The old saying of 'Learn From Your Mistakes' applies in everything we do in our lives. Learning is a never ending process since we were born till the day we die. Everyday we learn new things in every aspect from our lives. From young, we learn how to speak, how to walk, how to write and the list goes beyond our calculations. Learning is a very essential part of our lives and often considered as a connecting tissue that guide us to a better decision making process throughout our lifespan. Human perform numerous mistakes every day, however, whats most important is, we learn our lessons and swearing never to repeat the same mistake again. Often times, due to our denial and refusal of accepting the wrongdoing of our acts, we are often limiting our beliefs and expanding our minds. It is always fine to perform an unforeseeable mistake, but it is totally wrong to repeat the same mistake twice. The day, we stop learning is the day when we are in our graves.
This applies even in our Starcraft 2 game play. I can't stress enough the importance of the learning process from our mistakes in our games. Often times, we may get away with this mistake in a match or two, however in a long run, serious mistakes will come back to haunt you. Let's take a very simple example here where you are a new player. You are a Protoss player and never walls the front base with a Gate and Core when you are facing a Zerg player. You realized that you are losing most of your Protoss vs Zerg matchup due to Zergling runbys and seriously obliterating your resources. Now, you will be tinkering for ways to stop losing to early Zergling runbys. Upon watching a few of Pro Gamers replays, you noticed that majority of the time, the Protoss player walls his front base. Thus, you have figured out how to easily not die to the same strategy. This is a very simple way of describing your learning process in Starcraft 2.
Lets take another example. You are a Protoss player and have been 4 gating in every of your matchups; Zerg, Terran and Protoss. You have won countless number of games and are currently in the Diamond league. However, at some point, you realize that your best and only strategy stops working and has been perfectly held off by decent players. You have been losing most of your games lately and are wondering why. The answer is, it is undeniable that 4 gate is a very strong strategy, however, 4 gates only work in certain situations. If your opponent doesn't scout your 4 gates, you will most likely be able to crush him. What if he does? Thus, the learning process kicks in again, for you to find the best way when to use a 4 gating strategy.
The best way to learn from your mistake is by watching your own replay. You can often times identify the cause of your failure while watching the replay. At times, you may not see your own problems, thus it is best to ask for guidance from a better player. It is easier to spot the mistakes done by other players than ourselves due to our limiting knowledge or behavior.
The learning process, involves your own determination to accept your mistakes of your decision making process. Refusal to accept this fact, often times limits your improvement or normally called as 'Skill Ceiling'. This happens when a player stops to improve and only maintain at certain level of the game. Accepting your mistakes and getting out of your comfort zone is invaluable and will gain your numerous benefits in a long run.
Remember, becoming a high level Starcraft 2 player, takes a long time and probably years of countless training to have a perfect execution of every strategy and the best decision making skills. Thus, we must learn from our mistakes and never to repeat the same mistakes again.
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