Some of us didn't do so well in our matches so I'm gonna write some nice guy stuff and try to be encouraging.
When my team played our first scrim of the day I did a pretty good job. I 2v1'd the enemy scouts, watch'd the flank, cleaned shit up, got medic/demo picks, and every other good thing you can do as scout. I was consistently playing well throughout the whole game and I felt great about it. It was a big confidence booster for my ESEA match.
We all slowly joined the server like some sort of simile with snails or sloths. I looked at the other team's players, felt pretty confident in my abilities, and typed ".ready". When the match started I slowly ran to mid as a scout while going up and down through the ground. The first mid was amazing! I walked over a sticky, got focused, and died about 10 seconds into the fight. After this happened I started being really hard on myself.
"capn ur so bad u died 10 seconds into the fite lrn2movement"
"capn a 0:1 kdr is an infinite negative kdr roflusuk"
My frustration grew to be as big as Odissius' desired FOV. Thats 105 degrees. That's some pretty hot headed frustration ;D Because of this frustration, I was not paying attention to the game or keeping a clear mind for my open level gamesense to flourish in.
By the last 5 minutes of the match, I finally snapped out of it. I made some good decisions, waved my massive dick, and had some pretty good DM'ing moments. All that I really did was calm down, stretch my arms, take a deep breath, and blog about my feelings on teamfortress.tv during my respawn time.
Unfortunately, it was too late for me to help save the match for my team. Whats important though is that I learned a lesson. Don't get mad at yourself for screwing up. Think about how you screwed up, but don't beat yourself up over it. A lot of the time all that it takes to hit a few more shots is to just loosen up. Even if you or your team didn't do a great job on your first match just remember that you still have a bunch more coming up and lots of time to improve and that you can always just blame the esea servers for being shitty.
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tldr chill out you have time to get better dont be mad at urself
Some of us didn't do so well in our matches so I'm gonna write some nice guy stuff and try to be encouraging.
When my team played our first scrim of the day I did a pretty good job. I 2v1'd the enemy scouts, watch'd the flank, cleaned shit up, got medic/demo picks, and every other good thing you can do as scout. I was consistently playing well throughout the whole game and I felt great about it. It was a big confidence booster for my ESEA match.
We all slowly joined the server like some sort of simile with snails or sloths. I looked at the other team's players, felt pretty confident in my abilities, and typed ".ready". When the match started I slowly ran to mid as a scout while going up and down through the ground. The first mid was amazing! I walked over a sticky, got focused, and died about 10 seconds into the fight. After this happened I started being really hard on myself.
"capn ur so bad u died 10 seconds into the fite lrn2movement"
"capn a 0:1 kdr is an infinite negative kdr roflusuk"
My frustration grew to be as big as Odissius' desired FOV. Thats 105 degrees. That's some pretty hot headed frustration ;D Because of this frustration, I was not paying attention to the game or keeping a clear mind for my open level gamesense to flourish in.
By the last 5 minutes of the match, I finally snapped out of it. I made some good decisions, waved my massive dick, and had some pretty good DM'ing moments. All that I really did was calm down, stretch my arms, take a deep breath, and blog about my feelings on teamfortress.tv during my respawn time.
Unfortunately, it was too late for me to help save the match for my team. Whats important though is that I learned a lesson. Don't get mad at yourself for screwing up. Think about how you screwed up, but don't beat yourself up over it. A lot of the time all that it takes to hit a few more shots is to just loosen up. Even if you or your team didn't do a great job on your first match just remember that you still have a bunch more coming up and lots of time to improve and that you can always just blame the esea servers for being shitty.
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tldr chill out you have time to get better dont be mad at urself
Oh you :p
Yeah, I have found it is best to just take losses as a learning experience as hard as that may be sometimes.
Oh you :p
Yeah, I have found it is best to just take losses as a learning experience as hard as that may be sometimes.
0/1 isnt negative infinity. Its 0.
0/1 isnt negative infinity. Its 0.
[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6455086/sc2/khaldor-celebrating-naniwa.gif[/img]
Trekkie0/1 isnt negative infinity. Its 0.
I swear i can math right!
[quote=Trekkie]0/1 isnt negative infinity. Its 0.[/quote]
I swear i can math right!
Always good advice.
Although, next time you should use your massive dick as a weapon. Unless the enemy team is into that sort of thing.
Always good advice.
Although, next time you should use your massive dick as a weapon. Unless the enemy team is into that sort of thing.
Not_MatlockAlways good advice.
Although, next time you should use your massive dick as a weapon. Unless the enemy team is into that sort of thing.
I'm in open so I dont think Ill ever get to scrim mixup.
[quote=Not_Matlock]Always good advice.
