Yeah, there are days when I'm really slow to warm up, get in the zone.
And on the occasional super bad day I just never get there and spend 3 hours recovering into marth counter and dying, getting rekt by joke characters etc.
causes :
personal **** going on, other preocupations, bad sleep, bad diet, bad configuration of planets for your astral sing etc.
frustration when you're playing like ****.
what not to do :
raging. I've been there. There are tons of reasons to get mad. At yourself, at your friend, at your character, at his character, at battlefield's ledge... It's the worse thing to do. You play worse and worse, it's not fun for anyone. So I try to block it or switch mindset quickly whenever I'm irritated, so it doesn't escalate to the point where it's useless to keep playing.
johns. just don't. It's counter-productive, that's how you can spend 10 years dealing with your ego and staying the same scrub as day1.
switching characters all the time. So you should have 1 main character (2 MAX) and stick with it. how can you adjust what you were doing wrong and make progress in your losses if you don't even play the same MU ?
what to do :
1. Not caring. You're here to play the game, just play it. Considerations like "I should have won that game" "I'm so bad" are outside the game. Stay in it : lose a stock at 6% ? next stock. Got rekt ? next game. Puff steals the game with a stupid rest ? Move on. Dwelling on negative things hurt your focus. Just don't give a **** and play the game.
2. Take 10 sec to think between games if you noticed something you could do better, got you punished, and visualize what you'll do next time instead. You can't just say "I played bad". You can identify what's off and focus on working things out better. I got shieldgrabed for bad aerials on shield ? I was too slow to combo off my shine ? Lasers don't work and they completely figured out to hit me out of my SH ? I missed 9/10 edgeguards ? So you played bad, yes.
But you can identify WHAT you did wrong and what counter plays to try out or be wary of your opponent's traps.
3. Keep grinding tech skill and solo practice. Doesn't have to be long, just keep training often. So you're at a certain tech-skill level, right now. Let's say on bad days your tech-skill is half as good, pretty bad right ? But as you keep getting faster and frame perfect, you'll get to the point where even half your potential will be enough to play the game and beat good players.
Keep at it and soon, even at your worse, your waveshines will still be clean enough, guaranteed.
Also try this : when you get ready play, drink a big glass of water, and warm-up your Falco 2min before you do anything.
4. In your case. Picture yourself : it's your regular friendlies session, and after a few games, it becomes apparent you're getting outplayed, you're missing easy stuff etc. Do you really think that your fate is sealed for the day ? It's not. Take your time to find your rythm, Falco is the hardest character to warm up imo.
Does it matter that you lost 5-10+ games in a row ? Only if you think it matters. I suspect that in this situation you start wondering "oh no, is this one of THOSE days again?" What do you think these kind of thoughts do to your mentality and your focus ? I don't know, but it can't be positive, and it's the start of a viscious cycle.
It's important that you recognize these moments, and to tell yourself that it's thinking that kind of stuff that makes you play worse, and it's not a constatation that you're already playing like ****.
When these moments occur, remember step 1. then step 2. In that orer.
5. Keep in mind your objective. You should play to learn. This can be nebulous, since the aim of playing any game is clearly to win the game. But it can be resumed like this : Your first objective is to play good. Winning is secondary. period. Loosing a game is not a negative thing, if you played fine most of the time but dropped kills/SDd you did good, as long as you understand what you did wrong and work on fixing it.
So here it is. Following these steps will accomplish two things.
-Avoid those buster days more easily until they get super rare.
-Even when it happens again, it's not that bad and you can make something of your playtime, and have fun.
Don't hesitate to come back to this post often to keep these tools fresh in your mind.