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Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
June 23 2013 19:10 GMT
#1
So today (or maybe yesterday due to timezones) I have been registerd on Teamliquid for 10years, posting about once a day. I used to be closer to two times a day but since the site grew you cant dabate anymore in the threads, plus I had a habit in reading the whole thread before I posted. I still come here several times a day. Actually I started hanging out here alot in december 02 but since everyone was so good here (worst were something like mid masters today I'd say) I felt like I was too bad to sign up. But then I quit competitive play and since I didnt really play (I still played alot) I figured I'd sign up anyways.

At first I was planning on doing a epic post of all the idiots and trolls during history such as Carlodajin... who possibly was the most retarded guy to ever set fot here. Unfortunately I cant use the searchfunction to find his posts about the [gm] tag but god was he annoying. But there were many others, maybe sun or orangeterran or? Anyways I figured that it would take too much work plus my initial failures in searching added up to disregarding that idea.

So I had to do something else and figured out that I should do some sience instead. I have (since bwchart came out 'D ) since the dawn of time been sweating when playing SC/BW and SC2. Also when I play while I have a flu or otherwise feel like shit I get much worse after playing. This got me thinking that I should monitor my pulse during playing and see what conclusions I could make of that.

So we have a 31year old competitive XC skiier. Assuming that gives me decent shape and 4 hours of SC to do the testing. I figured I should do some teamplay to guarantee the intensity in earlygame to even out the curve. I initially guessed that my pulse would be around 100-110 or so due to "feeling". My APM during the games were around 190 +-30. I think that APM should matter here while EAPM and skill is highly irrelevant. Also got eliminated but still in the game twice too, lowering the pulse.

So what did I find out? Well my pulse were around 85-100 during games and quickly dropped below 70 when searching. It was a bit tricky to see the display due to me being a shady individual playing in darkness. This was quite a bit less than I had expected and made me lower the effort when it comes to analasys. I did burn a little over 600kcal during the 4hours so if I was a progamer hitting 12h/day I'd burn 1800kcal just from the gaming. A bit more than a normal person would do iirc.

So in conclusion, playing SC is not a good substitute for long slow distance training. However it is most likely better than watching tv and on par with walking. Actually I have no idea what pulse I have when walking so disregard that.

10 years of TL and I didnt even manage to do a proper epic blog entry. I guess that sums it up quite well. I hope I'll see you in 10years from now.
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sabas123
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands3122 Posts
June 23 2013 19:23 GMT
#2
congrats on your 10 years

gl hf^^
The harder it becomes, the more you should focus on the basics.
bypLy
Profile Joined June 2013
757 Posts
June 23 2013 19:32 GMT
#3
congratulations
Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
June 23 2013 19:42 GMT
#4
Thanks alot. I guess I should add that I haven been banned once, even while rekrul was a much feared mod. Not even frozenarbiter have managed that. At least I think he got a slight tempban or something.
I have the best fucking lawyers in the country including the man they call the Malmis.
St3MoR
Profile Joined November 2002
Spain3256 Posts
June 23 2013 19:55 GMT
#5
welcome to the club mate ^^, lets hope for another 10
Prophet in TL of the Makoto0124 ways
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32743 Posts
June 23 2013 19:57 GMT
#6
Wow, a decade on TL, impressive. Here's to another 10 years on this fantastic site.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
Cokefreak
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland8095 Posts
June 23 2013 21:32 GMT
#7
Impressive, 5/5.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24741 Posts
June 23 2013 21:38 GMT
#8
What information did you use to calculate how many calories you burned by playing on the computer. Can you share the references?
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-23 22:44:27
June 23 2013 22:11 GMT
#9
hi5 fellow 10 year TL user. :3
(I'm going on my 11th \o/)
ModeratorFor the Glory that is TeamLiquid (-9 | 155) | Discord: NeoIllusions#1984
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
June 23 2013 22:28 GMT
#10
gz on ten years o.0
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
June 23 2013 22:44 GMT
#11
Gratz mate I'll be ten years on this site in like forever from now LOL.
User was warned for too many mimes.
jpak
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States5045 Posts
June 23 2013 23:16 GMT
#12
10 years already? This is only my 4th year.

