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It's ridiculously easy to find yourself sat with the StarCraft II menu open, but simply not playing. Whether it's ladder anxiety, rage or just straight procrastination I notice that half the time I spend 'on' StarCraft, I'm actually just putting off laddering or practising.
What do you, personally, do to motivate yourself to hit the button and get into a game.
Maybe you've had a rough few games, maybe you've been cheesed to Hell, or simply you're just not in the mood. What is it that you do to get yourself into gear to start ownin' 'dem nubs?
Tubbzie.
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I just play :/
League of Legends is hard because of how long the games are (usually 45min - 1hour), sc2 the games are 20-30 minutes and are straight forward in knocking out.
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You know, Starcraft is a game and when i want to play i play and when i dont want to play i dont, isnt that how games should be o_O ?
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playing only to have fun is working for me
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First off here is your problem. You aren't a pro. You play the game for fun and enjoyment. Ladder anxiety still doesn't make any sense to me. You are a guy on the interent, no one knows you, no one cares how you play on the ladder it's stupid to have that problem. Mindset I have is, am I in the mood to play SC II and have fun? That's what motivates me to have fun. Because at the end of the day its a game, people play it for fun. We watch it played for fun. Even the pros, if they don't have fun playing it shouldn't play it.
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On May 09 2013 00:03 Tubbzie wrote: It's ridiculously easy to find yourself sat with the StarCraft II menu open, but simply not playing. Whether it's ladder anxiety, rage or just straight procrastination I notice that half the time I spend 'on' StarCraft, I'm actually just putting off laddering or practising.
What do you, personally, do to motivate yourself to hit the button and get into a game.
Maybe you've had a rough few games, maybe you've been cheesed to Hell, or simply you're just not in the mood. What is it that you do to get yourself into gear to start ownin' 'dem nubs?
Tubbzie.
You need a goal.
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If I'm in the mood, I play, if I ain't, I don't.
It's as simple as that. Why would I ever "motivate" myself to play SC2? It's not my job, it doesn't pay my bills, it's not a hobby whose mastery makes me a better person, so there's no pressure at all to get better.
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Try to play next to someone playing too, if possible your race as well, that will show new playstyles and motivate you to try things out.
You can also watch Vods or streams as they tend to have the same effect.
Playing with (or even better against) people you know is great too. If it's ladder games you want to play, try playing when you feel confident.
Watch your replays as they show you what to improve and therefor motivates you to do so.
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Personally I find my self doing the same, a few things I do to motivate myself 1) watch decent StarCraft2 streams to get my self in the mood 2) just click the Play button and just go with it, sounds stupid but if you just click the play button then there is no backing out with how quick matches are found 3) just relax and have fun playing, if you are getting cheesed to hell, or frustrated while playing then stop and have a break, then come back refreshed and ready to ladder 4) set your self a target on the ladder, like " I'll play till I win 5 matches today" or something along those lines
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Watch pro gamers play, then play yourself. Game looks so easy when they play
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If you find yourself needing to work up the motivation to play, then maybe you should find a different game to be honest. Just play when you feel like it
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I had a LOT of ladder anxiety in the past, but I got over it when I realized that I was playing the game for two reasons: to have fun, and to get better. Since then I haven't had any anxiety (except for when moving up to a new league). Before I let go of my anxiety I was in gold and now I'm in diamond. Letting go of ladder anxiety was the best thing that could happen to my ranking
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Play 10 decent games or so, lose to a Protoss or Zerg who are mechanically a league below me but have the race to prop them up, get tired of game, repeat next day.
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I don't need motivation, I'm a video game addict. I have to motivate myself to NOT play.
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I used to watch at the number of ladder games Kas played :D
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Austria24417 Posts
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What's your why? If you don't have one, you won't play. If you do, you will.
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I play unranked now. i really does help
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