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Afterhours
Profile Joined March 2010
United States125 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-01 05:58:23
June 01 2010 05:58 GMT
#1
Hey guys,

What do you do to warm up for playing sc/sc2 on the ladder, or when you wanna play your best?

I play Street Fighter: 3rd Strike for about 30-45 mins. XD

http://i.imgur.com/pHvpBxx.gif
Bosu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3247 Posts
June 01 2010 05:59 GMT
#2
I play sc2.
#1 Kwanro Fan
HaruHaru
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States988 Posts
June 01 2010 06:00 GMT
#3
my friend masturbates to warm his hands
Long live BroodWar!
Ftrunkz
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia2474 Posts
June 01 2010 06:01 GMT
#4
i sometimes, literally, 'warp up' by running my hands under a hot tap in winter.... other than that i generally just get on and start playing, if i have a tournament or something for my first game of the day ill smash a computer on easy just to get my hands going and make me feel super awesome about how amazing i am at this game.
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Chaoz
Profile Joined March 2010
United States507 Posts
June 01 2010 06:01 GMT
#5
Play random 2v2.
AgentComet
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States39 Posts
June 01 2010 06:02 GMT
#6
Usually I play a custom game versus AI, just to get the fingers into a rhythm.
The opinion above should be ignored.
Kyhol
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2575 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-01 06:03:46
June 01 2010 06:02 GMT
#7
I just think a lot before I play. I only play 1-10 games a week though.

Edit: Actually I usually warm up by having to replay my placement matches... lol. The main reason I don't play SC2 anymore is because of the 2.0 bugs, and lack of communication between the community.
Wishing you well.
Jimmeh
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United Kingdom908 Posts
June 01 2010 06:05 GMT
#8
I either play my noob friend 1v1, even though he's definitely going to lose and he knows it, so I can warm my hands up via spamming and just kinda get into the swing of it.

If he's not around, however, I generally play on that Multitasking UMS map for ~30mins, have a 10min break and then ladder.
Yoricko
Profile Joined May 2010
Singapore22 Posts
June 01 2010 06:05 GMT
#9
A combination of doing build orders against AI and playing random 2v2 and macroing like crazy.
I AM ZERGLING RAWRAWRAWR
necros
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States85 Posts
June 01 2010 06:06 GMT
#10
On June 01 2010 14:58 Afterhours wrote:
Hey guys,

What do you do to warm up for playing sc/sc2 on the ladder, or when you wanna play your best?

I play Street Fighter: 3rd Strike for about 30-45 mins. XD



I play command and conquer RTS's warms u up really good.
sc2 yay!
The_Piper42
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States426 Posts
June 01 2010 06:08 GMT
#11
I go Reach style and bench-press a hundred noobies.
Boxer, White-Ra, Grubby, Flash fighting!
aztrorisk
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States896 Posts
June 01 2010 06:11 GMT
#12
I created a personalized micro map for me to practice.
A lock that opens to many keys is a bad lock. A key that opens many locks is a master key.
G3nXsiS
Profile Joined July 2009
United States656 Posts
June 01 2010 06:13 GMT
#13
Go against the computer and practice your opening build. Make sure its perfect. If you can download some micro maps and play those are great too.
Hope is the first step on the road to dissapointment
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
June 01 2010 06:13 GMT
#14
I sit in my hot tub for a good hour before I log in.
XK ßubonic
stroggos
Profile Joined February 2009
New Zealand1543 Posts
June 01 2010 06:14 GMT
#15
stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now
hi
Azuremen
Profile Joined May 2010
United States71 Posts
June 01 2010 06:14 GMT
#16
Start with sacrificing a stray cat to reduce the odds that B.net drops me.

I kid, I kid.

Honestly, I just play a 2v2 or a UMS game; anything that gets my fingers moving and some feeling for the game at the moment.
The voice from up high spoke - "Build more pylons"
Azalie
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand117 Posts
June 01 2010 06:15 GMT
#17
On June 01 2010 14:58 Afterhours wrote:
Hey guys,

What do you do to warm up for playing sc/sc2 on the ladder, or when you wanna play your best?

I play Street Fighter: 3rd Strike for about 30-45 mins. XD



AHAHHAHAHA i do that myself ssf4 for me or bw normaly both bw helps me alot without the cpu assisted stuff i find myself with alot of spare apm once i get into sc2.
Psiclone
Profile Joined May 2010
United States23 Posts
June 01 2010 06:15 GMT
#18
5 beers
Nadrav
Profile Joined April 2010
United States86 Posts
June 01 2010 06:19 GMT
#19
On June 01 2010 15:14 stroggos wrote:
stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now

you psycho

I usually play a couple of custom 1v1s.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10700 Posts
June 01 2010 06:20 GMT
#20
I play gradius 3, on SNES, because it requires alot of micro, thats how i warm up my hands for sc2 =)
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
guitarizt
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1492 Posts
June 01 2010 06:21 GMT
#21
I play custom games on blistering sands to build my confidence.
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” - Hemingway
systemA
Profile Joined November 2008
95 Posts
June 01 2010 06:22 GMT
#22
the KawaiiRice warmup
hey its me ur brother
Mr.Pyro
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Denmark959 Posts
June 01 2010 06:22 GMT
#23
Lol, APM spam in the beginning is enough warm-up
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Xenocide_Knight
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Korea (South)2625 Posts
June 01 2010 06:23 GMT
#24
I use sc2 as a warm up for broodwar
Shine[Kal] #1 fan
AlliNPreFlop
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
59 Posts
June 01 2010 06:23 GMT
#25
Smoke a backwood.
karihoka
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia54 Posts
June 01 2010 06:25 GMT
#26
i play Guitar Hero!
both guitar and drums.
And so it begins!
RoMarX
Profile Joined April 2010
Argentina189 Posts
June 01 2010 06:26 GMT
#27
i dont warm up.
Hellooo!!!!!!!
pyr0ma5ta
Profile Joined May 2010
United States458 Posts
June 01 2010 06:27 GMT
#28
I play Minesweeper.

JK, Freecell.

No srsly. I play 2v2 to warm up for games that matter.
"I made you a zergling, but I eated it." - Defiler
NeoLearner
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Belgium1847 Posts
June 01 2010 06:27 GMT
#29
On June 01 2010 15:05 Yoricko wrote:
A combination of doing build orders against AI and playing random 2v2 and macroing like crazy.


Pretty much this for me. The Build Order tester was made for warming up.

Sometimes I just skip all that and just dive right in. Isn't that what the bonus points are for?

Bankai - Correlation does not imply causation
Malgrif
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1095 Posts
June 01 2010 06:29 GMT
#30
i just play, warming up hands, for me at least, is over rated. and yes i am top 10diamond
for there to be pro there has to be noob.
Intropy
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada92 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-01 06:31:20
June 01 2010 06:30 GMT
#31
Does anyone actually take the ladder seriously enough to warm up? I warm up for tourneys (by laddering) but who cares this much about laddering itself?
Intropy.469
Malgrif
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1095 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-01 06:31:51
June 01 2010 06:31 GMT
#32
a lot of people take laddering seriously, general players don't play in tournaments. and it's no fun to lose.
for there to be pro there has to be noob.
Alou
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States3748 Posts
June 01 2010 06:32 GMT
#33
I don't warm up. I just play.
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