What puts you in "the zone"

[Reallity]

Well i'm well aware that most of the things i think influence my gameplay are just between my head or what i've become accustomed to however there are some aspects i always try to get right befor playing.

For instance. I usually wear lenzes but i get the feeling i play better with glasses on. Then it needs to be relatively dark in my room with a small light on my desk. My keyboard needs to be placed in the far left corner of my desk facing the screen in a diagonal way. I play in minimized screen and the rest of my screen needs to be black or atleast dark. Oh and my sound needs to be at a volume i can just hear foodsteps but it doesnt get my adrenaline up to high that i'm going all spastic when i get shot at.

 

Now the last few days i wasnt playing all to well till i noticed that my chair was lower than normal so i put it higher and all of a sudden i get a solid 45 acc with atleast 2hs/ kill so in the future my chair will be in this position:P

 

So what do you guys think is it just superstition or do you have a similar setup?

[Kat0n]

I'm better with my classic mouse, keyboard and pc. Also, I like to have a lot of space to move my mouse. Weirdly, I'm slightly better with sound off (more hs, higher acc), but I can't really enjoy the game in this case, so, usually, I have the sound on. I need also a specific support for my mouse, smooth, not deformable, a wooden table/desk for example

[TulsaGeoff]

Back in the day I'd watch some the beast highlight videos like Max Chapter 3 on full screen before warming up for matches. :X

[slenderman]

I play really good when someone pisses me off.

[RetroLeaves]

Steady aiming, lots of headshots, and if I succeed in killing better players.

[Olykiller]

I usually wear lenzes but i get the feeling i play better with glasses on

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and also part of chair is important to me

[Blade]

I have somewhat of a routine before I start playing games. I adjust a lot of my settings(sensitivity, resolution, drawgun, DPI etc). Kind of unconventional, but I feel weird if I don't for some reason. I also like to adjust my chair so I'm sitting straight, but I end up slouching a little bit almost always. Another part of my routine is making sure my keyboard is positioned sideways cause I find it more comfortable and have my mouse pad placed past my monitor. Last thing I do is make sure I'm calm cause if I start to get nervous or jittery I can't aim how I want to.

[Glyphz]

yeah my chair has to be high up and my keyboard sideways. I can't really play with it straight on the table top. I have a bigger mouse pad now so my pad isn't a problem anymore. rarely I play with headphones, but mostly I play with the volume kind of low.

[Haruhi Suzumiya]

I have a certain way I sit at my desk.. Chair height, position to screen, how I wrest my arm and where on the desk, how I hold the mouse, what position the keyboard is and the spacing between it and my mouse, etc.. but that's just a given for players. The main thing that effects my game play is along the lines of what Geoff said. I'll either watch a demo of myself I like or there's a few certain frag movies. There's a few players that if I watch their aiming style and movement before I play have a great effect on how I play myself. Also videos with no crosshair seem to have a great effect on how I play after.

[Zephyr]

hmm i think i get into the "Zone" just by doing a couple fast spree's after that i start feeling that i am in control, that there is no one that can stop you. And yeah it's very important to stay calm i've noticed when i start getting angry or w/e, my head isn't in the game anymore, just running stupid, unprepared into the fights and that causes alot stupid deaths.

[Levi]

A can of Mountain dew, and some good music.

[yellow flash]

if someone sits on my computer chair or uses my headset it takes some time to adjust em back , also with keyboard and mouse pad has to be in diffenrent postion depending on game.

[Speedy*]

I play better with sound off, but i can enjoy the game more with the sound on for the rest, i dont realy know what affects my playing. though, i play better on days where i can only play for 30-60 minutes that day when i have actually NO time to play, then i play 4 hours straight on a lazy day

[D..X]

grab a beer take my pants off and.... oh wait gaming zone

[BnBChumMaster]

I lost my gaming zone when I quit playing Quake,

 

on occasion I turn the volume up on the game, so it sounds like a war zone in the basement but most of the time it's jammin to my favorite music and sipping on my favorite cup of coffee.