i had this at warcraft3, what helped me is just to wait some minutes after a game until your heart beat goes down(i was like 150 beats/min? im serious)
now i only get this adrenaline rush when i play high and usually after the big things happened not before and not during it which is actually kinda funny because my circulation is rly bad when im high and some times i feel like im dying. but after that feeling is gone,it feels like it felt fucking awesome :D

Macks

25 Posts

October 16 2010 01:06 GMT

#102

I remember my first tournament game, I couldn't feel my limbs throughout the majority of the first 3 or so games.

Like people have already said 100 times, just play games and remember that this is a GAME. There's not a thing in the world wrong with loosing, and chances are your opponent is freaking out too.

GenesisX

Canada4267 Posts

October 16 2010 01:07 GMT

#103

I only get this when I'm having a really epic base race. Only then. Idk why.

Sm3agol

United States2055 Posts

October 16 2010 01:18 GMT

#104

I remember this from my CAL team in CSS back in the day lol. I remember my first 1 v 4 clutch with about 100 people watching. So intense, lol. But it makes most other gaming endeavors seem lame by comparison. So just play a few tournament matches, and you'r laddering will seem calm. :-p

Ronald_McD

Canada807 Posts

October 16 2010 01:26 GMT

#105

On October 15 2010 01:06 dekwaz wrote:
I'm thinking of drinking beer before laddering .... any suggestions?

I ladder while drunk often, I find being drunk helps me to not overthink what I'm doing, and gives me more flow to my mechanics at lower levels of drunk

But there's a point where it makes you worse. I play terrible when I'm shitfaced drunk

I think the best thing to do is just play until you're desensitized and you don't experience that rush as intensively anymore

TypeFake

United States121 Posts

October 16 2010 03:52 GMT

#106

It just dies down after a while.

Although, having an adrenaline rush while having 3 bases saves my ass so much. I go paranoid with Warp Gates and spread proxy pylons everywhere. <3

0mgVitaminE

United States1278 Posts

October 16 2010 03:57 GMT

#107

I used to get this so bad when I first got into DotA.
Starcraft was the same way, but it was more that playing games and losing points was scary, as opposed to DotA where I would be calm and set up a gank, then my heart would start beating super fast and I would feel nervous.

I didn't admit this to most people, it sounded weird <_<

d3athwish

United States7 Posts

October 16 2010 05:59 GMT

#108

I always get this. Soo annoying especially since my chair is so noisy... it rattles. Sorta embarrassing.

Not going to sweat it though, as I'm sure after playing some more, the anxiety or whatever will go away.

Phayze

Canada2029 Posts

October 16 2010 06:06 GMT

#109

I find caffeine intensifies my response to sticky situations, and therefore generally try to stay away from it completely when playing starcraft. Whenever i have caffiene I usually like to detox for a good long while before continuing any competetive sessions (Although i really just dont care about practice games, so it's a different feeling)

Swimcito

Italy52 Posts

October 16 2010 06:09 GMT

#110

do some excersive it makes it so your body is more fit to blood pressure rises, adrenaline rushes, stress, etc.

kasumimi

Greece460 Posts

October 16 2010 06:12 GMT

#111

On October 15 2010 01:06 dekwaz wrote:
Hello I've been having some problems when laddering and would like some input on how other people deal with it.

I'm recently made a come back to rts and while I've been a gamer almost all my life I have this stupid adrenaline rush when laddering. I get the shakes and my hands don't quite move like they're supposed to.Macro goes out the door and all I can barely manage to do is battle micro. When I'm playing vs AI I think I never have this problem at all, or even when I'm playing co-op vs AI.

This never happens when I'm playing sports games, rpg, and fps (weirdly I get more focused in fps don't know why).

I'm thinking of drinking beer before laddering .... any suggestions?

You should actually enjoy and embrace this magical feeling.
After playing thousands of games the feeling just goes away completely and, in all honesty I miss it

Evolve

Canada63 Posts

October 16 2010 06:41 GMT

#112

I get that feeling in every other game except for SC2... i dont know why... i kinda miss it

Sum1 teach me to induce anxiety and adrenaline for sc2... makes me play better ;;

nGBeast

United States914 Posts

October 16 2010 08:01 GMT

#113

This always happens to me in important games, I know what you mean. It seems like my mouse stops working and my clicks slow down even though I know I need to keep going, I've learned to listen to music when i'm playing with my headphones in usually helps me keep calm.

Kiriya.Kite

Canada32 Posts

October 16 2010 08:14 GMT

#114

I listen to music when I play. It really helps calm down and keep your cool instead of listening to your adren.

xtfftc

United Kingdom2343 Posts

October 16 2010 11:33 GMT

#115

Don't deal with the adrenaline rush. Deal with not having an adrenaline rush.