Overcoming Anxiety in Counter-Strike
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- Scared to Queue? Ashamed of your Rank? In this video I explain what's happening, provide a solution, and then DO IT. You don't have to have anxiety in CS:GO, videos games are for fun. Learn to compete and get good in Counter-Strike by giving yourself permission to FAIL.
I hope this video helps, I made it as much for myself as I did to help you.
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I have crippling depression
i have Osteoporosis
I seriously do have tho
go break a hip grandma
heyy..thats pretty good
If that's true, make sure to speak to a professional as soon as you can.
>watch WarOwl
>motivated
>plays csgo
>lose
>"Cyka blyet lol noob anon"
>cry
tru dat
*Me:*
Always trying to get info, giving it to teammates, good fragging, least deaths on team.
*Russian guy:*
Bottom fragging, barely gives info, calls me names in russian, says I don't help him but always pushes open positions > pretty much sums up 70% of cs go on EU servers for me.
> rinse
> repeat
the silver cycle
You got permission don't worry.
implying green text on youtube, well done
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
― Michael Jordan
Watch "the last dance" documentary on Netflix about him, it's a masterpiece.
@@ZZ-vl5nd Yeah its really amazing! :D
you fail and then you wuin
great quote from the second greatest player of all time if anybody didnt know who he was
Warowl: "give yourself permission to fail"
Also Warowl: "Dude, what is that molly?"
To be fair he said to give yourself permission to fail, not others :p
*destroys enemys in backgroundgameplay*
To be fair, it was a dumb molly.
He said "yourself" not, "your team mates" lol
On it's own it seemed fine to me.
warowl:"You are trash at counter-strike!"
me: lol, tell me something I don't know.
warowl:"But that's OK."
me: Whaaaaaaat? Really?!
mind blown
>.>
''You're trash at counter-strike'' well, tell me something new ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Wolyo I dieded
Wolyo ikr
All of my friends favorite ranks are silver
That my new ringtone lol
ur good at counter-strike
Watching the gameplay made me feel even trashier at csgo. R.I.P, my nonexistent confidence.
Yeah, I could feel my confidence digging a hole for it's low lying self
Me fails school exam "mom: wtf did u do ??" Dont worry mom i have permission to fail
Allowing yourself the option the option to fail is not just a good CSGO tip, but a great tip for many things in life. I grew up with a lot of bullying, got turned down by pretty much every girl I'd ever asked out, and as a result, I went through most of my 20s without so much as even a date. My self esteem was so low I just gave up trying. Eventually I just said screw it, and allowed myself to be rejected...
...except since then I've never been rejected. So far this past year I've gotten at least a date 100% of the times I've asked, and had my first real relationship (only lasted a few months, but hey...progress!) Don't let fear of failure control you. I only wish I learned this sooner.
Man the feels are strong here ... Too much to relate to... ;(
im sweating from the eyes...
and i said that comment becoase i feel the same way and from now on ill be more open and delete that horrible anxiety. im so glad that im not the only one to have that same feeling,
Bro I feel like you are me from the future.No joke. Is it good there ? ;c
I've been rejected by every girl I asked out and honestly I gave up
I expected a 'You're trash at Counter Strike, let's talk about that.'
It's time to spin the wheel of wrecktacality
lmao
YES WAROWL WATCHES GMM!
Title "Why you fucking suck and still in silver by WarOwl"
sino time to spin the wheel of silvercality
Giving yourself permission to fail... man, that is legitimately a great idea!
NeedsMoreBoosters yes I lost 5 in a row and got feared and not played mm for 1month but I then I was like I don't care anymore but from then I am 15-0 wins undefeated.......
This comment feels like it's brimming with sarcasm
@@ralek592 I think it is lmao
This is 100% spot on. If you go in scared of losing, you're probably going to lose.
It's also the reason why my smurf is higher ranked than my main, and I feel like games on my smurf are easier - because I don't care about the rank on my smurf. By obsessing too much on your rank, it sets you up for failure.
well i experienced it also on game i was good at. Getting 3 wins in a row, being at my best at being afraid to play again for 2 weeks to keep my rank.... it works for every level in a competitive game. Except on csgo where i'm silver, i truly don't care about the rank.
if your smurf rank is higher then is it really still a smurf?
