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On January 14 2012 20:31 SnetteL wrote:I'm always high when i play sc2... high on a drug called love! + Show Spoiler +Does not really affect my gameplay.
From what I remember it would surely deal with my anxiety as for me it's just a load of positive attitude :D. I'm not sure about level of skill per se, though. Either way, I think we have a solution for ladder anxiety! x)
As for me, I’m used to drinking tee so there is no particular effect, I drink coffee very rarely and I think the crash is just too inconvenient. Alcohol can be strange, it can make me really sleepy, but I noticed something stronger such as slivovitz (plumb brandy) can make me less anxious.
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On January 14 2012 21:20 aderum wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2012 14:27 MethodSC wrote:On January 14 2012 14:24 neoghaleon55 wrote:
This thread....why....
I think it's a bit inappropriate.
Maybe if you want to discuss these things, you can do so in blog.
Drugs overall does not concern starcraft at all. There are many threads about Drinking Games in the sc2 general forum. Those should be moved to blogs as well? alcohol isnt illegal..
.. and it's proven that it's more harmful than weed, LSD, MDMA and lots of other drugs. so what exactly is your point?
and: what is legal or illegal depends on your country.
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Everytime I smoke weed, which isnt that often anymore. I have to play a sc2 game, with everything on max! Feels so good
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I only tested once playing after having taken an energy drink, and it didn't change a damn thing :/.
I'd like to test playing after taking coffee and having slept properly (since I guess if you didn't sleep enough and take coffee you are like "normal", as if you had enough sleep) but I don't think that it will change that much.
Energy drinks made me play faster in fighting games but not in sc2, which is kind of weird
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On January 14 2012 22:28 Zax19 wrote:From what I remember it would surely deal with my anxiety as for me it's just a load of positive attitude :D. I'm not sure about level of skill per se, though. Either way, I think we have a solution for ladder anxiety! x) As for me, I’m used to drinking tee so there is no particular effect, I drink coffee very rarely and I think the crash is just too inconvenient. Alcohol can be strange, it can make me really sleepy, but I noticed something stronger such as slivovitz (plumb brandy) can make me less anxious.
Tea can contain as much or more caffeine than coffee does, for the record.
I've got some pretty bad ladder anxiety, so I used to play 2v2s with a friend a lot. I could not stand playing sober, I felt I was playing under my potential, so we'd always be drinking while we played. I felt far more relaxed, and thanks to the amount I drank with him my alcohol tolerance was high enough that we could go through 6 beers in the course of a night of SC2 (before stopping to drink for the rest of the night) and I'd be playing better near the end than I was in the beginning, except once I hit the point where the alcohol started making my play legitimately worse. Once that happened, it was time to start drinking hardcore.
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Smoke weed: move down a league
Do cocaine: move up a league
But drugs are bad, mmkay?
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Adderal and Ritalin would probably kick a ladder session in boss mode though
On January 14 2012 22:41 Bobbias wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2012 22:28 Zax19 wrote:On January 14 2012 20:31 SnetteL wrote:I'm always high when i play sc2... high on a drug called love! + Show Spoiler +Does not really affect my gameplay. From what I remember it would surely deal with my anxiety as for me it's just a load of positive attitude :D. I'm not sure about level of skill per se, though. Either way, I think we have a solution for ladder anxiety! x) As for me, I’m used to drinking tee so there is no particular effect, I drink coffee very rarely and I think the crash is just too inconvenient. Alcohol can be strange, it can make me really sleepy, but I noticed something stronger such as slivovitz (plumb brandy) can make me less anxious. Tea can contain as much or more caffeine than coffee does, for the record.
Actually the average tea contains less than half the Caffeine a coffee does.
http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm
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On January 14 2012 22:42 Equity213 wrote:
Smoke weed: move down a league
Do cocaine: move up a league
But drugs are bad, mmkay?
Pretty much this.
And you should ask pros about this. They'll never talk though. But some of them seems definitely not "natural" when you see them in the booths.
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On January 14 2012 22:47 leBIGcrab wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2012 22:42 Equity213 wrote:
Smoke weed: move down a league
Do cocaine: move up a league
But drugs are bad, mmkay? Pretty much this. And you should ask pros about this. They'll never talk though. But some of them seems definitely not "natural" when you see them in the booths.
I hardly think pro players are on cocaine, but it wouldn't shock me if some use adderal since nobody really (unfortunately) cares about drug use in tournaments at the moment
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On January 14 2012 22:40 Poopi wrote:
I only test once playing after having taken an energy drink, and it didn't change a damn thing :/.
