Hey guys, so I've been playing in a low team for quite a while now, and we're gonna partecipate in s31, but i noticed i really tend to get stressed when scrimming, so i can't imagine what will happend in officials. If we lose a round, i get quite tilted, not to beef my rollout, but still. How can i help myself with this anxiety? And any useful tips for demoman in general? (please don't tell me stay calm or hit a puff, those are just useless)
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Hey guys, so I've been playing in a low team for quite a while now, and we're gonna partecipate in s31, but i noticed i really tend to get stressed when scrimming, so i can't imagine what will happend in officials. If we lose a round, i get quite tilted, not to beef my rollout, but still. How can i help myself with this anxiety? And any useful tips for demoman in general? (please don't tell me stay calm or hit a puff, those are just useless)
Hey I can relate to you on this because I often get a bit more tilted than I think my teammates realize because I keep those feelings deep inside me because I'm still really embarrassed about this time I got really mad during a floor hockey match when i was 10.
Its hard not to give "obvious advice" to someone about a topic like this but I'll try my best. First, make sure you've taken care of all of your homework or whatever else you need to do. I find it a lot easier to stay chill when I play tf2 when I'm playing it as a reward for getting all my shit done. Yeah, losing sucks, but its much easier to not give too much of a shit about it when you're just fucking exciting to be done with boring stuff and can finally play some team fortress 2.
STAY HYDRATED
CRACK OPEN A LUKEWARM ONE U FORGOT ABOUT BEHIND UR MONITOR
Work on your posture. Playing tf2 is kinda like playing an instrument in the sense that its all about keeping tension from forming in your hands, wrists, and fingers and your posture has a lot to do with that. Go look at yourself in the mirror and check for anything going on funny with your pelvis. .
Hey I can relate to you on this because I often get a bit more tilted than I think my teammates realize because I keep those feelings deep inside me because I'm still really embarrassed about this time I got really mad during a floor hockey match when i was 10.
Its hard not to give "obvious advice" to someone about a topic like this but I'll try my best. First, make sure you've taken care of all of your homework or whatever else you need to do. I find it a lot easier to stay chill when I play tf2 when I'm playing it as a reward for getting all my shit done. Yeah, losing sucks, but its much easier to not give too much of a shit about it when you're just fucking exciting to be done with boring stuff and can finally play some team fortress 2.
STAY HYDRATED
CRACK OPEN A LUKEWARM ONE U FORGOT ABOUT BEHIND UR MONITOR
Work on your posture. Playing tf2 is kinda like playing an instrument in the sense that its all about keeping tension from forming in your hands, wrists, and fingers and your posture has a lot to do with that. Go look at yourself in the mirror and check for anything going on funny with your pelvis. .
Its hard not to give "obvious advice" to someone about a topic like this but I'll try my best. First, make sure you've taken care of all of your homework or whatever else you need to do. I find it a lot easier to stay chill when I play tf2 when I'm playing it as a reward for getting all my shit done. Yeah, losing sucks, but its much easier to not give too much of a shit about it when you're just fucking exciting to be done with boring stuff and can finally play some team fortress 2.
STAY HYDRATED
CRACK OPEN A LUKEWARM ONE U FORGOT ABOUT BEHIND UR MONITOR
Work on your posture. Playing tf2 is kinda like playing an instrument in the sense that its all about keeping tension from forming in your hands, wrists, and fingers and your posture has a lot to do with that. Go look at yourself in the mirror and check for anything going on funny with your pelvis. .
Some are more volatile than others and sometimes you can't help your emotions so don't feel bad when they come out. They are just electrical signals in your brain going off -- they will subside eventually so try keeping your composure until they do or take a 5-10 minutes break to get some air or water.
The above is just a bandaid and won't really work for severe tilt so if you're one of those people you need to look inside and figure how your emotions are sourced and channeled. I've played with some bad tilters and a common thing I hear is when they can't perform to their expectations/goals (which tends to be really high)> they start to feel bad > they play worse because they feel bad. This is a negative feedback loop and you can't get out without changing either 1) expectations and/or 2) the channel.
