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Feel I've taken this game too serious, need some help

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Fateburn
For a long time, I've feel that I've taken osu too serious that it even affected my life, I've try to not to focus, yet every try failed.

When I first joined osu 3 years ago, everything was fine for me, at that time I consider osu as a game to play when I feel bored, but everything changed since I made my long-term dream. I dreamed about being #1 eventually, even knowing this is a hard dream and will take years to come true, I still made this dream. One year later, I changed it into "at least within #1000", yet it's still a hard dream. I reached my peak (14000) on August, 2014, yet I also faced my 3rd junior high year, a year that I have to study for about 14 hours a day.

It's no doubt that under this situation, I don't have much time to play osu and eventually causing my rank to go down, till this day. At first it wasn't a big problem for me, but when I started to see my friends on Facebook getting stronger and stronger, I started to feel depressed. I started to ask myself, "What have I done? Look at what they've done, but me?", and making myself feeling worse everytime when I think of osu.

I once thought about revoke friendship, but that was not a good choice, since I don't want to hurt them. I've never given up my dream, I even made another short-term goal (beat MillhioreF on StrangeProgram), but the dream seemed to be impossible now, and I find it hard to focus on osu now.

Currently I seldom play osu, for me a game with ranking system is something that makes me don't want to play, yet ironically I still want to make my dream come true. An I-don't-care-about-my-rank osu player is like an oxymoron for me, but ironically I really don't care about my rank now, all I want is happiness.

What can I do to make to make my dream come true and also find happiness? I want to make myself happy again with osu again, just like when I first joined.
Yuudachi-kun
Get a tablet so you can actually improve and reach your real goal.
Renevant
I definitely think this belongs in gameplay&rankings

Anyways, all your doing is comparing yourself to your friends and the ranking system. Why not compare yourself to your own plays? Improve and get better scores on on your own local rankings, rather than the rankings of your friends and the leaderboard. You obviously have a competitive desire in you, but you're getting upset when you're not even competing. Play the game and get better, instead of being too scared to start playing again. The hardest part is starting imo.

From what i see, only way you're gonna be "happy" is by either getting better until you're satisfied, which will never happen, because we always strive to improve OR learn to play the game and enjoy it, because its just a game.
bigfeh
I am an oxymoron don't give a fuck about my rank and am pretty happy

Don't worry, be happy.

Here's a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't worry, be happy
In every map we have some trouble
When you worry you make it double
Don't worry, be happy
(Don't worry, be happy, now)

chorus
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Be happy)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Be happy)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry, be happy)

Ain't got no place to lay your pen
Somebody came and took your den
Don't worry, be happy
The moderation say your play is fake
They may have to litigate
Don't worry, be happy
(Look at me I am happy)

more chorus
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Be Happy)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
Here I give you my phone number
When you worry call me, I make you happy
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Be happy)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh

Ain't got no mouse, ain't got no style
Ain't got no score to make you smile
But don't worry be happy
'Cause when you worry
Your rank will go down
And that will be your comedown
So don't worry, be happy
Don't worry, be happy now

moar moar moar choruzszs
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Be happy)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
Don't worry, be happy
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Be happy)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
Don't worry be happy
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry sweetie, be happy)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
(Put a smile on your face, don't bring your rank down)
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(Don't worry)
Ooh oo-ooh ooh ooh oo-ooh
(It will soon pass, FC it)
Ooh oo-ooh oo-ooh
Don't worry, be happy
I'm not worried, I'm happy
Mahogany
Bigfeh strikes again with some top-notch shitposting.

I think you need to set yourself more reasonable, short-term goals. Like "get 2.5k PP" "Get into top 500 in my country" "Get 3k PP"

Don't stick with one really difficult long-term goal, you need shorter goals to keep you motivated while trying to reach your final goal.
drum drum

Renevant wrote:

I definitely think this belongs in gameplay&rankings
It does

Moved
ZenithPhantasm

Kheldragar wrote:

Get a tablet so you can actually improve and reach your real goal.
Get a better mouse
Friendan

Kheldragar wrote:

Get a tablet so you can actually improve and reach your real goal.
https://osu.ppy.sh/u/1777162
Yuudachi-kun

Friendan wrote:

Kheldragar wrote:

Get a tablet so you can actually improve and reach your real goal.
https://osu.ppy.sh/u/1777162

Cookiezi, WWW, hvick, index, rafis, rrtyui
-sev

Friendan wrote:

Kheldragar wrote:

Get a tablet so you can actually improve and reach your real goal.
https://osu.ppy.sh/u/1777162
Shhh respect people with special needs.
Mahogany
Gaise there are more pro tablet players than mouse players so I think at this point we can objectively say that tablet is better
Redon
ZenithPhantasm
Quit the fucking game and get a life
Vuelo Eluko
drop out of school to become a pro gamer like hotdoggg

Varetyr

Kheldragar wrote:

Kheldragar wrote:

https://osu.ppy.sh/u/1777162

Cookiezi, WWW, hvick, index, rafis, rrtyui

Top 10 ATP Rankings, Mens, Single

Left-handed : Nadal

Right-handed : Djokovic, Federer, Murray, Nishikori, Raonic, Berdych, Ferrer, Wawrinka, Cilic



..... duh
bigfeh
just dropping by to say that djokovic = federer > nadal
good night
trebby
Just stop giving shits about the game. Play for fun and scores, not pp, and eventually, you'll start climbing ranks again.
Yuudachi-kun

CuboidBeats wrote:

Just stop giving shits about the game. Play for fun and scores, not pp, and eventually, you'll start climbing ranks again.
Teach me your secrets.
trebby

Kheldragar wrote:

CuboidBeats wrote:

Just stop giving shits about the game. Play for fun and scores, not pp, and eventually, you'll start climbing ranks again.
Teach me your secrets.
play more
pandaBee
2 million hits in 3+ years

Play more.
Karuta-_old_1
go pick up some old maps and ask them to surpass you, like what I did in my profile
xasuma
Quit school and accomplish your dream.

