EPT[H] Tireness from playing
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
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FortuneSyn
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lighter
United States152 Posts
 sounds like you are straining yourself, but having high apm is a gradual process, and you should slowly work it up. i only get dizzy if i play for several hours, and my palms start dripping like crazy | ||
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
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DivinO
United States4796 Posts
On September 10 2009 08:48 YPang wrote: haha dizzy? :D I think it depends on the monitor. | ||
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mOnion
United States5657 Posts
your not over exerting yourself from moving your fingers too much | ||
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WhitE.ChapeL
Korea (South)30 Posts
you should try starting low (around 110-120 apm) and slowly increase your apm so your fingers get warmed up and they get used to moving so fast its kind of like lifting weights; you dont start benching like 240lbs right away, you start off low and gradually increase the weight. as for the dizziness, if you have one of those old school monitors, try putting the cover thing that they have that helps reduce dizziness or you could try tylenol or something | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6636 Posts
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ImNotBisu
Canada142 Posts
You should try to: -Warm up. Don't jump into a game with 500apm spam, play at a comfortable pace and your apm will go up as more actions are required. -Be relaxed. I find listening to pumping music does make you play faster, but only very temporarily. If you want to play for an extended period of time, keep a good posture, be relaxed, and keep very hydrated. Sleeping more helps too. You should not: -Curve your wrist on the keyboard/mouse. This happens sometimes when you tense up, and you WILL get Carpal Tunnel eventually. -Strike the keys with muscle power, for reasons such as a desire to increase raw apm. Instead, just like playing piano, you should hit the keys rapidly without a need to tense up your forearm or shoulders. It should be a finger response, nothing more. Edit: After I realized how I was tensing up straining to increase apm artificially, I started to play while in a relaxed manner and my apm jumped from 190 to 250, from C+ to B-. | ||
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Adeeler
United Kingdom764 Posts
Finger Independence: Super Hard if your go through this series: greg irwin finger fitness on youtube: Elbow horizontalish with the keyboard, high seated position not slouching to much. Don't rest your arm on the edge of your table or anything like that either. This improves blood flow to your hands and you should last longer. If you want to do some special exercise you can do forearm curls with a dumbbell and use the strong grips(squeezy things for improving your grip/finger strength) Learn to touch type properly. Some ppl learn to touch type simply by experience but you might be benefit from learning to touch type and improving your wpm(words per minute) same principal your apm should benefit or stamina at the least with your hot-key hand it should. I play with an ergonomic split keyboard which made me naturally learn to touch type properly but I play to switch to a standard keyboard as reaching more buttons will be easiar then going over the hump in the middle of the keyboard. Also take breaks at least once an hour to let the blood flow get going nicely again. Food wise you can always go for foods that thin the blood thus helping flow; of the top of my head onions is the only thing I can think of that does this naturally. And of course plenty of water etc. Make sure you get enough protein in your diet to. Its no good doing all this stuff expecting your apm and stamina to increase but if you don't have enough protein in your diet your body can't fix you up & improve your muscles when you sleep. Sleep properly too not on any arm. Keep your hands a bit warm before playing. Do some finger exercises to do this it can help. Search the net for proper ones as you don't want to damage your hands/fingers by guessing how to exercise them. Oh yeh, play some music while you play. Something fast with quick beats you'll naturally speed up due to this. Its a bit artifical but keep doing it and you'll naturally stay at a higher level. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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peidongyang
Canada2084 Posts
It's mostly because you're exerting alot of mental energy in all that decision making. | ||
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
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Husky
United States3362 Posts
However, I've been using computers nonstop since I was like 8. I have pretty nimble fingers when it comes to the keyboard so that might play a role in it. One thing I've noticed is that Starcarft is the ONLY game that makes me sweat. I can play CS, wc3, wow, TF2 or any other game I can think of and not sweat at all. SC is both a physical and mental workout just because of how in dept of a game it is. Hopefully you can overcome it though, I can see why it would be frustrating! | ||
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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iLict
Bosnia-Herzegovina57 Posts
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KP_CollectoR
United States744 Posts
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kineSiS-
Korea (South)1068 Posts
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Dragonblood21
United States139 Posts
I think my fingers are just used to being used at a high speed however, as I also play guitar and have been for about 2-3 years. A lot of the times I'll be practicing solos that require my hands to move at fast rates with a high amount of concentration, and Starcraft is not really different in that respect. | ||
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iLict
Bosnia-Herzegovina57 Posts
On September 10 2009 12:50 KP_CollectoR wrote: I don't ever feel like a tire when playing. ? That's funny cause I'm always rolling zergs | ||
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Assault_1
Canada1950 Posts
On September 10 2009 13:00 iLict wrote: ? That's funny cause I'm always rolling zergs wtf anyway, i was playing 10-15 hours on saturday, sunday and monday (long weekend) and I felt fine. But tuesday my right hand (index finger mostly) was tingling all day, also hurts a bit today, so I'm taking a break for a couple days. I don't know how progamers play a dozen hours daily though, must have ergonomic mouses or something | ||
