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[Smellycat]

The thread title reads like an Onion article headline.

 

[Prologue]

I hope they find all that are responsible and banish them appropriately.

Mandatory drug testing should be implemented ASAP.

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[Dragon Puncher]

There is dopping in almost every sport where big money is on the line. Wouldn't be surprising, especially since there isn't any real doping control in esports as far as I know.

 

[Lashley]

I'm sorry that you can't read the link I posted about the numerous six figure earners from winnings alone in competitive gaming. I'll link it again to give you another chance.

http://www.esportsearnings.com/players

they make "so much that its funny. Doping to making money? They need to get REAL".

edit
Just to end this shit.
1) You posted "get real".
2) competitive gaming isn't "real" to you. Because "doping" for video games is funny.
3) I guess 6 figures isn't real, with some making 7 figures.

You can't defend what you said. Its just a pure stupid statement.

Does "get real" mean something different in America compared to the UK or something? You seem to be taking this real personal.

 

[SeanTSC]

Does "get real" mean something different in America compared to the UK or something? You seem to be taking this real personal.

No, I don't think "get real" has a different meaning. Perhaps he just took it the wrong way.

 

[Lashley]

No, I don't think "get real" has a different meaning. Perhaps he just took it the wrong way.

No idea. Geniunely didn't mean to insult anyone, but it seems I have.

 

[noodalls]

Of course. There is money to be made, so there is dirt.



Guess you didn't read the OP, the drugs mentioned there would prevent this reaction.
I would rather think FGC is still more clean than something like Starcraft. Those guys probably just smoke weed.

If he was on a beta blocker it could cause postural hypotension, i.e. not enough sympathetic response to standing, i.e. falls over to maintain blood to brain.

 

[The Antitype]

I don't really consider taking uppers or downers before playing a videogame anywhere near the same vein as taking steroids in a 90% physical pursuit.

Hell, half the people I play shooters with smoke weed while we're playing (and I've been known to partake myself... just don't tell my bosses), and they play much better. Not because it's actually helping them, simply because it's the state of mind they're used to playing in by now.

 

[eso76]

during lan parties one of my friends used to ingurgitate Tavor pills when he kept being killed.

 

[mkenyon]

I don't really consider taking uppers or downers before playing a videogame anywhere near the same vein as taking steroids in a 90% physical pursuit.

Hell, half the people I play shooters with smoke weed while we're playing (and I've been known to partake myself... just don't tell my bosses), and they play much better. Not because it's actually helping them, simply because it's the state of mind they're used to playing in by now.

Amphetamines are banned in almost all professional sports though.

 

[thereisnoif]

Avid sports fan (football, bball) but I just never put two and two together and didn't expect esports participants to dope, too.

 

[ChawlieTheFair]

This is like an Onion sketch lol

 

[Jenenser]

I don't really consider taking uppers or downers before playing a videogame anywhere near the same vein as taking steroids in a 90% physical pursuit.

Hell, half the people I play shooters with smoke weed while we're playing (and I've been known to partake myself... just don't tell my bosses), and they play much better. Not because it's actually helping them, simply because it's the state of mind they're used to playing in by now.

it still helps
as far as i experenced it, it calms you down and stops you from thinking. (dunno how i can write that in english without sounding stiupid)
so rather than computing everything in your brain, it feels more like you are using everything you learned without the "brainlag" until you are doin the motion. (ofcourse you have to be used to the state of beeing stoned or you will just be an unconcentrated mess)

smoking weed was already pretty common in 1.6 and quake turnaments as far as i know.

not advocating that here, just my own experience.
(and yes i am better at quake if i am stoned)

tournaments should be clean and everyone should have the same basis.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Its not a sport, and they aren't "athletes", so few will give a shit.

"Sport" or not. They're professionals, so they should conduct themselves like they are.

 

[RE_Player]

Not all that surprised. Every sport has people who dope.

 

[RedAssedApe]

not this stuff right?

Cashew of Chaos. That shit sounds legit.

 

[salty_Josh]

They should check for hacks in their "cyber athletes."

 

[HarryKS]

People who play trumpets and in orchestras take amphetamines, so, this is not so surprising.

 

[Run-M-Run]

Damn. Watching SC2 for a long time and hearing how hard work it can be as well I'm not really surprised. What I am surprised at is the reaction of many people considering esports as a joke and not to be taken seriously. Of course I have some bias coming from mostly SC2, so I don't know what goes on behind stuff like Halo or COD though I'm curious.

Far longer,actually. Adderall became rampant in the late H2 era (07ish). The pro player Strongside has bad adhd and was on heavy doses of add. Lots of other pro players tried to emulate his success by also taking add....and it worked. By 09 even AM players were popping vyvance and other slow release adderall like candy.

Go watch old mlg vids every pro is chewing gum and drinking gallons of water...telltale signs right there.

I once bought a 50mg for $10 from a guy in the bathroom and split it with a teammate. We played great but couldn't sleep that night so we played shitty the next day. Never again.

Interesting, I had no idea.