Performance Enhancing Drug in Starcraft 2? Yes. - Page 26

On April 19 2011 08:28 Softboing wrote:


With that in mind, a policy that forbids non-prescribed drug use will be about as useful as a wet noodle in a sword fight.

On April 19 2011 08:13 Mainland wrote:
If it is banned, then no one should be allowed to use it during competition, prescription or not.

Still, there's no point to banning it unless you can test for it.

From a game theoretic point of view, as long as it's not being tested for, the best strategy would be to use it.

On April 19 2011 08:35 LuciferSC wrote:


Only if you know what I can do with a wet noodle in a sword fight....

On April 19 2011 05:17 Vaelestrasz wrote:


EXACTLY..well said.. not to mention caffeine and nicotine..they'd have to start banning literally all sorts of things to adhere to this type of logic..

On April 19 2011 06:55 Vaelestrasz wrote:

Unfortunately ADHD cannot be diagnosed by concrete evidence like a blood test..its diagnosed based on symptoms that pretty much anyone can claim they experience..there's no real way to prove that any of the people who have Adderall scripts don't actually need Adderall...

And lastly, the FACT of the matter is, that there is no actual proof that Adderall enhances gaming performance. its only speculation..

On April 19 2011 12:58 chonkyfire wrote:


If you knew what speed did the brain you'd probably disagree, but you have no idea, so you say things like this.

On April 19 2011 13:09 Zeke50100 wrote:


No where has there been proof of a causation between Adderall and better performance.

On April 19 2011 09:06 Cifer wrote:
Can you say that that is unfairness?

On April 19 2011 09:06 Cifer wrote:
Well, the same argument can be said about university exams where possibly much more is at stake. Yet even with resources to examine students for such stimulants. They wouldn't do it. In fact, most universities have not even issued a statement banning them even without enforcement. And I believe this is for a few reasons some of which im sure have beem mentioned before.

1) Advantages not totally visible or cannot be measured.
2) There is a disparity of innate intellect and ability to concentrate in each person. So a person A taking the drug might still have less ability to concentrate through no fault of his own. Can you say that that is unfairness? Is you're innate ability to perform is what is being measured rather than your preparation and hard work?
3) Enforcement can be really be annoying... and put off people from exams and university as a whole. The image of going to this strict institution, which you pay a fortune, only to end up having to piss in a cup every time you wanna take an exam.
The same things can be said about starcraft.

On April 19 2011 08:51 LF9 wrote:
I played WCG on Adderrall once, no one really seemed to notice. Piss testing would have to be implemented, and that would be really expensive. And plus, as others have pointed out, what if you have a prescription?

On April 19 2011 13:28 TheTenthDoc wrote:


Most universities don't issue a statement banning them because drug abuse, which this is, is already against virtually all school policies.

On April 19 2011 13:09 Zeke50100 wrote:


No where has there been proof of a causation between Adderall and better performance.

On April 21 2011 03:01 thebigdonkey wrote:


To be honest, it shouldn't matter that there is no proof of causation (who would even fund such a study?). If a person takes a controlled substance like Adderall with the intent to gain an edge over other players, it's cheating and should be viewed as such. I suppose this is more of an ethical point of view than a practical one as I don't know how tournaments could afford to test for drugs.

On April 06 2011 10:22 Mr. Nefarious wrote:
If it's prescribed to me, I'm taking it. The day MLG, GSL etc. are allowed to ban prescriptions is the day these organizations get sued for discrimination against the disabled. It's too bad your outlook on medication is limited to abuse, however I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of these players are not "doping" but rather following their doctors instructions. The idea that no player could possibly need Adderral outside the game is as foolish as it is shortsighted. Those that are prescribed Adderral are done so with the assumption and idea that it will put them on the same level of concentration as those that are lucky enough to be born with perfect genes.