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I don't suffer from ladder anxiety, and I was gripped by your post until the last word. I think that's a sign that it was a great OP? :D
Thank you very much!
PS a tip I have (maybe it'll apply to other people?) is say "gg ty".. maybe it sounds stupid, but for me I'm thanking my opponents because they've exploited a weakness in my play that I can make a mental note of and focus on for future games. They've kind of acted as a mentor and helped me improve. This helped to eliminate my ladder anxiety because I have nothing to fear going into a game because I know going in either I 1) become better at SC2 2) get the warm feeling of winning
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nvm should have edited my first post when I thought of my PS -.-
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Really nice post 
Music helped me quite a bit, not listening to in game warnings made me more alert I feel.
The one thing that really helped me get over my ladder anxiety though was realizing that the absolute best thing that could ever happen to me would be to go down to bronze league.
Why? Because then I wouldn't have to worry about rank or league or anything.
That really allowed me to start enjoying the game and not care about winning or losing but just having fun and improving.
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Really good tips. In my case, three things got me over my severe ladder anxiety:
1. I forced myself to click that find match button over and over until it became almost a reflex.
2. I used to instantly mute my opponent after we exchanged glhf's because I respond poorly to BM and the ladder is full of it. Now that I'm over it I don't really bother with muting anymore. I can see this solving the problem a lot of ppl have with the idea of being "alone" with a random guy... it might sound pretty wierd but I know a lot of ppl that are like that.
and last but not least
3. I stopped caring about my league or rank ( this is probably the big one).
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great post. I find myself sometimes getting those jitters before laddering. Gonna start warming up with the marine split or something similar now
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On April 29 2012 04:45 Noyect wrote:
The one thing that really helped me get over my ladder anxiety though was realizing that the absolute best thing that could ever happen to me would be to go down to bronze league.
Why? Because then I wouldn't have to worry about rank or league or anything.
That really allowed me to start enjoying the game and not care about winning or losing but just having fun and improving.
I just actually did this. I lost all my placement matches on purpose and got placed in bronze. I've started playing again after 1.5 years of nothing, so my MMR was far above my abilities (was masters). Now I've played a few games and I can just relax more and focus on my macro, because I felt I cheesed too much before.
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Way to beat ladder anxiety ^^ ? Play 20 games in a row, never have ladder anxiety again :D. I Always had ladder anxiety, even in wc3. So when you didnt play for a while you probably lose 15 games of those 20 and then losing isnt that big of a deal anymore ^^ when you lose like 10 games in row :D
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Awesome thread. I really like you're ideas, and I hope people can learn something from this!
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how i did it:
used my 2 guest keys to creat two accounts and play till the time is over :D
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First time posting, and it's this thread. Loved this!
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On April 29 2012 06:13 VaultDweller wrote:
Really good tips. In my case, three things got me over my severe ladder anxiety:
1. I forced myself to click that find match button over and over until it became almost a reflex.
2. I used to instantly mute my opponent after we exchanged glhf's because I respond poorly to BM and the ladder is full of it. Now that I'm over it I don't really bother with muting anymore. I can see this solving the problem a lot of ppl have with the idea of being "alone" with a random guy... it might sound pretty wierd but I know a lot of ppl that are like that.
and last but not least
3. I stopped caring about my league or rank ( this is probably the big one).
Oh yeah... i totally forgot about using the mute button! Good point! Thanks for sharing <3
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i've recently considered giving up laddering but this thread is making me reconsider.
thanks a ton!
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Used to have really bad ladder anxiety, now i can just queue and play 30 or 40 games without leaving PC chair.
When you get anxious stop being anxious and be awesome instead. Just do it.
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Great post, well written - one small nitpick in that in the first paragraph of the last tip, it's supposed to be cliché, not clique. But great advice!
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I don't get why people feel so nervous when playing ladder.
I don't gg unless it actually was a good game, or the other player actually played well, in which case I will let them know. But I do take a moment to identify the key reasons for losing.
If you are suffering from ladder anxiety, you are putting too much emphasis on the present and need to have longer-term goals. Like for the next year or 6 months at a minimum. I do care about my ladder rank, but learning a lesson is even more important than any amount of ladder wins.
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Nice guide, and some different ideas/approaches I haven't seen and/or considered. This should be in strategy...? Though I guess it will see more viewers here, since it's not really strategy xD
this thread should be linked in the SC2 recommended guides thread heheh
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EPT
