>yfw you enter "the zone"
>>380641140
alternatively:
>yfw your opponent enters the zone
>>380641140
>>380641140
>tfw
>>380641140
Quality thread /v/ros
>>380641140
>>380642275
>>380641140
>>380642275
>gregor autobalances into other team
>>380641140
another failed relationship
>mfw I realize i'm in the zone which takes me out of the zone
>>380641140
We as a society need more avatar reaction images/memes
>>380642275
>time starts slowing down
>perfect hits on all your targets
>perfect blocks
>perfect ripostes
>perfect backstabs
>>380642275
>mfw I enter the zone because my enemy has powered up and I have to oppose his newfound strength
>>380642275
>>380641140
>>380643287
>tfw you're not able to match his power and he kicks your ass
>>380641140
>mfw
>>380643013
I fucking hate that.
I actually don't have a face for this
WHOA
>>380642275
>>380642275
Hope I'm not the only one who laughs erratically.
>>380642275
>>380643287
>mfw my opponent enters the zone to combat my entering of the zone, but he is still no match for me
>>380641140
>>380643608
that's what this thread is for
>Playing Guilty Gear online
>Get my ass kicked
>Suddenly phone call
>Proceed to perfect guard with one hand while talking
>>380642275
>When your team chokes and loses absolutely big lead
>Despite all the work you did
>>380641140
Quake 3 Arena and TF2 were the last games i was able to enter the zone with
>>380641140
>tfw you're both in the zone and neither is backing down
>>380643903
you aren't
>>380641140
The AutoZone?
>mfw the last time I was in the zone was 3 or 4 years ago when my dad was on a trip and I played New Vegas for 12 days straight, only pausing to sleep or to make hardboiled eggs
It was weird and filthy because I barely showered, it was summer and I never went outside, but it's still a very fond memory, because it was one of the last times I REALLY enjoyed a videogame for longer than 2 hours.
>>380641140
>>380644350
I miss when one piece was an anime and not a slideshow.
>>380641140
>yfw you realise you're in the zone and lose it
>>380644461
That's not "the zone" you utter gimp. That's called being asian.
Last time I entered the zone was when I marathoned Bayonetta 2 on launch with an oversized sweater and lots of sugar
Sometimes I pity normalfags for never being able to experience that feeling
>>380643903
I've been known to let out a short kekle when I clutch really hard, sometimes tossing in a "get some" or "get fucked" if the guy was irritating before I killed him
>when you exit the zone after killing everyone
>first round is a close match
>get into the zone, pull ahead during the second
>perfect them in round 3
>>380644809
you'd think they would have enough money for the extra frames
>>380644928
During my being asian I definitely entered the zone several times a day.
>>380644089
>play Guilty Gear
>lyrics kick in
>play 3 times better than usual
I've been playing too many VN's and RPGs lately, give me some games that will tear my ass and force me into the zone
>>380645136
>2v2
>teammate leaves before round 1
>kill noob twice, still lose
>get hatemail from noob
>"all that rep and ur trash"
>1v1 him
>perform video game equivalent of cleveland steamer
>mfw
>tfw entered "the zone" but never entered "the vagina"
>>380642275
HOPE WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL
>>380645510
Furi
>>380645025
>mfw 'squad wiped' in Battlefield with just a melee weapon
I don't even mind getting locked into the animation, it's gruesomely satisfying looking into the enemy's eyes before they die
>when you've already taken care of everything but you're still in the zone and have nothing to do
>>380645510Project Diva
been patiently waiting for your opponent to walk into your trap so you can counter
>FINALLY
Am I the only one that does this?
>>380643013
>get in the zone
>realize you're in the zone
>make a billion fucking mistakes and lose
>MGR was the last time i entered the zone
That was an insane high. better than any drug i had ever done. Thing is, it was wholly necessary for me to even beat the game. (full sombrero run, white armor is for pussies).
Everything between jetstream sam and the credit roll is a blur. All I know is for at least a few hours i was ascended.
