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Recently I entered a tournament for a popular videogame. Being fairly confident in said game, I knew I would place well. Nonetheless I practiced for several weeks before hand, and when it came within hours until the event, I trained harder. I became a machine, punching through anyone who would hold a controller, then the event. The first round was basically just survive to weed out the noobies, and I did just that, then the actual tournament started and I lost in the first round. The first round of the loving tournament. I wasn't playing against pros, or anyone good, I just choked and couldn't get anything started. I still don't know exactly why I lost or how, and I have no way of improving myself towards this kind of thing. What happened? How do I come back/prepare myself?
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:03 |
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| # ? Nov 21, 2009 07:09 |
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go to church ho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2FBwjj69SU
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:06 |
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What happened? You choked. Congratulations and welcome to Life. Life is going to be filled with disappointments that have larger repurcussions than losing a video game tournament. Say it to yourself again: You. Lost. It happens. It's going to suck sometimes to varying degrees. Sometimes you will lose a job. Sometimes you will lose a relationship or a person. Each time, you will be sad and discouraged for a while, and then each day will pass and it will get easier to deal with until the initial grief period is over and you move on. Now I get to mock you: How the gently caress have you lived to presumably young adulthood without EVER loving LOSING ANYTHING EVER???? Did you parents always let you win at Candyland? Did you play that pussy kind of soccer/little league where no one kept score and everyone gets a juice box afterwards? Did your teachers give you gold stars and A's no matter the score on your test? You lost. Practice for next time and move on.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:13 |
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What game was it? If you were playing a fighting game, then often people don't realize how good people can be at them because they only play their friends. Then they meet someone else who wipes the floor with them with a smirk. *I've done the floor wiping thing one time, and it was loving awesome. Especially because the guy who I played had been talking poo poo to all of our friends; I gimmied the first round just to see how he won, and I was only too happy to stomp his face afterward. Still, I'm sure that I'd get my rear end kicked if I went to a tournament. You probably just choked. It happens all the time. Welcome to the world. Kaal fucked around with this message at Nov 03, 2009 around 23:22 |
| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:19 |
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I'm so sorry for your loss. I wish I could offer you more comfort over the internet. Everything I try to write out to you just sounds hollow and meaningless, so I think I'll just leave it at that.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:23 |
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You're what, mid-to-late 20's? I'm seriously surprised this is a big deal to you. What was the prize? My grandpa told me the story about when he was in a contest with his buddies against a ton of other people once with really big stakes. It was pretty important to him and his friends that he win. It was called "The Invasion of Normandy". You were playing a game, with nothing actually important at stake and you get many more chances.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:24 |
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Remember that the pain of losing is nature's way of telling you not to gently caress up next time.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:33 |
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Resolve not to be such a scrub in the future. Criminy, saw the thread title and thought your significant other or someone was diagnosed with a terminal illness. It's a videogame dude.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:46 |
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Read "playing to win."
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:47 |
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This really helped me out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9Y
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 23:52 |
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You know, this is an amazing coincidence, I started up a thread just on this kind of thing today. http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3223611 David Sirlin would be proud of how you're handling this. Remember, don't stop that feelin'.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 00:02 |
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I came in expecting to read about preparing for the loss of a loved one or something, only to find this. I almost feel this belongs in E/N, but it might actually be too pathetic for E/N.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 01:59 |
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Guys, it's not like I'm crying myself to sleep or I can't eat. Of course I've lost at stuff before, I lose all the time and I'm completely okay with it. I've lost family members, significant others, friends all of the like. I can cope with poo poo like that, what I can't cope with is losing when I KNOW I could have won. How can you stop yourself from choking? That is what I want to know, I'm sorry if you came here expecting some tale of woe and sadness, but that's not what the thread is. The thing is, the guy I was going against is poo poo, he lost his next game terribly. So it's not like I couldn't have beaten him, I just Didn't. That's why this upsets me. This wasn't even my first tournament, I cleaned house in my last one. and no, I'm not mid to late 20's. I'm not even 20.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 02:16 |
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MrChoketimer hold that L in ya chest
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 02:22 |
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joyfulgirl129 posted:
Calm down dude you sound really bitter.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 02:29 |
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Well, the obvious answer is to never try anything again. Have you tried that?
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 02:31 |
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fineX posted:Calm down dude you sound really bitter. No, the OP sounds like a poo poo
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 04:00 |
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You stop being a loving loser and stop playing Halo like it's your job.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 04:48 |
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How to not choke? Get your own dick out of your mouth?
