What is your pre race activity? (a fun topic for all) (Q. 2)
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benzinfurz
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If its a regular "one-off" cup on usual server I don't really do anything special. I just sit on my chair and haul ass. If its a tournament or some other cup where I want to do well I might have a few races on public servers to get the feeling or if I'm unfamiliar with the track I might do some laps to learn it.
But I do have some between race routines. I take a sip of water (or some other beverage, depends on my plans for the evening/ night) run to the toilet, get another drink or have a quick cigarette on balcony if its a longer break - sometimes all of those. It would be hard to race if your mouth is turning to desert, squirming in your chair because of soon-to-be-exploding-bladder and with nerve as tight as a violin string. 
But I do have some between race routines. I take a sip of water (or some other beverage, depends on my plans for the evening/ night
) run to the toilet, get another drink or have a quick cigarette on balcony if its a longer break - sometimes all of those. It would be hard to race if your mouth is turning to desert, squirming in your chair because of soon-to-be-exploding-bladder and with nerve as tight as a violin string. "We play more games before 9am than most people play all day."
Hehe, interesting question
The less important the race, the less things i do to prepare to race. So: there is no thing i am doing each time. Some things i do often, some only in rare cases.
Very often i _have to_ prepare my bones to avoid bone achings (the "damn achings" -> finger-, hand-, elbow-, foot-, neck-, jaw-bones) during the race.
Less often i prepare to avoid wet/sweary fingers/hands (if i get not enough fresh wind then i have to drive with only the left hand ~2-3 times in 20-25 min races).
Again less often i take a special seat attitude to avoid possible bone achings and consequently to improve reaction time of fingers (timing) and the concentration.
In rare cases (in more important races in relation) i try to avoid as much as possible which could worsen my concentration (and i let myself irritate relative easy in Turbo Sliders): blending sun in front of me or in the mirror of the screen...(little light next to PC necessary to avoid a kind of eyes-irritating (high) concentration of lightness from the screen), meetings/visits during or right after the race, the force to need medicine or something equal due to different achings (avoid by drinking water, taking medicine, going to toilet...^^), communication applications in the background (you can imagine how nervy it is, if MSN pops up during the race and you have to ALT-TAB back)...oh and not to forget ^^: resettling nervy insects into the liberty (outside of the house), if possible... (imagine you have a flying/moving dark object on your screen...or a big spider running right over your head, if you do not like spiders).
All in all, even alone the possibility that there is a chance to get irritated is often irritating me (spectators which could start talking, a phonecall i am waiting for or the doorbelt, MSN which could pop up ...) - so i try to avoid it, if possible.
Crazy? In a certain way yes, of course . Like many other inspired players, too
The less important the race, the less things i do to prepare to race. So: there is no thing i am doing each time. Some things i do often, some only in rare cases.
Very often i _have to_ prepare my bones to avoid bone achings (the "damn achings"
-> finger-, hand-, elbow-, foot-, neck-, jaw-bones) during the race.Less often i prepare to avoid wet/sweary fingers/hands (if i get not enough fresh wind then i have to drive with only the left hand ~2-3 times in 20-25 min races).
Again less often i take a special seat attitude to avoid possible bone achings and consequently to improve reaction time of fingers (timing) and the concentration.
In rare cases (in more important races in relation) i try to avoid as much as possible which could worsen my concentration (and i let myself irritate relative easy in Turbo Sliders): blending sun in front of me or in the mirror of the screen...(little light next to PC necessary to avoid a kind of eyes-irritating (high) concentration of lightness from the screen), meetings/visits during or right after the race, the force to need medicine or something equal due to different achings (avoid by drinking water, taking medicine, going to toilet...^^), communication applications in the background (you can imagine how nervy it is, if MSN pops up during the race and you have to ALT-TAB back)...oh and not to forget ^^: resettling nervy insects into the liberty (outside of the house), if possible... (imagine you have a flying/moving dark object on your screen...or a big spider running right over your head, if you do not like spiders).
All in all, even alone the possibility that there is a chance to get irritated is often irritating me (spectators which could start talking, a phonecall i am waiting for or the doorbelt, MSN which could pop up ...) - so i try to avoid it, if possible.
Crazy
? In a certain way yes, of course . Like many other inspired players, too 
good answers guys! ahehe i forgot to say i always go to the bathroom before long races, anyone who has participated in a race hosted by me, know that i always give a bathroom minute. During this time i make sure my bladder is at 0%. Turn the phone ringer off. mg, also i have a sign on my door, one side says "come in" the other says "go away". 
my dad loves to walk in during races, or other multi hour gaming sessions, so i had to make the sign to shut him down 
Finger on F4 before the race too, cant forget to record! (i have EVERY endurance race i have hosted, EVERY ONE)
Keep it up guys, this is nice!
my dad loves to walk in during races, or other multi hour gaming sessions, so i had to make the sign to shut him down Finger on F4 before the race too, cant forget to record! (i have EVERY endurance race i have hosted, EVERY ONE)Keep it up guys, this is nice!
When I started to talk on IRC in about 1995 I used "Morton" as name. Unfortunately it didn't take long and someone else used that name. So I wrote down some stupid names which I thought no one else will take.
Flexman was the best that came out. I could use this nick everywhere as it's not so often. As the Internet became more popular in the meentime there might be some other Flexman's around the world - still not a Problem, in this case I use Flexmän (so also the German pronounciation of the word will be correct).
Flexman was the best that came out. I could use this nick everywhere as it's not so often. As the Internet became more popular in the meentime there might be some other Flexman's around the world - still not a Problem, in this case I use Flexmän (so also the German pronounciation of the word will be correct).
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Because fingers do most of the job in races, i usually dry them before race, especially if i have eaten something. Also sometimes it is good idea to clean up the keyboard a bit, but just the arrows
I also tend to go for a cigarette before the cup, but that's mainly because players can join meanwhile.
I came up with Punatiainen couple of years ago, when i played Worms with my friend. We made up names for our worms and i always used some theme to make it easier. That time the theme was birds. So, I modified the names of real birds and so it was quite easy to create new names. One of those "birds" was Punatiainen.
For TS i wanted to use nickname that no-one else would use. Only way doing that is to use nickname which is stupid/strange enough for others to use, and Punatiainen surely do the trick there
I also tend to go for a cigarette before the cup, but that's mainly because players can join meanwhile.
I came up with Punatiainen couple of years ago, when i played Worms with my friend. We made up names for our worms and i always used some theme to make it easier. That time the theme was birds. So, I modified the names of real birds and so it was quite easy to create new names. One of those "birds" was Punatiainen.
For TS i wanted to use nickname that no-one else would use. Only way doing that is to use nickname which is stupid/strange enough for others to use, and Punatiainen surely do the trick there
I used the nick Finster because of Looney Tunes cartoons. The one with Ant Hill Harry (alias Baby Face Finster) who dresses up like a baby and ends up on Bugs Bunny's doorstep.
Some people have a 5 oclock shadow and need a shave. I on the other hand have a 1 oclock shadow. A line from that cartoon is "Finster shaving?...and smoking a cigar?" My circle of friends would repeat it and it just stuck.
My usual pre race activity especially if its going to be one of your endurance races Mouse is to pee.
Some people have a 5 oclock shadow and need a shave. I on the other hand have a 1 oclock shadow. A line from that cartoon is "Finster shaving?...and smoking a cigar?" My circle of friends would repeat it and it just stuck.
My usual pre race activity especially if its going to be one of your endurance races Mouse is to pee.