I havent played it since then. Every time i try i can never get in the right mindset.
I really need to find another game that does that for me.
>When your opponent takes the first round, you enter the zone on the second, and lose the zone on the third round
>>380645932
time to buy groceries like a fuckin G
>>380645985
I think most people are like that.
You just stare with a relaxed but completely emotionless face.
>>380641140
auto-zone!?
>this happens in a fighting game
>you become a literal telepath, getting the godliest sequence of hard reads and making your opponent look like he doesn't know what he's doing
I live for this shit.
>>380641140
>yfw your entire team enters the zone
>>380645985
no i also go full robot
I've been told i start breathing heavily but i've never noticed
it legitimately makes me nervous
>play smash bros with friends
>we are all mediocre shitters
>they usually can beat me.
>Every now and then, i can enter super sayain mode and shit on them
>they now know to watch my face to see if i serious the fuck up.
Its bizarre. It really is like a switch sometimes.
>>380645985
pic related is my brother whenever he gets tunnel vision
He said something along the lines of the pain making him more focused
>>380646667
is this...the power...of video games?
>>380646795
It's like you understand all the truths in the universe and apply them to the video game you're playing
>>380641140
>tfw too laid back and methodical to 'get in the zone' but the enemy team is just bad so you feel like you're kicking ass
>iTunes on Shuffle while in the zone
>"THE WIND IS PUSHING MEEE"
>>380646667
>tfw your ragtag group of randoms are somehow all in sync with little communication and a lot of heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyz_2DEah4o
>>380643013
>>380646193
When this happens you are already outside of the zone.
The zone is basically a state of hyperfocus, it allows nothing else through, since all that remains is a faint memory, you're only aware of it after the fact.
>>380644350
>you and your opponent enter the "over-zone". >Neither of you back down, shit starts to escalate
>>380645136
>Playing Tekken 7 on PC, lots of new guys. Plan to go easy if I see one. Just want to have fun.
>First round. Looks like the other guy is a total noob so I let him play around and have fun. Fun is what we're here for after all. Let him poke me to death for a round while I focus on hitting him low so the new guy gets the concept of how blocking works. Still fun.
>Second round. Opponent gets cocky and spams unsafe moves and combos.
>Motherfucker gets cheeky and hits 2 sperg combos to put me at 20% health.
>The fun ends here.
>Zone out
>GREAT.
>PERFECT.
>PERFECT.
Feels good man
>mfw I realize when I've entered the zone and get vocally cocky about it
>mfw I remain in the zone and win
>>380647263
INTO THE CLOUDS AGAIN
I FEEL THE BLOOD IN MY VEINS
>>380641140
>playing a rhythm game
>enter The Zone
>begin to hit the patterns as if by instinct
>suddenly become aware of this and fall out of it
>need to keep going "manually"
>>380641140
>both you and your rival enter the zone
>last one on your team
>dead teammate starts playing Boss Nigger over the microphone
>enter the Nigga zone
I went on to kill the entire enemy team and everyone clapped, I turned around and my veteran grandfather gave me a thumbs up as he threw his now worthless medals in the trash
>>380646571
I remember when I got into the zone while playing MvC3 because for the first time, this guy was able to piss me off in vidga by using meta characters and taunting after each KO. I don't know how, but when I got queued against him again right afterwards, I almost perfected his ass. It's what got me into fightans.
>>380647252
>>380647715
It's not often I forget the image on a reply that I didn't plan on including words with, but here we are
>>380641140
>Play game
>Usually do alright. Not too great, not too bad
>Get high as fuck one day, all day
>Don't remember anything
>Find recordings of myself getting 28-1 win-loss
I never recreated it.
>>380647889
>Your rival's zone is, and always will be far more powerful than your zone and you get your ass stomped
>>380647550
>the fun ends here
I'm stealing that for when I play casual fighting games with my nooby friends
>>380647371
It's not hard to be able to tell when you're focus is more acute than usual
>>380645932
>Fight ends
>Zone does not
>Spend a few minutes rapidly cancelling animations into each other like some MLG Korean god.
