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Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
December 28 2008 23:18 GMT
#1
Is there a reason why the booths are so cold? The players seems to wear multiple layers and quite often, they rub hands early game and blow on them to warm up.

When I play, cold hands affect me greatly so I feel sad for them.

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Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
December 28 2008 23:23 GMT
#2
Sometimes you don't get cold because the surroundings are, more possibly nervousness can cause them to get cold?

Or maybe it's cold so they stay alert or something.
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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
December 28 2008 23:32 GMT
#3
On December 29 2008 08:18 Wala.Revolution wrote:
Is there a reason why the booths are so cold? The players seems to wear multiple layers and quite often, they rub hands early game and blow on them to warm up.

When I play, cold hands affect me greatly so I feel sad for them.
I was under the assumption that the booths are really hot? They're always sweating and such =/
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Lamentations
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Australia211 Posts
December 28 2008 23:37 GMT
#4
Doesn't the brain work most efficiently at something like 17°C?

I always thought it was cold in the booths otherwise they wouldn't look like they are about to go on an antarctic expedition.
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Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
December 28 2008 23:38 GMT
#5
Maybe they wear additional layers so their sweaty armpits cannot be seen? Or they need to wear the team jacket due to sponsoring obligations? Or they want to look more intimidating?
I don't believe they require the jackets for warming as it's certainly hot in the playing hall with hundreds of people.
p4NDemik
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States13896 Posts
December 28 2008 23:38 GMT
#6
I don't think the booths are necessarily cold - it doesn't make sense that under all that TV lighting and stuff that it would actually be frigid in the booth. Even though they turn the lights down during the games I still doubt it actually gets cold in there.

It's more likely they keep the booths at a fairly normal temperature but the progamers feel that they would perform better if their body temperature was higher, so they wear heavy clothing.
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Naib
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Hungary4904 Posts
December 28 2008 23:39 GMT
#7
It's not cold in there, they just wanna feel even higher heat as they perform better when it's hotter.
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Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
December 28 2008 23:41 GMT
#8
When I play SC while it's cold, I usually sweat on face and on my back, but hands and feet (fucking freezing because my comp is next to a window and cold air collect around my feet; usually I have to sit... um, I don't know the term. It's how Korean people sit on flat ground usually.

Shouldn't the importance of the game be enough to get you to be alert?
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Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
December 28 2008 23:42 GMT
#9
I somewhat understand the clothing then - to get warmer (above room temp?) but why warm up your hands? I mean people don't do that unless they are cold.
Stuck.
ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
December 28 2008 23:47 GMT
#10
On December 29 2008 08:42 Wala.Revolution wrote:
I somewhat understand the clothing then - to get warmer (above room temp?) but why warm up your hands? I mean people don't do that unless they are cold.


I heard Tasteless say that it's to keep the circulation going in the hand which in reality is very important. Playing with cold hands is hard.
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Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
December 28 2008 23:50 GMT
#11
i cannot play in the cold, it just doesnt feel right. i sometimes, in the cold, have to wash my hands in hot water.. odd? it works!
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
December 28 2008 23:55 GMT
#12
On December 29 2008 08:39 Naib wrote:
It's not cold in there, they just wanna feel even higher heat as they perform better when it's hotter.


This has a variety of innuendos that I don't want to point out, though they are probably extremely obvious.

Besides that: I would assume the indoors ones are pretty warm. They have hundreds of people screaming, and rooms with a lot of people in them tend to get pretty hot.

Some are outside though, and they could get cold. I can't think of any recent specific cases though, except maybe for FBH's ceremony where he takes off his shirt and runs outside, etc.
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
December 28 2008 23:55 GMT
#13
On December 29 2008 08:50 Raithed wrote:
i cannot play in the cold, it just doesnt feel right. i sometimes, in the cold, have to wash my hands in hot water.. odd? it works!


No, I do this if it's to the point where it really affects my game. Also, when I play cs, because my hands shivering means my aim's gone (not that it is great, maybe I'll get some lucky headshots).
Stuck.
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
December 29 2008 00:04 GMT
#14
I think the gamers are compensating for nerves with extra-warm clothing. When I played a FPS competitively, during intense matches I would always feel nervous and for some reason I think that made my hands feel cold and sluggish. Lately, whenever I play a game competitively I bundle up just to avoid this problem. Maybe SC gamers are the same way.
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jodogohoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada2533 Posts
December 29 2008 00:05 GMT
#15
They are already pretty hot, but more heat = better micro/macro, that's why they try to get as warm as possible."without fucking themselves up"
NeverGG *
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom5399 Posts
December 29 2008 00:17 GMT
#16
Ironically the venues can be pretty cold - especially the OGN studios. I've been as bundled up as some of the OGN players in their massive coats at times there during the Winter.
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Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
December 29 2008 00:19 GMT
#17
Colors are awesome

