I get motivation from mistakes and games i lost. When I get owned pretty bad I always check the replay for critical errors I made and simply search for another game keeping in mind how to improve and avoid mistakes.

As previously said, noone really knows who you are and people dont care about your stats so just keep playing constantly trying to improve small things.

a_flayer

Netherlands2826 Posts

May 08 2013 15:33 GMT

#22

I don't try to motivate myself, I just play when I feel like it.

It's a game. I try (emphasis on try) to motivate myself for work, not games.

BhT-

Portugal23 Posts

May 08 2013 15:35 GMT

#23

well for SC2 i suffer a bit from ladder anxiety even though i'm not good at the game. what i usually do is just watch a stream before playing and force myself to press the play button. From there i just try to have fun and learn at the same time.

AsBan

Norway94 Posts

May 08 2013 15:36 GMT

#24

seriously if its that hard to play a game, play something else it supposed to be enjoyable. I dont have enough hours in the day to sit there wondering if i want to play a few games..

Polygamy

Austria1114 Posts

May 08 2013 15:37 GMT

#25

If I want to play then I play, if I don't then I don't. This is not my job like it is some peoples, if its not enjoyable stop playing. I stopped having fun for two years then started again with HOTS, the game is not as good as it could be but it's on its way.

ThomasjServo

15244 Posts

May 08 2013 15:38 GMT

#26

What dissuaded me for the longest time was the frustration I would get from losing. I advocate putting in a couple days of practice at the "professional," level. I would say in the range of 30 games, not what most pros practice but within the range of someone looking to get better.

What wound up happening after doing this a few times was I learned how to lose well. It takes you out of the mindset that each game is some reflection of personal failure or insult and helps you see the game mechanically. It really only increased my existing desire to play, by subtracting what turns most off of ranked games.

29 fps

United States5723 Posts

May 08 2013 15:38 GMT

#27

i used to be afraid of playing 1v1s. now i'm not, because all i do is the funday monday. if i lose, it's okay, because i gave myself a handicap, so under normal circumstances i will lose.

NovemberstOrm

Canada16217 Posts

May 08 2013 15:40 GMT

#28

If you want to improve at the game then you need a goal.
For me I don`t really need any motivation to play I just play.

Jade

Poland289 Posts

May 08 2013 15:43 GMT

#29

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YourAdHere

United States216 Posts

May 08 2013 15:45 GMT

#30

On May 09 2013 00:26 TheFish7 wrote:
I don't need motivation, I'm a video game addict. I have to motivate myself to NOT play.

Fuck yeah!

xuanzue

Colombia1747 Posts

May 08 2013 15:46 GMT

#31

the game must motivate itself. if you need to force yourself into the game, then the game is not for you.

SongMeister

United States20 Posts

May 08 2013 16:07 GMT

#32

try playing unranked and just keep on laddering. Cause of the new bonus pool, remember that every win counts for like 3 loses, or makes up for rather, so just dont worry about laddering, just gogo and have fun

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

May 08 2013 16:09 GMT

#33

On May 09 2013 00:45 YourAdHere wrote:

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Fuck yeah!

So true

Qwyn

United States2779 Posts

May 08 2013 16:11 GMT

#34

On May 09 2013 00:08 Sated wrote:
Unranked is a glorious thing.

Forever and ever amen.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

May 08 2013 16:15 GMT

#35

If you're having a hard time finding motivation I suspect your mindset is too much about winning and not enough about learning - you should try to approach it from a perspective of an opportunity to understand the game more instead of making "being good" your end goal.

I mean it is a video game after all.

Mansef

59 Posts

May 08 2013 16:24 GMT

#36

If you have to do certain exercises and rituals and things to make yourself play you're not really addressing the problem.
Forcing yourself to play is a simple as pressing the button, you need to have the self-discipline and self-motivation to do it. If you're a competitive person who plays the game to get better at it and improve, you need to have the self-discipline to make yourself play.
That's really the main difference between an amateur and professional. The professional either enjoys playing the game enough, or cares enough about improving, to motivate himself to play.
If you neither enjoy the game enough to play it, or care enough about improving to play it, you should not be playing this game. That's just the way it is.

Duggibobo

Sweden111 Posts

May 08 2013 16:33 GMT

#37

On May 09 2013 00:26 TheFish7 wrote:
I don't need motivation, I'm a video game addict. I have to motivate myself to NOT play.

This guy, we have the same problem!

Quakecomm

United States344 Posts

May 08 2013 16:34 GMT

#38

Being 14, I tell myself to play so that one day I might have a job doing what I love.

docvoc

United States5491 Posts

May 08 2013 16:38 GMT

#39

Just play

, no need to really think about it. Personally I just play with friends.

Little-Chimp

Canada948 Posts

May 08 2013 16:41 GMT

#40

I'm pretty sure when people say ladder anxiety, they really mean fear of losing or losing their rank. Get rid of this by understanding that the best players in the world all had terrible losing streaks, losing is required to get better, and that getting better, not WINNING is your goal. If your goal is just to win, make proxy gates every game. If you want to get better, treat every loss like you paying a player in ladder points for a lesson in improvement.