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TheAngelofDeath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2033 Posts
July 25 2010 07:21 GMT
#41
I practice when I feel like practicing. Which is quite often. But, I have family and personal matters as well. So it's hard to find a balance.
"Infestors are the suck" - LzGamer
nitdkim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
1264 Posts
July 25 2010 07:21 GMT
#42
3-4 hours efficiently. Analysis of replays, playing with people with greater skill and knowledge of the game (a summary of how the game went after you guys play). Playing with solid goals set in mind.
PM me if you want random korean images translated.
Piski
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Finland3461 Posts
July 25 2010 07:27 GMT
#43
On July 25 2010 15:12 T.O.P. wrote:
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On July 25 2010 15:05 Piski wrote:
I would say quality over quantity. Use your time well, actually learn something from your games rather than just grind through them and I guess 5h a days is plenty. You won't be A+ Korean but you will manage

Of course not. You'll always be better if you practice more.

I found this quote while reading the source link from this thread
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=137872

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You think you can get as much done in 40 hours as a synthetic organic chemist versus someone who works 80? Bullshit. Don’t believe me? I’ll reassign my graduate student Suk Deep Lee to your molecule. He’s going to work on an alternative route. Don’t talk to me until you’ve made the molecule. Let’s see who makes the most progress, shall we?

Exactly. You’ll fall in line like everyone else.

That's why korean pros are better than foreigners, they just practice so much more.


I completely agree I believe that hard work always pays off. I just got from his post that he isn't intending to compete with the koreans but just wanted to be very good.
That's why I said that playing 5h every day will be enough, comparing that say for White-Ra who says he can play over 8h one day and not play the next two days.
stalife
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada1222 Posts
July 25 2010 07:29 GMT
#44
or you could become a computer scientist who plays sc2 as secondary job :D
www.memoryexpress.com
Everlong
Profile Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1973 Posts
July 25 2010 07:29 GMT
#45
Its good to have a gf, period. If she loves you, she wont let you play like 7-8 hours a day and she will keep you in real life - good thing.
Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
July 25 2010 07:30 GMT
#46
About 3-4 hours of playing per day is the most efficient for me. after that I just seem to lose interest and thus don't put in the effort and don't have fun. I've never understood why or how koreans play for so long and seem to get something out of the extra time. From a bio/psych stand point I think there's on average only so much a human being can handle and process in a given amount of time, with exceptions like Flash etc :D Though this might get into the burnout process, where you force a lot of processes in a far too short amount of time along with possible neglect of other basic, natural importances.
hope that helps in some way hehe
fyyer
Profile Joined February 2010
United States145 Posts
July 25 2010 07:32 GMT
#47
On July 25 2010 16:29 Everlong wrote:
Its good to have a gf, period. If she loves you, she wont let you play like 7-8 hours a day and she will keep you in real life - good thing.


why is that good? nothing wrong with doing what you like to do. if someone stops you from doing what you love to do I think they're not good.
MuTT
Profile Joined July 2010
United States398 Posts
July 25 2010 07:35 GMT
#48
On July 25 2010 16:32 fyyer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2010 16:29 Everlong wrote:
Its good to have a gf, period. If she loves you, she wont let you play like 7-8 hours a day and she will keep you in real life - good thing.


why is that good? nothing wrong with doing what you like to do. if someone stops you from doing what you love to do I think they're not good.

I love smoking, eating fast food, and drinking beer. My gf cooks for me and helps me to relax so i can quit smoking so i think shes good.
MC's strength: confidence weakness: over confidence
DrakanSilva
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Chile932 Posts
July 25 2010 07:35 GMT
#49
honestly.... another topic how to become a progamer...

there are tons of articles out there... the liquipedia
"How to IMPROVE - By Ver" - Teamliquid Liquipedia"HOW TO IMPROVE - BY VER"


it was written for BW but it applies very similar to SC2... somethings may be different but is good read anyway
there is a lo of info
In the beginning there was nothing... and then exploded
ROOTdrewbie
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada1392 Posts
July 25 2010 07:38 GMT
#50
I believe that the most important thing is to make sure that your practice time counts. You should seek out the hardest possible opponent, and review your replays to find out your mistakes. If you play at least 10 games every day and make sure that they count you should improve pretty fast ;P
www.root-gaming.com
Baarn
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2702 Posts
July 25 2010 07:39 GMT
#51
On July 25 2010 16:02 kzn wrote:
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On July 25 2010 15:30 Baarn wrote:
If you try to match idra's practice schedule you can pretty much kiss that degree goodbye. Just play when you have free time unless you are seriously considering taking up pro gaming or it's not worth it. Even then haha.


I'm not entirely sure what 12 credit hours translates to for my university but I could easily manage 12hr/day averages while juggling a "full" load of schoolwork (meaning what I was expected to do) per week, including during the year I spent writing an undergrad thesis.


12+ hours on average and practicing for a tournament is gonna be even more time away from school priorities. Hey if you can do it then by all means.
There's no S in KT. :P
Everlong
Profile Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1973 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-25 07:41:45
July 25 2010 07:40 GMT
#52
Its not good to play video game for 7-8 hours a day. If someone helps you with this, its very good. So thinking like "if someone stops you from doing what you love to do I think they're not good." will actually take you to hell..
fyyer
Profile Joined February 2010
United States145 Posts
July 25 2010 07:41 GMT
#53
On July 25 2010 16:35 MuTT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2010 16:32 fyyer wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:29 Everlong wrote:
Its good to have a gf, period. If she loves you, she wont let you play like 7-8 hours a day and she will keep you in real life - good thing.


why is that good? nothing wrong with doing what you like to do. if someone stops you from doing what you love to do I think they're not good.