@@RamaHassan-- get your shit together man. take a break, enjoy life you need to realize this is not important at all this is not significant. then come back, you will have deranked. start the grind back and you'll get higher than last time. what made me stop fearing is : 1 i realized i was missing out fun by not playing
2 i had life catching up so i didn't have time to play so 2 or 3 times i deranked after the grind, then i understood it was easy to get back and very fun. I realized it was just a rank.
Next time i really suck in CS:GO, i'll tell my mates: Don't worry guys, i have PERMISSION to FAIL.
2 bad there's a lot of "players" who hates u immediately if u fail - "KICK HIM!1!11!"
sounds like a ban^^
They are going to fuck you up. In Russian.
f1
Nobody listens to techno this is the exact reason I get anxiety in CSGO. Fear of having someone judge me for being bad at the game.
1 million owl reveal. Let's face it, you're an owl.
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it's b guys wtf
The only thing that scares me from playing comp is getting Russians in my team
i get them every single game
Or maybe it's xenophoby
NAVI ??
You have permission to get russians!:P
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If only the community of CS:GO would be less toxic and salty, then i would play it again, but at the current state of this game when you make one small mistake or die when it's a 1v3 or so you get yelled at and cursed at instead of players of your team saying for example: good try man, good luck next time. Being negative doesn't help in a single way and because of that i got worse in playing CS:GO and some time ago i even stopped playing and i don't think i'll return in quite some time
Sgt.Nuclear that's pathetic
Kolev Antonio The community is yeh
Sgt.Nuclear that's why russia needs to be nuked
You're right.
Sgt.Nuclear no game is safe from toxicity
Seriously, it bugs me how my friends always just give up and stop trying.
Try your best untill the end! You can say you tried your best.
Eikka H yea my friend did the same, he now says that Overwatch is the best game ever and how it's better than cs in every way. He was pretty good, but now if he ever plays he griefs and adandons, leaving me in the game trying to make a comeback
Quack Quac, then don't play with him. there's no point in playing with people like that, even friends.
You actually lose less ELO if the difference in rounds is big at the end. It's actually smarter to give up once it hits like 8-0
If it really bugs you, you should tell them. In the long run, having a positive attitude is waaay more important than anything else.
If worst comes to worst, find new friends to play with. It's not easy to do, but even one guy on your team who gives up will bring everyone else down with him, and you won't have fun again until you derank and start winning games again.
I'd take a silver that really tries over a supreme who gives up after pistol round any day and probably have that silver reach global before the supreme. :P
He touched me in places only my girlfriend touches me.....
The Heart
Thanks great video
The friendzone?
A girlfriend?
Barry Rinehart What creature is this 'girlfriend' that you speak of ?
@Angad Singh scientist still cannot explained this paradox named "girlfriend", some say its only a myth but one day one day i will find this creature myself
if I at least had a girlfriend
Summary:
- Give yourself permission to fail; failure is necessary for success.
- Most players view ranking as a ladder that you 'must' climb perpetually until you reach your desired rank, as well as a prestigious status quo you must get to impress players. Those are totally fine, but remember - the ultimate, objective purpose of ranks is segregating the relative skill levels of players. You don't necessarily have to climb that ladder. So don't berate yourself for having whatever rank you have.
Loved how you said the "rank doesn't matter, only indicates who you get pitched up against". Thats exactly my motto as well. I don't care about my rank, i only want good games with ppl that are better or equal. Good video man, and at 1:32 you say something really important, about judging ourselves before we even do anything. Thats the key.
I only care about my rank because I'm stuck at silver 1, second or top fragger most of the time, and have 346 hours.
Why am I replying to a 2 year old comment anyway?
@@Engired hey man. that was me at the time of this video's upload, when i first watched it. Spent hours practicing in deathmatch, watching pro tournaments to analyze every play, and letting myself lose if i had to. got to gold nova 1 after only a month, and now i am back after having quit the game for a year due to a failed GPU I couldn't replace until now, and I'm in silver 3, re-doing my original process. You got this man, be sure to come back when you finally rank up. the day i hit silver 2, i was screaming with joy to my friend on the mic.