Congrats.
CJ Entusman #50! #1 클템 fan TL!
Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
June 23 2013 23:20 GMT
#13
On June 24 2013 06:38 micronesia wrote:
What information did you use to calculate how many calories you burned by playing on the computer. Can you share the references?

I used a garmin EDGE 500 cycling computer that calculates it with the data from my weight, age ect. Dont know how accurate it is.
I have the best fucking lawyers in the country including the man they call the Malmis.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24741 Posts
June 23 2013 23:22 GMT
#14
On June 24 2013 08:20 Eatme wrote:
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On June 24 2013 06:38 micronesia wrote:
What information did you use to calculate how many calories you burned by playing on the computer. Can you share the references?

I used a garmin EDGE 500 cycling computer that calculates it with the data from my weight, age ect. Dont know how accurate it is.

So if I understand you correctly, you are estimating your calories burned based off of your heartrate while playing a computer game using a tool that assumes you are cycling with the same heart rate? I'd be interested to know how close that is, but I'm guessing you are overshooting with your estimate.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Eatme
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
Switzerland3919 Posts
June 23 2013 23:40 GMT
#15
On June 24 2013 08:22 micronesia wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2013 08:20 Eatme wrote:
On June 24 2013 06:38 micronesia wrote:
What information did you use to calculate how many calories you burned by playing on the computer. Can you share the references?

I used a garmin EDGE 500 cycling computer that calculates it with the data from my weight, age ect. Dont know how accurate it is.

So if I understand you correctly, you are estimating your calories burned based off of your heartrate while playing a computer game using a tool that assumes you are cycling with the same heart rate? I'd be interested to know how close that is, but I'm guessing you are overshooting with your estimate.

Well I assume it calculates only based on heartrate alone. If i'd be cycling (more like rolling) or walking with that heartrate i'd be burning the same amount. What exatly you are doing comes more into play when we are talking about lactat levels and maximun pulse. Like I can reach my maxpulse when XC skiing, but if you have no technique you cant ski fast enough to reach that heartrate.
I have the best fucking lawyers in the country including the man they call the Malmis.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24741 Posts
June 23 2013 23:52 GMT
#16
I'm interested to know if that's true or not. I think you use a lot more energy doing physical activity with a high heart rate than doing nothing with a high heart rate, but I'm not sure how big the difference is.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
June 23 2013 23:59 GMT
#17
Ten years, jeeze. Impressive!
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
GogoKodo
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Canada1785 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-24 00:37:33
June 24 2013 00:35 GMT
#18
Another 10 year low count poster! See you in another 10.

Much like you, I tend to read entire threads before posting. I feel like I generally don't have much new to add to the conversation so I end up just not posting. Hence my very low post count even though I've been on TL basically every day many multiple times per day reading tons of threads.
twitter: @terrancem
-_-
Profile Blog Joined November 2003
United States7081 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-06-24 02:38:56
June 24 2013 02:38 GMT
#19
10 Years for me November this year.

It's funny. I can still remember everything about when I joined TL.net. I was in this nice little library. It was dark out. I had joined a couple of other Starcraft forums before it. I remember not wanting to join TL.net because it took you 10 or so days before you could make your own thread, and I thought to myself "it'll be FOREVER before that happens!" Yup, I thought ten days was forever.

I also remember disliking my handle on other forums. So I thought hard before I chose my name. It was like naming yourself in Pokemon! Should I use my first name? Something related to the lore? It's got be cool, whatever it is. Ended up with one of my favorite handles of all time! I can't speak for anyone else, but it always sticks out to me when I'm scrolling down.

I loved the library I was in when I joined. I would print off 100 page FAQs for JRPGs. I was just learning about FAQs so I had no compunction about spoiling the experience for myself. I just saw it as a sweet way to get all the secrets! I am solely responsible for that library changing its printing policy.

It's also strange that I remember I was deeply, deeply unhappy then. But I can't remember why. There's some lesson in that.

Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
June 24 2013 04:19 GMT
#20
wow, 10 years, so old, I won't be there for a long time
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