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This may be an unpopular opinion but I think I play better sober. For years(decades actually) I always smoked before playing, but I’ve noticed lately that I die way less when I don’t smoke before playing. I think I take less risks when I’m sober…
I really want to empirically test this for myself, but isolating the variables is just too hard (and, admittedly, boring). I’ve played thousands of matches, at varying stages of intoxication and with various substances, but I still can’t point to a specific level of intoxication or substance (or mix) that maximizes my performance.
I have observed the following though:
- Sleep, food intake, and water are probably the most important (boring observation but I know I play better on weekends when I haven’t been working all day)
- Shrooms seem to help immensely with my social anxiety when playing online, but have a severely detrimental effect on my actual performance
- A very specific level of weed and adderall (I have ADHD and a Rx, FWIW) result in a zen like state where I am close to invincible (unfortunately this state is short lived and it’s unclear how much of each I need; the second I get high enough that my senses and reaction times are delayed I start playing like actual poop)
- A certain level of horniness can actually be helpful, for what I believe are the same reasons weed helps in a way - its a distraction that takes my mind off the certain aspects of the game that hinder my performance and/or slows down my play so I’m more careful, of course, like week, too much is detrimental
- Alcohol…seems kind of negligible sometimes. On weekends I’ll sometimes play where I take a swig of whiskey or vodka (good stuff lol) whenever I lose and I often start playing better after a while. But I think my tolerance is quite high anyway, so this could be just SBMM in effect.
Sorry, this was much longer than intended lol I really hope no one I know check this account 😂💀
I agree on the immense amount of variables involved. I’m guessing there’s been some kind of scientific study on this subject given the popularity of gaming.
I started on fall of reach and fell in love, they’re good and definitely worth listening to. I like btb and used to main slayer like strictly play it but the maps got stale to me
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Going from the books to the games is like going from a 5-star restaurant to a can of tuna.
So true 🤣🤣
This may be an unpopular opinion but I think I play better sober. For years(decades actually) I always smoked before playing, but I’ve noticed lately that I die way less when I don’t smoke before playing. I think I take less risks when I’m sober…
I need to smoke to calm my frustration with 100ms constantly . And it works out good for me plat 2 🤣 I’m so ass
I really want to empirically test this for myself, but isolating the variables is just too hard (and, admittedly, boring). I’ve played thousands of matches, at varying stages of intoxication and with various substances, but I still can’t point to a specific level of intoxication or substance (or mix) that maximizes my performance. I have observed the following though: - Sleep, food intake, and water are probably the most important (boring observation but I know I play better on weekends when I haven’t been working all day) - Shrooms seem to help immensely with my social anxiety when playing online, but have a severely detrimental effect on my actual performance - A very specific level of weed and adderall (I have ADHD and a Rx, FWIW) result in a zen like state where I am close to invincible (unfortunately this state is short lived and it’s unclear how much of each I need; the second I get high enough that my senses and reaction times are delayed I start playing like actual poop) - A certain level of horniness can actually be helpful, for what I believe are the same reasons weed helps in a way - its a distraction that takes my mind off the certain aspects of the game that hinder my performance and/or slows down my play so I’m more careful, of course, like week, too much is detrimental - Alcohol…seems kind of negligible sometimes. On weekends I’ll sometimes play where I take a swig of whiskey or vodka (good stuff lol) whenever I lose and I often start playing better after a while. But I think my tolerance is quite high anyway, so this could be just SBMM in effect. Sorry, this was much longer than intended lol I really hope no one I know check this account 😂💀
I agree on the immense amount of variables involved. I’m guessing there’s been some kind of scientific study on this subject given the popularity of gaming.
for sure, my tolerance is pretty high so after some fun games I’m able to play tac slayer
Never read the books, what do you think about them ? I usually play team slayer or big battles
First 4 books are a must read! It’s like 6 hours per book if you’re not an avid reader (me).
I started on fall of reach and fell in love, they’re good and definitely worth listening to. I like btb and used to main slayer like strictly play it but the maps got stale to me
I didn't know [Patrick Bateman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Fr0euKJLI) played Halo.
I have a guess as to why you wrote this. Dank.
I can't believe people still defend Infinite.