@@ThatWhiteHand I was actually silver 2 at first, but deranked from being bad. I have no idea why this matchmaking system keeps on putting me in with silver 3s though.
rank matters when ur silver and get pitched up against smurfs though
"You are trash at counter-strike!"
yeah
''But that's OK."
yea i know im really really ba-, wait what?
RealNukerity my little cheeki breeki
I quit CSGO quite a while ago but still watch WarOwl video's. Anyone else?
Kenny ye his vids apply to other games as well
Kenny Still my favourite TH-camr, quit CS months ago.
Same.
I quit because I used to always get like 40-50 fps, but now i get 10-15 fps
Sn0w CrAB What do you play now then? Minesweeper? lol, if you get 10-15 fps i CS, your pc can bearly handle Windows 😛
Vietnam war veterans: *THEY ARE IN THE TREES*
csgo veterans: *THEY ARE IN THE CORNERS*
Price from CoD: CHECK YOUR CORNERS!
Dude i know this video is 1 year old but my god it is amazing. This is why youtube was created. Creators like you deserve much more attention.
Ikr
hey guys, I've seen a lot of your messages on this topic, and while it's different for everybody, mine is a fear of failure. I hope this video helps to get you back into the game and having fun. I'm going to start playing CS:GO a LOT more now, and get my main account back to Global, and FINISH the Solo Queue to Global series. GLHF!
Hello
Hi!
Best of luck!
yay
What happened to viewer's choice though? was my favorite series
when does black mesa come back ?????????
Thanks, WarOwl this is not only applicable to CS but life itself! :)
Jin ye ture
In life you are not allowed to fail or do you want to lose your job?
You're thinking of what I said in the wrong context. It is obviously can't be used in certain situations, however, it can still be applicable in everyday life. I apologize for being so vague.
Yes, people should´t be scared of basic failures, but you should strive to be as perfect as you can. Just don´t stress over it
In a world where failure is imminent, you have to be open-minded when it comes to failure. It is how you learn. I was never saying strive for failure, however, if you do fail you should not look down upon yourself, rather pick your head up and learn from mistakes. You can't change the past that is why it is so important to move forward from failures.
This is still my favorite WarOwl's video even 6 years later
"no cowardice"
i think that piece of advice only was enough for me to reach global
Damn son
1.Started Watching
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4. Continued Watching
Same :D
dude, stop spying me
1.Started Watching
2. Scrolled through the comments
3. Found your comment
4.Liked the video
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First time I feel the need to comment on your channel, which I've enjoyed for a while now. You got some great content, man. Fun to watch and really helpful.
WarOwl: *gives me permission to fail*
Me: AIGHT!
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Stumbled upon this video a few days back and gave your tip / mindset a try.
It's really great how universally this idea applies, and how simple the answer to anxiety actually is. I mainly play fighting games, and on some days, these games can be really stressful and frustrating, at least when playing them online, when one dropped button input due to a mistake or lag can lose you a game. I've had a couple of days where I just didn't want to play at all, for example back when I ranked up to "Super Diamond" or whatever in Street Fighter 5, and didn't wanna risk getting deranked right away.
Commenting just now after a few days of trying out this mindset, and it works really great, not just for Counter Strike, but really any competitive sort of game. Your video helped me out a lot, and while it's an easy answer to a large problem, it's not the most obvious one. Thanks for that video!
I don't have anxiety in CS:GO but I just realized that this describes me in real life.
Kerim Kerim I suffer from anxiety too..
Kerim Kerim I have horrible social anxiety
Lions I have fear of failure . It prevents me from even trying.
I am so surprised and glad that you made this video I will try this technique out tonight. I have such bad anxiety in CSGO that when I see an enemy I shake so much sometimes that I completely miss my shots. I used to carry most games but then the pressure of being known as "good" just overwhelmed me and I felt like I couldn't keep it up.
Thank you so much for making this video.
-A long term fan
I have anxiety
lol smoke weed for competitive gaming? you know that marijuana decreases reaction time right? why'd you want to do that for CSGO lmao
Rubenkn I have the opposite of this I have no fear and usually rush out when my teammates are scared. Also I heard marijuana gives more anxiety
lol scrub
Weed is good because it lowers your inhibitions and makes you more confident so you can act more decisively which is important in competitive when you are nervous. Caffeine and alcohol do the same sometimes I drink a lot of coffee or tea at a party so I can be more chill and actually talk to people otherwise I'm really shy.