>>380648173
Your*
>>380648328
looks like you weren't in the zone
>thought the zone was anime bullshit before this thread
>your friend who is usually much worse than you enters the zone
>suddenly it's a real match
>Play Company of Heroes 2
>intense match
>both of us sweating bullets for 30 mins
>listening to Bolero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYJPw0n4IDE
>Final stretch of the battle escalates proportional to the crescendo in the song
>Enemy has surrendered
I believe only those who play CoH2 online know this feeling
>>380647371
:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
>When you and that other guy both enter clutch mode at the same time
>You begin racing one another for kills.
>Enemy team literally quitting out because they can do nothing against you
>Next round you and he are on opposing teams.
>>380648423
>he's never been to the zone
its very real. you need to find something to invest yourself in.
>>380648092
>You out-zone his zone
>>380647614
>tfw in the strategy zone
Can you realize that you're in the zone and keep it?
>>380643916
>tfw when both you and your opponent are in the zone and the game becomes a deadly dance since both of you are just as good
>>380641140
Ok lads, post your zone theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KukSVxgsQkg
>>380648423
>thought the zone was anime bullshit
But sports guys are always talking about being in the zone.
>>380648835
people will say they can, but i dont believe it.
The awareness is so narrow that if you realize it, then its already gone.
>>380648593
There's nothing
>>380648406
S-shut up
>>380648883
>Games has environment destruction
>Battlefield becomes wasteland of destroyed vehicles, craters, giant destroyed mechs, and hundreds of bodies with the only sound being the artillery and gunfire of your oncoming forces constantly coming onto the field with neither person gaining more ground than the other
>>380648423
The only anime bullshit is
>I can willingly go in and out of the zone on my own accord
>>380648835
Yes but only if you were already good at the game you are zoning in.
>>380645708
This
>mfw the last segment
>tfw for some reason you're perma-zoned. Permanent state of hyperfocus
>Can't back out of it
>Everything in life becomes readable, frame-by-frame
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcTDzcubZQ
When I was a teenager I used to take tons of adderall and play counterstrike. I was in the zone for weeks and weeks straight.
Then I got some denationalization syndrome and was never in it again.
This plays in my head every time.
https://youtu.be/GZUN89RaP60?t=59
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suC0kH_InTs
>>380649238
>life
>frame by frame
Hmmmmmm
>>380649238
Nice try but you'd be dead within half an hour. The human body cannot channel the zone for prolonged periods of time
>>380648928
Don't bully my zone
https://youtu.be/oEHdwYls1FI
>>380648479
>>380649324
Depersonalization.
Denationalization sounds like what Hillary voters are in for.
>>380641258
Hahaha this. I was scrollig /v fast and ops pic flashed through I though oh hey its mr satan thread only it wasnt satan
>>380641140
>>380649034
I think if we're going to define the zone, you would technically not be in it if you realize you were in it. You can still be performing well upon leaving the zone, which can make you think you are in the zone, but if you're thinking that much about it, you probably aren't.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJNv0plUyS8
>>380642275
>when you're both in the zone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wY4dS3K4PE
>>380648928
Peaches is a nut case buth this song is 100% hype:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKsAYCIZuPE
>>380649492
Sure you can. As >>380649324 mentioned.
It takes lots of stimulants, though.
>both you and the enemy's ace enter the zone
>>380647614
>>380648689
>have a main fighting area totally locked down
>getting a gorillion resources per turn/second
>blowing all of them on a mass of murder typically consisting of top tier armor and artillery
I wish strategy games didn't require me to go full autist, they're so fun
>>3806488
I can do it in dance dance revolution. It's kind of a floating awareness though, like i can think to myself "wow, my peripheral awareness is insane right now. I cant believe im doing this." But that's about as far as it goes. DDR forces you to sty in the zone though, you're already in sync with the song and its like it lays out a road to focus on for you.
