maybe you're not as good as you think you are. watch your demos. there's always something to improve.

pro's don't keep consistency. Yes, the gap between a good day and a bad day gets smaller over time. However everyone has bad days. 'Pros' will adapt their play-style and mindset to match how they are playing on a certain day. If you are having a bad day then you need to focus on what you can do to play smarter.

I've thought a lot about this "consistency thing", things that help me stay consistent are:

I try to not play TOO much, but also not too little.

I also believe "off days" are 100% mental errors, so finding out what makes you have off days and possibly correcting that will relieve you of the problem.

A big thing is focus. Don't underestimate it. This may sound silly/go without saying but always try your best when playing and be 100% aware of everything around you. For me at least how I warm up will result in how well I preform in matches/scrims that day.

Another thing to add would be keeping your cool while playing, if I'm frustrated with my performance knowing I can play better than I am, always saying to myself "wow I should have hit that shot". Obviously doing this won't help. Try to just play, don't over think anything. From my exp it'll just result in frustration.

My 2 cents.

Don't play too much in my experience playing all the time seems to reinforce bad habits.

Playing consistently makes you play consistently.

ya dig?

I don't think I'm good, I don't have a huge ego, if you will. Are you saying that maybe I expect too much from me?

So, in a few words, I need to adapt my play style and mindset to how I'm playing, instead of doing the other way around? If that makes any sense.

I usually don't play that much, and i do agree that playing a lot may cause off days, as you called them.

So according to you, I could check for a pattern in my off days and maybe see where the problem is coming from? That does makes sense.

Also thanks for the other tips, appreciated.

As I said, I usually don't.

I dig, but how do you keep consistency in your consistency?

Thanks for the comments so far.

lower level players do really well a few times and then set really high standards as if they should always play that well. however well u do consistently is how good you are at tf2.

routine makes a hell of a difference.

When you have a good game, whether really good or just better than you usually do, don't set that as a standard you "must" achieve every game. Set that as an example of how good you want to get. Figure out what you did that helped you do well and practice doing that until you're doing it daily.

It's not something you figure out in a week or two. It's experience, it's learning from your actions that made you do well and it's learning from your mistakes that will allow you to ascend to the next level of playing. That takes time. Sometimes a lot, sometimes relatively soon. It just depends on how often you work at it and how much self discipline you have.

Like people have already said, adjust your playstyle when you do good/bad.

Also, NEVER get the mindset of "I'm doing so bad, fuck I'm bad." It'll only make you play worse.

One thing that I think really helped me was to play at a high sensitivity (like, 3.5"/360 high) and get used to it. Then when I thought I was hitting shots consistent enough, I started playing at lower and lower sensitivities. My #aimtheory here is that having good-enough control at high sensitivities translates to near-perfect control at lower sensitivities, and my aim has been pretty much consistent ever since.

Might work for you too. Use at your own risk of fucking up muscle memory.

yes, that's exactly what i meant.