Match Preparation - What do YOU do?

ZackoZee

I'm not a competitive player, but I do follow some of the competitions and players. I have a question for some of the more experienced competitive players...

On the day of a match, what sort of preparation do you do both as an individual and as teams? For example:

Any team meetings regarding strategies or discussion of your opponents?
How much do you play/warm up? All day? None at all until right before match?
Do you have any superstitious rituals or specific things you do before matches?
Do you drink any alcohol to relax nerves (if of legal age of course)?
Anything else you do to prepare?

Hope to see good feedback on this... I think many would be interested.

LORDdren

Uh, might go over some things we practiced in a locked server.
Someone might say a quick word in mumble like "play smart, hit your shots " ect.
I might smoke before.

don't know, they dont mean much to me so however I do in em, dont really care

doop51

1. On the day of a match, what sort of preparation do you do both as an individual and as teams? For example:

Play once everyone can get on. This can be a scrim, going over calls/strats in a private room, or doing TDM or FFA. Normally didn't play without my teammates.

2. Any team meetings regarding strategies or discussion of your opponents?

Depends on the team we are playing. Lots of teams have players who do certain roles on certain maps so you can easily gameplan.

3. How much do you play/warm up? All day? None at all until right before match?
However much time we have as a team. Normally everyone was busy with other things until we got on to practice.

4. Do you have any superstitious rituals or specific things you do before matches?
I'll mute my mumble for 2-3 minutes before the match and go browse facebook while I listen to music.

5. Do you drink any alcohol to relax nerves (if of legal age of course)?
Not really. Haven't gotten nerves in a match since 2006.

6. Anything else you do to prepare?
I make sure to drink a glass of water ~30 minutes before hand and have one ready to sip on during the match. It's hard to call if you lose your voice because of a dry throat.

hammer_mav

I usually just get on and play, if I ever have any sense of my nerves it usually goes away after a few rounds. With HT we'd always be laughing, even before/during matches so we were usually in good spirits to dominate ^^.

PapaRush

Cool stuff! Look forward to more...

M7md_eln7al

Masturbate.
It removes all the stress.

lol___Quack

http://www.tetrisfriends.com/index.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDrBhgsp5vA

dreL_KTT

basically I FFA while I listen to some Chief Keef or J.Cole to get me pump

Give my team a good speech and play hard

Doumatjee456

Its just a game lol..

dreL_KTT

Doumatjee456 wrote: »

Its just a game lol..

you think its just a game!?

spenc0r

I usually just listen to an awesome techno song, get on mumble, go over some stuff, listen again and play.

MitchRB

Music: I listen to Oracular Spectacular by MGMT and then Count Your Blessings by Bring Me The Horizon. Typically followed by a crap and a game of Super Smash Brothers. Typically my shot is very very good, its more a matter of nerves so I avoid playing until a match

AKZ1

Pretty much just hop and and play when Erick says they need a 5th for a match.

rickyYEAH

eat stuff and make a fat guy sit on you to remove back pain

my_kL

Give spiritual speeches to my team right when everyone readys up.

Bruce1nR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bcLWZY7kAQ

This has been my warm-up song forever. Gym, soccer, matches, whatever.

Listen to that while I FFA, Drel talks a bunch, screams "LET'S GO!" five or six times, and we're in the match.