've had the worst day i've ever had in sc2, literally on a 90% loss rate atm. I tried doing some funky stuff like CC first on Shak in a TvT but instead of just putting the CC at my nat i put it on his side of the map for giggles.... didn't work out too well lol Thinking of loggin on to EU where I'm still in plat so i can make myself feel good by stomping some plats. I suggest downloading Bloodline champions and messing about on that, great game, good fun and totally NOT SC2 ;p | ||
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sk0pe
Australia7 Posts
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VenerableSpace
United States463 Posts
This can usually happens when you are trying to brute force a certain build or playstyle when its clearly not working due to meta game shifts. | ||
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SCdinner
Canada516 Posts
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Proto_Protoss
United States495 Posts
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sawedust
United States506 Posts
I won't do anything associated with SC2 until I feel like I'm relaxed and ready to play again. That includes not opening the SC2 client, not watching replays or VODs, and *gasp* not frequenting the TL.net forums. First and foremost, the game of Starcraft is supposed to be a fun and joyful experience for me. When it starts to take over my emotions, that's when I know I've been pushed too far and need to take a break. It's not like I'm a professional SC2 player where I get paid to play. I'm just a normal gamer who likes SC2 and enjoys playing it in my spare time. If it gets to the point where I'm completely mad, I'll just turn off the computer and go do something else. A great way to take out the aggression is to go to the gym and have yourself a nice workout. We all know that gamers aren't necessarily the best looking people out there. Face it, the majority of us are either super skinny or pushing the edge of morbidly obese. If not any of those two, you're just an average person who lacks definition. If not, then the world of e-sports should plaster your face and body everywhere to get rid of our stereotype. Back from the tangent... By working out you're able to release your anger and put it towards something a lot more productive that will not only clear out your mind mentally, but also benefits you physically as exercise is very important in having a healthy lifestyle. Once I feel like I'm ready to come back, I start playing custom games again, hopefully against lower-ranked players to boost my ego. After a while, I'll get used to playing better competition and start playing at the level that I used to be at, and maybe even better. For me, Starcraft is a game that I should enjoy. If I'm not enjoying it, there's no reason for me to continue playing it. I have other things to do in life | ||
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Uranium
United States1077 Posts
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SlapMySalami
United States1060 Posts
On February 01 2011 11:22 sk0pe wrote: I need your help guys. After losing about 20 in a row to terran, 10 in a row to zerg, and a couple to protoss, I feel like crying and giving up. I'm high tier diamond (was), and these losses have really upset/frustrated me. It seems like I have forgotten how to play, or how to counter, build order, micro, anything. I just need some help. What do you guys do when you're on a losing streak? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. When Im on a losing streak I just play more games. I think my biggest one was 2-15 or so. I played very well in terms of macro and mid game play but I always jumped the gun in situations like a 20min or so ZvT when I was getting pushed by tank/marine or something. What makes me want to stop playing is when I win 3 or so in a row and I don't want to lose points. Only makes a little sense but whatevsies. | ||
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terr13
United States298 Posts
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Lunat!c
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sk0pe
Australia7 Posts
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AwallFTW
United States103 Posts
On February 01 2011 11:22 sk0pe wrote: I need your help guys. After losing about 20 in a row to terran, 10 in a row to zerg, and a couple to protoss, I feel like crying and giving up. I'm high tier diamond (was), and these losses have really upset/frustrated me. It seems like I have forgotten how to play, or how to counter, build order, micro, anything. I just need some help. What do you guys do when you're on a losing streak? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. If I am in a serious losing streak, I will take a break from the game. Give yourself a day or two away from Starcraft 2 and when you come back, you will play better. It works. Also, you can play some custom maps.... Tower D and Nexus Wars always makes me feel better after I get pwned. Good luck with the healing. | ||
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inFeZa
Australia556 Posts
Sound's like you're on tilt. Every player gets this occasionally. Check out this thread for Details. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=184459 | ||
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LuckyMacro
United States1482 Posts
Sometimes I'd be afraid that if I took too long a break from SC2 I'd get rusty. Sometimes though, I'd come back after maybe a month better than I was before I took the break. It's all mental sometimes. | ||
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sk0pe
Australia7 Posts
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Avila
Canada39 Posts
having a day where you play shitty is.. shitty... but playing shitty while youre tilting is much worse. I take a break and play something I KNOW i will win at, or watch streams/GSL matches- they are inspiring .. | ||
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MK4512
Canada938 Posts
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Th1rdEye
United States1074 Posts
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SayfT
Australia298 Posts
Everything looked like I was going to be swiftly demoted to Platinum or lower so I decided to take a few days break, watch some GSL, play CS, code a little and then after a few days I went back in. Like a few people here have said, it is important to just get away from the game for a day or two when you are on tilt, once I came back my head was refreshed and I was focused and managed to all my points back and shoot upwards in ladder ranking Hope that helps | ||
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