Best honest, all y'all look stupid af like this mofo when in the zone.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc949_5qG3o
native american drums are my weakness
>playing game
>take a shit break
>ponder the tranquil water below me
>enter the Shit Zone
>return to game with new enlightenment
I can't be the only one who understands this, right?
>>380649697
This isn't true. The strongest zone you can still be aware of. You know you are in the zone, firing on all cyclinders, etc. But the idea you are in it cannot even distract you from how powerful it is. It will happen to me, I'll knowledge it, feel some faint "euphoria" and then continue to get lost in the zone. You don't think about it, you just kind of recognize the state of your brain and go "holy fuck" before getting back into it.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjR7JZbdONs
>tf2, some payload map
>Enemy team almost on point
>Teammates are either dead or too far away to help
>Playing medic
>Jump down directly into enemy team
>Kill them all with bonesaw
>I am the ubermensch
>>380649537
What does it say
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgvmjubTBk0&list=PLz5gUls4mkX8DQsBJAcH4L3x5Mg1aOuwZ&index=61
>>380649965
Sometimes I go to bed and find the answers to puzzles in my dreams
>>380649850
>All your team enters the zone
>>380641140
>>380649925
probably, yes
it's about being focused af after all
>>380650318
>Only one guy enters the zone but your entire team supports him
>>380649925
It's true but it feels like you've become a superhuman
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL5xh-wt3Vc
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEmDpKsMJWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPkHi9nqUlw
>>380648928
https://youtu.be/7B9QO8aYOv4
>>380649459
>What is plank time
>>380641140IS ANYBODY HUNGRY
>>380648928
>tfw the best version of this song is in smash bros
>tfw there aren't even any characters from Golden Sun in smash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mcGep11o-g
>>380642275
Making him notice he's in the zone wouldn't pull him out of the zone?
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXtujxT9rzA
>>380649965
Yes, alternatively
>fighting boss on hardest difficulty
>getting your ass handed to you on a silver platter, salad fork, and soup spoon repeatedly
>get frustrated and take a break
>come back to it a couple hours or days later
>whip the boss' like he's a fly and you're the flyswatter
Though, I think this has more to do with a calm state of mind, which the zone is, but I think you know what I mean
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmWfkFEVLU
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdAzVhCof_4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2L4r0Aelvg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfwteoZCvoY
>>380650113
>50% SLAM
keked
>>380650794
>Implying the human eye can see past 1.2*10^5 frames per second
>>380648835
The only people that can do that are literal masters. Look at the highest levels of play in any genre of game.
>>380649884
I'm like this in sound voltex every now and then. Rythm games are pretty easy to get into the zone with
>>380642275
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y75-q6_wQ34
>mfw enemy player is in his zone
>>380651036
Camelot were masters of hype music.
This is from a goddamn tennis game starring a cartoon plumber
https://youtu.be/sq9mS7fj-7c
>>380645025
>>380648928
I would link "Decisive Battle" if i could but my country is dumb.
>>380648928
https://youtu.be/atuFSv2bLa8
>>380651549
THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER
ITS BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU
THIS HAND OF MINE IS BURNING RED
ITS LOUD ROAR TELLS ME TO GRASP VICTORY
>Being in the zone and drunk
>>380651549
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQMmDqXx0Ns
>>380651123
Calm state of mind for sure, but also, you were learning the whole time you were getting your ass whooped. You just couldn't apply your knowledge due to frustration.
>>380641140
tfw haven't been in "the zone" in 10+ years
>>380641140
>>380650150
>mada mada
jk, idk
>when you enter the zone and the warp begins to overtake you
>>380651748
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMsxw_u8664
>>380641140
>>380648928
I feel like every time I'm in the zone I'm too calm and focused to feel energetic or powerful enough that could be summed up with a pic or theme. It's usually just calmly playing to the best of my ability. Sometimes though I have another kind of phase where I'm just having tons of fun, I'm overjoyed, smiling from ear to ear, hyped, etc, and my performance also improves drastically. Are those just two different faces of The Zone?