Idk, I do that too (the blowing on/rubbing the hands thing) and I am usually plenty warm when I play, so I think it is just a nervousness/comfort thing.
NeverGG *
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom5399 Posts
December 29 2008 00:19 GMT
#18
On December 29 2008 08:55 Archaic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2008 08:39 Naib wrote:
It's not cold in there, they just wanna feel even higher heat as they perform better when it's hotter.


This has a variety of innuendos that I don't want to point out, though they are probably extremely obvious.

Besides that: I would assume the indoors ones are pretty warm. They have hundreds of people screaming, and rooms with a lot of people in them tend to get pretty hot.

Some are outside though, and they could get cold. I can't think of any recent specific cases though, except maybe for FBH's ceremony where he takes off his shirt and runs outside, etc.


That was in Busan and trust me - even in the evening we were all walking round in t-shirts and shorts. It was more than hot enough for him to go for a swim after dark. Even myself, Peanut and my Korean friend went for a paddle before the finals began because it was so scorching at Kwang Ahn Li beach.
우리 행운의 모양은 여러개지만 행복의 모양은 하나
DeathByMonkeys
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States742 Posts
December 29 2008 00:22 GMT
#19
On December 29 2008 08:50 Raithed wrote:
i cannot play in the cold, it just doesnt feel right. i sometimes, in the cold, have to wash my hands in hot water.. odd? it works!


same...

Tasteless has said it's relatively warm in there booths and they also wear there coats and such. Cold hands are much slower then warm ones, and it's more comfortable to play with a high body temp
H
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
December 29 2008 00:31 GMT
#20
Playing in bad weather annoys the fuck out of me and throws my game off really badly (regardless of what I'm playing) to the point where I have to take a steaming hot shower and get a hot drink instead of continuing play
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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
December 29 2008 00:37 GMT
#21
remember that story about the practice rooms being super hot in the summer and Draco not allowed to open any windows?
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
Repertoire
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada92 Posts
December 29 2008 00:50 GMT
#22
I think it was an interview with JulyZerg around the time when he won his golden mouse he was said he elects to turn down the air conditioner inside the booth because he likes playing in a more intense atmosphere.

Maybe someone can recall reading something like that.
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
December 29 2008 00:52 GMT
#23
On December 29 2008 09:37 fusionsdf wrote:
remember that story about the practice rooms being super hot in the summer and Draco not allowed to open any windows?


I can't seem to find any logic behind this. Is his room next to the trash-area?
Stuck.
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-29 00:59:58
December 29 2008 00:58 GMT
#24
On December 29 2008 08:37 Lamentations wrote:
Doesn't the brain work most efficiently at something like 17°C?

I always thought it was cold in the booths otherwise they wouldn't look like they are about to go on an antarctic expedition.


There's not that much heavy thinking involved, staying around 17 degrees is useful for when you're following lectures and such but not at sc, when your hands get cold you can't play for shit and your attention isn't likely to wander off while playing sc because you always feel a certain pressure.
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
December 29 2008 01:32 GMT
#25
maybe korea is really really cold in the winter
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imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
December 29 2008 01:35 GMT
#26
slightly offtopic but anybody have a good way to quickly warm up your hands?

i usually lose 1-2 games in the beginning because i'm warming up my hands.
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Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
December 29 2008 01:36 GMT
#27
On December 29 2008 10:35 imperfect wrote:
slightly offtopic but anybody have a good way to quickly warm up your hands?

i usually lose 1-2 games in the beginning because i'm warming up my hands.

Form a cup with them, blow into that cup, and then rub them together...repeat until warm. The pro's do it because it works.
Yogurt
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States4258 Posts
December 29 2008 01:39 GMT
#28
since when were there colors?



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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
December 29 2008 07:31 GMT
#29
On December 29 2008 09:52 Wala.Revolution wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2008 09:37 fusionsdf wrote:
remember that story about the practice rooms being super hot in the summer and Draco not allowed to open any windows?


I can't seem to find any logic behind this. Is his room next to the trash-area?

no but opening the window would cool down the room

anyways this is just something I remember reading
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-29 22:50:13
December 29 2008 22:50 GMT
#30
i heard that some of the progamers train in a volcano just because the heat helps the micro/macro
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