It’s almost weekend and the weather forecast isn’t promising much. Seems like you might be staying home and, well maybe playing little video games. If that’s you you may as well get ready and do it right.
Ranking tops in any game is never an easy task. Maintaining your laptop well is just the first step. Every game becomes tougher as your level increases and you need the right gaming mindset and an excellent game sense to beat your opponents and maintain your lead. In this post, we will take a critical look at some of the important tips you need to pay attention to in order to develop the right gaming mindset.
1. Take time to prepare
This tip is most applicable to new gamers, but it also applies to you as an old player who has been out of touch with your favorite game. You need to always do a background check on your favorite game if you have not played for a while to help you get abreast with the meta changes and newest patches on the game. if you stay away from any game for a while and jump in without any checks and preparations, you are simply setting yourself up to perform like a newbie. Also, try to get a good mouse and PC is the ones you have become crappy and laggy.
2. Be confident in your skills
You will always find players with a higher ranking from time to time in the lobby, but never allow their ranks or skills to intimidate you into playing like you do not believe you can win. Once you play with the mindset of an imminent defeat, then defeat becomes inevitable. Instead, decide to show the higher ranked players that their high ranking means nothing to you and give them a good show. However, you must never become too confident in any other not to lose to the other side by taking things for granted.
3. Always be critical of yourself
You can’t develop the right gaming mindset needed to improve your skills if you cannot sit back to reflect on your mistakes and failures. For instance, if you get killed in the course of a combat game, instead of skipping the kill cam or getting into a rage, take some seconds to reflect on why you got killed. Critically assess how you died. You can check if your positioning was bad if you peeked at an easily predictable angle and time, etc. When you do such critical analyses with a clear mind, you will discover some aspects of your gameplay that could be changed to help you perform better during the next game.
4. Play what you enjoy playing
Gaming is supposed to be something that helps you have fun. You don’t have to grind through sweat, blood, and tears even when you are paid to play. So, once the game is getting the better of you, you can take a break from that game and try playing something you can have more fun playing and enjoy more wins.
5. Never fear the ladder
Most players experience ladder anxiety, the fear to get into the competitive modes of their favorite games. Once you get into the competitive modes, do not be afraid to fail, lose, or mess up. Every player fails once in a while, and so will you irrespective of your skills, ranking, and experience. Get into the competitive modes with the mindset that mistakes can happen. When you miss a headshot on a stationary enemy who probably never knew you were close, accept your mistake as part of the game and learn from it. You may get laughed at when such mistakes happen, but never let it get to you or affect your game.
Most of these tips boil down to the importance of learning from your mistakes and using your failures an setbacks as the foundation for your improvement.