As I am relatively new to CS, I'm often told to leave competitive and go play casual. That I'm not good enough to play comp. what irritates me is that I know that all the skills i don't have that let me down in comp, I can't necessarily learn in casual. I have not been in a single comp match without being asked to leave and "never come back to comp matchmaking". I enjoy CS:GO, but its community needs to be far more accepting of new players.
Play with friends man
i want to thank you warowl. you helped me overcome my axienty and now i'm having more fun than i ever had at cs:go.
I have a little bit of anxiety
Just have fun and try new things.
Gonna be honest. By far one of my favorite videos you've made. Very inspirational and moving.
Gonna be honest. By far one of my favorite anime ever made. Very inspirational and moving.
Also Verona is best girl.
Warowl = New VSauce?
Where are your *hands*?
It's funny that I wanted so much the game for such a long time that when I've finally got it I was so fascinated by the game that I didn't even care about failure. I didn't care if they kicked me because I played bad,I just enjoyed every second of it literally.
I still do love this game and I'm trying to get better at it by practicing and learning from other people especially the WarOwl.
I also bought it this year and I've been having a ton of fun with it. :)
Man I love the way you thinking (dont bother and always think positiv) and I love how you help people out in doing a thing they enjoy. Further, the way you make your videos is awesome! Keep on doing! You are just a great person!!! Thanks for all the stuff you did untill now
to be honest i gotta say that i learnt everything of this game from warowl .and now i m LEM . i love ur vids so much . theres not a single vid in ur playlist that i havent watched .u r a great teacher . keep up the great content
Muhammad Azeez Ali He's so good at presentations
You will be watching Voo when you upgrade to esea :P
+Alejo Miranda
nice
@@alejomiranda95 fk u
YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE SCHEDULE!
and that's ok
Brutaltronics I don't think he has one
and that's ok
This was actually pretty inspiring; despite the abysmal late-game standing, everyone stayed fairly pleasant and non-toxic... although, it is pretty easy to gracefully lose as one of the top fraggers... How about a vid where you lose solo MM as the bottom fragger? That's who usually gets dumped on the worst :/
That depends on the people who you queue up with. I never complain about the bottom fragger unless he was an asshole to me before. Even then I try to keep things civil.
The Aroused Eunuch as long as the bottom fragger is doing his role im cool with it
So if competition is a primal instinct, does that mean that we play cs to attract females?
Females run away from me tho
Exactly.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA YOUR KILLING ME BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get good and they will come, kings
Primal instinct isn't synonymous with being horny
I mean, I know people who just have a general fear of getting some toxic dude in your team who just down talks you whenever you mess up, even if it's the littlest of things like flashing them by accident.
MUTE!! I would rather miss the call outs than listen to BS from a guy taking it way too serious.. JMO tho
Love the dude who killed me with an awp shot in the head on cobble because i was watching dropper trough window and "purposely blocked" him. Didnt even say a thing before he killed me.
ThePaint I hate those dudes.
I've watched long Ct side on dust 2 before every round then this guy decided he wanted to watch long too(without telling anyone)
Ended up team killing me because I was blocking him.
I've had people scream and yell because they got blocked during a smoke throw once.
I've had people shutdown and throw because I told them a Molly would be better if they aimed about a foot higher.
Here recently I was playing and a guy was getting mad because I couldn't win rounds I had already gotten 3-4 kills on.
It was really weird, if I got 2 kills I would have gotten more respect from this dude. But getting 4 kills in a 1v5 then dying nooo your making us lose.
have my babies
ShadowZeal Yee
have my meme
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This video was the most helpful by far. I've seen some tutorials and unboxing but by far this video really helped me a lot to get control of my nerves when playing csgo competitive. Thanks a lot for this video and I'm hoping that you'll give us much more fun and helpful videos. Thanks man! :')
As usual, well put. I'll definitely link to this video when needed. I only wish there were more players with such a healthy mindset; there are way too many arrogant youngsters in this game, as well as toxic people who define you by your rank and bully you if you are having a bad day.
