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PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-19 07:27:14
April 19 2009 07:25 GMT
#1
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*****
wonkman
Profile Joined March 2008
United States520 Posts
April 19 2009 07:28 GMT
#2
There is no such thing as too addicted to broodwar.
d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
April 19 2009 07:34 GMT
#3
Haha you have no idea of video game head pains, when I played world of arcraft I once went 36 hours without a break.
Hi.
PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-19 07:42:42
April 19 2009 07:36 GMT
#4
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
April 19 2009 07:59 GMT
#5
On April 19 2009 16:25 PriitM wrote:
I do not know why did I wrote this, I can't think really think after 31 minute ZvZ when I suicided about 11 ultras into lurker and hydralisk fire and eventually losing the game.


This really interests me more.
POGGERS
Marine50
Profile Joined September 2007
Australia1764 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-19 08:16:23
April 19 2009 08:12 GMT
#6
I remember the days when I heard the original Command & Conquer unit sounds all the time from excessive playing. Sadly I do not play as much BW for that too happen I really do need to up my playing hours.

edit: rep of your 31 minute ZvZ perhaps, it sounds like an interesting game????
IRIS FIGHTING!!!
PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
April 19 2009 08:18 GMT
#7
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qet
Profile Joined May 2007
Australia245 Posts
April 19 2009 08:25 GMT
#8
do you have a job?
do you go to university?
KrAzYfoOL
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Australia3037 Posts
April 19 2009 08:27 GMT
#9
On April 19 2009 16:36 PriitM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2009 16:34 d(O.o)a wrote:
Haha you have no idea of video game head pains, when I played world of arcraft I once went 36 hours without a break.

Back in the days I used to play Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory a lot. I started to see crosshair in real life after long session of gaming
bad.

Fuck yeah ET was awesome!
It's better to burn out than to fade away
NotSupporting
Profile Joined February 2008
Sweden1998 Posts
April 19 2009 08:48 GMT
#10
I remember during the Guild Wars beta when I played about 15 hours a day (was only during one weekend). I took screenshots of everything. The next few days I seriously thought that I somehow could take screenshots in real life. Like if I saw something funny IRL I would be...hey, take a screenshot....oh....wait...T_T.
PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-19 08:49:35
April 19 2009 08:48 GMT
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AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7474 Posts
April 19 2009 08:56 GMT
#12
I have caught myself drumming 5sd6sd on tables many a time =).
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
April 19 2009 09:23 GMT
#13
I wish i was addicted, then maybe i'd improve some.
U Gotta Skate.
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
April 19 2009 09:40 GMT
#14

Also I have started to think about BW before falling asleep, I used to think about girls during that time ;;

LOL
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
ZhenMiChan
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Netherlands1181 Posts
April 19 2009 10:09 GMT
#15
haha priitm your so bad!
Studying Chinese~
Mastermind
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada7096 Posts
April 19 2009 10:12 GMT
#16
A year ago when I played a lot of bw I would dream exclusively about playing bw and it became really bothersome because I would constantly wake up and couldnt get a good sleep at all.
meathook
Profile Joined December 2007
1289 Posts
April 19 2009 11:05 GMT
#17
On April 19 2009 17:18 PriitM wrote:
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On April 19 2009 16:59 konadora wrote:
On April 19 2009 16:25 PriitM wrote:
I do not know why did I wrote this, I can't think really think after 31 minute ZvZ when I suicided about 11 ultras into lurker and hydralisk fire and eventually losing the game.


This really interests me more.
___________

edit: rep of your 31 minute ZvZ perhaps, it sounds like an interesting game????


This is only D game and I really didn't think at all while playing, so it's embarrassing and pointless.
Nothing to learn from there :D

Replay or bust.
An ugly planet. A bug planet.
TheFoReveRwaR
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
United States10657 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-19 11:55:20
April 19 2009 11:52 GMT
#18
On April 19 2009 16:25 PriitM wrote:

Good thing about it is that I am not frustrated about losing and I am improving with every game - I try to analyze what I did wrong and try to prevent that happening for next games. I managed to beat previous season B- in ZvZ and C in ZvP while I am only D/D+ rank. So improvement is certainly noticeable.

.

You didnt beat a B- player at zvz ok? Sorry, just no. He was lying about his rank.


