tumblercraft:

June tournament Dates.

Matches : Round 1 may 27-30

Round 2 June 3-6

Round 3 June 10-13

Round 4 June 17-20

Round 5 June 24-27.

 

Casting:Round 1 June 1-2

Round 2 June 7-9

Round 3 June 14-16 

Round 4 June 21-23

 Round 5 June 30

empathystarcraft:

DTs = the protoss “get out of a loss free card”

empathystarcraft:

“So you just got beaten. Again. You don’t understand why, so you rage. You blame everything - imbalanced units, factions, strategies, a horrendous, game-breaking bug, the broken ladder- anything. We’ve all done it, admit it to yourself- you just love to blame anything and anyone but yourself; it’s an aspect of human nature.

This nature is the #1 thing standing between you and the #1 slot. Sure, an imbalanced unit or tactic may have contributed to your loss. It’s possible that your units missed when they should have hit, giving your opponent enough of an advantage to help him edge you out. Maybe your faction is gimped on that map, or your opponent ‘got lucky’.

It doesn’t matter in the least. The reason you lost that game is, 99.9% of the time, because you did not play perfectly. You made mistakes with your unit micro, you did not scout properly, you built too many engineers, too much (or too little) power, no AA, no radar, whatever.

It’s your fault. 

You know the top players? Those evil, arrogant, self-serving know-it-alls? The as­sholes who criticize every statement you make, point out all your errors, the insulting bastar­ds that tell you that you’re bad and wrong? They’re the ones who have come to this realization: they acknowledge that the games they’ve lost, are their own fault- and that of nobody else. They don’t compete with others. They compete with themselves. I criticize you because I am even more critical of myself. 

I can’t stand making mistakes. When I lose a game, I go back and watch it to find my mistakes. When I win a game, I go back and watch it to find my mistakes. I might have made a tactical error, not scouted enough, hell, even put a factory in the wrong place. The error doesn’t matter- the point is that I find it, and don’t make the same mistake again.

The top players perfect their play because they love doing it, and they expect the highest possible standards from their own play. 

We don’t (as AZ aptly put it) think. We just do. When you just got trounced by Unconquerable, Sir_Loui, Mentel, FunkOff, _PINK, Matiz, Dark-Ragnos, Lunar_Wind, TimmyFred, Scyn, Mephistophile, RapierX, or Cauldr0n, you go back to the replay, and note how easy it seems for him. The reason for that is simple: It’s because it was that easy for him. That guy just expended no more mental energy grinding you into a fine red mist than he would swatting an unfortunate fly. Tony Jaa would crush me in any sort of physical challenge because he has put an enormous amount of time into perfecting his body. Likewise, any top player of SupCom/FA/anything will smash you without a second thought because he has painstakingly trained himself to do just that.

I’ve had a lot of PMs from people looking for ‘tips and tricks’, ‘advice’, or related nonsense- hell, I did the same thing myself when I had just picked up the game. It’s a quick fix, and it won’t help you at all. I can’t speak for every top player, but I personally became very skilled very fast because I simply challenged myself as much as possible. Ask ShloobeR, Loui, Kiwik, Mentel, TCC, AngryZealot, or any number of other players who were good back in the day- I played against people better than me as often as I could. This forced me to eliminate most mistakes from my gameplay, and to become as effective and efficient as possible- because that was the only way in hell I was going to beat any of them. Yes, many of them were arrogant in manner, but the mere fact that they’d take time out of their day to play with me is a kindness I’m still thankful for.

Some say “I’ll never be that good”. They’re right. If you don’t want it, it just won’t happen. Natural talent and synergy with your skills as regards the game are certainly helpful. A good strategic mind, and fast fingers are vital. All of this, however, can be trained, and if you’re determined enough to put the effort in and actually get good, there is nothing standing in your way.

If you don’t want to put the work in: get the hell out of this thread right now. It’s not for you. Feeling lazy? Fine, go play 4v4 Setons. If you want help, need to ask questions, or want a game, feel free to PM me either on the forums or on GPGnet, or post in this thread.

              - http://forums.gaspowered.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27171%20url

I need to read this after every game I lose. Or at least after every game where I rage.

starcraftislife:

I just lost a game. I got really pissed. I hit my bathroom door repeatedly out of anger. I hit it so hard I put a hole in it. Fuck.

also my roommate witnessed this and was like, “Oh yeah, I forgot I bought you something like a week ago.” Then he went into his room and came back with a stress ball and said, “I saw this at the store and thought it’d be useful for your starcraft freakouts.”

you couldn’t give it to me before I put a hole in my door?

(via xsifox)

I just lost a game. I got really pissed. I hit my bathroom door repeatedly out of anger. I hit it so hard I put a hole in it. Fuck.