This isn t just for games it s good for presentations and exams too
I disagree. GO you can keep playing again and again and again and again. You can keep losing until you do get that headshot, you do get that flick, you throw the right smokes and communicate, etc.
Exams, while it *is* important to not fear failure, you are limited in how many you can take. Technically you could keep paying for school and never leave, but it's a lot more costly than just time especially if we're talking about college.
With exams you need a more nuanced look - it's ok to fail, but if I do fail I need to overhaul my habits to not fail the next one. With GO, you don't have to do anything different. You can jump right into the next game and eventually you'll learn what you need to know.
no it is not. fight for a win, not settle for a loss
ermmm, I think assignments and tests serve the purpose of allowing you to fail before the actual exam.....
I am indeed scared to Queue, bc of russians
i am russian, still scared to queue
Do Russians put other Russians off playing matchmaking?
Rush B!
B9 Baba Ikr! Gotta get this server picker working...
As an American, I am scared to solo queue, because this one time, I got matched with 4 mexicans
Can you also make a video titled "How not to throw your computer out the window"?
NeedsMoreBoosters this will be very helpful
my PC is too tall and too heavy so i dont even attempt to throw it out the window, there's your solution
you're doing that right now while typing.
Remove window or computer
delete windows
Thank you so much for this video! It's really good to hear these tips!
"I'm the WarOwl and I still, have no clothes on."
"matchmaking is balanced" tell that to smurfs
@PapaSmurf Matching making is balanced
shit russian teammates, boosters, cheaters, smurfs. definetly balanced
aka Warowl who is king smurf I love him though haha
you.need to get gud ....no smurfs if you are global.
This video is good to watch for any game with ranked. Really gave me another perspective of my rank and playing in ranked.
Your videos are much appreciated and enjoyed! Thanks WarOwl!
That's something I learned via drawing. When I started to learn drawing humans I almost everytime failed. Overtime I overcame this and I really helped me to advance my skills
yeah with creativity, you really have to give yourself permission to make crap. If I'm working on a video, I'm scared to make something that won't live up to the previous video. What I do to get going is just start MAKING SOMETHING, even if it's crap, because it almost always get's me going so I can create something truly great.
ActrimuS what a noooob :P
I must admit: this video helped with my life more than it did with my gaming experience
This has plagued me for so long on cs sometimes im hitting hs like crazy then sometimes i play like a complete pleb im happy u described this and shed some light on whats going on in my head
thank you this game is a huge part of my life and all i was worried about was my rank and failing but this video really helped me
Recently i've been having an unreal slump and just cannot frag anymore no matter what I do its been going on for a week now this really helped! Thanks War Owl!! Much love ❤❤
TheWeepingWeavile ™ the last update got rid of my custom settings and launch commands, I bottom fragged for a solid week before I fixed them. I thought I was just bad after I took a couple months off, but sometimes it IS the game and not you. The biggest fix I found was putting -high and -threads 4 in my launch commands in steam.
Thanks a lot man sometimes taking time off doesn't always help sometimes it makes it worse...
I was having a slump where every round i was playing bad, I wasn't really focused and all that nonesense. Then I got an ace all headshots and my confidence went through the roof and I started playing good again. So It might be about how confident you are, if you keep saying in your head that you're playing bad that's all you'll think about and you'll keep playing bad but if you be confident in your skill and stop caring about your rank you'll become confident and play well again. This is also why taking a break works because you don't say in your head "I'm playing so bad" when you haven't played in a while
thanks thats a great explanation!
The problem that I am having right now is not that I am too afraid to play but I am way too hard on myself when I do play. I find myself having overwhelming urges to physically hurt myself if I mess up. A lot of times I succumb to this urge. This only started happening to me within the last couple of months and I'm starting to get a little bit worried.
Really don't know what advice to give you, but it definitely sound a little bit worrying.
Alec Trapp I think you need to remind yourself of why you play CS in the first place. Really think about it. It's just a game, and you should play to better yourself and have fun. Don't let CS become your abusive girl/boyfriend, if you can't manage it then I suggest you stop playing it altogether. Its simply not worth the negativity, and there are alternatives to what CS brings
You did a great job tackling the issue here WarOwl but I do feel like Rocket Jump Ninja goes more in depth and provides a lot of info on this kind of mentality from a Quake vets perspective, and I found it really helpful.