Although, next time you should use your massive dick as a weapon. Unless the enemy team is into that sort of thing.[/quote]
I'm in open so I dont think Ill ever get to scrim mixup.
capnfapnNot_MatlockAlways good advice.
Although, next time you should use your massive dick as a weapon. Unless the enemy team is into that sort of thing.
I'm in open so I dont think Ill ever get to scrim mixup.
http://i.imgur.com/iWPXe.gif
[quote=capnfapn][quote=Not_Matlock]Always good advice.
Although, next time you should use your massive dick as a weapon. Unless the enemy team is into that sort of thing.[/quote]
I'm in open so I dont think Ill ever get to scrim mixup.[/quote]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/iWPXe.gif[/img]
My team lost 0 - 5 today in under 10 minutes. It was spectacularly brutal to say the least. To say we learned a lot would be a lie. We DID learn a few key things though. We learned that if we don't take the positional advantage early on they are not going to be nice enough to give us a second chance. We also learned that our roll-outs need to be more consistent. I have to say though, despite getting rolled, our team is on the same page. Everyone sucked the loss up and is getting ready for scrims tomorrow. Back to practice! : )
My team lost 0 - 5 today in under 10 minutes. It was spectacularly brutal to say the least. To say we learned a lot would be a lie. We DID learn a few key things though. We learned that if we don't take the positional advantage early on they are not going to be nice enough to give us a second chance. We also learned that our roll-outs need to be more consistent. I have to say though, despite getting rolled, our team is on the same page. Everyone sucked the loss up and is getting ready for scrims tomorrow. Back to practice! : )
Our team got 5-0'd by RUSH :(
Our team got 5-0'd by RUSH :(
DeepOur team got 5-0'd by RUSH :(
no surprise there
[quote=Deep]Our team got 5-0'd by RUSH :([/quote]
no surprise there
DeepOur team got 5-0'd by RUSH :(
sorry.
[quote=Deep]Our team got 5-0'd by RUSH :([/quote]
sorry.
marioMy team lost 0 - 5 today in under 10 minutes. It was spectacularly brutal to say the least. To say we learned a lot would be a lie. We DID learn a few key things though. We learned that if we don't take the positional advantage early on they are not going to be nice enough to give us a second chance. We also learned that our roll-outs need to be more consistent. I have to say though, despite getting rolled, our team is on the same page. Everyone sucked the loss up and is getting ready for scrims tomorrow. Back to practice! : )
It's nice to see a group of guys who can take a loss like that so well. Big props to you guys for handling it so well.
[quote=mario]My team lost 0 - 5 today in under 10 minutes. It was spectacularly brutal to say the least. To say we learned a lot would be a lie. We DID learn a few key things though. We learned that if we don't take the positional advantage early on they are not going to be nice enough to give us a second chance. We also learned that our roll-outs need to be more consistent. I have to say though, despite getting rolled, our team is on the same page. Everyone sucked the loss up and is getting ready for scrims tomorrow. Back to practice! : )[/quote]
It's nice to see a group of guys who can take a loss like that so well. Big props to you guys for handling it so well.
hey just to point something out to "newer" open teams: it gets better later in the season. around the time of cp_metalworks, they start matching teams up to teams with similar records. keep practicing and scrimming and you'll find yourself better prepared for teams that are at your level or around it.
i mean, moose fortress lost almost all their matches in the first couple weeks of season 11 because of a tough schedule, and then turned around with a 10 game winning streak that put them in the top 10, made playoffs, and then made it to IM. it can happen to anybody.
hey just to point something out to "newer" open teams: it gets better later in the season. around the time of cp_metalworks, they start matching teams up to teams with similar records. keep practicing and scrimming and you'll find yourself better prepared for teams that are at your level or around it.
i mean, moose fortress lost almost all their matches in the first couple weeks of season 11 because of a tough schedule, and then turned around with a 10 game winning streak that put them in the top 10, made playoffs, and then made it to IM. it can happen to anybody.
marioMy team lost 0 - 5 today in under 10 minutes. It was spectacularly brutal to say the least. To say we learned a lot would be a lie. We DID learn a few key things though. We learned that if we don't take the positional advantage early on they are not going to be nice enough to give us a second chance. We also learned that our roll-outs need to be more consistent. I have to say though, despite getting rolled, our team is on the same page. Everyone sucked the loss up and is getting ready for scrims tomorrow. Back to practice! : )
Getting rolled like that and still being able to look at it constructively without people getting mad is going to do wonders for your teams development. Keep that shit up!
