| Wafflelisk Canada. April 29 2012 04:30. Posts 931 | Profile # |
I don't suffer from ladder anxiety, and I was gripped by your post until the last word. I think that's a sign that it was a great OP? :D
Thank you very much!
PS a tip I have (maybe it'll apply to other people?) is say "gg ty".. maybe it sounds stupid, but for me I'm thanking my opponents because they've exploited a weakness in my play that I can make a mental note of and focus on for future games. They've kind of acted as a mentor and helped me improve. This helped to eliminate my ladder anxiety because I have nothing to fear going into a game because I know going in either I 1) become better at SC2 2) get the warm feeling of winningLast edit: 2012-04-29 04:33:20 |
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| Wafflelisk Canada. April 29 2012 04:33. Posts 931 | Profile # |
| nvm should have edited my first post when I thought of my PS -.- Last edit: 2012-04-29 04:33:39 |
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| Noyect Sweden. April 29 2012 04:45. Posts 125 | Profile Blog # |
Really nice post 
Music helped me quite a bit, not listening to in game warnings made me more alert I feel.
The one thing that really helped me get over my ladder anxiety though was realizing that the absolute best thing that could ever happen to me would be to go down to bronze league.
Why? Because then I wouldn't have to worry about rank or league or anything.
That really allowed me to start enjoying the game and not care about winning or losing but just having fun and improving. |
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| VaultDweller Romania. April 29 2012 06:13. Posts 126 | Profile # |
Really good tips. In my case, three things got me over my severe ladder anxiety:
1. I forced myself to click that find match button over and over until it became almost a reflex.
2. I used to instantly mute my opponent after we exchanged glhf's because I respond poorly to BM and the ladder is full of it. Now that I'm over it I don't really bother with muting anymore. I can see this solving the problem a lot of ppl have with the idea of being "alone" with a random guy... it might sound pretty wierd but I know a lot of ppl that are like that.
and last but not least
3. I stopped caring about my league or rank ( this is probably the big one).
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| Mr Showtime United States. April 29 2012 06:14. Posts 1350 | Profile # | |
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| FuRRyChoBo United States. April 29 2012 06:25. Posts 218 | Profile Blog # | |
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| Atoissen Norway. April 29 2012 06:26. Posts 805 | Profile # | |
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| dfraz April 29 2012 06:54. Posts 10 | Profile # |
| great post. I find myself sometimes getting those jitters before laddering. Gonna start warming up with the marine split or something similar now |
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| Mastermyth Netherlands. April 29 2012 07:13. Posts 195 | Profile # |
On April 29 2012 04:45 Noyect wrote:
The one thing that really helped me get over my ladder anxiety though was realizing that the absolute best thing that could ever happen to me would be to go down to bronze league.
Why? Because then I wouldn't have to worry about rank or league or anything.
That really allowed me to start enjoying the game and not care about winning or losing but just having fun and improving.
I just actually did this. I lost all my placement matches on purpose and got placed in bronze. I've started playing again after 1.5 years of nothing, so my MMR was far above my abilities (was masters). Now I've played a few games and I can just relax more and focus on my macro, because I felt I cheesed too much before.
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| djukger Germany. April 29 2012 07:18. Posts 61 | Profile # |
| Way to beat ladder anxiety ^^ ? Play 20 games in a row, never have ladder anxiety again :D. I Always had ladder anxiety, even in wc3. So when you didnt play for a while you probably lose 15 games of those 20 and then losing isnt that big of a deal anymore ^^ when you lose like 10 games in row :D |
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| Noro Canada. April 29 2012 07:43. Posts 757 | Profile # |
Awesome thread. I really like you're ideas, and I hope people can learn something from this!
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 noidontthinkso Greece. April 29 2012 08:03. Posts 94 | Profile # |
how i did it:
used my 2 guest keys to creat two accounts and play till the time is over :D |
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| Mokorr Iceland. April 29 2012 08:33. Posts 2 | Profile # |
| First time posting, and it's this thread. Loved this! |
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| SanchoPanda United States. April 29 2012 13:20. Posts 114 | Profile # |
On April 29 2012 06:13 VaultDweller wrote:
Really good tips. In my case, three things got me over my severe ladder anxiety:
1. I forced myself to click that find match button over and over until it became almost a reflex.
2. I used to instantly mute my opponent after we exchanged glhf's because I respond poorly to BM and the ladder is full of it. Now that I'm over it I don't really bother with muting anymore. I can see this solving the problem a lot of ppl have with the idea of being "alone" with a random guy... it might sound pretty wierd but I know a lot of ppl that are like that.
and last but not least
3. I stopped caring about my league or rank ( this is probably the big one).
Oh yeah... i totally forgot about using the mute button! Good point! Thanks for sharing <3 |
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| iGX Korea (South). April 29 2012 13:29. Posts 367 | Profile # |
i've recently considered giving up laddering but this thread is making me reconsider.
thanks a ton! |
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| Cyro United Kingdom. April 29 2012 13:38. Posts 5692 | Profile Blog # |
Used to have really bad ladder anxiety, now i can just queue and play 30 or 40 games without leaving PC chair.
When you get anxious stop being anxious and be awesome instead. Just do it. |
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| nt-rAven Canada. April 29 2012 13:56. Posts 405 | Profile # | |
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| zcxvbn United States. April 29 2012 14:33. Posts 206 | Profile # |
| Great post, well written - one small nitpick in that in the first paragraph of the last tip, it's supposed to be cliché, not clique. But great advice! |
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| sambo400 United States. April 29 2012 14:34. Posts 325 | Profile # |
I don't get why people feel so nervous when playing ladder.
I don't gg unless it actually was a good game, or the other player actually played well, in which case I will let them know. But I do take a moment to identify the key reasons for losing.
If you are suffering from ladder anxiety, you are putting too much emphasis on the present and need to have longer-term goals. Like for the next year or 6 months at a minimum. I do care about my ladder rank, but learning a lesson is even more important than any amount of ladder wins. Last edit: 2012-04-29 14:36:07 |
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| Yoshi Kirishima United States. April 29 2012 14:54. Posts 9002 | Profile Blog # |
Nice guide, and some different ideas/approaches I haven't seen and/or considered. This should be in strategy...? Though I guess it will see more viewers here, since it's not really strategy xD
this thread should be linked in the SC2 recommended guides thread heheh |
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