I'd like to test playing after taking coffee and having slept properly (since I guess if you didn't sleep enough and take coffee you are like "normal", as if you had enough sleep) but I don't think that it will change that much.
Energy drinks made me play faster in fighting games but not in sc2, which is kind of weird
one energy drink? you serious? :D
caffeine helps a bit to concentrate and be on point with your game imo, but one energydrink is not enough to make any difference i guess - even with tons you barely feel any difference.
one day i played drunk till 8am - next time i wondered why i lost 200 points :D
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the thread opener asked about prescription medications. i am aware some people can smoke weed because of that but i guess weed is considered a downer not an upper. so basicly its a stupid drug to take for enhancing your performance.
i´ve never taken any prescription medications (uppers) becasue thank god my parents decided against stuffing a teenager with hard drugs. i did however take care of that later by myself.
i informed myself years ago and i think ritalin is nearly the same as speed (amphetamin) which was used to loose weight etc, as a prescription drug which later got forbidden. meth is like a strong amphetamin. so basicly you could say if you take ritalin you take some sort of weak meth. again im not a chemist but the line is very thin and the pharama industrie would sell blow if they could.
so my point is taking anything like this is taking HARD DRUGS. you will, if you have a weak mind, get addicted. it will have an impact on your personality (cant stress this enough) and your health. it does not matter if some random doc told you to take it. when you walk away being depressed your whole life it´s on you.
in short: in my opinion the only difference between prescription medications and black market drugs is the prescription things are not punched so you may get over 50 years old. but it will fuck you up big time if you are not very very mentall fit, which most people are not.. so they take drugs. it´s very dangerous. youre playing with fire.
but its alot of fun becasue they work. for a short period of time at least.
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On January 14 2012 22:47 leBIGcrab wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2012 22:42 Equity213 wrote:
Smoke weed: move down a league
Do cocaine: move up a league
But drugs are bad, mmkay? Pretty much this. And you should ask pros about this. They'll never talk though. But some of them seems definitely not "natural" when you see them in the booths.
cocaine: move up a league? from silver to gold maybe - on a very high skilllevel your brain has to funcion prefectly. And ofc players dont look all too "natural" sometimes in the booths - imagine yourself playing an very important game with tons and tons of viewers - wouldnt you get nervous?
Although some might try things to be more focused - i very highly doubt anyone ever tried "cocaine" before a match/tournament. you are just a crazy drughead, thats all.
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On January 14 2012 22:56 KalWarkov wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2012 22:47 leBIGcrab wrote:On January 14 2012 22:42 Equity213 wrote:
Smoke weed: move down a league
Do cocaine: move up a league
But drugs are bad, mmkay? Pretty much this. And you should ask pros about this. They'll never talk though. But some of them seems definitely not "natural" when you see them in the booths. cocaine: move up a league? from silver to gold maybe - on a very high skilllevel your brain has to funcion prefectly. And ofc players dont look all too "natural" sometimes in the booths - imagine yourself playing an very important game with tons and tons of viewers - wouldnt you get nervous? Although some might try things to be more focused - i very highly doubt anyone ever tried "cocaine" before a match/tournament. you are just a crazy drughead, thats all.
you cant call people who like drugs crazy. maybe they are crazy but history showed some very bright people were heavily into drugs. crazy is not always that bad you know. absinth, anyone? im not saying everyones a genius who takes them. most are idiots.
i agree most pros will not take hard drugs. however you can take a bunch of people no matter what they do some are into drugs. i guess this is safe to say even not knowing one progamer personally.
anyway people who take drugs tend to think other people take them too if they act a certain way. so he thinks everyone is on drugs when they act awkward or very focused and sweating and stuff like this because those things are smyptoms when you take drugs.
hope i could stop you guys fighting. your both too much in your own corner and should open up towards the other direction a bit.
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On January 14 2012 22:56 KalWarkov wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2012 22:47 leBIGcrab wrote:On January 14 2012 22:42 Equity213 wrote:
Smoke weed: move down a league
Do cocaine: move up a league
But drugs are bad, mmkay? Pretty much this. And you should ask pros about this. They'll never talk though. But some of them seems definitely not "natural" when you see them in the booths. cocaine: move up a league? from silver to gold maybe - on a very high skilllevel your brain has to funcion prefectly. And ofc players dont look all too "natural" sometimes in the booths - imagine yourself playing an very important game with tons and tons of viewers - wouldnt you get nervous? Although some might try things to be more focused - i very highly doubt anyone ever tried "cocaine" before a match/tournament. you are just a crazy drughead, thats all.
Sure, improving your confidence doesn't improve your performance. Do you know what you're talking about?
