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Lagel
181 posts
Joined October 2014
Topic Starter
Lagel
Hey there, so recently a friend of mine recommended i play osu!, and so i gave it a play and found out i could use my drawing tablet for it. All was swell until i noticed i get nervous af really easily. I'm a rather shy 15 year old, i'm not loud at all and i care too much what people think of me and i believe that plays a large roll in this. Whether i'm about to SS that really hard song i've been trying for a while or going head to head in multiplayer with a friend for a friendly competition. It mostly occurs at the end of songs i've been trying for a while or if someone's spectating me, even if he's a best mate and i have no intention whatsoever of bragging or showing off, i shake and choke massive d*ck.

Example
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https://osu.ppy.sh/s/48320 https://www.dropbox.com/s/93690fihc8hl3 ... u.osr?dl=0
-sev
875 posts
Joined February 2014
-sev
Realize that nobody will give a shit about your score so there's no need to get nervous
YamiHikari
194 posts
Joined August 2013
YamiHikari
Happens to me too, you'll get over it in time OP
E m i
E m i
Get over it yourself. I often have to artificially conclude that "wtf, it doesn't even matter" to stop myself from choking using the spare brain processing power I have remaining. 8-)
Tshemmp
1,405 posts
Joined June 2011
Tshemmp

xYamiHikari wrote:

Happens to me too, you'll get over it in time OP
50k playcount in, still not over it
Bauxe
1,624 posts
Joined August 2012
Bauxe
Get 500,000 playcount.

Then you probably won't get nervous.
x_Co0ki420ezi_x
178 posts
Joined November 2012
x_Co0ki420ezi_x
be yourself
deletemyaccount
730 posts
Joined May 2013
deletemyaccount
Playing offline seems to work for many people.
ofcourse you won't get ranks but its just a number amirite? :)
sayonara_sekai
376 posts
Joined November 2010
sayonara_sekai

xYamiHikari wrote:

Happens to me too, you'll get over it in time OP
lol
ZenithPhantasm
ZenithPhantasm

Philantropist wrote:

Playing offline seems to work for many people.
ofcourse you won't get ranks but its just a number amirite? :)
Can confirm as an offline player myself.

My best advice: Force yourself to take a deep breath. Most people forget to breathe when they're nervous which deprieves their brain cells of oxygen.
Nyxa
848 posts
Joined October 2013
Nyxa
What Zenith said is a good suggestion, but that doesn't really solve the nervousness, and I've tried that in the past and end up so focused on breathing properly that less focus goes towards the map, thus making me miss easier.

Play a lot of Touhou until you can comfortably play Lunatics. It'll take some time, but that should solve your issue.
HazeL
175 posts
Joined July 2013
HazeL
I got nervous when im reaching rank 1 :o
I Give Up
1,648 posts
Joined January 2014
I Give Up
I only get nervous whenever I make a play that I know will be my next top score, or a song that has a really hard part and I managed to beat it after several months. However I never get nervous when playing easy maps. So basically get so good at the game so that you will never get nervous on 5 star songs any more coz ez game ez life.
-sev
875 posts
Joined February 2014
-sev

Tess wrote:

Play a lot of Touhou until you can comfortably play Lunatics. It'll take some time, but that should solve your issue.
Thanks for the laughs.
dung eater
2,395 posts
Joined December 2013
dung eater
have fun, most people do get very nervous when they are getting their first scores they consider good, it usually gets less distracting as you play more
Nathan
Beatmap Nominator
2,144 posts
Joined August 2014
Nathan
Just deal with it, over time you'll improve under pressure, it'll always be there though
B1rd
2,974 posts
Joined December 2013
B1rd
Everyone get's nervous. It up to you to find ways to deal with it. Something that works for me is remember to just keep calm and keep playing that way I've been doing up until that point. If I miss I accept that it was because of my lack of abilities. And by doing that it prevents me from doing anything weird due to nervousness that would make me break combo.
Lagel
181 posts
Joined October 2014
Topic Starter
Lagel
I guess i'll just have to stick with it then. Also, i was wondering because of my rather odd grip, would that be effecting my overall control of the pen?
I only have 3 fingers touching my pen, pretty much ever. My wrist rests just on the surface of the black part of my wacom intuos.

Grip:
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http://imgur.com/a/CBk38
Karuta-_old_1
947 posts
Joined November 2009
Karuta-_old_1
If you are comfortable with it, why not?
SomeLoli
SomeLoli
No need to get nervous over clicking circles mate. Realise it's just a game for fun and you will have an epiphany (probably not)
E m i
E m i

SomeLoli wrote:

No need to get nervous over clicking circles mate. Realise it's just a game for fun and you will have an epiphany (probably not)
:? :? circle clicking game is my life :( :(
Comet
82 posts
Joined June 2014
Comet
Taken from ScarletStory's How-to-get-better thread (no, that's not the actual title, but anyhoo)

Let me tell you something interesting about your brain. When our brain anticipates a stressful event it makes your muscles tense up in preparation to deal with whatever is causing the stress.

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The muscles-tensing up part is actually still relevant here because it will be a byproduct of this thing we call "nervousness."

To put it simply, if you don't want as much muscle-tensing and nervousness, then you need to gear away your brain from being anticipatory.

So, as weird as it sounds, you actually need to gear down and concentrate MORE. The more you concentrate on the actual game instead of anticipating that one hard spot/section, the better you'll do.

I'll give thelewa https://osu.ppy.sh/u/thelewa and Azer https://osu.ppy.sh/u/azer as examples. If you ever noticed how both players never complain about that troll-like hard part in this beatmap they're doing coming up? (Azer does it sometimes in SpeedRunners, but that's completely irrelevant, haha)

It's because they're both trying their hardest to keep their concentration without breaking it, which allows them to get past points that would otherwise screw them over. And thus, thelewa got the No. 1 spot in World's End https://osu.ppy.sh/b/335628?m=0 and held it for around 4 months before Nitro barely beat it by about 80k points. In the same regard, Azer is in the top 5 spots at #5 on Magic Girl (which is around 234 bpm on DT, by the way) https://osu.ppy.sh/s/53519# and has a startling 99.82% accuracy.

Keep your concentration without breaking it too many times and I guarantee you will perform better on some level (I'm assuming you've read ScarletStory's thread as well as Jesse's about getting better https://osu.ppy.sh/forum/t/187364 and https://osu.ppy.sh/forum/t/99612, respectively.

Glad to help :)
The Gambler
1,304 posts
Joined September 2013
The Gambler
Hmmm... Deep breath???

And give yourself a cookie every time you DO sliderbreak or what not. It helps to have food around.
Glucose and water does help the brain a lot ;)
Lagel
181 posts
Joined October 2014
Topic Starter
Lagel
Alright thanks guys, i guess i shouldn't be worrying too much with only 6k plays in 3 months. I tend to push myself too much to only then realize it's okay to be bad (for now anyway)
Nyxa
848 posts
Joined October 2013
Nyxa

SnapFlash wrote:

The most useful post in this thread.
-sev
875 posts
Joined February 2014
-sev

SnapFlash wrote:

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Incredible, by actively trying to stay concentrated I ended up getting nervous for the first time in a while! :>
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