thanks Pat, yur a good guy. anyway, the benefits of making a topic like this are twofold, one, i get the positive reinforcemnt from the cool and encouraging people on the site and two i get all the critism and crap that motivates(from the bitter few) me and adds fuel to the fire.
Yeah but i figured out a long time ago the right attitude for intellectual endeavours is NOT the same as the right attitude for fights, sports, etc.
You need to be calm, rational, and collected--not pissed off. I used to try to go into UG tests all hyped up like I would get during high school football, and I only hurt myself.
Just set a goal score, where anything less than that score is unsatisfactory for you. I would actually write "trash" next to scores below my goal.
your games will improve with time, invariably. You may need to put a lot of smart work into your RC. Figure out what strategy works the best for you.
hth