I love smoking, eating fast food, and drinking beer. My gf cooks for me and helps me to relax so i can quit smoking so i think shes good.


your gf helping you stop things you feel guilty of, if someone wants to play a game for 8 hours a day and someone else steps in, there's a problem.
Everlong
Profile Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1973 Posts
July 25 2010 07:43 GMT
#54
On July 25 2010 16:41 fyyer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2010 16:35 MuTT wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:32 fyyer wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:29 Everlong wrote:
Its good to have a gf, period. If she loves you, she wont let you play like 7-8 hours a day and she will keep you in real life - good thing.


why is that good? nothing wrong with doing what you like to do. if someone stops you from doing what you love to do I think they're not good.

I love smoking, eating fast food, and drinking beer. My gf cooks for me and helps me to relax so i can quit smoking so i think shes good.


your gf helping you stop things you feel guilty of, if someone wants to play a game for 8 hours a day and someone else steps in, there's a problem.


I think that if someone wants to play a game for 8 hours a day, there's a problem.
Everlong
Profile Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1973 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-25 07:44:10
July 25 2010 07:43 GMT
#55
Baarn
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2702 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-25 07:45:03
July 25 2010 07:44 GMT
#56
On July 25 2010 16:41 fyyer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2010 16:35 MuTT wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:32 fyyer wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:29 Everlong wrote:
Its good to have a gf, period. If she loves you, she wont let you play like 7-8 hours a day and she will keep you in real life - good thing.


why is that good? nothing wrong with doing what you like to do. if someone stops you from doing what you love to do I think they're not good.

I love smoking, eating fast food, and drinking beer. My gf cooks for me and helps me to relax so i can quit smoking so i think shes good.


your gf helping you stop things you feel guilty of, if someone wants to play a game for 8 hours a day and someone else steps in, there's a problem.


With that person not spending time with you after work/school or your priorities?
There's no S in KT. :P
-HellZerg-
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States409 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-25 07:46:51
July 25 2010 07:44 GMT
#57
Look, everyone. I know that some of us, including me, would want to become a SC2 pro-gamer because we LOVE to play SC2. But realistically, do you really think that you will keep your SC2 pro-gaming career until you are like 65 years old? Hell no. But if you guys meant that you would like to spend 5 to 10 years of life dedicated to having a SC2 pro-gaming career, then that's a little better, but like many others, I wouldn't say it's a good career. If you want that kind of experience in your life, go for it. But when you finish your godly experience as a SC2 pro-gamer, it will be incredibly hard for you to get back to today's social conformity of getting a full-time job in typical professional careers such as engineering, medicine, law, etc.

It's up to you. Don't make your parents get disappointed in you because you spent a third of your life playing video games all day and night.
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
fyyer
Profile Joined February 2010
United States145 Posts
July 25 2010 07:44 GMT
#58
On July 25 2010 16:43 Everlong wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2010 16:41 fyyer wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:35 MuTT wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:32 fyyer wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:29 Everlong wrote:
Its good to have a gf, period. If she loves you, she wont let you play like 7-8 hours a day and she will keep you in real life - good thing.


why is that good? nothing wrong with doing what you like to do. if someone stops you from doing what you love to do I think they're not good.

I love smoking, eating fast food, and drinking beer. My gf cooks for me and helps me to relax so i can quit smoking so i think shes good.


your gf helping you stop things you feel guilty of, if someone wants to play a game for 8 hours a day and someone else steps in, there's a problem.


I think that if someone wants to play a game for 8 hours a day, there's a problem.


yeah, its society that doesnt look at gaming as legitimate. that is the problem. partying, and sitting on the couch watching tv is much more legit past time to society and thats sad.
Everlong
Profile Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1973 Posts
July 25 2010 07:46 GMT
#59
On July 25 2010 16:44 fyyer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 25 2010 16:43 Everlong wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:41 fyyer wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:35 MuTT wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:32 fyyer wrote:
On July 25 2010 16:29 Everlong wrote:
Its good to have a gf, period. If she loves you, she wont let you play like 7-8 hours a day and she will keep you in real life - good thing.


why is that good? nothing wrong with doing what you like to do. if someone stops you from doing what you love to do I think they're not good.

I love smoking, eating fast food, and drinking beer. My gf cooks for me and helps me to relax so i can quit smoking so i think shes good.


your gf helping you stop things you feel guilty of, if someone wants to play a game for 8 hours a day and someone else steps in, there's a problem.


I think that if someone wants to play a game for 8 hours a day, there's a problem.


yeah, its society that doesnt look at gaming as legitimate. that is the problem. partying, and sitting on the couch watching tv is much more legit past time to society and thats sad.


That is why Koreans are so good actually. You are right on this one.
Aldair
Profile Joined May 2010
United States78 Posts
July 25 2010 07:49 GMT
#60
On July 25 2010 15:15 balistix wrote:
i remember day9 saying how when he practiced for some tournament in 2007, he woke up at 10 am and played until 3 am everyday and took breaks for lunch and dinner and stuff, and that's what i plan to do more or less


balistix:

You are going to crash and burn in this game... horribly so. Day[9] was grinding practice for an immediate event. It is NOT POSSIBLE to have QUALITY practice for that long of a period for an extended period.

You will reach a skill cap for yourself and because you don't take the time to actually sit back from the game you will have no perspective and will not advance past that.

You will never hit the top that way. Ever.
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