EPTreach your skill ceiling = give the game up? - Page 14
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m1rk3
Canada412 Posts
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mahO
France274 Posts
On March 10 2012 12:45 wajd wrote: So what do you do when you reach your skill ceiling? When you've tried everything to get better, meaning - watching your own replays, downloading replays, practicing every day, laddering, watching streams, watching live events, reading strategy threads, trying to seek coaching when you can't afford it, asking questions whenever you can... I mean everything. And none of it works. When you have been the same rank for a year and half. When you join a custom game, and you end up playing a master, and the game isn't even remotely close. (im a protoss plat) When you want to be serous with this game and it just isn't happening. Do you have to just suck it up and tell yourself to give up this dream, and stop playing? Accept the fact that this game is so easy for alot of people, but I'm not one of them. So what do you do when you reach your skill ceiling? Lol man, I was taking you seriously until i saw that you're plat protoss. And i'm absolutely not playing the "cocky master" act, everyone starts somewhere, but at plat protoss, you COULD get way better even with 80 years old hands. And i'm serious when saying that, I actually am pretty slow, 90~100 apm at mid master level, and it would be (almost) the same level at 70~80. Things you must work on as a protoss and that is hard? Control! : It will take tons of games, and the most dangerous thing in SC2 : when you're actually improving but not realizing it AT ALL. Thats the "boring" or / hard part of SC2, dedication, to train despite the amount of training ahead of you, and the possibility that you might take 3 months to fix your gameplay, but maybe it will turn around in a week, you cant really know, you just have to train, and if you can, against the same people, find training partners, and you will know how to improve, not necessarely by chatting with your mate, but especially when you know the skill level of your opponent, you can evaluate your own and find your mistakes on a 15 games range. So no, I could speak about skill ceiling myself, I'm mid master for around 6 months, I tried many things, my hands just freeze up to add the additional control & macro management, so I just cant get to top master, really clearly, for months, thats skill ceiling, you're really far from being there, just work on your style and dont look for excuses  P.S: Loosing to a Master is really ok, I think Master league is like 2 or 3% top of the servers? People often describe "non masters" as noobs but it just aint true, even Plat is already quite high | ||
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Thylacine
Sweden882 Posts
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johnnywup
United States3858 Posts
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Shivvy
Canada37 Posts
Just don't give up man. Enjoy the game, accept the losses. More GG more skill. | ||
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SupLilSon
Malaysia4123 Posts
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Mr Showtime
United States1353 Posts
On March 25 2012 04:25 SupLilSon wrote: Quit I guess, since Blizzard apparently only balances the game for the top 0.5% of players. That's the only place you can balance it. When you lose a game at the lower levels it has to do with your lack of skill, not the balance. A pro can beat a noob using a somewhat broken build any day of the weak. | ||
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thrawn2112
United States6918 Posts
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Jhimmibhob
United States6 Posts
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Ruscour
5233 Posts
On March 10 2012 12:48 glyoArtOfWar wrote: you destroy the floor and lay a new foundation First post in this thread, from a new poster, with an awesomely inspiring quote. Dunno why I'm pointing this out. It just made me feel happy. | ||
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oxxo
988 Posts
Most people don't quit basketball, football, chess, or whatever other fun hobby they do because they plateau in skill. Don't understand why people treat SC2 any different. You more than likely aren't going pro and probably never even wanted to. | ||
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Kharnage
Australia920 Posts
Find someone to watch your replays with you. Chances are you are incorrectly diagnosing your mistakes and correcting the wrong aspect of your play. | ||
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Rasera
Canada96 Posts
The fact that you are still in the same league means you are progressing at the same rate as the rest of the ladder. You haven't plateau'd, it's that the ladder has progressed along with you. To get ahead of the curve again is hard, but if you do what a lot of people have suggested in this thread, you can improve and get past it. | ||
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SuperFanBoy
New Zealand1068 Posts
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Kashll
United States1117 Posts
If so then keep playing. If not then maybe consider a different hobby. | ||
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PeanutsNJam
United States175 Posts
On March 26 2012 16:48 SuperFanBoy wrote: I reached my peak, got to GM on SEA and NA and than I lost my competitive nature.. switched to LoL and didn't look back. That's like saying you went from playing chess to connect 4. If I was a solid GM on 2 servers I'd totally try and play in major tournaments. | ||
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MrJargon
United Kingdom158 Posts
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Marduce
Canada14 Posts
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sVnteen
Germany2238 Posts
if you have an injury or something thats a different story but if you don't there is no skill ceiling imo EDIT: and for sc2 i guarantee you that noone has reached his skill ceiling yet if you think that there is one | ||
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BoxingKangaroo
Japan955 Posts
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