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Has anyone noticed how when you don't play a game for about 6 months and go back on it you are almost instantly better at it.
Today i managed to complete the allied campaign on Red Alert 2 on hard mode with ease, while before in about january i was having alot of trouble woth alot of the levels. I can now absolutely thrash the computer in skirmishes aswell.
The same thing also happened to crazy taxi 2, is this a weird phenomenon that happens to everyone or is it just me?!

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My main case is a little different, i play Evo 2 on PS1 everyday, and im always learning new things on it, using new strategys and basicly getting better at the game all the time.

I suppose you would call this practice though, but it comes down into the same thing, you always get better on games you have played.

Couldn't get past the volcano level on alex kidd in miracle world (a long time ago!). Got a new game, didn't play for ages, went back and got to the final boss in the game first time. Got killed, very irritated - it took ages to get there!

Odd, i've been bombarded by stuff about training the subconscious by an old basketball coach. Since i was so bad, i gave it a go. I still suck!

Its because when you play the same level again you get frustrated and lose concentration and your body temp rises, this is called being "burnt out"
the best thing to do is to either:
1. take a 10-20 min break
2. play a different level
but never EVER:
1. keep trying, yes i know people say to keep trying and you will get better at it but from the evidence you clearly don't. There is a possibility but most of the time I get frustrated and punch my concrete wall REEAAAALLLY hard
2. never be "picky"
for example: you work out a routine on a certain level which you think will guarantee you to complete it, then you miss a target or do something very wrong, you should NEVER retry from the start, ALWAYS carry on with the stage as normal then try again, it helps :)

I've been on GT3 for ages, but some mates came over and stuck SSX while I was in the loo. They were trying to beat my high scores.

On my first go I beat the top score on the board by about 100,000!

Joe_Poly wrote:
> I played F-Zero X yesterday which I haven't played for ages, on my first go at
> the Deat Race I got an embarassing time of over 5 mins, the next go I break my
> record time!

I've done that, I could not beat my previous best of 1 minute 54 seconds, then a week later I started the death race again and continually ripped time off of my best in that half an hour I took about 30 seconds off of it. I havent played on my N64 in months now so I wonder if I will be any better at my games when I next play on it?

I played F-Zero X yesterday which I haven't played for ages, on my first go at the Deat Race I got an embarassing time of over 5 mins, the next go I break my record time!

Yep, same thing happens to me. Perfect Dark is an excellent example, I was having a lot of trouble with a few levels, I stopped playing for a few weeks then I compleated it first time.

Its the same with me and lylat wars, goldeneye, perfect dark ..........
If I get very stuck I just play another game for a while and eventually go back and play again and I am better at it.

I read somewhere that dreaming of tetris blocks falling is your subconcious trying to make you better at the task.
I don't know if the same thing works when you take a break from a game, maybe it gives your mind to think the problem through or think of a better way to play.

That happened to me on Mechcommander 1. I was on a very very had convoy intercept mission, and i played it again a few months later, and did it first time!

Err... yeah, but exchange six months with going to the toilet.