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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
November 01 2008 16:19 GMT
#1
Does anyone play SC on iccup with music? Does it help with like the rhythem of the game at all? or is it just preference? Like I often close the SC Music, so i only hear the units voice when i click on them. However i've heard that some people actually listen to stuff from their itune or windows media player... <-- I'm not sure how that really works if anyone want to explain to me, doesn't it interfere with the sounds in SC? Like then you can't properly hear "your base is under attacked" or "need additional pylons"?

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JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1806 Posts
November 01 2008 16:25 GMT
#2
I tried it but I don't find it making a difference. By the time your first expansion goes up, you wouldn't even notice the music.
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ilovehnk
Profile Joined October 2008
475 Posts
November 01 2008 16:26 GMT
#3
I turn the music off keep unit music on. I find it less distracting...
Hikou Shinketsushuu
-orb-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
November 01 2008 16:27 GMT
#4
I always listen to music when I play unless I'm playing a team game and need to be on ventrilo.

Whenever a really epic song comes on my apm goes up
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d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
November 01 2008 16:28 GMT
#5
I play with music about 80% of the time, I find it encourages me to play better and I tend to watch the minimap for pings from the computer. However it does sometimes cause me to slip up but I think that the music causing me to enjoy the game more is worth the occasional mistake.
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XythOs
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
Germany520 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-01 16:29:44
November 01 2008 16:29 GMT
#6
You should'nt need the ingame sounds to notice something anyway, always keep an eye on the minimap. Someone on this forum mentioned to turn off the sounds to look even more on the minimap, because its faster when you react as soon as you see the red dot than to react when your units are allready under attack.
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6642 Posts
November 01 2008 16:32 GMT
#7
My brain doesn't even register the BW sounds anymore, it's been way overexposed to them lol. So playing with music is no problem for me .
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Pads
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
England3228 Posts
November 01 2008 16:37 GMT
#8
I play with music all the time, infact I plat alot worse if I only have the sc sounds on. If your playing with music on it forces you to relay on the minimap more and you become more aware of whats going on. Also fast paced music helps me play faster. That's just me though.
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village_idiot
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
2436 Posts
November 01 2008 16:37 GMT
#9
I'm a Zerg player so I don't play with the music on. I don't like it at all.
_Grazze_
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
834 Posts
November 01 2008 16:49 GMT
#10
I have the SC music running all the time but I also listen to music via Winamp.

I turn the Winamp music off after like my first two buildings are built because I don't need to be that concentrated in the beginning of a game.

I'm Terran btw
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
November 01 2008 16:57 GMT
#11
I listen to stuff with solid beats when I play and I get into a groove. I've used music for sooo long without it I play a lot worse. Beside from playing though I don't really like music that much.
Nak Allstar.
_Grazze_
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
834 Posts
November 01 2008 16:59 GMT
#12
I'm a musicolic
Senx
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Sweden5901 Posts
November 01 2008 17:02 GMT
#13
I actually play worse with music on.. i get distracted, lol
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LuMiX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
China5757 Posts
November 01 2008 17:40 GMT
#14
sc gets boring if your not listening to music =)
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
November 01 2008 17:49 GMT
#15
i play backstreet boys in the background! you are...mmy fiyaaar.
cujo2k
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada1044 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-11-01 17:54:09
November 01 2008 17:51 GMT
#16
OH yeah i ALWAYS play with rock music, it pumps me up big time. also it's really cool when there's a big fight about to happen, and some awesome beat starts playing =O

edit: I'm also not sure what it means if I find sc boring without music. Maybe it means I don't like playing SC anymore, I just like playing with the music.. haha
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bustaBust
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada469 Posts
November 01 2008 18:05 GMT
#17
Trance music is perfect for me! 130 beats per minute for my 130 apm, match made in heaven.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24780 Posts
November 01 2008 18:19 GMT
#18
You can have say, winamp, running in the background no problem. Just calibrate your winamp volume so it doesn't completely drown out your sc sfx and you shouldn't have a problem. Turn off sc music if you are doing this though.
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Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
November 01 2008 18:50 GMT
#19
On November 02 2008 01:37 village_idiot wrote:
I'm a Zerg player so I don't play with the music on. I don't like it at all.


You say that like there's a correlation between being zerg and listening to music
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QuietIdiot
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
7004 Posts
November 01 2008 18:59 GMT
#20
Music without lyrics, simple guitar rifts like some eric johnson songs.

Don't really play with music most of the time though, it does take some time off from my attention span.
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