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Jau
16 posts
Joined March 2011
Topic Starter
Jau
I've recently thought about this and was wondering if anyone experiences the same things when choking as I do.

When I know I'm doing very well, the following occurs...
1. My arm tenses up (mouse player)
2. My heart starts to beat faster
3. My eyes widen and go into a glare (almost as if I'm giving the screen a stern look)
4. It becomes very hard to breathe

Any tips on how to alleviate these problems?

For myself, I usually play the best when I am playing relaxed and mindless, barely thinking about my scores or what not. But when a break occurs, I have a tendency to look at my accuracy and the scoreboard on the right side (to check if I'm beating my old score). Before breaks, everything is good, hitting 300's on everything with little to no effort, but once I get a break, boom straight into panic mode and down the road to choking =(
Full Tablet
2,542 posts
Joined September 2011
Full Tablet
Remove any foreign object from your mouth while playing.
Purple
467 posts
Joined May 2011
Purple

Full Tablet wrote:

Remove any foreign object from your mouth while playing.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Choke

@OP Getting nervous is kind of a primitive response your body has when it senses a threat. In this case, the threat being missing a circle or losing accuracy. If you can teach yourself that getting a miss in osu does not constitue any sort of serious harm, that should help you do better, though there is no way to completely eliminate the nervousness.
xasuma
The First Completionist
1,011 posts
Joined August 2013
xasuma
When yo do well about 10.000 times, you won't feel it anymore, cuz every play will be a "im doing well" one. :)

so just get used to the feeling until you don't feel it.
[ infL ]
65 posts
Joined March 2013
[ infL ]

xasuma wrote:

When yo do well about 10.000 times, you won't feel it anymore, cuz every play will be a "im doing well" one. :)

so just get used to the feeling until you don't feel it.
But I think even the top players get nervous from time to time, especially when they are just about to get some crazy score :)

So it happens to everyone so you shouldn't worry about it too much. What I do if I'm getting nervous towards the end of the song and theres a break, I pause during the break and wait a bit to calm down lol ^^
EasyMillions
EasyMillions
It happens, everyone gets nervous regardless of skill or experience. The best thing I could say concentrate on the game while playing
don't think about your score until after you finish.
InControL_old
InControL_old
I always start choking near the end of the song if I haven't miss yet. But once I miss I can play well again :D
Rewben2
996 posts
Joined November 2012
Rewben2

Purple wrote:

Full Tablet wrote:

Remove any foreign object from your mouth while playing.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Choke
I think full tablet was making a funny
Mofu kun
1,500 posts
Joined September 2013
Mofu kun
I choke sometimes, then I remember, I need to remove my hands from her throat.
Varetyr
794 posts
Joined December 2011
Varetyr
And I thought it was an exception...

Seriously wtf, I just don't get it, how to "choke" from playing osu! .
pooptartsonas
128 posts
Joined January 2012
pooptartsonas

xasuma wrote:

When yo do well about 10.000 times, you won't feel it anymore, cuz every play will be a "im doing well" one. :)

so just get used to the feeling until you don't feel it.
Getting better at the game has only made me feel more nervous when I'm about to get a score that's at the edge of my limits. I think it depends on the person.
BlackSnowy
1 post
Joined July 2015
BlackSnowy
Try keeping a smile on your face
NeXt4r_
376 posts
Joined January 2016
NeXt4r_

BlackSnowy wrote:

Try keeping a smile on your face
like your profile pic
KupcaH
2,829 posts
Joined January 2016
KupcaH
like necropost.
NeXt4r_
376 posts
Joined January 2016
NeXt4r_
like shitpost
Osten
67 posts
Joined May 2014
Osten
when you choke and you have a 99.2 ac and you get A :/
Railey2
512 posts
Joined February 2015
Railey2
when you choke, always make sure to have a safeword, or safegesture! Stay safe, kids
RedONI
52 posts
Joined June 2010
RedONI
I tend to do it when I reach trouble spots on a map, like when I have to switch to keyboard tapping. I just take a breath and try to remember the strategy, so I remember that I actually have something planned for that part when it comes.
Sojana
35 posts
Joined September 2014
Sojana

Osten wrote:

when you choke and you have a 99.2 ac and you get A :/
Happens all the time, if I fc'd all my 99% 98% chokes I'd get some sweet pp #stopthechokes ... nvm I just go play more, "gotta fc them all" #pokemonquotes
Ronja
132 posts
Joined July 2016
Ronja

Mofu kun wrote:

I choke sometimes, then I remember, I need to remove my hands from her throat.

:^)
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