Well, to be fair he said for winners, and pretty much everyone in here would never win Evo so smoke up boys.
I will if enough of you get disqualified for taking drugs!!! :encore:
They should test for asianess, I hear that is too buffed.
you guys would be shocked which top players in nothern cali take Adderall XR… =x
some players take drugs and play better, ** <----** those same exact players that i’ve seen before dont really play all that well sober. Some other players that i’ve personally seen play really, really well Sober have taken some drugs ( i’ve seen this happen with multiple people ) and ended up playing horribly.
what am I trying to say?
- one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
Quit necro-ing shit threads
If we had drug tests, we would see totally different people in top 8, lolololololol (no, seriously).
Evo Wellness Policy? Not bad.
True story. I smoke bud sometimes when I play and I do a lot better cause my focus and timing skyrocket. Sober, I think about everything too much and eat combos all day.
I think alcohol would calm my nerves, personally, I should try it sometime.
If I can’t take my daily regiment of pcp, crystal meth and a 6 pack of go-girl I’m out.
it would probably be like the blood that was donated at my highschool: way more than HALF was infected with some kind of std!
i venture to say there’d be like no one at the tournament lol.
Alcohol as well for sure. Hell anything that puts a player in that supa-laid back mindset, where they’re not nervous or edgy, will automatically make them play way better and make less mistakes.
<---- I myself always play at my best when i’ve had a few shots of liquor and am tipsy. All my skills and training just have a way of coming together and working to their fullest. While all those little voices in my head that would normally hold me back, making me fearful of losing, frustration after a dropped combo, etc, are inhibited.
So whats next…going to ban alcohol consumption? Are you going to give players breathalyser tests after they win?
I’m telling ya, A few shots of vodka and I turn into mr. Ghost Shadow on Bullet hell shooters. Driving, FPS, I still suck. 2-d Fighters, I’m about so-so. 3-d fighters I get a little better. Puzzle games? Don’t ask. The rest don’t really matter, but I’ve seen potheads on Tekken who just run people off the machine left and right. sober, I can get them, but once they pull out the blunt, I’m out. Personally, I’d say if it’s gonna become a big thing, chances are you’re gonna have rules. I know this for certian. I’d be one mad player if I had just beat the highscore on some game and lost my trophy because I blew a 0.4.
-Starhammer-
you guys havent lived until you played SF drunk…my el fuerte becomes a monster…
When people think of performance enhancers, they assume that of the physical variety and nothing else. However, there IS such a thing as Psychological performance enhancers! The sober mind is naturally held back from its true potential in so many ways…
Those students that take adderall, naturally are going to study and do better on tests. Because all those nagging voices of doubt, fears of failure, esteem issues tempting one to procrastinate, and test anxiety that every student struggles with are GONE. Allowing them to truly devote their mental capacity to studying & test taking.
Same goes for tournament players in that tense atmosphere when the pressure is on. A player on something like weed or adderall and riding cloud 9, is going to have a HUGE psychological advantage in regards to their composure, patience, and moral, and thus perform better with better reaction time.
Its for this reason that i believe its just as bad as steroids are to sports, and SHOULD be banned. I just wonder how far they’d go with it. Would alcohol be considered a Psychological performance enhancer as well?
Well they should be. I realize until now the concept of psychological performance enhancers was kinda unheard of, not unlike steroids back in the 70’s-80’s era of bodybuilding, but this shit is REAL and needs to be addressed.
Honestly, there is always this talk of these stellar tournament players of years past. Dudes known for their legendary composure & reaction time even in the face of utter defeat. One has to wonder if a few of them were on something.
Not saying they aren’t great players, but they definitely had an unfair edge to a degree IF they were using. Before anyone flames me for these comments, i’m just answering the OPs question.
YES not only does drug testing NEED to be done, but EVO and other big name tournaments shouldn’t be credible without it.
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Absolutely.
Sounds like you have some issues man. I guess a cup of coffee should be tested for too?
This is not the same as steroids. Steroids let you exceed your limits, these methods are helping a player tap into their preexisting limits and generally at a draw back. If you smoke weed you may be less vulnerable to mind games and pressure, but at the cost of delayed reactions and attention to finer details to download an opponent. I really don’t think there is any substance that will give any player a superior advantage beyond making them comfortable by preference.
I however don’t condone doing these methods in extremes but even I have considered a shot or two to keep a light buzz to ward off pressure, but not be actually intoxicated. It won’t make me a better player, but it will hopefully help me play at my best, which is different.I don’t think anyone would have a valid claim stating ‘he only won cuz he had a shot!’.
Even so, testing for this would be stupidly impractical. The amount of money, effort, and checks for valid results would obliterate the scene and profit of such events. I think the only real rule should be based on what’s legal and if it’s creating a disruption as is currently. If someone beats me on Aderall I’m not going to blame the pills, they didn’t make him better, it just helped them sustain their upper limit. Every player does something to try and do that, just not always in this manner.
Also…I’m hardcore ADHD…if I were to take Aderall, how would that be judged? Would it be unfair advantage or countering a disability?
This is for the big league events, especially those that are sponsored. And they only need to test the winners, not everyone. So it wouldn’t be that much.
Winners found using are disqualified, banned for a certain period of time, and don’t get whatever reward they won. I realize this stuff can’t be completed overnight, but screw it. Make’em wait a week or so for the results.
May seem odd but… ya gotta start SOMEWHERE. If competitive gaming wants to be taken seriously then this is a big problem to its credibility that needs to be addressed. If other recognized competitive event types require this stuff, then gaming should be no different. Physical sport or not.
Disqualified from competing? Not that many legit ADHDers out there. So its not like this would cut the competition in half and kill the scene or anything.
Sorry.