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birdkicker
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States752 Posts
November 12 2011 23:07 GMT
#41
I'm zerg and i listen to dubstep, here's one of them :
Amaterasu1234
Profile Joined November 2010
United States317 Posts
November 12 2011 23:08 GMT
#42
On November 13 2011 07:19 ChaosTriggeR wrote:
I've noticed when I play music, I'm focusing so much on the game that I don't notice the music. I probably couldn't remember what songs I listened to at all.


This is what happens most of the time, too.

Hence the reason I can listen to anything from classical to metal...and be a-ok...

people's voices on the other hand...now they're a distraction...

Bojas
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2397 Posts
November 12 2011 23:08 GMT
#43
I like busy music when playing, I usually listen to anything uptempo electronic or rock/metal or combination lol. Usually when I pick just the right music at the right time I play way better then I normally do. I definitely think it's important to listen to music while playing but this differs per person obviously.
NeonFox
Profile Joined January 2011
2373 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-12 23:12:09
November 12 2011 23:08 GMT
#44
Kpop?
I would attack my hatch with my own drones at the start of every game just to make it stop if I listened to kpop.

Edit : I like to listen mostly to electronic music (not dance or house, more stuff like apparat or ellen alien), with no lyrics as I find it distracting. And yeah I noticed songs that are slow can lower my average apm. As people said above though I phase out when I play and don't remember what songs I heard, but I notice when music is not playing and it bothers me.
PsYoniC.
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany61 Posts
November 12 2011 23:16 GMT
#45
I listen to Scooter and Deepforces while playing Protoss ... no fitting option for that ...
"Maybe good brain?!" -- oGsMC
Erik.TheRed
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1655 Posts
November 12 2011 23:17 GMT
#46


protoss macro music
"See you space cowboy"
Pyronia
Profile Joined May 2011
18 Posts
November 12 2011 23:19 GMT
#47
Personally, I think it's best to listen to nerd music while being nerdy. I Fight Dragons is my current favourite. They need to make a song that uses SC noises though, that would be most appropriate.
xi Tempest x
Profile Joined July 2011
Scotland340 Posts
November 12 2011 23:21 GMT
#48
I play zerg... My playlist consists of everything, asking alexandria, dean martin, the doors, nirvana, frank sinatra, some starcraft music (husky, temp0 etc) RHCP... don't really think that it effects me in the early mid game, but in the late game (where i used to essentially daydream) it helps me keep going, which is probably why lategame is my strongest.
sVnteen
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2238 Posts
November 12 2011 23:22 GMT
#49
you usually play better when you listen to music that makes you feel good/pumped up imo

i dont see why it should differ by races though
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RyanRushia
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2748 Posts
November 12 2011 23:23 GMT
#50
music for me is more for enjoyment and helps me to practice, rather than having an actual positive/negative effect on my play
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Ziktomini
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom377 Posts
November 12 2011 23:26 GMT
#51
Instrumental metal (not classical/jazz) or reggae or ambient is generally the best for me I find. However it more depends what kind of mood I'm in, certain moods combined with certain genres is the way it works for me (although I feel if I didn't listen to music I'd probably play better :D)
shtdisturbance
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada613 Posts
November 12 2011 23:27 GMT
#52
You are missing a poll? Music effects how I play: Yes. Music makes me play wayy worse. I make so many silly mistakes. I miss alerts. Everything for me seems to go wrong with music playing.
Tidus Mino
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom1108 Posts
November 12 2011 23:27 GMT
#53
I'm a Psychology major and one of the studies we did was the affect of Music + Alcohol on driving.

Results showed that music on it's own had none to very little effect, alcohol increased the number of mistakes and alcohol + music had an even higher level of mistakes

So my deduction is no it doesn't effect how you play unless you mix it with chemical interruptions
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kirdie
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany221 Posts
November 12 2011 23:30 GMT
#54
On November 13 2011 08:27 Tidus Mino wrote:
I'm a Psychology major and one of the studies we did was the affect of Music + Alcohol on driving.

Results showed that music on it's own had none to very little effect, alcohol increased the number of mistakes and alcohol + music had an even higher level of mistakes

So my deduction is no it doesn't effect how you play unless you mix it with chemical interruptions


Could you do that study again with Starcraft? :-) Maybe let thousand people play with and without music and note the average winrate or something like that :-)
Teoman
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Norway382 Posts
November 12 2011 23:31 GMT
#55
You kind of forgot different metal genres, like trash metal and such. I always listen to either rammstein or pink floyd while gaming, but Metallica is my favourite band. I practicly only listen to rock music while doing anything but i have occaisonly started listening to rap. ( not 50 cent or something like that. i mean Eminem, tupac or weird al stuff :D)
"Quisque est barbarus alii."
NasKe_
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil570 Posts
November 12 2011 23:31 GMT
#56
On November 13 2011 08:30 kirdie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 13 2011 08:27 Tidus Mino wrote:
I'm a Psychology major and one of the studies we did was the affect of Music + Alcohol on driving.

Results showed that music on it's own had none to very little effect, alcohol increased the number of mistakes and alcohol + music had an even higher level of mistakes

So my deduction is no it doesn't effect how you play unless you mix it with chemical interruptions


Could you do that study again with Starcraft? :-) Maybe let thousand people play with and without music and note the average winrate or something like that :-)


This would be sooo hard to do
envisioN .
Profile Joined February 2011
United States552 Posts
November 12 2011 23:33 GMT
#57
I listen to music while I play, but I often wont hear any of it once the game goes past the early game. I tend to sort of zone it out. Its really funny because I'll look at the recently played songs and be like "when did I listen to THAT?"
"Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works" -Martin Luther ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ImmortalTofu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1254 Posts
November 12 2011 23:34 GMT
#58
On November 13 2011 07:16 Linwelin wrote:
Koreans listen to kpop
Koreans are the best starcraft players
Therefore kpop makes you a good starcraft player

I approve! :D I listen to kpop exclusively!
"Friendship ain't a business deal"
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10377 Posts
November 12 2011 23:34 GMT
#59
why isn't "touhou" a genre on any of those polls? a SHIT ton of TL'ers listen to touhou music while they ladder :D

but yes definitely music affects the way you play, but it's hard to know which kinds are actually effective since there's so many factors xD
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Fusilero
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom50293 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-12 23:39:51
November 12 2011 23:39 GMT
#60
Mainly listen to touhou music while on ladder, I don't notice a difference barring if I keep it too loud I sometimes not hear warnings and do some really retarded things (One occasion was when I did a 1gate expand and added on some more for a zealot + sentry defence then when I looked back at my main 3 reapers killed every probe I had because I didn't hear that they were under attack :/).
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