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Johnranger-123
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United Kingdom341 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-17 00:03:40
April 17 2011 00:01 GMT
#41
Im not nervous because there is no pressure, if I win I win if I lose I lose, I want to be the best I can be but when I lose I know why I lost and what I can do to stop it. Its only when I start losing when I think its "unfair" that I lost do I hesitate to play, I normally overcome this after a short break and some brainstorming ^^
Masters terran
EDIT: also just to say I get so nervous playing tournaments even tho I know I dont have much of a chance of winning, I just want to sooooo bad TT
schreddertt
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany102 Posts
April 17 2011 00:01 GMT
#42
I really wanna get into Master League, but I always feel so intimidated when I lose like 3 to 4 times in a row because my MMR is sinking already. And then I am even slightly favoured sometimes and I totally go into rage mode, so yeah, it is hard to press that button.
Aquadre
Profile Joined December 2010
Australia87 Posts
April 17 2011 00:04 GMT
#43
I am not really nervous when I play ladder games but when I go on a losing streak I just exit the game and do something else for a while. I know some of my lower league friends hate laddering though because they are scare of losing.
Galleon.frigate
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada721 Posts
April 17 2011 00:07 GMT
#44
I was very nervious, at frist, and in fact would frequently not play games.

After 500 or so ladder losses, it's come to the point where I'll leave becuase of a bad drone split heh
HEROwithNOlegacy
Profile Joined June 2010
United States850 Posts
April 17 2011 00:08 GMT
#45
Yeah laddering makes me get a little bit nervous, but it isn't the idea of me playing that makes me nervous or that stats are being recorded; It is instead the thought that I might end up getting a ZvZ which I am very uncomfortable in and dislike. If I could play ZvT or ZvP only I would rarely get nervous, but I don't know I don't like ZvZ. Once I see what race I am playing if it is a zerg I remain nervous and some what uncomfortable, but if it is a Terran or Protoss, then I let out a sigh of relief as the game loads .
SlayerS Fighting!
darthfoley
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States8003 Posts
April 17 2011 00:09 GMT
#46
I'm not usually nervous unless i see Scrap Station as the map, for some reason i just CAN'T win on that map, no matter who it's against! (I'm terran)

When i got promoted FINALLY to silver a few weeks ago, i felt VERY nervous pressing that "Find match" button for the first time, knowing i'd definitely be facing a silver or above. Needless to say i got demolished my first game, and it really shook me, i was thinking "do i really deserve to be in silver if i can beaten like that?"

I played a few more matches and started winning 2/3 of my games against silver and i started to realize that Silver is hardly better than bronze in most cases. Once i realized that, my playing got much better and now i'm being faced against Gold opponents and either winning or holding my own in most cases. (Hope to get promoted soon to gold! :D)

When i hit a rough losing streak patch (3+games) i get really turned off by the game though, thats why i voted "No, but on a losing streak it's hard to press the button"
watch the wall collide with my fist, mostly over problems that i know i should fix
Lea
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden120 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-17 00:21:51
April 17 2011 00:16 GMT
#47
I get nervous if the game itself is very intense and it is hard to predict the outcome of who will lose or win. Those are what I'd call "good games". Any others are just "games". You forget about them as soon as they are over. I can feel frustrated if I lose a lot in a row, though. Since you rarely if ever engage the same person twice on ladder, it is hard to identify what you did generally wrong to lose, since one time it can be that you were just slow on your timing, another that you missed the timing push window, the third that you fell behind on macro and the fourth that you didn't micro well.

When you play against the same person doing the same build every time it is easier to tell what you did wrong and why and improve that, but on ladder it can be so many different things.

I also think it is stressful to start laddering after taking a long break. TThe only time I ever felt scared of laddering was after I took my break, but I realized this was just mind games from my side. Otherwise I'm generally fine, though. 1v1 games are worse than team match up since team match ups are more lenient towards personal mistakes, and I prefer to practice in team match ups to get into shape before I do 1v1s.

What savagebeavers said is good also. I've noticed that the lower level the player, the more scared they seem to be of laddering because they seem to think that they are going to meet too challenging opponents, even though the way the league system works is to exactly reduce this except when it gauges your skills by putting you up against higher or lower ranked players. I always convince these people that this is exactly the reason why you should ladder, because you will always be forced to meet opponents of similar skill and thus force you to improve. It can be intimidating to play against too good players, but too easy players allow for mistakes also and does not improve you. Hence laddering is exactly the place to be if you want to be good.

On April 17 2011 09:07 Galleon.frigate wrote:
I was very nervious, at frist, and in fact would frequently not play games.