SPOILER
And then watch my videos below.
Yuudachi-kun
600+ wow
Topic Starter
Fateburn

pandaBee wrote:

2 million hits in 3+ years

Play more.
Well I had 2 long AFK periods, one was at late 2013, and one is now.
Good news is that 2 weeks later, I'll be able to go home earlier... still quite late tho

BTW, finally noticed that Ekoro got #1 with EZ+FL. How inhuman.
Changed my short-term goal to "at least FC it."
Also actually my another short-term goal is "FC NNRT [Extra]", which is more possible tbh
E m i
https://osu.ppy.sh/b/437377
this was a short term goal for me too.
it has turned into an end game goal, it seems.
Clappy

Fateburn wrote:

yet I also faced my 3rd junior high year, a year that I have to study for about 14 hours a day.
Hyperbole much?
Yuudachi-kun

Clappy wrote:

Fateburn wrote:

yet I also faced my 3rd junior high year, a year that I have to study for about 14 hours a day.
Hyperbole much?

No, he's Taiwanese so I believe it.
Topic Starter
Fateburn

Kheldragar wrote:

No, he's Taiwanese so I believe it.
Well our school starts from 7:30AM to 5:40 PM, but we have to study 3 more hours after school till 9:00PM for an important test...
7:30~21:00=13:30
acid
How the hell do manage to live. .-. I'd drop out of school. Lol.
ClawViper
I take the game really seriously as well, but here is how I cope.


First of all, I just forget about long term goals. Focus purely on the short-term goals instead. The higher you rise, you more depressed you feel realising the long-term goal is just so far away. I mainly have very short term goals based on trying to replicate other people's top ranks and set personal targets for maps I want to FC. e.g. One of the maps in my short-term goal listl is to get a 98.5% HDHR FC on sola - Flower's Lunatic.


Next, set aside 2 hours a day for osu!. I usually only play at night but I still religiously play 2 hours a day and it is sufficient to see improvement in my gameplay over the past year. You don't have to forget about rank, but rather work towards achieving your short-term goals - This is what I did - make several collections of maps I want to FC in the near future and play through them without retrying more than 3 times each.


14 hours of studying a day is nonsense. No human can possibly do that - instead of procrastinating, set aside 2 hours to play osu! and make sure you get your work done faster. If you get home late like around 8pm, you can still play before you sleep if this game is that important to you.


Make sure you set your priorities straight by ultimately still focusing on your studies and having a social life. When it comes to exam week, definitely forget about the 2 hours a day. As long as you keep playing, you'll keep improving.


Good luck and all the best.
Topic Starter
Fateburn
Well I actually feel that my skills haven't dropped too much, but what I don't understand is that each time when I finish a map, my rank always drop (Except NNRT), why?
Yuudachi-kun
Other people play this game too.
Karuta-_old_1
this game is getting more competitive every month, half a year ago I was 5200 rank and now I can't even reach 5600 without unleashing the retry spree

so the best way to improve is probably to challenge yourself instead of caring about the ranks too much

and did I mention how I was rank 2k during 2010?
Yuudachi-kun

[MY] yummy90 XP wrote:

this game is getting more competitive every month, half a year ago I was 5200 rank and now I can't even reach 5600 without unleashing the retry spree

so the best way to improve is probably to challenge yourself instead of caring about the ranks too much

and did I mention how I was rank 2k during 2010?

Why not do both at the same time?
Karuta-_old_1

Kheldragar wrote:

Why not do both at the same time?
I agree with that as long as I am able to have fun in the process

But if it starts frustrating me then it will probably make me progress slower

There are a lot of players out there who can play hd + hr very well but don't rank up often

And I'd like to quote someone for this
Always Give up!
From: https://osu.ppy.sh/u/2621067
Yuudachi-kun
But have you seen your playcount? It hardly foes above 1k recently with a huge spike at 2k? Too bad you're at the level where you need to play a lot more than that and playing just as much as you do only barely maintains rank.

What about improving acc on old fcs?
Karuta-_old_1

Kheldragar wrote:

But have you seen your playcount? It hardly foes above 1k recently with a huge spike at 2k? Too bad you're at the level where you need to play a lot more than that and playing just as much as you do only barely maintains rank.

What about improving acc on old fcs?
looks at play history, blimey you are right (and thanks for the heads up)

I am not as consistent as how I was used to be, but looking at the play history it all makes sense
Yuudachi-kun
I don't see why you should be talking about how hard it is for you to gain ranks when you have hardly put in the effort. Really?
Karuta-_old_1

Kheldragar wrote:

I don't see why you should be talking about how hard it is for you to gain ranks when you have hardly put in the effort. Really?
excuse me if I sounded like I am whining, but I was just pointing out how the osu!community is growing and more players are playing
(I really need to stop that habit of mine)

sure I would have wanted to gain more ranks, but I don't enjoy getting them from more than 20 retries
there are plenty of maps that I have FC-ed but can hardly redo them to be honest
Yuudachi-kun
maps don't need 20 tries in a row to be fc'd, just cycle through many maps to fc them. Mayve you'll play the same map for fc 3 times in a day tops.
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