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#1 Jman5

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 07:16 PM

turn off chat, and disable VOIP.

Maybe it's the guy telling you to charge when you should be trading. Maybe it's the ragers at the end of every single match slowly chipping away at your confidence and sanity. Whatever it is, I find that the best way to lift yourself out of a losing streak is to turn off all communication and just trust yourself to do the right thing. Even if you're still losing matches at least you don't to listen to that one guy who blames you for his 16 damage game.

Just this week I went from losing 18 of my last 23 games, to winning 8 in a row once I turned off chat.

#2 Kira Onime

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 07:20 PM

Close the game and do something else.

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 07:24 PM

View PostKira Onime, on 01 October 2015 - 07:20 PM, said:

Close the game and do something else.

Sometimes that can help, but other times the losses keep piling up day after day. The example I gave was a loss slump over the course of an entire week.

#4 Kira Onime

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 07:29 PM

View PostJman5, on 01 October 2015 - 07:24 PM, said:

Sometimes that can help, but other times the losses keep piling up day after day. The example I gave was a loss slump over the course of an entire week.



Sometimes MM decides you're gona lose.

#5 MechWarrior5152251

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 07:30 PM

Play Star Trek Online, its PVE so there are no losers....

#6 Ngamok

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 07:32 PM

View PostMechWarrior5152251, on 01 October 2015 - 07:30 PM, said:

Play Star Trek Online, its PVE so there are no losers....


Firefall Online here

#7 GrimRiver

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 07:35 PM

View PostJman5, on 01 October 2015 - 07:24 PM, said:

Sometimes that can help, but other times the losses keep piling up day after day. The example I gave was a loss slump over the course of an entire week.

My losing streak has been 2 weeks, I even made a post called "Whats going on?" about it. So yeah the best thing is just turn the game off and find something else.

#8 Lyoto Machida

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 07:38 PM

I pull out an LRM boat and go to town...the HBK-4J does the trick quite often.

#9 Mister Blastman

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 08:12 PM

When the terriscareds are in force, going Rambo is sometimes fun.

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#10 DAYLEET

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 08:18 PM

View PostJman5, on 01 October 2015 - 07:16 PM, said:

turn off chat, and disable VOIP.

Maybe it's the guy telling you to charge when you should be trading. Maybe it's the ragers at the end of every single match slowly chipping away at your confidence and sanity. Whatever it is, I find that the best way to lift yourself out of a losing streak is to turn off all communication and just trust yourself to do the right thing. Even if you're still losing matches at least you don't to listen to that one guy who blames you for his 16 damage game.

Just this week I went from losing 18 of my last 23 games, to winning 8 in a row once I turned off chat.

After a streak of losing you are gona get a streak of winning. It's been like that since i joined 2 years ago. Next time, when o na bad losing streak, get up, jump while tapping on your head and join a game, youll win. it works!!

#11 Mechwarrior Buddah

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 08:18 PM

buy Elite dangerous lol

Edited by Mechwarrior Buddah, 01 October 2015 - 08:18 PM.


#12 Mister Blastman

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 08:20 PM

View PostMechwarrior Buddah, on 01 October 2015 - 08:18 PM, said:

buy Elite dangerous lol


Yes please. And tell all your friends to. And then tell them they can only play in Open mode. Because studs play in open.

#13 ilikerice

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 08:24 PM

Drink some more.

#14 Vahnn

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 08:31 PM

I just play one of the other 20 games I love.

#15 JediPanther

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 08:37 PM

Run a derp build. Six flamer jenner or something as bad like ac 10 spider.

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 08:55 PM

Happens too often with me given that so far Resistance II has been a mild flop for me (Mauler = average assault, Black Knight = awful heavy).

I do a number of things.
1. Play CW?
2. Take out my Dire Wolf with dakka dakka and rampage
3. Take out my King Crab with dakka dakka and rampage
4. Take out my Mad Cat with laser vomit or dakka and rampage
5. Take out my Ebon Jag with dakka or laser vomit and rampage

But often I just shut down the client and do
1. Go play World of Warships, where my Mogami and Tirpitz is waiting.
2. Go play War Thunder, for trolling in T-34s.

#17 TLBFestus

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 09:14 PM

1. Take a break from the game.

2. Don't be the first guy to charge over the hill. Sit back, keep moving and pick your shots.

3. Be wing-man to a Fatty. They are bullet magnets.

4. Play Solo Queue with #2 or #3.

#18 FupDup

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 09:23 PM

I play other games like HoTS.

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 09:36 PM

When Im on a MWO losing streak, I consider going into the lounge to sit with my family. Then I remind myself who Im married to and staying online and driving through the losing streak seems so much the better option.

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Posted 01 October 2015 - 09:39 PM

Get in your Locust that always sits fully outfitted with Modules in its Mechbay and go to town. Backstab some Whales.
Cost: Smurfy says 6.7 Million for the Mech http://mwo.smurfy-ne...0ef759606474646 + 21 Mio Modules and you´re always ready for some fun ;)

Edited by DarthHias, 01 October 2015 - 09:39 PM.






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