ITT: We talk about times when we achieved flow in gaming.
>Realized that I was thinking about nothing but the plot to a recent TV show as I reached a new personal best in Super Hexagon.
The human mind is an incredible thing. Post all about all those times you were impressed with your own abilities, when your subconscious mind was outpacing your cognitive mind, and perhaps anything else related to the mental part of gaming as a hobby.
ITT: We talk about times when we achieved flow in gaming
Christian Allen
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Hudson Ortiz
>flow
it's called the zone you dumb newfag
Jose Reed
most of the time i'd rather bitch about losing in competitive games rather than actually trying to win because it's easier but i've had quite a few moments where i was motivated to give it my all and those games felt like i've enabled cheats.
i've experienced this few times in Apex Legends. most of the time i'd be casually playing, tired, careless. then i'd suddenly burst a player with single magazine, hitting nearly every shot and then another and another. i'd just play out of a sudden like completely different person.
i'd described it as being relaxed yet completely focused on a single task which is killing the opponent.
unfortunately i am able to play really but it just takes too much effort. i'd describe this as overclocking my brain vs the "flow" or being "in the zone" which achieves overclocking except effortlessly.
maybe we should all be actively trying to figure out how to achieve this mode. maybe it's all about becoming grug and letting the subconsciouss play the game.
Gabriel Lee
do you know what flowstate is before you cut yourself on that edge
Jose Walker
Not a story of the zone necessarily, but while emulating MH Tri recently I was struggling a lot cause of the mangled controls and changed inputs compared to FU. However, I eventually managed to map the classic sns jumping attack to clicking the right stick in [it was very unreliable to pull off due to slightly overlapping inputs usually resulting in an uppercut instead], and it felt like taking off the fucking training weights and I proceeded to dunk on the rest of the game
Kevin Baker
Nootrope medications do. Adderal is a big meme one everyone heard about, but it is not the only one.
Aiden Reed
>bullshitting with my friend while I play
>flawless execution of an area
I have perfected ultra-instinct
Jack Perez
>ITT: We talk about times when we achieved flow in gaming.
Fighting Vergil on DMD in DMC3 youtu.be
God this fight rocks. Best 1v1 in video games imo. Snake vs The End is right behind it.
Josiah Mitchell
I think I own a physical copy of this game but never played it. I probably should some time soon.
Blake Lopez
Yeah dude. It's pretty good. The levels can have some annoying weak puzzles in them. Grab the thing and put it here type shit. But the fighting, cutscenes and the boss battles more than make up for it.
Zachary Russell
yeah i've considered some nootropics but i dont feel like experimenting with chemicals on myself. i've seen a graph of efficiency of some nootropics but since you don't see them being used openly or possibly not even being legal i'd rather avoid them.
William Wilson
I was playing Dishonoured 2 and got completely immersed on the 5 level
Felt like I was literally in the game and every movement felt natural
Charles Turner
fighting games are the best for this
playing a long set and getting wild with the mindgames
Joseph Harris
I was playing War Thunder once, had a whole of fucking 6 fighter jets pounce on me from all directions within the same 50-ish seconds while I was flying the best Mustang variant in the game.
Somehow I not only dodged each and everyone of them but I believe I turned on them and killed most of them as well with tap-fire.
It's kind of strange actually since I've played the game on/off for ages as a time waster, that zone skill remains with me, but it's hampered by me not having enough focus on sounds/surroundings normally.
The feeling was almost the same as in Ace Combat, but the stats were completely lopsided in their favor, and the opponents were human and I still somehow pulled it together. Was fun.
Aiden Jenkins
back when i still played league actively i would one trick one champion for hundreds of games and i noticed if i just play by flow and think about whatever i win more than if i actively try to think about the game, it's weird
Eli Russell
>enter zone
>realize i am in the zone
>brain automatically exits zone
every fucking time
Angel Myers
This is a curse post that will have a 24 hour effect on whoever reads it fuck yooooou
Jose Bennett
Recently died to Nightmare King Grimm, kept getting mad. Start playing worse because I continue to get mad. Most of the time I have to take a break because I'm playing like a retard, but for some reason, I calmed down and knew exactly what I needed to do. I even knew that I would win the fight before I won
Jacob White
isn't that the faggot that made homestuck
Christopher Jackson
>play online game
>get into the zone
>playing way above my normal skill level
>can't seem to do anything wrong
>insane reflexes and situational awareness and game sense
>carry team
>all energy leaves body at end of match
>they want to queue up with me again, in ranked
>hastily exit lobby, then exit game and go into invisible mode on steam
Jack Wood
Furi, been stck on the line (third boss, old man) for a day and when I've beaten him it just happened, felt good, especially the pre-flow state / exctasy-excitment.
It's been 4 years and I can't find a game to replicate this state for the life of me, help.