After 500 or so ladder losses, it's come to the point where I'll leave becuase of a bad drone split heh


Totally know the feeling! Yesterday evening I was so frustrated because I couldn't split up my probes properly no matter how I tried. Sometimes I was even AFK when the match started because I was looking away and I didn't even notice. I also missclicked the mineral patch several times and sent my workers beside the patch. I haven't lost 500 times though, but I feel these are things you should not do wrong. I'm even one of few among my friends who actually do a worker split, the rest don't seem to care or may not have the accuracy to do it.

I did this in team games though, and I started to think that if I mess up a bit it doesn't really matter. I know what I did wrong and I know how to improve it. I know how to do it right and I can do it right. I was laddering until 2-3 AM yesterday and I started to mess up past midnight, so it was probably tiredness.

I understand that such mistakes may be vital in 1v1 though, since it screws up the timing completely from there with loss of mineral time meaning your build order will always be a bit behind.
CocoA
Profile Joined May 2004
Panama169 Posts
April 17 2011 00:31 GMT
#48
I had no idea people got nervious laddering, never even crossed my mine hehehe :D
Comogury
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States412 Posts
April 17 2011 00:31 GMT
#49
I get nervous sometimes, but after a few games I either get more confident or angry depending on whether or not I win.
Morphia
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom11 Posts
April 17 2011 00:36 GMT
#50
I don't get all that nervous while laddering but when something silly happens that I didn't scout or something unexpected kills me... well... I get really annoyed at myself because of it. So im definitely in the not very nervous but find it hard to play again after a losing streak category. The real problem is after a long break, you lose all your games which is even more disheartening lol!
Lazy_89
Profile Joined April 2011
United States87 Posts
April 17 2011 00:36 GMT
#51
It doesn't make me nervous it isn't that big of a deal but when a huge losing streak like I am now on I get nervous ever game counts. I just can't shake this losing streak. Like yesterday I played decent but it seems like every other day its just a day of me losing every game. That's when I get nervous when I know I'm a losing steak. If I lose my first game it feels like its going to be one those days where I do nothing but lose and I start making mistakes all the time.
arterian
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1157 Posts
April 17 2011 00:39 GMT
#52
not really
http://www.twitch.tv/arterian
Enki
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States2548 Posts
April 17 2011 00:40 GMT
#53
Doesn't make me nervous, but if I start to lose a few games in a row, I will take a break from it since I start to get mad and do stupid shit.
"Practice, practice, practice. And when you're not practicing you should be practicing. It's the only way to get better. The only way." I run the Smix Fanclub!
merlin101
Profile Joined July 2010
Switzerland194 Posts
April 17 2011 00:43 GMT
#54
I get nervous on ladder if I play in the first hour after I woke up...
Then I'm usually really unfelxible and stiff and I can't really concentrate. But after a shower, breakfast and some chatting there are no further problems... I had some nerve issues the first 20 games I played on ladder, but I told myself that there is no reason to be nervous and now its gone!
Engore
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1916 Posts
April 17 2011 00:43 GMT
#55
I get nervous a lot. But i played 6 games last night and that was the most i've ever played at once. After about 2 i felt a lot more comfortable and the last 4 i felt calm. I was listening to music for the first time while playing as well, that seems to keep me calm.
EG | Liquid | Dignitas | FXO | SlayerS | TSL | iS | Fan of pretty much all players ^_^ | SeleCT <3 forever! Axslav <3
tosog
Profile Joined March 2011
64 Posts
April 17 2011 00:45 GMT
#56
Hmmm... maybe. I will only ladder when I feel I will play at 100%. Otherwise I will not queue up. I want masters
ROOTFayth
Profile Joined January 2004
Canada3351 Posts
April 17 2011 00:48 GMT
#57
there really is no reason to be nervous, you've got nothing to lose lol
Desirous
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada95 Posts
April 17 2011 00:52 GMT
#58
Finding out you're not as good as you think is scary business.
FakeDouble
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia676 Posts
April 17 2011 00:53 GMT
#59
I get nervous, but I like that starcraft can make me nervous. There aren't that many things in my daily routine that gets adrenaline pumping through my bloodstream. It's only when I've been busy and haven't laddered for a while that I feel apprehensive, 'cause I know my macro won't be up to scratch.
Formerly known as carbonaceous
dani`
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands2402 Posts
April 17 2011 00:55 GMT
#60
I'm in Master now, season 1 as well. I am not nervous, but I only ladder when I feel happy with my current play and when I am focused. When I just want to play some games casually I play custom. I do have to ladder a bit more though, but I see enough areas to improve (especially multi-tasking all bases / attacks) that I'd rather practice a bit more in custom games on that before laddering again. I don't really feel like laddering when I know beforehand I can easily do better at certain aspects.
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