tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136309127101332180.post8860995259131682068..comments2024-03-28T01:52:09.339-07:00Comments on Compete Complete: Regarding Performance EnhancersEskimauxRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13037945662977655232noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136309127101332180.post-64944358570171828632022-12-07T16:18:04.629-08:002022-12-07T16:18:04.629-08:00The majority of committed athletes will admit that...The majority of committed athletes will admit that they have a strong desire to win. Athletes frequently strive to achieve goals like making a professional team or winning a medal for their nation in addition to the gratification of personal success. The use of performance-enhancing substances has grown more widespread in such a setting.therapist smithfieldhttps://www.crosscarendis.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136309127101332180.post-58161865458884515512018-08-08T02:51:20.909-07:002018-08-08T02:51:20.909-07:00This is one of the best blogs on the internet. Rea...This is one of the best blogs on the internet. Really informational and amazing content.<a href="http://independencedayindia2018.com/happy-independence-day-status-2018-for-facebook-twitter-whatsapp-and-instagram/" rel="nofollow">Independence Day Whatsapp Status</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775310290966491030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136309127101332180.post-82802509519898924402015-06-07T17:05:42.593-07:002015-06-07T17:05:42.593-07:00This is nonsense, unless you have some specific da...This is nonsense, unless you have some specific data or a study has been conducted how is it possible that anyone can conduct a claim showing that any drug is actually helping someone win? How can you know that one participant is using a drug will another one isn't? Which drugs are they using? This is all information that isn't or cannot be collected at this time and it's an invasion of privacy if you attempt to.<br /><br />How do you go about regulating a substance if a said participant has a prescription to use a drug? If you lose a fight and claim its due to somone being medicated then you really need to reevaluate your playstyle and techniques. This isn't sports, there isn't enough money on the line or invested into e-sports to even start policing this nonsense. This is click bait at best till you have data or a study is done.<br /><br />And even if some drugs are shown to have a positive effect, how are you going to police it? Start commanding participants take drug test via blood and urine samples? Who is going to pay to have that done and analyzed before a participant fights? <br /><br />-KoKuTanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136309127101332180.post-6015608302005803662014-05-15T08:17:07.291-07:002014-05-15T08:17:07.291-07:00I'll leave my thoughts on your posts as I read...I'll leave my thoughts on your posts as I read through them from the beginning. I figured these will be a little "hey what's up" in your inbox or something like that. <br /><br />Good article. Well written. Well argued as usual. <br /><br />I never really think about nutrition and performance and stimulants. Sometimes I think avoiding this topic is why I live a "low tier life" so to speak.<br /><br />Though I'm not a health nut by any shade, I do try to cook most of my food from scratch. I've abstained from candy for a time, from caffeine for years, energy drinks for life, and so much more. I also have something like ADD and I don't take meds for it. I just "deal with it" like some silent resolute kid trying to foolishly gain control back in a world/life that is steadily growing more complicated and chaotic. <br /><br />When my mind first started to mush, it was playing melee back at MOAST3. Super frustrating to not be able to think and experience the game like I had. I felt like I lost my edge. I wonder if meds or even a Dr. Pepper could have helped. I wonder what I'm missing. <br /><br />Sometimes I hope to be like John Nash who just powers through his disability! But even the great John Nash was powered by love. Frick! Gotta find some of that. KirbyKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866037458298228815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136309127101332180.post-38390674199142654532012-09-25T20:33:37.508-07:002012-09-25T20:33:37.508-07:00My hypothetical excitement all stems from dystopia...My hypothetical excitement all stems from dystopian schadenfreude. Our hypothetical enhancer would work as a meta-game X-Factor, promising incredible rewards and a smooth climb to fleeting short term victory. When Valle walked on stage, eyes fixed and fingers steady, he'd stand as a testament to the power of CLEAN LIVIN'!<br /><br /><br />I'm FG literate, but still have a very tenuous grasp on the relationship between player skill, game mechanics, and audience hype. The connections there are subtle and non-linear, and while some substances might help some players, I don't think think there's anything that could create a overwhelmingly positive effect on both player skill and perceived excitement.<br /><br />Keep the pots small, so people are playing for the game they love. Keep the open spirit, so that if you can get your ass on stage with a controller, you can play the match. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136309127101332180.post-37995566543973643212012-09-21T13:48:10.344-07:002012-09-21T13:48:10.344-07:00I'm against performance enhancers not because ...I'm against performance enhancers not because of their effect on professionals, but because of their effect on aspiring professionals.