As an example - If you're new and expect to play superstar games with superstar teammates then you will be disappointed because you guys are just trying to figure things out and everyone has their own idea on the best way to win. An alternative and much better goal is making progress, no matter how small, with your own performance as well as getting closer to aligning the team's playstyle. In short -- set lower standards, jump over them and say ta-da!
If you find that subconsciously you can't really lower your expectations and get tilted no matter then consider consciously channeling that energy towards something productive instead of self destruction. So instead of feeling bad about yourself you can take your anger and use it a fuel to watch more demos, grind your mechanics and find common ground with your teammates (get good). These are examples and you're going to have to make it work for your own circumstances.
Lastly, don't give up. You can get better and the worse thing you can do is to give in to the tilt and, even worse, spread it to your teammates.
Some are more volatile than others and sometimes you can't help your emotions so don't feel bad when they come out. They are just electrical signals in your brain going off -- they will subside eventually so try keeping your composure until they do or take a 5-10 minutes break to get some air or water.
The above is just a bandaid and won't really work for severe tilt so if you're one of those people you need to look inside and figure how your emotions are sourced and channeled. I've played with some bad tilters and a common thing I hear is when they can't perform to their expectations/goals (which tends to be really high)> they start to feel bad > they play worse because they feel bad. This is a negative feedback loop and you can't get out without changing either 1) expectations and/or 2) the channel.
As an example - If you're new and expect to play superstar games with superstar teammates then you will be disappointed because you guys are just trying to figure things out and everyone has their own idea on the best way to win. An alternative and much better goal is making progress, no matter how small, with your own performance as well as getting closer to aligning the team's playstyle. In short -- set lower standards, jump over them and say ta-da!
If you find that subconsciously you can't really lower your expectations and get tilted no matter then consider [i]consciously[/i] channeling that energy towards something productive instead of self destruction. So instead of feeling bad about yourself you can take your anger and use it a fuel to watch more demos, grind your mechanics and find common ground with your teammates (get good). These are examples and you're going to have to make it work for your own circumstances.
Lastly, don't give up. You can get better and the worse thing you can do is to give in to the tilt and, even worse, spread it to your teammates.
The above is just a bandaid and won't really work for severe tilt so if you're one of those people you need to look inside and figure how your emotions are sourced and channeled. I've played with some bad tilters and a common thing I hear is when they can't perform to their expectations/goals (which tends to be really high)> they start to feel bad > they play worse because they feel bad. This is a negative feedback loop and you can't get out without changing either 1) expectations and/or 2) the channel.
As an example - If you're new and expect to play superstar games with superstar teammates then you will be disappointed because you guys are just trying to figure things out and everyone has their own idea on the best way to win. An alternative and much better goal is making progress, no matter how small, with your own performance as well as getting closer to aligning the team's playstyle. In short -- set lower standards, jump over them and say ta-da!
If you find that subconsciously you can't really lower your expectations and get tilted no matter then consider [i]consciously[/i] channeling that energy towards something productive instead of self destruction. So instead of feeling bad about yourself you can take your anger and use it a fuel to watch more demos, grind your mechanics and find common ground with your teammates (get good). These are examples and you're going to have to make it work for your own circumstances.
Lastly, don't give up. You can get better and the worse thing you can do is to give in to the tilt and, even worse, spread it to your teammates.
I'm not sure if this helps, but whenever I'm tilted I always drink water. I don't really know why this works, but it does (at least for me)
I'm not sure if this helps, but whenever I'm tilted I always drink water. I don't really know why this works, but it does (at least for me)
DrWubsI'm not sure if this helps, but whenever I'm tilted I always drink water. I don't really know why this works, but it does (at least for me)
staying hydrated is actually the best tip anyone can get
[quote=DrWubs]I'm not sure if this helps, but whenever I'm tilted I always drink water. I don't really know why this works, but it does (at least for me)[/quote]
staying hydrated is actually the best tip anyone can get
staying hydrated is actually the best tip anyone can get
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