[quote=mario]My team lost 0 - 5 today in under 10 minutes. It was spectacularly brutal to say the least. To say we learned a lot would be a lie. We DID learn a few key things though. We learned that if we don't take the positional advantage early on they are not going to be nice enough to give us a second chance. We also learned that our roll-outs need to be more consistent. I have to say though, despite getting rolled, our team is on the same page. Everyone sucked the loss up and is getting ready for scrims tomorrow. Back to practice! : )[/quote]
Getting rolled like that and still being able to look at it constructively without people getting mad is going to do wonders for your teams development. Keep that shit up!
london_callinghey just to point something out to "newer" open teams: it gets better later in the season. around the time of cp_metalworks, they start matching teams up to teams with similar records. keep practicing and scrimming and you'll find yourself better prepared for teams that are at your level or around it.
i mean, moose fortress lost almost all their matches in the first couple weeks of season 11 because of a tough schedule, and then turned around with a 10 game winning streak that put them in the top 10, made playoffs, and then made it to IM. it can happen to anybody.
Look what happened in S12, 5-11 :)
[quote=london_calling]hey just to point something out to "newer" open teams: it gets better later in the season. around the time of cp_metalworks, they start matching teams up to teams with similar records. keep practicing and scrimming and you'll find yourself better prepared for teams that are at your level or around it.
i mean, moose fortress lost almost all their matches in the first couple weeks of season 11 because of a tough schedule, and then turned around with a 10 game winning streak that put them in the top 10, made playoffs, and then made it to IM. it can happen to anybody.[/quote] Look what happened in S12, 5-11 :)
In S12 ALONE:
My team, Wu-Tang Financial, started 2-5 - and finished at 9-7. We made it to a tiebreaker game for the playoffs after looking left for dead at the start.
Team Echelon started 3-4 - and finished at 10-6.
gank and the meisters were once 4-4 - coming off of a loss to wtf. - and rallied to finish 10-6. gank's team is in IM right now.
if you had fun you won were also pretty poor at the start of S12 - they're also in IM after winning a playoff game.
It isn't how you start - it's how you finish once teams begin to rise, stagnate, fall, or die. Don't take any stock into records until at least 10 matches have played.
In S12 ALONE:
My team, [i]Wu-Tang Financial[/i], started 2-5 - and finished at 9-7. We made it to a tiebreaker game for the playoffs after looking left for dead at the start.
[i]Team Echelon[/i] started 3-4 - and finished at 10-6.
[i]gank and the meisters[/i] were once 4-4 - coming off of a loss to wtf. - and rallied to finish 10-6. gank's team is in IM right now.
[i]if you had fun you won[/i] were also pretty poor at the start of S12 - they're also in IM after winning a playoff game.
It isn't how you start - it's how you finish once teams begin to rise, stagnate, fall, or die. Don't take any stock into records until at least 10 matches have played.
The biggest disease of any team is when fingers are being pointed at whose fault it is rather than evaluating everyone as a team. That kind of stuff destroys a team quickly especially when people don't let it go an move on to the next round.
The biggest disease of any team is when fingers are being pointed at whose fault it is rather than evaluating everyone as a team. That kind of stuff destroys a team quickly especially when people don't let it go an move on to the next round.
Last night we lost to a team in our match that we thought for sure we could beat and we were all disappointed. We played completely different compared to how we have played in scrims. I got pretty frustrated at half time and got up from my chair, went to the bathroom, washed my hands under warm water (hands were really cold), stretched my arms and legs and got back into the game. It really helped me and I felt a lot better the second half. I did better the second half but still not as good as I would have liked to do. I also blamed the ESEA servers multiple times because our medic had 100 ping to dallas and I had 90 ping to dallas and I usually ping 55 although I was playing scout so it is not affected as much but it still was clearly laggy. Also the server was choppy as fuck for the first half.
TL;DR
We lost our match. I was upset. Stretched my legs and arms at halftime. Blamed ESEA servers. Either way GGs to Zaboomacrew.
Last night we lost to a team in our match that we thought for sure we could beat and we were all disappointed. We played completely different compared to how we have played in scrims. I got pretty frustrated at half time and got up from my chair, went to the bathroom, washed my hands under warm water (hands were really cold), stretched my arms and legs and got back into the game. It really helped me and I felt a lot better the second half. I did better the second half but still not as good as I would have liked to do. I also blamed the ESEA servers multiple times because our medic had 100 ping to dallas and I had 90 ping to dallas and I usually ping 55 although I was playing scout so it is not affected as much but it still was clearly laggy. Also the server was choppy as fuck for the first half.
