A lot of people suffer from performance anxiety, I mean not me, but a lot of people. It's nothing to be ashamed of apparently.

I am a newish player to tournaments, my first 4 I placed in the top 5. My 5th one I placed 10th out of 16. I was 3-0 and feeling pretty good. Then my fourth game I made a few mistakes early and tried to play catch up and failed hard, was tabled 100-0. I am neither competitive or particularly good, but I know I am not terrible. The next few games I was still stuck in my head in the tabled game and lost the next 2.

What I am trying to say is sometimes you have a bad day and try and play catch up rather than treat each game as a seperate entity. I play for the fun, but it is a great bonus finishing high enough to get some good prizes.

I'm running Rey and another ship in our local regionals, and got tabled pretty badly in some practice matches, enough to make me want to go back to the list I did really well with last year.

I'm just going to get back on the horse in our next game evening and keep practicing, reminding myself I need a change and want to fly this list because it is fun. And try not to foce a win in my next games.

It's like gaming online - keep playing when you win cos you're on a streak and keep playing when you lose to reassure yourself.

I'm glad you made this thread! I have had the same problem in the Vassal league lately. I have found myself starting to blame dice and get angry rather than analyze myself and put the game into perspective. This is a good reminder for me.

When all elsw fails, theres a pill for that

Sometimes even Boba Fett gets defeated by a blind man... well... twice now I guess.

Just let it out:

Just let it out: