> hi barold you played it too
I think it's just one of those things you pick up without thinking about it. You can definitely acquire it with active study but even that feels like more of an active "what can I change about the current situation right now" rather than subconsciously feeling out a timing and turning on a flanking smella.
Maybe it's just my innate dislike for vibeless individuals but I feel like being able to explain all your gamesense makes you lose the magic a little. Always like trying to rationalise "my apple watch timer has gone off, meaning that 16 seconds have passed, therefore the ticket player is about to blink so I should bmwpeek palace" rather than "I turned around and shot that guy in the face because my subconscious brain told me I should based off of the few thousand hours I have metabolised playing this videogame".
That's probably just a type of gamesense though, you're almost certainly going to get more from actively practicing this kind of thing but boy does it feel incredible when that little voice in your head tells you to turn around and you perfectly catch John Knifeout on his rotate.
- maxim 2025-09-15
Yeah I agree you just get it naturally over time (if only I could monkey queue). I think it's rather cool that I just know things are about to happen but I would enjoy it more if I could actually supply a reason behind it, especially when trying to explain it to others.
There's something very satisfying about just being able to do things that nobody else watching understands and get cool reactions for the frag movie clip.
Idk I think maybe I should watch more pro demos anyway. I would like to achieve level 10 at some point I should probably get real and do it sooner than later.
- Brody 15/09/2025