Great video @TheWarOwl Thank you for this. I've been playing a lot of For Honor (and got myself into the top 1% on leaderboards for 1v1 and 2v2 but that itch to return to CounterStrike is there for me frequently. Looking forward to keeping up with your videos
I also have a little bit of a fear when I play. I only know 2 maps (callouts, positions etc). and those are dust 2 and Mirage. I really want to learn Inferno Cache and all the other maps but I'm scared to play competitive on that map.
Play it with bots. Watch tournament games played on Inferno and Cache. Those helped me understand Overpass and Cbble without actually ever playing them.
Fewit well first when you queue deselect mirage and dust 2 because these maps are a bit overplayed and in 10 games you will know them when I started I simply checked every corner and that you should do or give the name that you see under your radar
Fewit watch pro games and just don't be afraid!! Just have a go and you'll learn it by then end of the first few games and it'll be all good :). I'd learn pretty quick as dust 2 is changing soon so it's gonna be new for everyone and then you'll be stuck with one map in your comfort zone.
imo it's much easier to just play actual matches on the maps you want to learn than play with bots and watch games, it will be hard but you will eventually learn
Thank you all so much for helping me :). I'll use your tips. But I have a question. Where can I learn the callouts? Some callout maps are not used that much. Like Highway at cache is sometimes called something else on callouts map and I don't know which guide is a good one.
There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
There is no chaos, there is harmony.
There is no death, there is the Force.
Comrazi FIRE IN THE HOLE
Alex M THROWING MOLOTOV
May the force be with you :D
=jedi code
But we still lost the game with all your wisdom Professah'
Oh god, I got a good chuckle out of this video! Keep up the great work War Owl!!
I always come back to this video and it makes me feel a lot better. My anxiety doesn't come from losing, necessarily. I'm okay if I lose a game. I've lost at more video games than I can remember. My anxiety comes from the idea that I might let my team down. I never want to burden a team if I'm not performing well.
*ranks up to DMG*
*Watches a warowl video*
"You're trash at counter-strike"
oh well, thanks for making me feel like a silver xD
you just made a silver feel like a wood!
Thx dude.
Im silver 2
Welp, you made a Gold 2 feel like a cheese burger.
hey im a silver and it aint that bad down here
@@mikejameson7678 that's what it is I'm lem
u are awesome warowl have been watching u for about 3 years now, although I started playing CSGO 6 months ago I feel ur content to be really helpful and funny too with a bit of humour u add into ur videos makes them entertaining to watch... MUCH MUCH MUCH love from INDIA .... I hope u cud reply
This video and his words of wisdom inspired me to get back into this game as i stopped playing it because i got bad and stopped playing it as frequently as i used to. Thanks Warowl :)
My fight or flight response triggered when i aced all the enemy in a 1v5 situation and it made me anxious for awhile, my heart's beating very fast and i thought I'm gonna pass out.
I exactly know what you mean with matchmaking anxiety and losing your rank. I first experienced this when I was like mge, now I somehow got to global and have to say that the higher I got with my rank, the harder it got for me to overcome this anxiety.
I feel like that intro was directed at me specially
been in a slump for the last two weeks and this is exactly what I needed thx
I like how at 6:50 you close you eyes irl when you get flashed, i subconsciously do it all the time
you're TheWarOwl, and you're still the best at making tutorials for CS:GO.
This video actually motivates me to play better. and its true. I got so much better. even the enemy is salty af which is normal in every csgo competitive map, I still enjoy. I get perfect mindset errytime xd.
This is actually really solid general life advice. Fear of failure is a much bigger issue than just CS
Thanks, WarOwl I've been struggling from this fear of not performing. This video helped a lot. Now ill never hold me back from trying my best. You are like a psychiatrist, a gaming psychiatrist. I feel like you are my Menton in CS :)
Whenever I play and i feel like I’m getting nervous my mouse suddenly has vibration like a controller
Me: * top fraging *
Team: vote kicks me
Me: *sadness noise*
Non prime?
@@lulleloleswedish4537 im prime but still new to this game
got votekicked 2 times in competitive for not being good
In non prime you can get kicked for no reason even if you are top fraging.