And pros plays for money. There's no rules about enhancement drugs. Savior cheated for money on another level. Do you think no one cheats at the moment? Money makes people crazy. We already know by people like FXOBoss that e-sports is shady and not transparent. I wouldn't find it surprising if we discover actual pros are using drugs in some years when e-sports will be mature and will be generating a lot more cash.
Edit: I'll follow above poster now. He's right and i'll stop fighting now that you know my arguments. Thanks.
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On January 14 2012 23:05 leBIGcrab wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2012 22:56 KalWarkov wrote:On January 14 2012 22:47 leBIGcrab wrote:On January 14 2012 22:42 Equity213 wrote:
Smoke weed: move down a league
Do cocaine: move up a league
But drugs are bad, mmkay? Pretty much this. And you should ask pros about this. They'll never talk though. But some of them seems definitely not "natural" when you see them in the booths. cocaine: move up a league? from silver to gold maybe - on a very high skilllevel your brain has to funcion prefectly. And ofc players dont look all too "natural" sometimes in the booths - imagine yourself playing an very important game with tons and tons of viewers - wouldnt you get nervous? Although some might try things to be more focused - i very highly doubt anyone ever tried "cocaine" before a match/tournament. you are just a crazy drughead, thats all. Sure, improving your confidence doesn't improve your performance. Do you know what you're talking about? And pros plays for money. There's no rules about enhancement drugs. Savior cheated for money on another level. Do you think no one cheats at the moment? Money makes people crazy. We already know by people like FXOBoss that e-sports is shady and not transparent. I wouldn't find it surprising if we discover actual pros are using drugs in some years when e-sports will be mature and will be generating a lot more cash. Edit: I'll follow above poster now. He's right and i'll stop fighting now that you know my arguments. Thanks.
im sure some ppl tried "drugs" and other things to try to improve their play.
I was just talking specificly about cocaine before tournament games. That goes a bit too far and to imagine something like that, you gotta love drugs yourself i think. thats what i wanted to say^^
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Srsly. So many of the posters here are drug users, I didnt know it was quite common while playing sc2. Mayb it isnt but it does seem so because there are few ppl that post here w/o experiences of influence while playing.
I havent ever used any drug or medication while playing. Dont drink coffee nor tea at home. I do smoke cigs because it gives me the feeling I'm calmer, but honestly, I've lost many finals at LANs while using energy drinks/coffee or smoking cigs before match. I also tend to screw up exams etc when I drink coffee or energy drink.
For me, the best way to perform has always been to be sober, have a normal diet, enough sleep (very important) nd just enought water while doing my thing. Whether its gaming, school or work, i enjoy coffee nd cigs but I tend to perform worse with it than being completely "natural"
I dont know if thats normal, but something inside me says that its this way because I have a incredible focus by myself, and coffee/smoking etc makes me feel blurry. I would srsly like to try adderal sometime tho, mayb id become a superfocussed superhuman haha ^^
PS not that it matters but Im 23yrs old, used to be top10 sc2 of the netherlands, now im retired nd run 2 companies. Always seem to have too few energy/time. Mayb drugs/medication like adderal could help me use my time more effectively aswell??
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One time I drank a coffee and then played StarCraft 2, the whole game suddenly was extremely fluid to read and easy to play. This was enhanced when I smoked a cigarette. Imagine what it'd be like on Aspirin!
(For those not getting the point: "Drugs" doesn't simply mean "Substances the law forbids you to take that produce an effect within your body", it means "Substances that produce an effect within your body". All of the above mentioned things are Drugs.)
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On January 14 2012 23:35 ruiyang wrote:PS not that it matters but Im 23yrs old, used to be top10 sc2 of the netherlands, now im retired nd run 2 companies. Always seem to have too few energy/time. Mayb drugs/medication like adderal could help me use my time more effectively aswell??
if your question is serious:
NEVER do drugs for that purpose! Use them occasionally, if you like to, when partying and having a good time, not for time management and concentration
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On January 14 2012 23:43 twiitar wrote:
One time I drank a coffee and then played StarCraft 2, the whole game suddenly was extremely fluid to read and easy to play. This was enhanced when I smoked a cigarette. Imagine what it'd be like on Aspirin!
(For those not getting the point: "Drugs" doesn't simply mean "Substances the law forbids you to take that produce an effect within your body", it means "Substances that produce an effect within your body". All of the above mentioned things are Drugs.)
Then food are drugs as well by your definition o;o
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Alcohol. 1st drink, play as normal, 5 drinks playing the best ever 10-15 drinks, wake up and son has lost 200 ladder points.
True story
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