I haven't posted here in awhile but the reason why I bring this up is because I feel like a lot of players have a tendency to lose to themselves most of the time. How do people lose to themselves? lets start off.
1. Doing things that you cant.
Some examples:
Ok you can beat 11's good job. Im going to go try EX-HARD 11s now.
Don't do this unless you can like nearly full combo that song. There's no point in putting EX hard on if you get like 20+ misses on a song, Congrats you just died in 15 seconds and wasted your time. That got you nowhere.
I beat Special Summer Campaign! Lets play Mei now!
You probably got 500+ misses. Don't play something thats way above your skill level. You just wasted 2 minutes of your life mashing keys.
You get the idea.
2. Self Imposing Rules.
AKA RANDOM IS CHEATING. I guess everyone in top ranker is nothing but cheaters.
I'll be straight up on this one. Having self imposed rules just puts a chain on yourself.
If its in the game, use it. If it makes you better, use it.
If you don't wanna use it then don't use it. Its fine no one is going to kill you for it, but this is what might be holding you back.
And to those that want to put their own self imposed rules on others.
Kindly shut the fuck up. Especially when they are a better player than you. Keep your comments to yourself and stop being a bitch.
3. Constantly changing your settings.
Play at what your comfortable at. It takes awhile to find the perfect setting for you. Don't change your green number by a huge amount every song. Don't switch your offset every game. Its not the games fault that your not timing correctly. When i change a setting i always like to do it in increments so you adjust more accordingly and you find out sooner if its the right setting for you.
Changing play styles frequently can also be hazardous, just cause you cant hit something doesn't mean your doing something wrong. Stick with what your working with and if you find roadblocks then consider thinking of something at improves your play style. You never know what will come out of it. Unless of course you are playing REALLY dumb like using your feet.
4. Not listening to advice.
If a better player than you is giving you advice, I for one would listen to it. I can notice flaws almost instantaneously by watching someones hands but I normally don't give people advice unless they ask because I feel like its condescending. But if a player is giving you LOGICAL SOUNDING advice then take time to listen to it. If your not sure whether its good advice or not, you can always ask me or someone else about it.
5. Getting frustrated.
IIDX is a hard game no doubt. I like to compare getting frustrated at this game to getting mad and punching a concrete wall. The wall is going to win and break your hands no matter how hard you punch it in the end.
Take a break relax, gather your thoughts, and come back to playing with a fresh mindset. Everyone loses in IIDX by just playing this game.
Pinpoint your weaknesses and work on them.
Look at my older articles if you ever need more advice in specific things.
-Rea
