While you're at it try something different.
Build a gateway in their base instead and if his probes try to kill you, just keep running circles.
If the going is good get 2-3 probes there to help get the 2 gateways up.
Then chrono boost your zealots out.

Just ate one in a game, got me quite confused on what to do for the first time haha.
Usually was cannons. Was not prepared to see gateways instead.

Yes.. very nervous here

I think 2v2 and above is not even as bad... even though it also gives quite an adrenaline rush.

It's the feeling of: Sheesh what's the fella gonna do whats their plan how do i win and such.

ok what if have adrenaline rush..
that means this game is making us feel it..
it's a near real life experience..
a virtual one!
no need to do bungee jumping..

yeah.. this Rush thing.. makes me really nervous when I want to click the Find Match button.. its totally nerve wrecking for me.. I can usually manage two ladder games a day.. and at most I did four.. but most of the time only once a day..

it makes me shaky and sweaty.. I cant take the "rush" too much.. dunno how to handle it..

and they make it very suspense..
when u waited for few minutes, suddenly the sound burst to announce 'match found!'

its just a game. no biggie.

for me.. i feel nervous too. but still keep on going.. till really beh tahan ady.. rest 1 hour then continue again.. lol.
and i found that if stop for 1 day or more.. when start back again.. totally will miss out a lot of thing.. miss build this and that..

oooh nice i gotta try out this one sometimes if possible haha!

Yea. Not playing it for one day gives me the same problem...
I'll probably hit the "You require additional pylons" a lot of times...

Haha good luck! Hope it works for you.
Worked for me but usually fails haha.
But its fun when it happens.
The weirdest was one game, he started chasing me with probes round and round eventhough I haven't even put a pylon yet...
Must have had a bad experience a game before mine.

I feelt nervous everytime Im about to click the find game button, but after i joined a game, then im okay.

someone when FOUND GAME that time, the sound is like so serious. like facing terrible opponent.

into the game, wahh kan cheong especially when game drags on.

if lose, ok lor. i lose lor. if win. WTH?!?!? ZOMG save replay happy happy happy.

i just finished a (relatively) epic 1v1 and won by like the skin of my teeth.

wah after win, hands shaking and heart beat damn fast. had to quit sc2 and boot up little big planet to cool down, lol.

also after 40-50 games now i still get nervous whenever i'm attacking a dude's base. lol. guess i don't have a pro gamer's temperament and calm head.

maybe you dont feel it in FPS cos like in FPS you dont get punish badly for your mistakes
e.g.make one wrong move-die-respawn back into action

however, in RTS its a totally different story.
you have put effort into building your faction to where it is now and one tiny mistake (maybe a few) you would pay DEARLY for it and lose your whole faction
its self explantory, your nervousness come from the fact that you care for your faction
you don't want your faction in all it greatness and glory die to some bloody zerglings!!
soo yes its normal, that and your rank XD

nervous. its cloud ur judgement.
i dont know how this adrenaline rush works but u will make a lot of mistake if u are not calm.
(its difrent in unreal tournament adrenaline rush. lol)

p/s applied to all other games too.

I can handle the nervousness somewhat now.. the fear/anxiety that I felt before was from fearing for my ladder record.. since I try not to care about it anymore (well not as much as before anyways).. I can handle it better..

but the shaking/sweating after a tense match is still there ofcourse.. thats what made this game great!
I still have to rest after 1 or 2 match thou

now.. what I fear the most before clicking the "find match" button is.. my kids waking up and messing my game! Like what happened last nite.. all set to go in for the kill, I had to AFK and find my base filled with Zealots

This post has been edited by mad_geist: Sep 18 2010, 07:18 PM

now razer should implement something as sweat absorbing mouse rather than eye candy fancy fancy 10000 dpi mice..

most of time, start 5 minutes into game, heart beat ++ and starts to get sweaty.. whenever pre-attacking opponents base, i can feel my heart jumping out and skyrocketting..

but waffak, whole mouse already contains sweat, and worst thing is they drip into my pc table and dry(i dont use pad coz its gay) . slowly i have to wipe the 'dry sweat' away coz it inhibits my mouse smoothness..

damm, adrenaline rush always happens to me in RTS.. cant continously play for 3-4 rounds in a row, alwys got the tendency to 'stop for the day' and continue tomorrow..

i also very nervous when playing, especialy alot obs in my game, can perform like 20% of skill only. danm z

it does happen to me.

it's good to be u, I can't feel any adrenaline rush at all...

^
obvious pro. wwww