EPTHow Do You Motivate Yourself to Play StarCraft? - Page 3
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
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Bunn
Estonia934 Posts
If that guy can do it, so can you. And as some people have mentioned - unranked  . | ||
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tokinho
United States785 Posts
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. haha. You rage. My suggestion to beat rage, try pissing people off. Talking smack is part of sports. Its like that person who cut you off driving, instead of getting mad just get in front of them. | ||
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Skiblet
South Africa206 Posts
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warz_
Greece64 Posts
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IPA
United States3206 Posts
I play because I enjoy the competition, the ups and downs of competitive ladder, and the thrill of defeating another human being. | ||
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CrushDog5
Canada207 Posts
On May 09 2013 01:15 heyoka wrote: 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 completely agree. Your successes are the fuel for your continued practice. Having successes is just a matter of setting the right goals. Focus on short term achievable goals like "I'm going to try making 60 workers every game" or "I'm going to remember to get upgrades". Let those be the thing you aim for. If you play this way, you can't "lose" to someone, because your goal is has nothing to do with winning or losing. That will reduce anxiety. Play to meet specific, measurable, meaningful and achievable ( in no more than a couple days practice) goals. If that doesn't work, play Dota 2. Maybe you're just not playing the game that fits your personality. Good luck. | ||
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Ettick
United States2434 Posts
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
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o29
United States220 Posts
Watching streams sometimes has a similar effect. I'll see someone executing a certain strategy and finding myself wanting to try it out for myself. My execution never goes quite as well as it did in my head, but it's enough to make me want to try. Watching replays might help as well. Hell, sometimes just opening the game is enough. | ||
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Sejanus
Lithuania550 Posts
On May 09 2013 00:03 Tubbzie wrote: What is it that you do to get yourself into gear to start ownin' 'dem nubs? Tubbzie. When I have no motivation to play SC2 I do not play SC2. I am not a progamer and SC2 is not a job for me and I also have many other hobbies and interests and ways to spend my free time. When I do play SC2 I usually play against normal people of similar skill level because that's how matchmaking works. I do not "own them nubs". And here is why: Owning them nubs is pretty difficult since majority of said nubs hardly play SC2 at all. They usually sit with SC2 menu open, simply not playing. They call it ladder anxiety, losing on ladder to them is a tragedy of the life. Since nub values himself so high he cannot stand this rude awakening, this objective demonstration of his real skill. However being a nub he still feels like he must play SC2 even when he doesn't feel like it, even when he has no motivation at all. I have no idea why, I can only guess, and none of the guesses is pretty. Well but enough about them useless nubs. | ||
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Inimic
Canada153 Posts
Have him hold it for 1 minute if you cry. | ||
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teddyoojo
Germany22369 Posts
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Dreamer.T
United States3584 Posts
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NEEDZMOAR
Sweden1277 Posts
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MetalxStorm
United States71 Posts
If I find myself hesitant to play ladder I just watch this once and it works for me =D | ||
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o29
United States220 Posts
On May 09 2013 01:52 Dfgj wrote: If I'm not already motivated I don't play. It's not a job. The problem with these kind of replies is the failure to realize that just because someone does not want to play at first, does not mean that the person won't find themselves having fun after a game or two. But that satisfaction that you get from winning a game isn't going to be there when you first queue a game up. | ||
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
Other times I just feel like playing and can go for hours straight. This especially happens when I want to perfect a strategy (like right now I am practicing perfecting the 2 immortal/2 colossus timing that we see a lot in GSL. I am finally winning PvZ again because of it). Unranked helps a lot too. If I feel like I am at the start of a losing streak I just play that instead for a bit. Or go on Korea server and get stomped more, but I just play more for fun on there than competitively. | ||
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JieXian
Malaysia4677 Posts
On May 09 2013 01:44 Bunn wrote: http://www.twitch.tv/kurirko402 If that guy can do it, so can you. And as some people have mentioned - unranked .HOLY SHIT that's crazy.... and he's gold ! | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
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. Best way? Dumb your girlfriend and stop hanging out with people. Time is money and the less you spend on SC2 the less confidence you will have when grinding the ladder. Good way? Have "mini-goals" so that the pressure of total victory becomes meaningless. If the goal is "get 3 reapers out and start a CC after" then whenever you do that consider that a win and dick around for the rest of the game. Keep doing that until its boring--then start a new mini goal that jumps off of the first one. This allows you to segment the game into its base parts allowing you the freedom to not have to worry about being perfect for a full match giving you less pressure. Decent way? Don't aim for "number of games per day" but instead plan for blocks of time. For example, playing SC2 an hour a day would mean you ladder for 1-2 games and have enough time to hit customs for the last 10ish minutes. Or maybe you feel like rushing that day so you cheese 4-5 times and do a nexus war after. This transforms your relationship to the games as time spending instead of win earning--reducing the pressure of laddering. If the first game was 45 minutes and you only have 15 minutes left, then do a custom game or two instead of laddering up. Or, if you decide to ladder up instead of custom, just cheese for a short 10-15 minute game so you stay within your schedule. Think about it like eating an apple. Its hard to shove a whole apple into your mouth, it's easier if you bite pieces off at a time. When grinding through ladder games, you either quit the world and swallow it whole or you break it down to bite size pieces. | ||
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