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Tollhouse1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States80 Posts
July 28 2011 05:30 GMT
#1
Alright so this is a problem ive been having recently. I wake up ladder for about 4-5 hours and cram in alot of games. Which is fine i love doing it and its not like i get bored or something like that. The problem is that it seems like my skill takes a nose dive at about the 5 in a half hour mark. Now ive tried custom games and just taking a break but it doesnt help much the only fix is to stop all together and do something else. Got any tips to help increase my endurance for some more SC2 action.

Terran since Brood War will be Terran till I die love me some Terran
DrThorMD
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada359 Posts
July 28 2011 05:34 GMT
#2
I think the key to playing lots of games maybe to take a short break after each game to get up and walk around etc. instead of taking a massive break when your hands are about to fall off.

Also, just stretching your hands out and stuff like that before playing. I would also like to say that grinding out a massive amount of games isn't the best for improvement (obv. different at the highest level of play to maintain mechanics and mechanics only) and that you should try to get the most out of each and every game you play.

Good luck and have fun.
Damn your Chronoboosts!
RedJustice
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1004 Posts
July 28 2011 05:36 GMT
#3
Uh... after about 5 hours and 30 minutes you should stop and take a break. This is a natural thing for your body to want to do after an intense and prolonged period of concentration/exercise/anything really. You will probably find you can stretch out this time a little bit if take a 10 minutes break every hour.

Like anything involving endurance though, it will take small increases over a long period of time to build up.

I think you're okay with 5 hours of laddering a morning though. It's good to do other things. If it must be sc2 related specifically, watch replays or some pros streaming to help you improve in a different way than just churning out increasingly poor ladder games.
Tollhouse1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States80 Posts
July 28 2011 05:58 GMT
#4
alright i will definately incorporate the breaks between games and stretching for sure and im only in plat so i know ive got a long way to go before i need to just grind out rediculous amount of hours into games to keep my mechanics up right now im struggling with unit compositions and timings which is why ive been so hard into grinding out huge hours of sc2.
Terran since Brood War will be Terran till I die love me some Terran
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
July 28 2011 06:00 GMT
#5
imo eat lunch.

Food is good.
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RedJustice
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1004 Posts
July 28 2011 06:02 GMT
#6
Plexa <3

Yeah though, take care of yourself! Pros go to the gym, eat well, and drink water so that they can handle the stress of travel and long gaming sessions.
lizzard_warish
Profile Joined June 2011
589 Posts
July 28 2011 06:12 GMT
#7
On July 28 2011 14:30 Tollhouse1 wrote:
Alright so this is a problem ive been having recently. I wake up ladder for about 4-5 hours and cram in alot of games. Which is fine i love doing it and its not like i get bored or something like that. The problem is that it seems like my skill takes a nose dive at about the 5 in a half hour mark. Now ive tried custom games and just taking a break but it doesnt help much the only fix is to stop all together and do something else. Got any tips to help increase my endurance for some more SC2 action.
1) take a short break beforehand [could probably get more gaming time in as a whole if you split it up
2) eat etc
3) Work out. Basically all the progamers advocate some exercise which will increase your endurance. ;]

Also I guess energy drinks or something along those lines?
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
July 28 2011 06:40 GMT
#8
On July 28 2011 15:00 Plexa wrote:
imo eat lunch.

Food is good.

pancakes perhaps?
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
July 28 2011 07:53 GMT
#9
Fact: Plexa LOVES pancakes.

Eating is a good choice otherwise I suggest exercise.
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