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Man, Starcraft really has a way of smacking you back into reality.
Over the past few days I've been feeling sooo good about my play. Steadily climbing the ladder, peaking at 998 points 2 days ago.
I was feeling all high, mighty and pro, sitting at the cusp of 1k, which, in my opinion, is the mark of a truly good player.
Then I dropped a game to a really bad toss, who walled me in with a pylon and a cannon.
"Meh, no biggy" I thought, as I re-queued.
Matchmaking put me against the same guy.
"I've got his number this time..."
He does the same cute pylon trick. I easily bust out, kill his expo, and contain him in his one base while I start to take the map.
Buuut in my haste, I overlooked the fact that one base toss is still pretty damn strong, and ended up getting crushed by a zealot/sentry/colossus army, just before my economy could really kick in.
A brief spat of rage later, and I recommitted myself to that 1k goal.
I would win one, and lose one. And win one, and lose one.
Then I would win one and lose two.
And then I would win one and lose three.
And then I lost five in a row. And I'm not talking about close games. I'm talking about *TiLt* and dropping games to genuinely bad players. The rage. Its overtaking me.
omgwtf ffffffuuuuuuu!!!!
So now here I sit. 924 points - more than a stones throw from that milestone 1k mark that I was soo close to. Fuming.
I don't doubt that I'll hit 1k later this week, but damn does it suck being 2 points away and then tanking like a bitch.
QQ
/endrant
 
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I bet losing streaks make you....bitter
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United States24800 Posts
The lower you go the easier it gets to bounce back up and then you'll have more momentum AND be richer for the experience :D
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On August 26 2010 14:42 Mortician wrote:
I bet losing streaks make you....bitter
and i hope better
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don't sweat it.
i played against a guy that went from 1k to 850 in one day. he was fuming.
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meh think of it this way
you lose games, you'll lose tons of games. you have to
sometimes they just happen at the same time
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When I get a big losing streak I rage for days and then go back and forget how to play 
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Washington, D.C9935 Posts
just take a break as soon as you suspect that frustration is affecting your play. i think the worst part of tilting is realizing that you're tilting and yet still playing!
also, hi, i remember sending you a pm a long time ago. you were part of the sc2gg community, yes?
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I went 2k after some struggle but dam 2k feels nice ^^
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On August 26 2010 15:13 intrigue wrote:
just take a break as soon as you suspect that frustration is affecting your play. i think the worst part of tilting is realizing that you're tilting and yet still playing!
also, hi, i remember sending you a pm a long time ago. you were part of the sc2gg community, yes?
Yar, I wrote for SC2GG for a while.
Kudos for all the friendly advice. I decided to just play practice games with buddies for the rest of the night, and I think the rage has subsided. =)
Maybe tomorrow I can push back to high 900.
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Katowice25012 Posts
Do you still play toss these days or what?
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I generally feel like I hit a wall whenever I get close to or just get over a 100 barrier. Like before, I died at the 800 level and I'm having a bit of trouble at the 900 now.
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On August 26 2010 14:42 Mortician wrote:
I bet losing streaks make you....bitter
This needs more love lmao.
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On August 26 2010 16:15 MutaDoom wrote:Show nested quote +On August 26 2010 14:42 Mortician wrote:
I bet losing streaks make you....bitter This needs more love lmao.
Agreed. I laughed out loud the first time I read it.
On August 26 2010 15:51 heyoka wrote:
Do you still play toss these days or what?
I'm playing Zerg in SC2. I always wanted to in BW, just didn't have the mechanics for it. Yay for easier macro, amirite?
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It happens the same for me, tough i'm only Platinium.. i was doing great with my zerg play, feeling like i was more like a Diamond player rather than Platinium (i was facing Diamond mostly)...
Then a ZvZ comes up... I went for the classic speedlings banelings into muta.. I Scout his roaches and i skipped my banelings (tough i had the nest already made). Made a few spine crawlers and wait for the mutas to arrive while moving around with my speedlings.... He pushed and i annihilated his roaches.... I was feeling AWSOME... then... psyblock, only 1 muta came out (FUCK!)... when i got 5 I Pushed only to see he had like 3 Spore crawlers and 5 or 6 Hydras.... I expanded and became too pasive with my mutas....
He pushed me and i kill all his hydras with banelings but failed to do any economical damage.... He pushed again and kills my army.... I Failed sooo hard to punish him for his mistakes.....
From tham moment on i lost like 8 games in a row... Moved from the top of my division to like 20thish...
Now i'm trying protoss..... I hate my guts...
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I feel for you. I ended at 900 one evening and thought I'm going to get that 1000 the next day. Started playing in the morning, ended up around 750 later. I was so pissed off, my table took a good beating. Now I've switched to standard play instead of doing wacky strats and it's returning slowly (~830 though ).
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I'm also in a heavy losing streak. I am starting to believe it's because of all the 2v2's that I'm playing. I'm not quite sure if there is a direct correlation, but my 2's game is improving and my 1's game is not.
Grr.
Good luck with the losing streak. I hope it turns around and you're just as hot going the other way 
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I'm actually stuck in a rut as well. I'm one of those guys that suck horribly at SC2, but by some random MMR math, they promoted me into a new Diamond division. I've played like 4 games so far after being promoted and lost all of them. It's kinda depressing but I'm trying to learn from my losses and watch the replays and see what I can do better, but basically the answer is that I just suck alot lol. Gl getting out of your losing streak.
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On August 26 2010 18:11 ohaicami wrote:I'm also in a heavy losing streak. I am starting to believe it's because of all the 2v2's that I'm playing. I'm not quite sure if there is a direct correlation, but my 2's game is improving and my 1's game is not. Grr. Good luck with the losing streak. I hope it turns around and you're just as hot going the other way
You know, I've noticed that when I play 2v2 my 1v1 game suffers. I don't think it's because there's anything wrong with 2v2... In fact, I'd go so far as to say that high tier 2v2 is harder than high tier 1v1...
But when I play 2v2, I inevitably end up playing with some friends who just aren't that good at the game. I think in these circumstances, its much easier for your game play to fall closer to their level, than it is for theirs to rise to yours.
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Yea B.net plays mind games with you. I had the same experience. I'm nowhere near 1000 points but I can relate. I went from 400 points down to almost 300 in a night! Then the next night I went back to 400... So strange...
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