I like to play video games with friends all the time (even outside of fighting games), its one of my favorite things to do. Even if it’s a game I dislike, if I’m playing it with friends, I’ll try to make it fun.
Once it starts to get competitive though, my mindset changes. My mind goes from “Aw man, that’s wild, don’t know how that happened” (letting whatever happened slide) to “okay, let me check out how this works (insert difficult math algorithms here).” Of course math algorithms don’t actually happen because I’m not good at math but I really start to think/practice more depending on how competitive I get.
Mentality is a key role in competing. Going into competition, during the competition, and the aftermath of the competition influences the mind. This influence can lead to positive or negative outcomes depending on the person.
Before I go into a tournament match, I always tend to clear my mind, think about my opponent (what character my opponent uses, how they play, what they like to do, etc.), how to counter play what my opponent does and get physically ready by stretching my fingers/arms. Then when the match starts, if goes into other fighting game specifics like, Neutral, spacing, mind games and other topics for another blog post.
As I play though, I always try to stay calm. I’ve always had a good experience staying collected instead thinking about everything mid match. I usually only think about what is happening at that very second. I don’t know how many personal situations I’ve heard of where people lose grip of the game mentally and lose the match because of it.
The mentality depends on the player; The way a player takes things and thinks them through. There are different perspectives of course but the player has to make sure the way he/she is thinking about it is helping them. I’ve also seen people complain outloud after lsing a match in the game, and they somehow progressively get better through that which I find odd, but if it works, it works.
This video here is something important thing everyone should learn. Even if your competitive or not, Click Here to watch it.
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