Getting "in the zone"

[evilbutterfly]

I can't remember what G4 called it, but before their big awards show they talked about how you could get in the zone while playing video games and not think about it.

This was a while back, but I bring it up because earlier I was playing Half Life 2 (finally got it) and I kept zoning out and not realizing that I was playing a game. I was hitting the keys and moving around and I felt more like I was watching a movie, because it all became like instincts. This has happened to me while playing DDR before, only a bit different. There would be times where I'm thinking "holy crap, I can't get all those arrows" and I get them all and am not even thinking about which buttons to push.

My questions is, have you guys ever gotten in the zone? If so, when has it happened, and what was it like? Perhaps with enough responses we can discover the secret to getting into the zone and we'll be able to control it for maximum gaming ability! O=

[lightdarkness]

RE: Getting "in the zone"

Whenever I play SM, I get in the zone.

Also Halo 2.

Hell, any game I play. I don't understand it either!

[Tps222]

RE: Getting "in the zone"

Yea, it's strange, everything seems like its slow motion, and it's instinct, it's pretty cool.

[Musical_Master]

RE: Getting "in the zone"

I got "in the zone" a couple days ago when I was playing Mr. Driller DS. I couldn't really explain it. I started off and I was aware of everything that was going on around me, but as I got to like 1000m I started doing really good with around 2 lives left. I could dodge blocks without even thinking about it, it was pretty cool. Then when I beat it, I sort of snapped back into reality.

I could never explain the feeling or how I got it. Mr. Driller isn't even that action-packed either.

O.o

[hEaLiNgViSiOnAnGeLicMiX]

RE: Getting "in the zone"

Happens to me when I play DWI sometimes. I tend to get 'in the zone' when I'm more relaxed, as in like not exactly going for a good score. I don't even think about what arrows to hit first, my fingers just..hit them It's really weird when you actually think about it.

[vashthestampede0987]

RE: Getting "in the zone"

yeah sometimes when i play SSMB for the GC i kinda start zoning out and not realize what im doing. Ill start off really good but mine only happens for about a few minutes at most. Kinda like you can slow down VG time and not realize it

[IAMTHEEVILBEAN]

Re: RE: Getting "in the zone"

I got "in the zone" a couple days ago when I was playing Mr. Driller DS. I couldn't really explain it. I started off and I was aware of everything that was going on around me, but as I got to like 1000m I started doing really good with around 2 lives left. I could dodge blocks without even thinking about it, it was pretty cool. Then when I beat it, I sort of snapped back into reality.

I could never explain the feeling or how I got it. Mr. Driller isn't even that action-packed either.

O.o

Same thing here, except I beat 2000 when I was in the zone.

[hEaLiNgViSiOnAnGeLicMiX]

RE: Getting "in the zone"

yeah sometimes when i play SSMB for the GC i kinda start zoning out and not realize what im doing. Ill start off really good but mine only happens for about a few minutes at most. Kinda like you can slow down VG time and not realize it Very Happy

Well...that one doesn't work for me...If I were to do that I'd see my Link being pummeled by a pathetic pikachu O_O!

[CypherToorima]

RE: Getting "in the zone"

I feel like a total loser.

I've never been "in the zone"

[QreepyBORIS]

Re: RE: Getting "in the zone"

yeah sometimes when i play SSMB for the GC i kinda start zoning out and not realize what im doing. Ill start off really good but mine only happens for about a few minutes at most. Kinda like you can slow down VG time and not realize it Very Happy

Well...that one doesn't work for me...If I were to do that I'd see my Link being pummeled by a pathetic pikachu O_O!

lol i wanna get in da zoen with clairmai pls



I get in the zone in SM, or used to. Now I guess only in FPS games.

[Afrobean]

RE: Getting "in the zone"

I do that during short quick burst of 16ths in SM. I see them all coming and I'm like "oh shi that's a lot of arrows." Then my fingers just move super quick-like and I get them all. Then I'm like "wow I got em all." It's kinda like I have super fingers that are self-aware or something during times like that. Also, I can combo all out 8th runs without even paying attention, when I remember a time not too long ago when I had to concentrate super hard just to pass 8th runs in FFR. Anyway, I've been playing Super Smash Bros. lately, and I do it in that game too. I'll be jumping through the air getting like a 3 hit combo on them before I even land. And, I do all of this without even thinking.

pathetic pikachu

BLASPHEMY! Pikachu is the best character in the game. There is no one I know that can even come close to beating me as Pikachu.

[Musical_Master]

Re: RE: Getting "in the zone"

I got "in the zone" a couple days ago when I was playing Mr. Driller DS. I couldn't really explain it. I started off and I was aware of everything that was going on around me, but as I got to like 1000m I started doing really good with around 2 lives left. I could dodge blocks without even thinking about it, it was pretty cool. Then when I beat it, I sort of snapped back into reality.

I could never explain the feeling or how I got it. Mr. Driller isn't even that action-packed either.

O.o

Same thing here, except I beat 2000 when I was in the zone.

Heh, I can't beat 2000 no matter how hard I try. I always get to like 1700m then I die.

[IAMTHEEVILBEAN]

RE: Re: RE: Getting "in the zone"

I have like every item for Mission Driller except 25x air. Maybe that is why.

[hEaLiNgViSiOnAnGeLicMiX]

RE: Re: RE: Getting "in the zone"

BLASPHEMY! Pikachu is the best character in the game. There is no one I know that can even come close to beating me as Pikachu.

I've destroyed a pikachu in like 3 minutes with a jigglypuff. A JIGGLYPUFF.

[ddrruler]

RE: Re: RE: Getting "in the zone"

i destroyed pikachu in like 30 seconds with jigglepuff =) and ya i get in the zone whenever i play a gun game its weird tho i kinda dont even know its happening i zone in and out of real life