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Get Better Fast: The Scrimmage Mentality

#content .title {display: none;} .node .submitted {display: none;} The Scrimmage Mentality In any sport, practice is the key to success. That is no different in competitive gaming, yet many gamers seem to be unable to separate the difference between practice, pleasure, and everything else in between. In any sport, there is practice, scrimmages, and competitions, yet in gaming, we often tend to ignore the first item in that series. Do you ever recall running shooting drills at soccer practice or running laps around a football field? Why is it that the same method is rarely approached when it comes to gaming? In this edition of Get Better Fast, brought to you by BIC Comfort 3? Advance? , the official shaver of MLG, Arctic explores the scrimmage mentality when it comes to competitive gaming. Arctic Competitive gaming, like any other sport has a certain set of criteria that need to be met in order to be successful. One of these criteria, practice, is perhaps the most important for success as both an individual player and team. It is often times overlooked or misinterpreted in competitive gaming and any Pro team will tell you that practice and team chemistry are extremely vital to success. With that in mind, the correct approach towards practice should be held in the same regards as any other sport. As the captain of my team, I take quite a large portion of responsibility at ensuring that my team is receiving the absolute best practice possible. I do this by following many of the principles that guided me throughout other sports I have played in my life.

[lVlitch]

Very good read.Nice to see MLG posting up new content frequently.

[Ric_15z]

Good read the problem I run into is trying to find teams that want to scrim.

[Afro.Samurai]

Originally Posted by Article

Do not approach a scrimmage or practice scenario with a "must win" mentality. Inexperienced teams or players oftentimes falter because they focus on winning. Instead, the focus of practice should be to improve strategies, individual assignments, and, most importantly, to build team chemistry. Teams that have an emphasis on winning during scrimmages are often filled with players that need to boost their egos or prove to other people how skillful they are compared to other competitors. This can be disastrous for newer teams because one "off" night of scrimmages could be the last night of practice for those players.

This is the reason 9/10 newly formed teams never last. Great read.

[OraNgE]

Definitely a good read!

[MLG Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Afro_Samurai_II

This is the reason 9/10 newly formed teams never last. Great read.

That's a really great quote from Arctic. I can totally see that happening all the time.

[T3st1fy]

I found this to be the best written and most helpful Get Better Fast article as of yet... even though I play Halo and not Gears.

[Sykology]

This is my favorite 'Get Better Fast' article to date. It was a great read.

[OraNgE]

Originally Posted by T3st1fy

I found this to be the best written and most helpful Get Better Fast article as of yet... even though I play Halo and not Gears.

I was just thinking about that. It certainly does apply to all games!

[HaloSamurai]

Originally Posted by OraNgE

I was just thinking about that. It certainly does apply to all games!

For sure.