@@lulleloleswedish4537 that's epic, i had no idea
It is because a lot of the people in non prime doesn't take the game serious or maybe even just play the game to troll others. Although there is also a lot of people who do take the game seriously and are grinding to get to level 21 so they get free prime too
The official CS teacher. Your tips are always helpful. Keep up the great work man!
Thanks WarOwl for this great video. I appreciate your demonstration
Anyone else here who doesn't have matchmaking anxiety and have no idea what this is?
Joshua Tsao same
Joshua Tsao yes
glad I'm not alone
me me me!
Same
"i am a grown man, im educated, and i have no interest in getting involved in petty squabling and trash talk"
Great videos, dude. Haven't watched one that I haven't enjoyed. Keep up the great work!
I watched this video when it was came out last year. This video touched me in the heart. So it's not about gaming but more about real life and attitute toward different things. After more than a year, I'm here again to remind myself of overcoming anxiety when facing new difficulties.
When I first watched this video, I was a visiting scholar in US. At that time, I was experencing the toughest time I've ever had. Gradually, I allowed myself to fail on certain tasks. Overall performance and more importantly, confidence, grew up significantly. In 2017, I gained quite a lot achievements.
Now I'm about to graduate and doing an internship. The internship is quite challenging. One day on my way home after work, somehow this video came to my mind. It reminds me of how to overcome unneccesary anxiety in work. Even though I'm facing some challenges, I can focus on the task more instead of uesless worries. Hopefully I can overcome the tackles and get the job offer.
So thank you so much WarOwl. This is much more than competitive CSGO matches. It's about life.
Anxiety in CS:GO when I play MM is nothing in comparison to the fear which i have before every SC2 game.
That's because everyone has this one Game where he cares about his Elo. I can spam SC2 ranked no problem, but I'm afraid to loose Elo in Overwatch x)
mostly because on SC2 you could only blame yourself, i feel like team games are less pressure on individuals. I feel so much more pressure when going with 4 friends with higher ranks, i do miserably, can't seem to aim/recoil control like i'd normally, because i immedialtly feel like i'm the one to blame in the team.
"You're trash and counter-strike"
Well I am a silver 3...
What's your rank now?
Mg
Without me even knowing it, allowing myself to fail and be trash at CS, but at the same time trying to be as friendly and helpful to my team as possible, has made me play better in tiny little steps, that today amount to something noticeable. WarOwl's advice here is among the best bits of advice for playing competitive games (and some other things, too!). Remember, very few people were actually good at something without failing a zillion times.
I watched this video after a hard match. Warowl is awesome. Love what you do bro.
@warowl You should do a video just like that but for people trying to play Esport. I know i could learn something as a player who just played his first big lan at Gamers Assembly 2019, where the stress was killing me!
WarOwl said rank does not matter
Counter Strikes Stylosa.
and hes right.
Progaz it does matter but people make it matter more than it should.
thank goodness,silver 1 for life kek
yeah, its a relatively meaningless statistic, however silvers could have lucky games where they beat gold novas; that's unlikely. But that's ok.
These kinds of video keeps me from quitting cs:go. I might suck yet I wnt to try. I want to learn. I want to win. I saw how you overcame you own fear and lead us with an example and with that I want to say Thank you Warowl. That even though you haven't posted a video in a while I still support you till the very end. So to end this message i'm gonna quote a dear friend."I still have no closer"- The WarOwl
Deep, very deep, i love it
Wellllll im a 14 year old squeaker who gets kicked the gets 7 day bans for my voice even if im playing the best and being as nice as can be
Xersuas I can queue with you :)
Xersuas got past that phase like a year ago, just dont get triggered and outfrag people. be positive and not overly toxic, i barely get banned at all. I'm 14 and i've never really gotten kicked because of my voice. dont let People judge you by your age and play well and you will be good.
Xersuas Add?
Xersuas Most kids are toxic and loud AF (screaming and using curse words that they dont know the meaning of), maybe thats why you always got kicked.
I'm 15 and I am too shy to talk into the mix cause of my voice, I am not like any other annoying squeakers
He's like the dumbledore of counter strike
Your voice, your beard, your eloquence, i just had to subscribe, very inspiring video, keep up the good work :D
I come back and watch this video at least 3 times a year. Helps me get back into CS and stop pressuring myself so damn much haha