EPTHow Do You Motivate Yourself to Play StarCraft? - Page 8
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ReachTheSky
United States3294 Posts
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On May 31 2013 02:39 ReachTheSky wrote: Well for me personally, If i don't feel like playing I won't play. I'm not gonna force myself. I haven't played since hots beta and don't really have a desire to. If you aren't motivated to play a game for fun(games are for fun) then why force yourself? Ladder anxiety is not a lack of desire to play the game--it is a desire to play the game conflicting with an unbearably amount of stress either before, during, and/or after any given game. The confusing feelings is what causes people to start these threads. If they simply didn't have fun, that would be easy. The problem is that they *still* want to play the game. | ||
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Cri du Chat
Germany606 Posts
I usually have the opposite problem though. If i start to play its hard to stop, cant really do just one or two games. It will always be more in the end :/ | ||
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Blacklizard
United States1194 Posts
And for the answer, Conan said it best. To crush your enemies — See them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women! | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On May 31 2013 02:49 ROOTFayth wrote: I tried unranked and it doesn't even seem to work, you just play vs huge scrubs most of the time, doesn't seem to take into account ur MMR The problem is that it does...  | ||
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Cri du Chat
Germany606 Posts
On May 31 2013 02:49 ROOTFayth wrote: I tried unranked and it doesn't even seem to work, you just play vs huge scrubs most of the time, doesn't seem to take into account ur MMR It works like normal matchmaking, but you start at the beginnign again and play bronze players at first. It sucks a bit, but after a few games you play your normal skilllevel. Its like starting a new account i think. | ||
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fdsdfg
United States1251 Posts
On May 31 2013 02:55 Cri du Chat wrote: It works like normal matchmaking, but you start at the beginnign again and play bronze players at first. It sucks a bit, but after a few games you play your normal skilllevel. Its like starting a new account i think. I disagree. Most people choose unranked because they want to try a race they usually don't, or some goofy strat that probably won't work. You almost never get a 'normal' game in unranked because almost nobody is playing their best. If they were on their game, they'd be playing ranked. In my opinion, there's no cure to ladder anxiety if you're afraid of losing. You just have to not be afraid of losing. The worst thing that can happen is if you're almost #1, so you pull lots of tricks in games and maybe cheese players you know are better. You hit that rank and you're happy, but now you have to face even better players, and your 'standard' game is lagging behind. The only thing you can do here is shrug, say 'it happens', and play your best standard game when it suits you, and cheese when it suits you. Just trust the ranking system and don't think too much about your WL | ||
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frontline-
Bulgaria281 Posts
I just can't motivate myself to play and improve. | ||
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Thalandros
Netherlands1151 Posts
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KhaliWear
Canada159 Posts
Chin tucks neck stretches, all directs hold for 30 seconds each do it 3 times. upper back work outs. This will all increase your posture and gaming endurance. You will feel better, hence game better  Good gaming! | ||
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
On May 31 2013 02:49 ROOTFayth wrote: I tried unranked and it doesn't even seem to work, you just play vs huge scrubs most of the time, doesn't seem to take into account ur MMR It keeps a separate MMR | ||
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Tobblish
Sweden6404 Posts
Usually been around in Plat in WoL and top Dia for Hots but so much takes the air out of you. Depending on what time you play at you will face MUCH better opponents, plats, masters and a defeat to the first one always hurts more even if I tell myself that his rank doesn't matter, it's all about the MMR. Today after a nice 6games losing streak, because I didn't focus I just wanted to play for fun I decided to drop my MMR heavily, going down into gold(but still a high plat MMR) and I feel like I can have fun while playing. I don't have to focus 100% if I dont want to, it can still sometimes get challenging if a Protoss is being a Protoss and just stomps over you so you have to get into the zone fast before defeat. Imo you cant motivate yourself if you don't have fun doing something, Starcraft isn't something like a job that you have to go to to make money, it should only be about fun. If you rather just joke around in low leagues instead of the top, thats totally ok. Trying way too hard will only make yourself frustrated and could affect your real life negatively, so rather say "fuck you Starcraft I wont touch you again for a week" than letting it affect you and maybe even those around you. + Show Spoiler + I don't very often get tilted but when a certain race can be totally safe for allins while setting up for macro/mid timing attacks AND doing so with half your own APM.. I just want to punch a hole in my concrete walls.. | ||
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Cri du Chat
Germany606 Posts
On May 31 2013 03:04 fdsdfg wrote: I disagree. Most people choose unranked because they want to try a race they usually don't, or some goofy strat that probably won't work. You almost never get a 'normal' game in unranked because almost nobody is playing their best. If they were on their game, they'd be playing ranked. In my opinion, there's no cure to ladder anxiety if you're afraid of losing. You just have to not be afraid of losing. The worst thing that can happen is if you're almost #1, so you pull lots of tricks in games and maybe cheese players you know are better. You hit that rank and you're happy, but now you have to face even better players, and your 'standard' game is lagging behind. The only thing you can do here is shrug, say 'it happens', and play your best standard game when it suits you, and cheese when it suits you. Just trust the ranking system and don't think too much about your WL But you play mostly vs people who play ranked as unranked. Its not really seperate. At least when i tried it 8/10 of my opponents played ranked ladder. | ||
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DarkSource
United States1 Post
lol, I used to think that's what they were saying too! | ||
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FeUerFlieGe
United States1193 Posts
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On May 31 2013 03:27 Tobblish wrote: I've been trying to get into Masters, I've always told myself that I could do it if I played enough. Usually been around in Plat in WoL and top Dia for Hots but so much takes the air out of you. Depending on what time you play at you will face MUCH better opponents, plats, masters and a defeat to the first one always hurts more even if I tell myself that his rank doesn't matter, it's all about the MMR. Today after a nice 6games losing streak, because I didn't focus I just wanted to play for fun I decided to drop my MMR heavily, going down into gold(but still a high plat MMR) and I feel like I can have fun while playing. I don't have to focus 100% if I dont want to, it can still sometimes get challenging if a Protoss is being a Protoss and just stomps over you so you have to get into the zone fast before defeat. Imo you cant motivate yourself if you don't have fun doing something, Starcraft isn't something like a job that you have to go to to make money, it should only be about fun. If you rather just joke around in low leagues instead of the top, thats totally ok. Trying way too hard will only make yourself frustrated and could affect your real life negatively, so rather say "fuck you Starcraft I wont touch you again for a week" than letting it affect you and maybe even those around you. + Show Spoiler + I don't very often get tilted but when a certain race can be totally safe for allins while setting up for macro/mid timing attacks AND doing so with half your own APM.. I just want to punch a hole in my concrete walls.. Never punch a concrete wall. A sledge swung like a golf club striking the base of the wall is much more satisfying and allows you to topple down the whole wall in one shove once you've destabilized the base. | ||
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SoniC_eu
Denmark1008 Posts
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DoubleB
Germany870 Posts
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MassTank
Italy21 Posts
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