EPTBefore, if I wasn't motivated to play, I wouldn't ladder at all. Now if I'm like 50% motivated I'll just play unranked since I can play a lot more relaxed.
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HelloSon
United States456 Posts
Before, if I wasn't motivated to play, I wouldn't ladder at all. Now if I'm like 50% motivated I'll just play unranked since I can play a lot more relaxed. | ||
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Emzeeshady
Canada4203 Posts
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HornyHerring
Papua New Guinea1058 Posts
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Foblos
United States426 Posts
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On May 09 2013 06:45 Emzeeshady wrote: I think I have played you before. It was by far the easiest win of my life ^^. I had people drop 0 seconds into the game--I don't know it can be easier than that. | ||
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A Wild Sosd
Australia421 Posts
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MagnuMizer
Denmark384 Posts
there are plenty of games out there that are fun where you dont have imbalance problems or anxiety or whatever that holds you back from playing... if you find yourself not wanting to play for whatever reason - DONT PLAY! its that simple... do something better with your time... why do you feel like you have to play this game? start with that, maybe that will answer all other questions.. hf (most importantly) | ||
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Inimic
Canada153 Posts
Read "Don't shoot the dog," by Karen Pryor. It's about operant conditioning in day to day life, with examples from animal training. In one example, she has a Wall Street guy stop "cursing himself" when he messes up his shots when playing squash, and instead just praise himself when he does good shots. Within a week or two he liked playing a ton more and played far stronger than before. | ||
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mango_destroyer
Canada3914 Posts
Then don`t play it. Assuming it is ladder anxiety... just remember no stranger gives a crap what your rank is, or how many losses and wins you have. Sure, there might be a few occasions where some BM kid will talk shit after beating you, but honestly who cares what some 12 year old nerd says to you online. Or if you feel like a failure for losing, just remember you are not pro-gamer and your life isn`t ruined losing random ladder games. Just be glad you can even play games....there`s billions of people around the world who don`t have that luxury and are just glad to have a roof over their heads and food. | ||
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Maasked
United States567 Posts
The fact I'm really competitive helps a lot too. | ||
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Penecks
United States600 Posts
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On May 09 2013 06:56 mango_destroyer wrote: Assuming you don`t like the game... Then don`t play it. Assuming it is ladder anxiety... just remember no stranger gives a crap what your rank is, or how many losses and wins you have. Sure, there might be a few occasions where some BM kid will talk shit after beating you, but honestly who cares what some 12 year old nerd says to you online. Or if you feel like a failure for losing, just remember you are not pro-gamer and your life isn`t ruined losing random ladder games. Just be glad you can even play games....there`s billions of people around the world who don`t have that luxury and are just glad to have a roof over their heads and food. I hate this assumption. Ladder anxiety is not that you care what others think of your rank, it's when YOU care about your rank. It's when you care about YOUR successes, YOUR failures. Ladder anxiety is when you don't think you're good enough and having that lack of confidence crash your skill. Its Miya beating everyone in the teamhouse and never winning a match. It's MKP owning a tournament--and then losing in the finals... again. It's when you beat yourself. | ||
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ToD
France222 Posts
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AxUU
Finland162 Posts
On May 09 2013 00:26 oGsTrueSmug wrote: 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. User was warned for this post Says the OP terran, idiot. User was warned for this post | ||
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WillS
61 Posts
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Conut
Canada1026 Posts
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Luepert
United States1933 Posts
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hooktits
United States972 Posts
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dicedicerevolution
United States245 Posts
I'm paraphrasing here, but you get the point. | ||
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mango_destroyer
Canada3914 Posts
On May 09 2013 07:06 Thieving Magpie wrote: I hate this assumption. Ladder anxiety is not that you care what others think of your rank, it's when YOU care about your rank. It's when you care about YOUR successes, YOUR failures. Ladder anxiety is when you don't think you're good enough and having that lack of confidence crash your skill. Its Miya beating everyone in the teamhouse and never winning a match. It's MKP owning a tournament--and then losing in the finals... again. It's when you beat yourself. I mentioned multiple assumptions as he never specified why. In that very same paragraph if you actually read it, I also mentioned about if he felt it was his own failure for losing causing anxiety. | ||
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