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Sc1pio
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States823 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-29 20:41:30
December 29 2009 20:26 GMT
#1
This season on ICCup, I'm doing a bit better. I'm massing now as opposed to just playing 3-ish games a day. I've broken 1600 for the first time, but, since then, I've gone 1-15, bringing me down beneath 1000.

It isn't just me losing legit games either, it's doing stupid shit like forgetting to build a refinery on 12 or a depot on 9 too.

How do you guys deal with losing streaks like this?

EDIT: For reference I was 16-18 pre-streak and am 17-33 post-streak.

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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. " -Shunro Suzuki | fortuna fortes adiuvat
Djin)ftw(
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Germany3357 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-29 20:32:06
December 29 2009 20:31 GMT
#2
pm me i wanna obs u
zapperlot€: on icc i mean
"jk CLG best mindgames using the baron to counterthrow" - boesthius
RoieTRS
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2569 Posts
December 29 2009 20:35 GMT
#3
Use sticky notes on your monitor to remind you to do stuff.
konadora, in Racenilatr's blog: "you need to stop thinking about starcraft or anything computer-related for that matter. It's becoming a bad addiction imo"
ghostWriter
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3302 Posts
December 29 2009 20:45 GMT
#4
If I lose 3 games in a row, I stop playing and try again the next day.
Sullifam
Sc1pio
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States823 Posts
December 29 2009 20:50 GMT
#5
On December 30 2009 05:35 RoieTRS wrote:
Use sticky notes on your monitor to remind you to do stuff.


I'm on a laptop so that wouldn't work too well
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. " -Shunro Suzuki | fortuna fortes adiuvat
Methos
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States206 Posts
December 29 2009 21:00 GMT
#6
stop playing and take a break. When you lose a lot you get frustrated and your game just starts to fall apart
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
December 29 2009 21:01 GMT
#7
On December 30 2009 05:35 RoieTRS wrote:
Use sticky notes on your monitor to remind you to do stuff.

I've tried that before. They dont work. I never saw them during a game because I was too focused on the game.
ToyotaDemon
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia150 Posts
December 29 2009 21:01 GMT
#8
On December 30 2009 06:00 Methos wrote:
stop playing and take a break. When you lose a lot you get frustrated and your game just starts to fall apart


This is true and also, if you make a bad mistake like that, REMEMBER IT and try to never do it again. Learn from you mistakes and you will improve very quickly.
rawr
eXigent.
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada2419 Posts
December 29 2009 21:13 GMT
#9
On December 30 2009 05:45 ghostWriter wrote:
If I lose 3 games in a row, I stop playing and try again the next day.


that doesnt seem like a really good solution, and is totally dependant on who you are playing. You could lose those 3 games in a row, but at the same time take in a bunch of new knowledge from those losses, whereas you just get fed up and log off. Doesnt seem like a good way to improve at all, since you only really keep playing if you are winning consistantly, which doesnt help a person learn their mistakes.

It seems like this method is a bit counter-productive towards bettering your playstyle from losses. Also, what if you played 3 B+ koreans back to back. do you just say, oh I just got raped by 3 semi-pro's im logging off! Just seems like a silly way to decide when you have enough.
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
December 29 2009 21:34 GMT
#10
Good luck, mate. Get out of your minislump soon.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
Mortician
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Bulgaria2332 Posts
December 29 2009 21:40 GMT
#11
On December 30 2009 06:13 eXigent. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 30 2009 05:45 ghostWriter wrote:
If I lose 3 games in a row, I stop playing and try again the next day.


that doesnt seem like a really good solution, and is totally dependant on who you are playing. You could lose those 3 games in a row, but at the same time take in a bunch of new knowledge from those losses, whereas you just get fed up and log off. Doesnt seem like a good way to improve at all, since you only really keep playing if you are winning consistantly, which doesnt help a person learn their mistakes.

It seems like this method is a bit counter-productive towards bettering your playstyle from losses. Also, what if you played 3 B+ koreans back to back. do you just say, oh I just got raped by 3 semi-pro's im logging off! Just seems like a silly way to decide when you have enough.


Everytime you go on a losing streak you should take a break from Starcraft, go watch a movie for example, and then come back
"If anything, the skill cap in sc2 is higher [than sc1] because there are a lot more things you can do at one given time. " darmousseh
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11584 Posts
December 29 2009 21:45 GMT
#12
On December 30 2009 05:35 RoieTRS wrote:
Use sticky notes on your monitor to remind you to do stuff.


I used to do this!

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teehee
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banana
Profile Joined January 2009
Netherlands1189 Posts
December 29 2009 21:49 GMT
#13
Rage, play bit more, lose, then go to sleep without doing anything. Then again I'm d- and pretty terribad, so every win is kinda special every other week that it occurs.
FyRe_DragOn
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada2056 Posts
December 29 2009 22:05 GMT
#14
as soon as you lose and you dont know why, watch over the replay carefully and think on how you could avoid that situation next time, you will alot calmer and more impatient. Also refresh your energy by taking a break, go eat+drink, relax etc depending on how frustrated u are.
aka DragOn[NaS]
eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
December 29 2009 22:57 GMT
#15
If you know why you've lost your past couple of games and it's a really easy thing to fix(forgot a depot, messed up your build in some other way, forgot to scout, etc), you probably just need to take a break, if only for a little bit. Do something else, take your mind off the game, and relax. It's pretty easy to get mad at yourself for silly mistakes like that. Given that you were 16-18 pre losing streak, I doubt you'll have the same problem when you get back to the game.

If you're going on a losing streak like that and you don't know why, reviewing a few of your replays is pretty helpful. Chances are, there's a mistake or set of similar mistakes that you can find in a bunch(not necessarily all) of your games. For me, this is losing to early pressure because of bad micro. Find one or two things to focus on for your next few games, and see where that gets you.
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dhe95
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1213 Posts
December 29 2009 23:00 GMT
#16
I was on a 6 game losing streak. 3 zvzs, 1 cheese, 1 korean, 1 bad reaction.

I just kept playing and won the 7th game.
khy
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States475 Posts
December 29 2009 23:02 GMT
#17
I went on a ten game losing streak last season before I broke D+ for the first time. I'm not entirely sure what happened--I browsed over my replays, took note of bad decisions and bad mechanics and called it a day.

The next day I won 6 straight and got 2048 points (lost in on the 7th game to a cheesy zerg on Colosseum, but you get the idea). I guess a lot of it is just relaxing and calming down (like what everyone here has said...XD) focus in on your initial BO and take it from there. Try to keep the larger game in mind, too. You know what you're doing, but try to keep in mind what your opponent is doing as well.
SHr3DD3r
Profile Joined March 2009
Pakistan2137 Posts
December 29 2009 23:12 GMT
#18
I was on an 8 game losing streak. Played the next day - and rolled this Terran who whined lulz. The game after that an asshole zerg beat me because my macro sucked
Hit them hard! Hit them low! - Forever a Bisu Fan!~!
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
December 29 2009 23:21 GMT
#19
This season is rigged. I went from high D+ last season to low D this season.
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yhnmk
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada630 Posts
December 29 2009 23:23 GMT
#20
if your on a big loss streak, dont play. Its all a lack of mental focus. The more you play the more you will lose, and it will just become a viscious cycle. If I feel myself tilting [which is essentially every time I lose, tbh], I just log off for the night.
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