If you're concerned you're playing too much try setting a more moderate time limit and really commit yourself to sticking to it.
Being healthy, it has been said, really consists of having the same disease as everybody else.
SirGlinG
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden933 Posts
April 19 2009 12:55 GMT
#19
If u feel it's too much, then take a 1-2 week break. I can't fall asleep if I've played too much bw, I guess the strategical thinking part of your brain is too active, stressfull or something.

Also a lot of players ,like me, become better through breaks.
Not my chair. Not my problem. That's what I say
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
April 19 2009 13:42 GMT
#20
When I just woke up during a weekend a few weeks ago and my mum shouted that my breakfast was ready I thought of going down to the minerals (the food, kitchen) and build a command center there?!!? A few seconds later I realised this was IRL.... -_-
Lim Yo Hwan forever!
PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-19 14:01:27
April 19 2009 13:48 GMT
#21
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Bond(i2)
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada926 Posts
April 19 2009 14:11 GMT
#22
Go hang out with friends
roses are red violets are blue, Im schitzophrenic and so am i
Ronald_McD
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada807 Posts
April 19 2009 14:24 GMT
#23
This is a good thing. I don't have the motivation to play 6 hours a day like I did a few years ago lol
FUCKING GAY LAGS
HumbleZealot
Profile Joined February 2006
Canada508 Posts
April 19 2009 14:26 GMT
#24
On April 19 2009 16:34 d(O.o)a wrote:
Haha you have no idea of video game head pains, when I played world of arcraft I once went 36 hours without a break.

How did you not get a seizure?
IceMagik
Profile Joined February 2009
United States22 Posts
April 19 2009 14:37 GMT
#25
On April 19 2009 16:36 PriitM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2009 16:34 d(O.o)a wrote:
Haha you have no idea of video game head pains, when I played world of arcraft I once went 36 hours without a break.

Back in the days I used to play Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory a lot. I started to see crosshair in real life after long session of gaming

Also I've played 10+h/day for over a week once. Now that was flucked up time. So so pointless and bad.


lmfao seeing crosshair in rl. I know EXACTLY what you mean. lmfao
Climbing to the top
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
April 19 2009 14:51 GMT
#26
For a few months I was playing 15 1v1's a day. Now it's down to 3 if I'm lucky. I'm pretty happy with that though.

It's good to be busy with other things.
starflash
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
190 Posts
April 19 2009 14:57 GMT
#27
i've played a game ~106 hours with 5 and then 2 hours sleep near the end of it
yes i am brain damaged
starflash
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
190 Posts
April 19 2009 14:58 GMT
#28
On April 19 2009 23:51 LuckyFool wrote:
For a few months I was playing 15 1v1's a day. Now it's down to 3 if I'm lucky. I'm pretty happy with that though.

It's good to be busy with other things.


how "good" did you get compared to your starting level?
im interested because im a new player (90apm) and wondering what to expect
sperY
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Serbia444 Posts
April 19 2009 15:33 GMT
#29
Those days where you game all day are good. I cant stay too much on sc, i get too tired :/

That wasnt the deal with Oblivion, i actually played 60hours in one week.
TommyG
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States102 Posts
April 20 2009 01:02 GMT
#30
i have instinctively started to plan my days around starcraft. If a buddy of mine wants me to come over and watch the basketball game or something, i immediately do the math of the time it will take and how much, if any, starcraft i can fit in after.
Kyuukyuu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada6263 Posts
April 20 2009 01:09 GMT
#31
I used to play grindfest MMOs, one day I went to the mall and it was really crowded and I literally thought kk time to change channels

Nothing like that has happened with SC yet though
omfghi2u2
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States831 Posts
April 20 2009 01:11 GMT
#32
On April 19 2009 16:36 PriitM wrote:

Back in the days I used to play Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory a lot. I started to see crosshair in real life after long session of gaming

Also I've played 10+h/day for over a week once. Now that was flucked up time. So so pointless and bad.


I still play that game. Such a fun and terrible waste of time. I even have dreams of me being a Covert Ops and coming behind a Soldier with a MG-42 with a knife.

Terrible, terrible waste of time...


BanZu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3329 Posts
April 20 2009 01:53 GMT
#33
On April 20 2009 10:09 Kyuukyuu wrote:
I used to play grindfest MMOs, one day I went to the mall and it was really crowded and I literally thought kk time to change channels

Nothing like that has happened with SC yet though

LOL, let me guess, Maplestory?

