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Plottel Mon, 4th-Mar-2013 2:10 PM

Training and Motivation
 
Hey guys,
I've been playing Starcraft 2 as Zerg on and off essentially since release now, and in that time I've grown to love the game and have a real appreciation for the level of dedication that goes into mastering the complex nature of this game.
I've recently finished Year 12 (Finally!) and have taken a year off schooling before going to university for 2 reasons. Firstly, I never really enjoyed school and couldn't wait to take a break and essentially dick around for a year. The second reason, however, was, in my eyes, somewhat more serious. I wanted to free up my schedule to give myself time to focus on Starcraft. I'm aiming to improve as much as I possibly can and ideally make a move into the competitive scene, but I've got a long way to go.

I suppose the main purpose of this post is to share my goals with the SC2SEA community, as well as (hopefully) pick up a few pointers that might help me to overcome the obstacles in my endeavours. I've started playing a lot more after recently returning from a roughly 6 month hiatus to League of Legends and have encountered a few problems:


+ [Concentration] +
I've been trying to play for longer periods of time in order to maximise the practice time i have available in the day. However, I'm finding that after 90 minutes - 2 hours, my concentration begins to lapse. My timings slip, I lose overlords because I forgot to move them, I lose 20+ drones to basic helion harass because I've forgotten to build spines in my mineral lines. Essentially, after playing for a while, I begin to play a lot worse and lose games that I really shouldn't.


+ [Motivation] +
This brings me to my next issue, Motivation. I really don't care about my ladder rank (I'm currently mid diamond on SEA and was rank 1 platinum on HotS before beta closed) so ladder anxiety certainly isn't an issue. However, It's when I start to make stupid mistakes that my motivation drops - particularly when I lose to the same thing multiple times in a row. I also find that after a long session of laddering, I always plan to get back into it but end up procrastinating and putting it off in any way I can until it's 1am and my planned 5+ hours of practice has eventuated into 2 if I'm lucky. I've set up a stream in the hopes that having interaction with others while playing might do something to boost my motivation, and it certainly has helped, but the problem still remains.


+ [How to Practice] +
I think the biggest problem, for me atleast, is how to effectively utilize my time so that It's not wasted. Currently, almost all of my practice time goes into ladder, with the occasional tournament on z33k as well as the GPD open each week here on SC2SEA. I think that practice partners would be a good way to solve this as it allows for consistent practice against one build, so if anybody wants to practice feel free to message me


I apologise if this blog has turned into a mindless rant complaining about my own personal shortcomings, but I thought i would post it to get some feedback at the very least.
Thanks for reading and I hope to see a lot of you in-game =)


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