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Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
June 30 2011 21:51 GMT
#1
Again, I have a problem that TeamLiquid has to solve. This isn't as trivial as the last problem though. So, I've mustered up the motivation to actually play Starcraft instead of simply watching Starcraft and stalking IdrA. I'm doing pretty good. I'm working my way up to Diamond league, and I'm learning how to fend off cheese at a decent pace.

But while my APM is fine and dandy and my strategies and timings are up-to-date, I always forget one thing...I forget to breathe. I don't know why, but when it gets to 3 base play and I have to start multitasking like a madman, I stop breathing. I hardly notice it during the game, but after my opponent GGs, I gasp for air and take a minute to recoup. And my friends (on skype) always laugh at me because during the game, I apparently breathe heavily at weird intervals.

So TeamLiquid, I ask for your help again. Please give me tips on how to breathe while playing Starcraft 2. I think it may be detrimental to my health and play in the long run.

*
Dalguno
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2446 Posts
June 30 2011 21:52 GMT
#2
This is dangerous. I highly recommend you get a playlist that goes, "Breathe in, breathe out," similar to the ones you always hear about in blond jokes.
"I'm gonna keep making drones cause I'm a baller, and ballers make drones." -Snute
tuukster
Profile Joined April 2010
Finland114 Posts
June 30 2011 21:59 GMT
#3
Try a game or two focusing on inhaling thru the nose and exhaling thru the mouth.
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
MonsieurGrimm
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada2441 Posts
June 30 2011 22:03 GMT
#4
play some music and hum to it or something? I dunno man D:
"60% of the time, it works - every time" - Brian Fantana on Double Reactors All The Way // "Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
June 30 2011 22:04 GMT
#5
On July 01 2011 07:03 MonsieurGrimm wrote:
play some music and hum to it or something? I dunno man D:

I play music, but by the late game I kind of just zone out and don't even hear anything...I guess I'm trying too hard unintentionally?
NexUmbra
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Scotland3776 Posts
June 30 2011 22:04 GMT
#6
Hmm sometimes when I try to get to sleep I concentrate really hard on doing nothing and then I have to gasp for air, what I do is just relax, so don't be consciously thinking about breathing as it will just annoy you.
Life has won two GSLs and a Blizzard Cup. NOT three GSLs.
MonsieurGrimm
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada2441 Posts
June 30 2011 22:06 GMT
#7
On July 01 2011 07:04 Whole wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 01 2011 07:03 MonsieurGrimm wrote:
play some music and hum to it or something? I dunno man D:

I play music, but by the late game I kind of just zone out and don't even hear anything...I guess I'm trying too hard unintentionally?

do you play zerg? because usually in the lategame I relax a bit more, not less O____O
"60% of the time, it works - every time" - Brian Fantana on Double Reactors All The Way // "Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
barth
Profile Joined March 2008
Ireland1272 Posts
June 30 2011 22:08 GMT
#8
I think someone needs to code something like an APM alert - a breathing rate alert.
"Somebody you are talking to disappears mid sentence, and the universe shoots you because you talked to someone that wasn`t there." - MasterOfChaos
HuK
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1591 Posts
June 30 2011 22:14 GMT
#9
i thogutht this was going to be a blog a bout how some times u forget to breathe, and i was going to read that people are as dumb as me sometimes
ProgamerLive like a God or die like a Slave 11:11
Gnial
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada907 Posts
June 30 2011 22:17 GMT
#10
On July 01 2011 07:14 Liquid`HuK wrote:
i thogutht this was going to be a blog a bout how some times u forget to breathe, and i was going to read that people are as dumb as me sometimes


I'm pretty sure I'm as dumb as you.

Either that or this office is really stuffy.
1, eh? 2, eh? 3, eh?
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
June 30 2011 22:18 GMT
#11
Sing while playing, that will force you to either breathe or pass out, your choice.
We have multiple brackets generated in advance. Relax . (Kennigit) I just simply do not understand how it can be the time to play can be 22nd at 9:30 pm PST / midnight the 23rd at the same time. (GGzerg)
levarien11111
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States61 Posts
June 30 2011 22:19 GMT
#12
its not necesarily a bad thing as long as you don't faint and even if you do its not like you are gonna die :/

so if those two aren't a problem anyways then don't worry about it too much also you need to check how frequently this happens :/
death is only the beginning
MonsieurGrimm
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada2441 Posts
June 30 2011 22:19 GMT
#13
also play your music louder to the point where you cant ignore it, haha
"60% of the time, it works - every time" - Brian Fantana on Double Reactors All The Way // "Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
DamageControL
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States4222 Posts
June 30 2011 22:25 GMT
#14
On July 01 2011 07:14 Liquid`HuK wrote:
i thogutht this was going to be a blog a bout how some times u forget to breathe, and i was going to read that people are as dumb as me sometimes

This happens to me all the fucking time. Especially during high school history, not as much anymore.
Liquid | SKT
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
June 30 2011 22:34 GMT
#15
On July 01 2011 07:06 MonsieurGrimm wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 01 2011 07:04 Whole wrote:
On July 01 2011 07:03 MonsieurGrimm wrote:
play some music and hum to it or something? I dunno man D:

I play music, but by the late game I kind of just zone out and don't even hear anything...I guess I'm trying too hard unintentionally?

do you play zerg? because usually in the lategame I relax a bit more, not less O____O

Yeah I play Zerg. I don't see how you can relax during the late game as Zerg ahaha.

On July 01 2011 07:08 barth wrote:
I think someone needs to code something like an APM alert - a breathing rate alert.

that would help a ton...currently my friend yell at me when start breathing too heavily, but i cant be on skype with them all of the time.
brazenraven
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Romania122 Posts
June 30 2011 22:43 GMT
#16
had the same problem, did sports, still happened but never for more than 20 seconds.
Zerg definitely does have responses to FFs pre-hive tech. Infestors, baneling drops, burrowed roaches, and mutas are all options
Samp
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada783 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-30 22:56:10
June 30 2011 22:55 GMT
#17
On July 01 2011 06:52 Dalguno wrote:
This is dangerous. I highly recommend you get a playlist that goes, "Breathe in, breathe out," similar to the ones you always hear about in blond jokes.


Kanye West ft Ludacris - Breathe in Breathe Out
Thats ur song buddy, and its good =)
Banelings, "They're cute, they live in a nest". -Artosis
Helios.Star
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States548 Posts
June 30 2011 22:58 GMT
#18
Goddamnit...I am now breathing manually. Maybe keep a small glass of water near you and take sips every so often? That should get you to breathe a little bit more often.
caradoc
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada3022 Posts
June 30 2011 22:58 GMT
#19
Prodigy - Breathe ?
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea...
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
June 30 2011 22:59 GMT
#20
On July 01 2011 07:55 Samp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 01 2011 06:52 Dalguno wrote:
This is dangerous. I highly recommend you get a playlist that goes, "Breathe in, breathe out," similar to the ones you always hear about in blond jokes.


Kanye West ft Ludacris - Breathe in Breathe Out
Thats ur song buddy, and its good =)


If only they had good rappers in that song it would be better.
We have multiple brackets generated in advance. Relax . (Kennigit) I just simply do not understand how it can be the time to play can be 22nd at 9:30 pm PST / midnight the 23rd at the same time. (GGzerg)
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