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ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
October 30 2009 08:48 GMT
#41
I listen to my 130gb music library on shuffle. It's nice to go from Sigur Ros to Mudvayne to Slim Thug within a few minutes, it seems to effect how i play.
U Gotta Skate.
Day[9]
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States7366 Posts
October 30 2009 11:08 GMT
#42
TRENTEMOLLER
Whenever I encounter some little hitch, or some of my orbs get out of orbit, nothing pleases me so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places. www.day9.tv
Adeeler
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom764 Posts
October 30 2009 11:42 GMT
#43
Much like the motion detector sound in Aliens a rhythmic beat can effect your heart rate(i.e. get you pumped up or down). Faster music is more likely to increase your APM as you start doing your actions fast in reaction, slower music might slow you down or relax you so you flow better and thus your apm increases also. Depends on the person.

I've experimented with making Zerg inspired music. WTH is Zerg music? Not music from zerg sounds but music with particular beats or sounds every x seconds consistant with larva spawn times. So say approximately every 15seconds for a few seconds the music would change to denote its time to macro with my hatcheries. Enough time to 5s?,6s?,7s?,8s?,9s?,0s? and then the music goes back to normal.
The beats between those time would be in tune with what APM i'm trying to achieve next. I.e. after removing the macro actions per minute I can get a figure of how many beats to have in the inbetween macro periods.

Pros can do 400+ apm. I'm only a 50->150 apm player so I don't need many beats to make a piece of 100apm music. But it doesn't sound very interesting at all. But it might be useful for teaching the mind to remember to macro and do more actions. Jury is out though as I also feel any music with tonnes of different changing notes is good too like fast trance or something.

Music can surely have an effect, I think when you get to Jaedong levels your apm and stuff is ingrained in your system and then music is more of a distraction then anything else.
GinNtoniC
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Sweden2945 Posts
October 30 2009 12:17 GMT
#44
Visit the "Vocal Trance" thread for music that really helps you get that apm pumping.
Works wonders for me anyway.
Huge fan of JulyZerg, HonestTea and that guy Kim Taek Yong.
GinNtoniC
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Sweden2945 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-10-30 12:19:42
October 30 2009 12:19 GMT
#45
wrong thread, my bad.
Huge fan of JulyZerg, HonestTea and that guy Kim Taek Yong.
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
October 30 2009 13:31 GMT
#46
Listening to music makes it hard for me to concentrate. My play becomes less focused and my apm goes down. Sorry
My. Copy. Is. Here.
lavion
Profile Joined September 2009
Singapore286 Posts
October 30 2009 14:24 GMT
#47
well listening to japan eurobeat music gives you an adrenaline rush, especially those from initial D
Flash for bonjwa
Invictus
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Singapore2697 Posts
October 30 2009 16:08 GMT
#48
I personally don't agree with using music for playing Starcraft since if u use music to improve ur apm or game performance then u would be solely dependent on relying on music to improve ur game performance instead of practicing more. Although I do not deny that music would help in certain aspects like hearing to a certain type of music would help u to become more focused and blah blah blah. I also used binaural beats in studying last time but I feel everyone would feel it's too boring to listen to
Lee Jaedong Fighting!
Captain Mayhem
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Sweden774 Posts
October 30 2009 16:23 GMT
#49
On October 30 2009 23:24 lavion wrote:
well listening to japan eurobeat music gives you an adrenaline rush, especially those from initial D

Wait what? Japan eurobeat?
Gravity is just a theory anyway.
BlissX1
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States328 Posts
November 04 2009 23:30 GMT
#50
On October 30 2009 17:43 cyco94 wrote:
Anyone knows, where to find a similar site just like Pandora.com.???

Kinda sad we cant use it when outside of U.S..


U Can try last.fm
XtremeOneZ 4 Life Bliss[x.1]
StylishVODs
Profile Joined December 2005
Sweden5331 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-05 00:33:34
November 05 2009 00:23 GMT
#51
Somehow I can't listen to music while playing. First it's all good, but in the later stages of the game I'm so focused and the music becomes nothing but a noise that's disturbing my concentration:/
According to Reach, he is the fastest learner he has ever seen. He start bw only like 2/3 years ago. Infact, his bw history knowledge is so limited, he didn't even know what the map Guillotine was.
sharkeyanti
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1273 Posts
November 05 2009 00:45 GMT
#52
I'd say listening to music makes playing longer sessions more enjoyable, but if you're really playing to win it shouldn't matter what you're listening to: get your head in the game. If I was playing a very important match it would be no music, but with sounds. There's no use cutting out one of your senses (hearing).
Hi Mom
himurakenshin
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Canada1845 Posts
November 05 2009 00:47 GMT
#53
Nice guide, but I have to say that I don't really like your firefox skin.
fixbayonets
Profile Joined October 2009
United States10 Posts
November 05 2009 06:04 GMT
#54
I listen to "No Matter the Cost" from Echoes of War sometimes. Do I play better? Probably not, but the game feels twice as epic.
DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
November 05 2009 06:30 GMT
#55
I have a few starcraft playlists with upbeat rhythmic music that helps me stay in a good rhythm and gives me energy to play.

I might upload some of my genre compilations actually.
RIP Aaliyah
jon arbuckle
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada443 Posts
November 05 2009 06:50 GMT
#56
As a stodgy album listener, I tend to queue up a few albums and listen while I play.

Black metal (e.g. Darkthrone, Burzum) is good because you play in time with the inordinately fast drumming and the grim atmosphere works well as a Zerg player. I also use southern hip-hop (e.g. UGK, Three 6 Mafia) because of the attitude adjustment it provides.
Mondays
BlissX1
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States328 Posts
November 22 2009 10:02 GMT
#57
On November 05 2009 15:50 jon arbuckle wrote:
As a stodgy album listener, I tend to queue up a few albums and listen while I play.

Black metal (e.g. Darkthrone, Burzum) is good because you play in time with the inordinately fast drumming and the grim atmosphere works well as a Zerg player. I also use southern hip-hop (e.g. UGK, Three 6 Mafia) because of the attitude adjustment it provides.

Well that's what I'm basically trying to get at. Just que up your favorite albums and artists and then listen to it for a while.or, what u can do is just use pandora or last.fm to help u out and create a playlist.
XtremeOneZ 4 Life Bliss[x.1]
Corvi
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Germany1406 Posts
November 22 2009 12:24 GMT
#58
www.di.fm radio streams. ret does it, too! :D

my apm is actually higher without music, which feels kinda strange, but playing with music is still more fun.
Re-Play-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Dominican Republic825 Posts
November 22 2009 13:01 GMT
#59
On November 05 2009 09:23 StylishVODs wrote:
Somehow I can't listen to music while playing. First it's all good, but in the later stages of the game I'm so focused and the music becomes nothing but a noise that's disturbing my concentration:/


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yarkO
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada810 Posts
November 22 2009 14:18 GMT
#60
When I'm playing I tend to flow with my music, whether it's some metal or stuff like TooL, it just helps me to find a rhythm.
When you are prepared, there's no such thing as pressure.
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