Combat Jitters

by Yiro

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Furien2009-05-19 00:36:29
The battlefield is your canvas; their intestines, your paint. suspicious.gif
Serella2009-05-19 00:37:08
I propose an art duel!

Anyway, I've never really been in enough combat to experience the 'combat jitters'... normally I just spam commands until they go through or I die, and then sigh, but don't get too worked up about it >.<

I do get jitters sometimes in interviews or serious-roleplay situations, though.
Unknown2009-05-19 00:59:31
QUOTE (Serella @ May 18 2009, 08:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I do get jitters sometimes in interviews or serious-roleplay situations, though.

THIS. fear.gif
Jack2009-05-19 01:39:08
QUOTE (Noola @ May 18 2009, 05:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It's like when I taste something gross and someone says, "It's an acquired taste, if you keep eating it, you'll start to like it." No thanks! laugh.gif Eating something nasty over and over with the hopes it'll eventually stop tasting so nasty isn't very awesome, IMO.

How about booze? Not only does whiskey swiftly become delicious, it gets you drunk. Win-freakin'-win.

Yeah, it's all about practise. Participate in some arena duels. Particularly against people who hopelessly outmatch you: you'll pick up some good habits via osmosis.
Noola2009-05-19 02:13:10
QUOTE (Jack @ May 18 2009, 08:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
How about booze? Not only does whiskey swiftly become delicious, it gets you drunk. Win-freakin'-win.

Yeah, it's all about practise. Participate in some arena duels. Particularly against people who hopelessly outmatch you: you'll pick up some good habits via osmosis.



Actually, I can't stand the taste of liquor. I only drink fruity mixed drinks where you can't actually taste the alcohol. biggrin.gif
Arak2009-07-15 00:56:43
My advice: if you've got a strategy in mind before you go in, DO NOT try to remember the whole thing. Remember the first few moves of it, or just the first one. And then if you can't remember what comes next, oh well, at least you got something off, now start over! Having just one/a few things to remember really helps you focus, plus doesn't get you tensed up expecting to be brilliant. And, as you practice, you'll continue remembering more and more of your strategy until it all falls into place.
Aramel2009-07-15 12:36:06
QUOTE (Serella @ May 19 2009, 01:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I propose an art duel!

Don't we all wish for it!

...though I may very likely fail at drawing even more than combat. If it's possible.
Unknown2009-07-17 13:11:04
Definitely use macros.

Pick an easy, repeatable strategy that hinders your opponent just enough that you can keep up with the curing. Keep repeating that simple set of attacks (it might be 2-3 attacks that you repeat in a loop). Have them on three adjacent macros, and just repeat them over and over at the start of each fight.

Once you calm down a little - that is, after your heart beats a bit slower, you can then start thinking about trying to win the fight (which would require different attacks.) Always keep your 'comfort zone' strategy within easy reach though.

Casilu2009-07-18 04:52:01
Use one of my methods:

1. Meditate under a cold waterfall for a decade and rise above fear.
2. Remove your adrenal gland.
3. Become a brain in a jar or transfer your consciousness over to a computer.
4. Become a Cyborg.
5. Become detached from the world around, slowly growing more paranoid and more insane until the day you realize you have nothing in common with these disgusting mammals that live around you, their smell like a poison in your lungs, and you forever plan for the day that you will no longer smell that smell. That day will be soon... oh so soon...