TL;DR
We lost our match. I was upset. Stretched my legs and arms at halftime. Blamed ESEA servers. Either way GGs to Zaboomacrew.
marioMy team lost 0 - 5 today in under 10 minutes. It was spectacularly brutal to say the least. To say we learned a lot would be a lie. We DID learn a few key things though. We learned that if we don't take the positional advantage early on they are not going to be nice enough to give us a second chance. We also learned that our roll-outs need to be more consistent. I have to say though, despite getting rolled, our team is on the same page. Everyone sucked the loss up and is getting ready for scrims tomorrow. Back to practice! : )
you guys are champs. best attitude, keep it up
[quote=mario]My team lost 0 - 5 today in under 10 minutes. It was spectacularly brutal to say the least. To say we learned a lot would be a lie. We DID learn a few key things though. We learned that if we don't take the positional advantage early on they are not going to be nice enough to give us a second chance. We also learned that our roll-outs need to be more consistent. I have to say though, despite getting rolled, our team is on the same page. Everyone sucked the loss up and is getting ready for scrims tomorrow. Back to practice! : )[/quote]
you guys are champs. best attitude, keep it up
May sound silly but put post-its of notes and positive words on your monitor.
May sound silly but put post-its of notes and positive words on your monitor.
dflameI got pretty frustrated at half time and got up from my chair, went to the bathroom, washed my hands under warm water (hands were really cold), stretched my arms and legs and got back into the game. It really helped me and I felt a lot better the second half.
didn't ur hands just get colder?
maybe im weird, i use cold water when i wash my hands when they are cold or ill grab some ice and freeze them for a short period (basically "shock" them to get blood flow) so when they come back to room temperature it isn't that cold to me anymore
[quote=dflame]I got pretty frustrated at half time and got up from my chair, went to the bathroom, washed my hands under warm water (hands were really cold), stretched my arms and legs and got back into the game. It really helped me and I felt a lot better the second half.[/quote]
didn't ur hands just get colder?
maybe im weird, i use cold water when i wash my hands when they are cold or ill grab some ice and freeze them for a short period (basically "shock" them to get blood flow) so when they come back to room temperature it isn't that cold to me anymore
DrakeMegrimMay sound silly but put post-its of notes and positive words on your monitor.
holy shit I need post it notes
[quote=DrakeMegrim]May sound silly but put post-its of notes and positive words on your monitor.[/quote]
holy shit I need post it notes
eulogy_didn't ur hands just get colder?
maybe im weird, i use cold water when i wash my hands when they are cold or ill grab some ice and freeze them for a short period (basically "shock" them to get blood flow) so when they come back to room temperature it isn't that cold to me anymore
making your hands cold will actually cause constriction of peripheral blood vessels preventing the blood flow to them. And if your hands are getting cold because of the way they are resting on the table, then it will be even harder to get back to a good temperature.
[quote=eulogy_]didn't ur hands just get colder?
maybe im weird, i use cold water when i wash my hands when they are cold or ill grab some ice and freeze them for a short period (basically "shock" them to get blood flow) so when they come back to room temperature it isn't that cold to me anymore[/quote]
making your hands cold will actually cause constriction of peripheral blood vessels preventing the blood flow to them. And if your hands are getting cold because of the way they are resting on the table, then it will be even harder to get back to a good temperature.
kuzamaking your hands cold will actually cause constriction of peripheral blood vessels preventing the blood flow to them. And if your hands are getting cold because of the way they are resting on the table, then it will be even harder to get back to a good temperature.
they get cold cuz i keep my apt a/c at like 70 and not because of hand positioning
[quote=kuza]making your hands cold will actually cause constriction of peripheral blood vessels preventing the blood flow to them. And if your hands are getting cold because of the way they are resting on the table, then it will be even harder to get back to a good temperature.[/quote]
they get cold cuz i keep my apt a/c at like 70 and not because of hand positioning
eulogy_kuzamaking your hands cold will actually cause constriction of peripheral blood vessels preventing the blood flow to them. And if your hands are getting cold because of the way they are resting on the table, then it will be even harder to get back to a good temperature.
they get cold cuz i keep my apt a/c at like 70 and not because of hand positioning
70F = 21C
How is that cold. Im fairly certain that is normal room temperature.
[quote=eulogy_][quote=kuza]making your hands cold will actually cause constriction of peripheral blood vessels preventing the blood flow to them. And if your hands are getting cold because of the way they are resting on the table, then it will be even harder to get back to a good temperature.[/quote]
they get cold cuz i keep my apt a/c at like 70 and not because of hand positioning[/quote]
70F = 21C
How is that cold. Im fairly certain that is normal room temperature.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zifnmJOiLiY&feature=share&list=FLqd3g0N4UGcrS_rDPYlePzA[/youtube]
Trekkie70F = 21C
How is that cold. Im fairly certain that is normal room temperature.
not when you live with females :)
[quote=Trekkie]70F = 21C
How is that cold. Im fairly certain that is normal room temperature.[/quote]
not when you live with females :)