Can certain drugs enhance your competitive gaming?

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A lot of performance in most things has to do with the psychological state of the person who is performing. If you do most of your practicing drunk then your body will better remember what to do when it's in that similar state. Same to be said for smoking pot. Adderall, however, is a drug that I think directly influences your ability to focus and perform in a game.

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meh

I used to do alot of weed smoking, and i gamed alot when high and it can work against you as much as it can for you.

A story i have where it worked against me that stood out, i was at a big lan even in the UK (The I-Series) and my team and I were taking part in the Counter strike source event. We played our group games and were told we didn't have anymore matches for the day.

I thought, great time to tuck into the big bag of weed my friend brought me, so im outside smoking a big fatty all to myself on newbury race course and im just coming up to the end of the doob and i hear my friends voice shouting "nixy" from the car park nearby, he runs up to me and tells me they ****ed up, we had another game to play, against the only other good team in our group stages.

At this point im baked and im thinking to myself "oh ****" so we run to our systems and login, they had been waiting awhile for us apparently and i played the worst game of my life and they destroyed us, i played crap as i had just smoked the doob and couldn't focus.

We ended up playing them the next day again and we destroyed them back, i wasn't high for that one

But then again i have played alot of good teams online when high and i go into a tunnel vision trance and just cant be stopped, heck one time that stood out for working with me, i was playing a mix against some "pro" players and there was one guy in particular i just kept dominating, popping head shots through doors, no scoping through flash bangs and the likes with awp, he screamed cheat and rage quit. That player went on to play for London mint in the cgs

At the end of the day, i don't think it enhances your play, its all down to the player and if they are in the on form mood. Just like being sober, you can have good days and off days when playing.

Same goes for alcohol, if your merry you can pull off what you can sober, if your shit faced your gonna be crap.

Its all dependent on how much you intake and your mood, i wouldn't call either an enhancement drug.