<br /><br />I think it's totally reasonable for competitors in top-level gaming or sports to sacrifice their health for even incremental improvement in their chosen field. Indeed, I almost expect them to do whatever it takes to get whatever glory they can. As a spectator, watching people give their all to be transcendentally good at something is a truly moving experience. <br /><br />What, though, do we do about the kid watching Barry Bonds swing a bat, or the weedy teenager watching Dr. Peepee do sick, twisted things to a gamecube controller? If we give the green light to harmful performance enhancers, we're telling them "You can have this only if you destroy your body for it." It takes away the everyman aspect. We're essentially creating a barrier between the players and the fans, with the former group being drugged and scientifically manipulated past the point of human perfection and the latter looking on at things they could never aspire to do.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996594885814038059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136309127101332180.post-56112263003286506762012-09-21T12:40:11.141-07:002012-09-21T12:40:11.141-07:00Thanks for the long and well-written response! Tr...Thanks for the long and well-written response! Truthfully I'm not 100% on classifying Adderall in the category of "dangerous performance enhancement," but the side-effects and sometimes unpredictable results you can get from mixing medications is cause enough for concern. And since Adderall has addictive properties it could end up interfering with somebody's life in the short term, another reason to warrant caution regarding its use.<br /><br />And like I mentioned, you're excited *now* to see what people are capable of. But after you'd adapted to it, you'd probably end up feeling exactly the same about future-juice-esports as you feel about current ones, except you'd be hesitating to go back to the non-nervous-system-imploding-scene because it wouldn't be as exciting, and then we'd be dealing with people having imploded nervous systems.EskimauxRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13037945662977655232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136309127101332180.post-44818502265978715252012-09-21T11:22:18.191-07:002012-09-21T11:22:18.191-07:00Good post. I've taken various ADD meds and pla...Good post. I've taken various ADD meds and played fighting games since 1995, and I balk at categorizing Adderall, etc as "dangerous performance enhancers." <br /><br />But even if they were, even if there was a mysterious Substance X that had the same power/destruction curve as Venom form the Batman universe, would it make sense to explicitly ban it?<br /><br />Imagine fantasy super-drug that propelled the average XBLA player to Wong-ian levels for a few years but destroyed their nervous systems and left them with a permanent debilitating twitch. Two years of glory, and then you'll never pull off a combo again. This imagined substance is completely undetectable when in use, up until the minute it transforms you into a shivering wreck. <br /><br />The only thing that would make this seem like a rational choice for someone who enjoyed competitive gaming is if the financial rewards form those two years so outstripped the physical cost.<br />For a purely mercenary actor it might seem more palatable. They could grow old and read books!<br /><br />But how would that harm the game? You're right that competitive play might renormalize around juiced abilities, but beyond the damage to individual players, would that damage the competitive gaming scene? Hell, I'm a bit excited about e-sports of my bizarro world. Maybe there'd be a larger emphasis on senior/masters leagues, for players who make it through the early years without imploding.<br /><br />This leaves out the question about how a drug would actually enhance performance. I take adderall regularly, and I rarely make it out of pools. For whatever degree it's a performance enhancing drug, fatherhood is more than enough to counter its effects. <br /><br />I'm a teacher, so I'm frequently overhear conversations about wether a particular kid "needs" ADD medication, a question that's absolutely worthless when framed like that. These drugs have a broadly predicatble effect on most humans, but the details of how it affects an individual in conjucntion with every other detail of their body chemistry and lifestyle border on unique. The same is true caffeine, chocolate, alcohol, or cheesefries. There's no meaningful way to say that an individual NEEDS either adderall or gyros. Instead, each person needs to look at the effect that substance has on their lives. (I wrote more about this here: http://tieandjeans.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/growing-up-with-the-good-grade-pill/ )<br /><br />There's an amazing Monty Python sketch (from their albums, so audio only) with a sports reporter previewing the Men's Being Eaten By A Crocodile competition. Michael Palin's response to the interviewer is my benchmark for all performance enhancement questions "I think there should either be unrestricted garnishing, or a single, Olympic standard mayonnaise." Since no sport sems to be able to enforce a ban or standard mayonaise, <br />let's keep competitive gaming open for unrestricted garnishing.<br /><br />http://www.montypython.net/scripts/croc.php<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com