[x5.NotoriouS]

after losing like 3-4 games in a row you won't be playing because it's fun so just go watch a tv show or movie then come back and play lata when ur not mad any more. Good luck!

[iM yang]

I got mad today, went outside and threw my old chair around (its sitting out back waiting to go to the tip). I used to have a punching bag that i'd go out and let my frustration out on. Very useful ^_^

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	TAEdgE:
	TABottles:	Protip: Always keep a chair out back
	nGenLight:	Trying to be the best that you can be has its major down sides - R A G E

[Satu]

Really depends what kind of an attitude you're in. If its good, keep playing. If its bad, try not to get to that bad attitude again, and take a break for half an hour or so.

[EveTechtron]

watch kppop!

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TAEdgE:

i like u techtron but T_T

[nGenLight]

go *** yourself (wank) then keep playing

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	TAEdgE:	i love you ray
	dippa:	nothing like a thinly veiled insult masquerading as advice

[iM tgun]

What do I do? I've broken headsets, my knuckles, have a hand-sized dent in my wall and door. My right hands middle knuckle is permanently fucked up just from rage.

What should you do? Walk around, calm down and take some time off / play another game / etc. Lights advice is probably the best.

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TAEdgE:

throw mouses around

[mOOnGLaDe]

kind of weird but i have found peace when i force myself to say gg, even in the worst of situations, if you can pull off a gg at the end and leave you will feel better about it, and just take everything as a learning experience

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	TAEdgE:	so true, but so hard to pull off. trying to force myself to GG on NA ...
	nirvAnA:
	inFeZa:	this is actually great advice, on the other hand it's calming to say they didn't deserve to win aswell ;) :D

[Champi]

i tell myself that typing gg is the funnest part of losing.


so i always gg, just like i used to see the pro's do to surrender in MSL and OSL's

[TAEdgE]

woah my bad for repping so much, wish you could remove rep T_T

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Nemo:

You're not repping too much :)

[spaZzNx]

I just play some custom micro games- taking your mind off the ladder but still improving Micro Trainer 101/Darleins micro trainer ( same thing) are my fav

[BAD.BiGbiRd]

A friend of mine from Wc3 used to joke that "Inactivity is like practice for elf" and taking all jokes out of his comment there is something important there. I have had a lot of problems with my PC, internet (from moving place of residence multiple times etc), sometimes going a month or two between stints but what i did for a while is when i was somewhere with net i downloaded a shittonne of replays to a USB and bought them back to my place and watched them all. I mean literally hundreds. Obviously you don't want to stay away for two months and that won't help you improve but the idea is the same. Next time you have a loss streak or lose a particularly frustrating game just exit SC2, wander off and get food/drink and when you come back don't play. Download lots of replays and watch them. Watch them from your race's player view, the other view, the observer view. Be relaxed and try to focus on WHY they do what they do, WHEN they do it. Certain builds on certain maps in certain matchups. Sometimes the best thing you can do is actually not play for a few days/a week but still focus on it. That way you are being productive without getting pissed off after every loss. When you sit back down to play you will feel relaxed and won't be focussing on your last loss, or your LAST game and instead focus on THIS game. They key thing here is being fresh, having a fresh mindset. Professional athletes, despite doing their sport for a living still have breaks either after long stints/or a run of poor form and more often than not you will notice they come back rejuvenated, motivated and performing better than before. Sorry for the novel that prolly makes no sense, it's early and i've been drinking :P

TLR - Take a productive break not just a random break and come back with a fresh mindset

[dippa]

when i'm frustrated at starcraft 2, i find playing fuckinnnnn zain in street fighter makes me feel a million times better.

listening to zain burn puts the biggest grin on my face, there is literally nothing more enjoyable in this world.

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Champi:

fuckin d0000d!!!

[ToRSpartaz]

I get frustrated all the time, just can't seem to get back into that frame of mind. Its not a case of being ridiculously rubbish (that I could dispute that statement) just a mentality that makes you make poor decisions that really tilt the game in their favour.

Sucks I cant get back round to that good frame again -.-

[breadfan]

As soon as I start to get in that horrible mindset that comes with a string of losses, it just snowballs. A couple of games played poorly might mean I do something to mess around in-game, like a bit of campaign or a custom game. If it gets really bad, I will just quit SC2 for the day and go do something else. In saying that I think yang's advice is great, I don't do that myself and I feel like I'm worse off as a result :P

Originally Posted by mOOnGLaDe

kind of weird but i have found peace when i force myself to say gg, even in the worst of situations, if you can pull off a gg at the end and leave you will feel better about it, and just take everything as a learning experience

I know people have different ideas about gg'ing, but personally no matter what happens I always feel the need to gg for this reason. It's a small acknowledgement that the other guy was able to pull off a win, and no matter how unjustified you think that result is, or how much better you were, he managed to squeeze the win. I think not gg'ing out of frustration sells yourself short in a way. It's a little thing that can have great effect

[inFeZa]

Play vs the AI. It'll get you thinking and with 0 lag it will feel more natural if you feel you're playing slow.

found this trick i liked during my power outage.. feels so much better when u warp in something with 0 latency. this way you think about your next action rather than wondering for that slight half a second if your action actually went through.

[faithHunter]

When I'm in a slump (or whatever you want to say it), I usually get demotivated and just play some other game or maybe even go to bed. After a few hours, when I get motivated again, I turn on Starcraft II and started playing again. That's what I usually do when I'm in a slump.

I'd like to also share something with you right now: I just got back from my Basketball practice. In my Basketball team at school, I'm known to be one of the worst players on my team (Or so I would say). Usually when the team would split into smaller groups and started playing each other, I usually end up with the girls (I'm male), and it sucks. Hard. I get demotivated and I get owned by the opposing team.

But today, all of my teammates are male, and I was up against a (more or less) all girls team. Those girls "aren't really good" at Basketball (no offense) so I became confident and I played really well against them. But then the coached switched the all girls team with a team full of iGrandmaster basketball players on my school. I couldn't even steal the ball, so I slowly became demotivated to play and my team lost. Hard.

So yeah, in my opinion, self confidence can really affect how you do in all things, if you feel confident, you will do many things a lot better than how you usually do, and vice versa. So yeah, regain some confidence and start playing again. I'm sure you'll start owning again.