Empyrean
16992 Posts
I never get tired and can play for hours  | ||
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JFKWT
Singapore1442 Posts
On September 10 2009 12:50 KP_CollectoR wrote: I don't ever feel like a tire when playing. ^ Making a jibe at the typo in the title =p | ||
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ForSC2
United States580 Posts
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
On September 10 2009 17:49 ForSC2 wrote: My left hand falls asleep when I try to work harder/play faster in starcraft. My right arm always gets cold | ||
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Ketu
United States57 Posts
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Re-Play-
Dominican Republic825 Posts
On September 10 2009 10:05 ImNotBisu wrote: This is just my personal experience as a piano player, my should's and should not's: You should try to: -Warm up. Don't jump into a game with 500apm spam, play at a comfortable pace and your apm will go up as more actions are required. -Be relaxed. I find listening to pumping music does make you play faster, but only very temporarily. If you want to play for an extended period of time, keep a good posture, be relaxed, and keep very hydrated. Sleeping more helps too. You should not: -Curve your wrist on the keyboard/mouse. This happens sometimes when you tense up, and you WILL get Carpal Tunnel eventually. -Strike the keys with muscle power, for reasons such as a desire to increase raw apm. Instead, just like playing piano, you should hit the keys rapidly without a need to tense up your forearm or shoulders. It should be a finger response, nothing more. Edit: After I realized how I was tensing up straining to increase apm artificially, I started to play while in a relaxed manner and my apm jumped from 190 to 250, from C+ to B-. i like your tips, but how to control breath? because sometimes i feel tired and i realized i wasnt breathing when i need much multitasking or micro i stop breathing dont know why | ||
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Southlight
United States11767 Posts
On September 10 2009 19:44 LuisMl8 wrote: i like your tips, but how to control breath? because sometimes i feel tired and i realized i wasnt breathing when i need much multitasking or micro i stop breathing dont know why Man Dies of Asphyxiation Due to Computer Game. Boy can you imagine the ravenous hordes of responsibility-shirking mothers? On a slightly more helpful note, I think a good number of people hold their breath when they're concentrating very hard... you might want to step back a bit and relax  | ||
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Rjx5(LT)
Canada27 Posts
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JiYan
United States3668 Posts
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
I'm surprised you're. *** 200 APM here | ||
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ella_guru
Canada1741 Posts
On September 10 2009 12:58 Dragonblood21 wrote: I think my fingers are just used to being used at a high speed however, as I also play guitar and have been for about 2-3 years. A lot of the times I'll be practicing solos that require my hands to move at fast rates with a high amount of concentration, and Starcraft is not really different in that respect. Only a slightly transferable skill... | ||
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Leg[end]
United States241 Posts
There is nothing wrong with spamming in general (everyone all the way to the pros do it), but you can't make it something you really think about. | ||
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Leg[end]
United States241 Posts
I disagree. Playing guitar will leave your fingers with better dexterity and you will be able to reach your fingers further across your keyboard. It certainly helped me. | ||
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arb
Noobville17921 Posts
this may be whats happening to you | ||
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ella_guru
Canada1741 Posts
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CursOr
United States6335 Posts
Less white flour, bad oils, and salt (NaCl) Go with beans, whole grains, fruit, nuts as much as you can. The potassium and especially eating sea-salt vs table salt will really help your muscles from cramping. Also, as far as gaming, check out this idea. I play vs someone (who is willing) till about midgame, as much APM as you can. Then, take a 10 minute break. (you should be like 10-15 min into the game). Think about something totally different, maybe get some water. Come back, sit down, recally where you are and what you are doing, and youll find you play the endgame totally differently. At least for me, this REALLY helped my Hive tech when I played zergs. Something about the break, and comming back a new with all the Hive units really helped. For anyone who has mental or physical fatigue in >15 min I suggest you find a practice partner and try this. | ||
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
I can play a 45 minute game with 250 apm without problems. I think this is something you just have to train to do, unless you're protoss Also I average 287 apm in my replays folder and average game length is 17 minutes or so. | ||
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
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rredtooth
5460 Posts
On September 10 2009 09:46 jello_biafra wrote: what if a starcraft battle was happening outside in real life (something epic like casy marines vs lurkers) and would likely end by the time you won or lost the game. would you be distracted?No doesn't really happen to me, I guess sheer adrenaline and determination keeps me going, nothing distracts me, World War 3 could be starting outside and I wouldn't look away from the screen till I had either won or lost the game. | ||
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MaTaAeRuKaNa
United States95 Posts
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Nal_rAwr
United States2611 Posts
Your strategy comes first, your fingers come second. Don't be a n00b and think apm is all that | ||
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hahaimhenry
Canada368 Posts
My apologies if my analogy wasn't good enough but I hope the point gets out there... although I'm pretty sure many people have already said something similar. | ||
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Metaspace
Austria670 Posts
I assume it is simply a training thing. | ||
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