What strange things make you play better?

[SimuLord]

I play best when I'm pissed off at the world. I got fired from a job awhile back, came home pissed off, and broke 200,000 points on NES Tetris for the first time in my life.

Beyond that I do my best gaming between midnight and 4 AM...my concentration and reaction time are at their best right before I crash and have to crawl to the bedroom to hit the sack.

 

[Xvito]

When I'm not serious at all and just goof around.
That's when I'm at my best.

 

[implodingMan]

I beat my highscore in Geometry Wars after getting high.

 

[Calobi]

Shirtlessness makes me better at most things I've noticed. Gaming, schoolwork, reading, everything really.

 

[Sib]

Shirtlessness makes me better at most things I've noticed. Gaming, schoolwork, reading, everything really.

Hmm, that's a tempting idea!

 

[shatnershaman]

Sticking tongue out a bit.

 

[DGenius]

I cant play guitar hero unless I have smoked a blunt beforehand. After that I'm like Hendrix

 

[TaborMallory]

I beat my highscore in Geometry Wars after getting high.

Lol why would you play Geometry Wars, of all games, after getting high?

as for my game boost, It's listening to either classical or death metal. Nothing light in the second case. Nothing like slipknot. I'm talking about EXTREME heavy metal that would make a kid cry. Something like Meshuggah or Behemoth.

 

[Janus Vesta]

I do best when I do the characters internal dialouge. I only do this when I'm on my own.

For example: If I'm a sniper he could have a god complex and be purging the world. As stealth unit he's a special agent on a secret mission. As a Heavy Gunner he's burning the world clean of evil and tearing there flesh with bullets to prevent the return of said evil. Kind of wierd.

 

[Noamuth]

If I'm really tired, I tend to be able to play puzzle games better.

o.o

 

[asmodaus]

after downing 3 cans of Mountain D and no one else in the room with me, i do alot better.for some reason, i suck when people start watching me.....now stop staring at me....

 

[Limos]

Blind Fury. When i get really worked up over a boss fight or something I usally get so pissed off and totally crush whatever is pissing me off.

 

[Noamuth]

Does anyone else here pull silly faces when playing GuitarHero?

o.o

 

[Please delete this account.]

Not trying. I don't know why =/

When I'm just fucking around and not rlly putting any effort, I do amazing. But when I don't put any effort with the intentions of excelling, I fail... Badly.

I guess not trying gives me a bit of luck I guess.

 

[tregon75]

My secret statue of a dragon. It makes me luckier in EVERY game I play! Oops, dammit! It's not so secret anymore

 

[Jumplion]

Either with friends over because i have to prove my worth and I don't want to give them the controller.

Or just wearing my underware...yeah, I'm not going any farther than that.

 

[N-Sef]

Constantly mouthing 'Over 9000!' when I'm crushing the CPU in an RPG or an Action game. I have no idea why I do it, good thing I game alone for the most part.

 

[white_salad]

If im engaged in a conversation I seem to do better. Like generally in COD4, I suck. But as soon as I start talking to someone, I just do better. I have no idea why.

 

[INF1NIT3 D00M]

If I become "Agressively Nice" towards people. I go out of my way to have intellectual conversations with random jerks and apologize to people I get headshots off of because of lag. I also do my best to refrain from cussing people out (partly because that will make my parents take away my Xbox and partly because it helps me do better).

Another help is when I silence my gun in CoD4, equip UAV jammer, and put on dead silence and run n' gun. It works because no one expects it, and rushing campers with some of those perks really catches snipers or distracted people off guard, and I get more kills than if I used the noobtube or sniper (not that I use the noobtube, because I live by the golden rule).

Also, a popular opinion in here is that when you guys arent trying as hard or are playing casually do better and I agree. most of my friends have been getting Xbox 360s now so I've been dicking around in multiplayer CoD4 with them and the more I focus on just having fun or not playing competitively the better I do.

 

[shatnershaman]

Also, a popular opinion in here is that when you guys arent trying as hard or are playing casually do better and I agree. most of my friends have been getting Xbox 360s now so I've been dicking around in multiplayer CoD4 with them and the more I focus on just having fun or not playing competitively the better I do.

Really? I'm the opposite I do better when I try (and use every trick in the book to win).