what is your relaxing game to speedrun that is chill and that you don't rage when you don't get a PB? for me i have to admit it was Oregon Trail 1.2 for Windows. The fate of the game is always dictate by RNG at its finest but it is relaxing
I don't run against a timer when I want to relax. I don't consider my speed games 'ruined' for casual play. Or there's like 500 games I own that I don't speedrun, so one of those maybe.
I don't rage.
I started speed running so that I could acclimate myself to repeatedly failing. My goal was to use my speed running experience to improve my mentality when playing poker, and it has been largely successful.
I also think that there is a big difference between "not raging" and "relaxing". I agree with Drakodan's sentiment. Speed running is not a relaxing experience for me, but that doesn't mean that I'm stressed out. It just means that I am focussed and engaged in the task.
yeah i hear ya kobe. helps in poker interesting. but when the timer is on with splits with no times i can relax and mess up and learn. but when i have time on the splits i try to focus and interact with chat best as i can so to loosen up nerves especially at pb pace
That makes sense. I personally try not to differentiate between "practice" and "runs". Obviously, there is a difference of intent, but I try to keep the same mentality. I do practice individual segments of a game, but if I make a run attempt from beginning to end, I see it as simply practicing the full game, in a way. It's not like basketball, where there is a distinct separation between practice and competition. Or like cross-country where there is time-trial training at race pace, then a race. Aside from races, speedrunning is kind of all practice.
There are also things like GDQ, which I would categorize as "performances". A performance can be considered distinct from practice, as well.
But yeah, I totally understand your feeling.