I'm glad I have other commitments @_@

Never have the time to invest in SC
Sun Tzu once said, "Defiler becomes useless at the presences of a vessel."
EtherealDeath
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States8366 Posts
April 20 2009 02:12 GMT
#34
On April 19 2009 16:25 PriitM wrote:
Hello for the first time my hacker beotches!
Lately I've noticed that I play BW significantly more than usual. Perhaps 15-20 games of 1v1, 10 2v2 and few UMS as well. It's making me worried.

Good thing about it is that I am not frustrated about losing and I am improving with every game - I try to analyze what I did wrong and try to prevent that happening for next games. I managed to beat previous season B- in ZvZ and C in ZvP while I am only D/D+ rank. So improvement is certainly noticeable.

Sadly enough it has negative sides too - yesterday my eyes and head hurt like fluck. Today I'm going to visit my grandmother and look for a car to buy, but I'd rather stay home and play BW. Being too addicted to BW does not affect my real life though, as I don't have it :p Also I have started to think about BW before falling asleep, I used to think about girls during that time ;;

Perhaps visiting grandmother and chilling a bit there clears my mind up and I will become bit less addicted.

I do not know why did I wrote this, I can't think really think after 31 minute ZvZ when I suicided about 11 ultras into lurker and hydralisk fire and eventually losing the game.

BTW, Chill STILL has great voice for casting BW games, looking forward to F91 and kOs and I hope Chill casts :p You all leet.


I just played like 100 games on ICC Friday night =.=
Never have my wrists/forearm felt so bad. I literally was almost not moving them towards the end, they were not very responsive.
coolcrimefighter
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States378 Posts
April 20 2009 04:27 GMT
#35
god too many times in real life I try to ctrl+f
after realizing i cant, I get really disappointed :/
PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
April 20 2009 10:31 GMT
#36
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Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
April 20 2009 10:47 GMT
#37
On April 20 2009 13:27 coolcrimefighter wrote:
god too many times in real life I try to ctrl+f
after realizing i cant, I get really disappointed :/


same
Lim Yo Hwan forever!
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
April 20 2009 10:59 GMT
#38
On April 19 2009 20:52 TheFoReveRwaR wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 19 2009 16:25 PriitM wrote:

Good thing about it is that I am not frustrated about losing and I am improving with every game - I try to analyze what I did wrong and try to prevent that happening for next games. I managed to beat previous season B- in ZvZ and C in ZvP while I am only D/D+ rank. So improvement is certainly noticeable.

.

You didnt beat a B- player at zvz ok? Sorry, just no. He was lying about his rank.


If you're concerned you're playing too much try setting a more moderate time limit and really commit yourself to sticking to it.

its possible
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Tom Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1114 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-20 14:42:23
April 20 2009 14:41 GMT
#39
If you play any game for significant periods, it is unsuprising for some of your attitude to reflect that when doing other things. It is called the Tetris effect. Personally, I have mostly been subject to "earworms", cachy songs from games which would sometimes play in my mind. This also happened with Brood War, since I got quite heavily involved with it a few months ago. Luckily, it is far too rare to be a disorder.

Anyway, as long as you know your priorities, there is nothing wrong with devoting a lot of time to a game. I remember when I was in a special program in high school. I played WoW back then, but my time was beggining to cut short since exams were about to start. Rather then sacrifice my school to play WoW, I chose to (for the most part) quit WoW and focus on my studies.

As long as you know what has greater importance and you devout enough time to it, there is no problem with spending your free time on doing what you like.
You and your "5 years of competitive RTS experience" can take a hike. - FrozenArbiter
GeneralStan
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States4789 Posts
April 20 2009 19:00 GMT
#40
The Tetris effect is fascinating.

I know for my part, that when I would be falling asleep, I would see battles playing over in my mind and I would feel as though there was something I needed to be doing, that I always needed to have a constant stream of minerals flowing in (that was the oddest thing - feeling in real life like there are minerals to be gathered).

It's even worse for me with Go, however.

After playing go for 8 hours in one day, I found myself dreaming that I was always in atari, running for my life.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
April 21 2009 15:31 GMT
#41
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