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Since SC and SC2 are such intense games, forcing you to be on your toes every second and knowing that any slip up can potentially cost you the entire game, I seriously get pretty nervous before games, even random quick matches. I just keep thinking to myself "Oh man, who's my opponent gonna be? Is it gonna be some crazy uber gosu guy with 200apm? oh my goooodddd" And when the game starts and the guy is about equal skill to me, I get really nervous and stuff, so I start slipping up all over the place; slipping up in macro, making bad strategic choices, etc.
Fortunately for me, for all my placement matches, I had opponents that weren't very good so I won all of them without much effort, and my nervousness went away about midgame as I realized my opponent wasn't very good. But now that I'm in the platinum league, I'm even more nervous to even try and play any matches >_>
This is also why I strongly prefer anything besides 1v1, because 1v1 is just so intense, and it's entirely up to you to win. With 2v2 and 3v3, it's a lot more casual, and anything bad that happens is just kind of like "eh, whatever, not like it was entirely my fault or anything".
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I know your pain all too well. Same thing happens to me.
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This is pretty common. After a couple hundred 1v1's the nervousness goes away pretty much. Just don't drink a ton of caffeine while you play and realize that you are going to lose half your games no matter what you do.
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I get nervous. As in, my body feels like i'm in fight or flight mode. I start having a LOT of adrenalin in my body.. So after a couple hours, my body is twiching like no tmr because it's trying to calm down.. I don't know why i get like that. Also, I hands sweat a lot because of this.. very annoyinng.
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You just need to play more. You are afraid of losing, and it is stressing you out. The more games you play (and lose), the easier it is.
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Play on iCCup for awhile and you lose that fear. I had it a lot in BW but after about 50 games on iCCup it just stopped. You know on there most people are as good if not better and losses don't mean a whole lot.
Just relax. You win some and lose some.
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I used to do this a lot in SC, War3.
Just remember that nobody is a progamer at this point. The game isn't released, and your stats are going to be erased in less than 2 weeks anyway.
Abuse the shit out of the time you have that the huge majority of people playing SC2 after release are not going to have, so that when your stats will actually be semi-permanent, and count for something you don't get nervous at that time, when it actually matters.
1v1 doesn't have to be as intense as you make it sound though.
Once you get the mechanics down fluidly, it becomes more natural and casual.
Also, the best thing I can say to you is this: Just because you are in platinum does not mean you will only play platinum players. You will play silver, gold, platinum, etc. This goes for all of the leagues. You were probably already playing platinum players before, and you just didn't know, and you did fine right?
Don't worry so much and go kick some ass
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uhhh, I just get extremely pissed when I lose.
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On July 10 2010 11:46 Skee wrote:
uhhh, I just get extremely pissed when I lose.
This.
But its mostly because i enter the game with the following mentality
"This guy is fucking trash and im going to rape him"
Then when i lose it causes me to rage
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On July 10 2010 11:45 PEKlNGDUCKK wrote:
I get nervous. As in, my body feels like i'm in fight or flight mode. I start having a LOT of adrenalin in my body.. So after a couple hours, my body is twiching like no tmr because it's trying to calm down.. I don't know why i get like that. Also, I hands sweat a lot because of this.. very annoyinng.
This used to happen to me to an extent. Trying to calm yourself down is actually a problem. You've got adrenaline everywhere, and the best way to really calm down is to just burn it. I started spamming at the start of the game, just pushing more buttons in general, and I would end up more calm overall and less tense. Also I would lose a lot of games for stupid reasons so I stopped being nervous that I might lose.
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I used to feel the same way in Phase I. Then, I guess I was watching a lot of day[9] clips and I just don't feel that way anymore. Might have "found" zen lol. I still am lousy after placing in silver , but I want to get better.
And agree with InfiiteIce, just chill and have fun
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Yeah I was actually just thinking about this. I guess I just need to play a lot. Right now I'm really anxious every game I play.
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There's no reason to be worried about losing... the only real issue is when people are rude about it. That can get really aggravating really fast.
I understand the nervousness though. I played 2 games on ScienceRob's stream while he was running a matches in a "king of the hill" format... not sure how many people were watching the stream, but there were 6-8 observers in game at the very least and I freaked out and was totally off my game... literally had my heart pounding, lol.
EDIT: I suggest taking breaks and going to unranked games or 2v2/3v3/4v4 games when the stress has built up too much. I tend to play much, much better in larger games simply because I don't feel the pressure of working alone and It allows me to focus.
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I get really nervous in tournaments, in normal games I'm pretty laid back, sometimes my macro slips a little but my tactics and strategy are pretty sound.
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Glad to see I'm not the only one that gets super nervous before games. I guess I do just have to play more, get used to the possibility of losing, and maybe watch some day9 or something.
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I get very apprehensive in this game. Sometimes it prevents me from even starting up SC2. It's honestly making me reconsider whether or not I'll buy it when it comes out.
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when i got my beta key i stayed away from ladder games because i was actually nervous of playing them. ive played a bunch of games competitively but never any rts, i was surprised i was "scared" of playing a game.
so i played my first match, lost because i really didnt even know what was going on. i kept playing, and the nervousness started going away.
now, before a game, every now and then ill get a little nervous if its my first game of the day, but once i finish that game and keep playing over and over it goes away.
the only problem i have now is raging after loses 
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I actually find 1v1 a lot more relaxing then 2v2 , 3v3 or 4v4. There is just so many things going on in the team games and you need to rely on your teammates to not lose.
Was playing some 3v3 and getting really frustrated when id get attacked 3v1 and my allies forces were on the other side of the map. There was nothing i could do about it.
This is why 1v1 is more relaxing to me because the battles are a lot easier to manage and you don't have to worry about getting jumped by 3 players at once.
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Yeah, I used to get nervous in games, but I find if you relax it helps alot with your gaming skills =) When Im relaxed I can macro better since I'm not too focused on just micro. I found the nervousness goes away once you realize that you're gonna lose half the matches anyways!
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Just ignore the fear and keep queuing, you aren't going to lose anything and you'll have more fun later on when you aren't freaked out.
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