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 05:26 |
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I've played in three Smash Bros. tournaments. The first one, I choked and died in the "weed out the scrubs" match. Second one, died again in the scrubs match, just not as soon as before. Third tournament, made it all the way to the final match and lost, but felt much better to have gone through so many opponents on the way up. Just play in more tournaments. Stage fright/choking goes hand in hand with any competition that matters to you. It's why "pro gamers" have been on any game's respective circuit for years and you don't see 10-year-old savants crushing everyone on arrival.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 05:52 |
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Even though this is a really stupid topic and I can't believe you posted a thread about losing a video game tournament, the simple fact is that a tournament atmosphere will change how you think and go about doing something no matter how much you've trained, rehearsed, etc. It's just psychologically different when you know the matches actually count for something and it only will improve through experience. But still, the fact that you posted a thread bothered by losing at a video game tournament is really dumb.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 05:58 |
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You lost in life the second you decided to enter a video competition.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:03 |
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MrMortimer posted:Guys, it's not like I'm crying myself to sleep or I can't eat. Of course I've lost at stuff before, I lose all the time and I'm completely okay with it. I've lost family members, significant others, friends all of the like. I can cope with poo poo like that, what I can't cope with is losing when I KNOW I could have won. you are taking this a bit too seriously. however, I am someone who is ultra-competitive, and a couple of weeks ago lost in the finals in a dodgeball tournament, and lost 3 games (best of 5) in a row to a team we had DOMINATED earlier in the tournament. We were actually undefeated up until the finals, about 15 games. I guess you can say we choked, but you need to man up and move the gently caress on. If you are having trouble with pressure, well, that sucks, you either got it or you dont.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:12 |
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Was this your first tournament? That's pretty much what happens to everyone at a first tournament, they feel a lot of anxiety and gently caress up a lot. Even if they're really good. The solution is to go to more tournaments! Maybe also online play and money matches to simulate that kind of pressure so you can get used to it or no longer feel it. You gotta tell us what game though, for reals.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:30 |
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michigan jack posted:My grandpa told me the story about when he was in a contest with his buddies against a ton of other people once with really big stakes. It was pretty important to him and his friends that he win. On the other hand; the other guy felt so bad about losing that one that he eventually ended up killing himself, his girl and his dog... MrMortimer posted:How can you stop yourself from choking? Drugs? Start with pot or alcohol or valium or something, then just keep going til you find something that works for you.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:37 |
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just fyi when I clicked this thread I assumed that your dad was on his deathbed or something
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:50 |
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Usually if playing against people the only productive practice for a tournament is the kind where you're losing about as much as you're winning.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 06:54 |
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Urban Renewal posted:just fyi when I clicked this thread I assumed that your dad was on his deathbed or something Or his cat had cancer at least. 
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 07:00 |
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Or maybe just that he clipped his fingernail too far.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 08:32 |
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Think of it this way. Maybe it was your subconscious holding you back from the horrors of winning. If you won, and you won a big tournament that gave you some fame, then you'd have hardware manufacturers trying to make deals with you. Hardware manufacturers that get you to endorse their lovely product. They put your face on the box, with your embossed foil signature on it, and they make it a special color and put some LEDs and poo poo on it, and they charge double the price so that others can be just as good as you. It wouldn't even be your signature, it would be your username. This automatically makes you a douchebag. You don't want to be a douchebag do you? This is why you choked. You did a good thing. No one wants a MrMortimer signed controller.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 08:51 |
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Was there vomit on your sweater already? Mom's spaghetti? Next time, just lose yourself in the moment-- you've only got one shot, because this opportunity comes once in a lifetime.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 13:26 |
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Urban Renewal posted:just fyi when I clicked this thread I assumed that your dad was on his deathbed or something Yeah. OP how do you prepare yourself for this kind of loss? If you need to prepare yourself for losing a video game competition then maybe we should be talking about that instead.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 13:33 |
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Vilerat
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No, really. Harden the gently caress up. It's called experience and it's the most important skill to have when you want to do anything successfully. You just do it until you're comfortable, otherwise you're out of your element.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 13:43 |
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As much as I was gonna poo poo on the OP, others have done it much better than I would have, so anyway, seriouspost: At a thing like this everyone's probably drinking the hell out of MTN Dew Game Fuel or something, and the caffeine is more likely to make you choke since it just makes you flip your poo poo when you're overstimulated. Either pass it up, or if you already are, drink some kava tea or something instead. Or pot, then you'd lose for sure, but the loss won't hurt so bad you'll have to post a thread. It Freshens! fucked around with this message at Nov 04, 2009 around 13:56 |
| # ? Nov 04, 2009 13:53 |
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The OP is what happens when parents don't encourage their children to go outside and play sports.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 17:01 |
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This is how I prepare myself for this kind of loss. an essay by Kiss Kiss Bang Bang This is how I prepare myself for this kind of loss. First I don't practice. This will make it easier to rationalize my loss. Second I don't boast or even mention I'm going to be competing in anything. That way my mom won't make me a special breakfast or my dad won't chuck me on the shoulder and say "break a leg today champ!" It will only disapoint them when I lose. And I really don't want to deal with *their* disapointment. I have my own I'm working on! Third, repeat to yourself every day for three days "I'm going to lose. I'm going to lose." Then when you do lose, Its not a surprise! No one like surprise losses! Lastly don't get lots of rest. Its much easier to gently caress up when you didn't have a good nights sleep. Using these techniques is how I prepare myself for this kind of loss. Point 1 and point 4 are enough to make me feel better about loosing. Because If I had done those things AND still lost, I would feel pretty lovely. The End.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 19:13 |
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First off, you're lame for caring about this. Second some advice that'll apply to this situation and things that actually matter; It’s ok to mope for a day or so after losing a competitive event, but try to be a good sport, and realize there’ll be more. Also, this was your first tournament, right? What kind of result were you expecting? In the real world no one dominates in any event their first time.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 21:49 |
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I had to check out your post history to figure out if you were trolling or not. For those of you who haven't:MrMortimer posted:I like most people my age (18) Play video games, however I play a little more than most. As of today I've played 5376 games of halo. Now think about this for just a second. Each game typically lasts anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes dependent on gametype or players. That's a range of 18 and a half days - 56 days of Straight Halo. I mean, I dunno what to say. If you are playing for 15 hours straight and you lose in the first round, maybe professional Halo just ain't for you. Also stop caring about trivial poo poo.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 22:04 |
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you've either got it or you don't kid, us pros have a genetic gift... you're just another noob destined to struggle and fail over and over again until your ego inevitably shatters into a billion noob pieces and you put the controller down. forever.
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| # ? Nov 04, 2009 22:51 |
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What's the deep-seated psychological motivation that makes you think you have to beat other people at videogames, to the point where you A) actually go to a tournament and B) freeze up and die there? Answer that and you're halfway to a solution.
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| # ? Nov 05, 2009 01:51 |
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