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj5U2J4bov0
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9MTOxwnWHE
>>380652071
Yes, you worded it much better than I
>>380642275
Remember the Flame, lad, and the Void.
>>380641140
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gPBmDptqlQ
Live
AND
fucking
LEARN
>>380651748
>380651549
You could have told me it was from Golden Sun and I'd have believed you
>>380652037
>>380652068
>When you and the squad simultaneously enter the zoneI totally didn't make a spelling error and delete the post
>Team deathmatch
>two people left
>they're both in The Zone
>>380647310
GO GO GO GO GO GO GALO SENGEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-kIRD5zPQU
>>380642275
>>380652065
No, THIS is what the drunk zone looks like
>>380652682
CAN YOU FEEEEEL LIFE
MOVING THROUGH YOUR MIND
OOOH, LOOKS LIKE YOU CAME BACK FOR MORE
>>380652803
>Tfw it's just you and another guy and neither has ammo left
>>380652593
AWAKEN MY MASTERS
>>380643169
Anon,can you deal with another decline in quality like the one from Atla to korra?
>>380648928
god I fucking love this movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diBS7IEoagU&
>>380652682
I unironically like this buttrock song
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyjCq_iB5yE
>tfw you outzone the zone itself and no longer need the zone
>>380652215
>it is a good pain
>doing shitty in a match
>enter the zone
>also help out my teammates and aid them giving out health packs or ammo
>this in turn inspires them and they get in the zone as well
>we completely turn the match around
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jynTNYSKNuk
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PQ6oeaQ9Y4
I entered the zone playing tekken the other day. I spaced out and got perfect after perfect but once I realized how good I was playing my skills sharply fell.
>>380653128
I liked Korra well enough.
>"Someone spectate anon, I think he's hacking"
>>380650150
OSOI
>enemy is way better than i can consistently be
>gatekeeper grants me entry to the zone
>virtually untouchable
>challenged to 1v1
>accept
>get punished by the zone gatekeeper and get completely rolled
i should have known better
you don't push your luck while in the zone
The last time I distinctly remember a specific encounter into the Zone was years ago. I was playing Ys: Oath in Felghana at the Chester 2 boss fight and I found my reactionsmuscle memorygrowing faster while I was in the flow. It took a while and some frustration but I found the encounter enjoyable and was sad that I could not boss rush the fight to fight Chester again unless I replayed.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utpd1FfDIEQ&t=8s
>>380648928
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izRnlS4rDj0
>WHEN 2:58 HITS ON THIS SHIT
>>380652702
Camelot uses that distinct synth guitar/violin/pan flute combination across a lot of their games and I love it. Listen to the Mario Tennis menu music and try to NOT think about Vale
>>380648928
A classic https://youtu.be/TnLAC5AJPuM
>>380648928
This shit right here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77LocME2s9c
Spanish guitar will always be the hypest shit ever
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI1CVbW9r6g
>>380647475
>Brawl with a good friend
>No Items, Final Destination
>Sudden Death
>Perception slows down while the whole stage goes to hell and every action, every single moment is perfection
Oh how i miss those weekends
>>380641140
>tfw you lost your will to live and with that the ability to get in the zone
Just fucking kill me
>Playing infection halo reach
>get into the "zone"
>Do crazy shit I never thought possible
>End up with like 40 kills before I finally go down, last man standing
>Bunch of people add me after the game
>Decline because I'm actually shit at it, that was a one time thing.
>Never into zone again
the zone is an interesting place
>mfw I enter the zone playing a VN
>>380653571
>Dark Souls 2 PvP
>invade in Iron Keep
>guy is destroying me
>fighting on the platforms that drop you into the lava
>step on the switch
>he gets dunked
>challenged to another 1v1
>his face when I dunk him again
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nnl0ycLvgU
>dat crowd cheering at the beginning
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iDXDB5DmbQ
There is no feel greater than being in the zone and doing your movements in a way that fucks everyone up AND syncs up with the music.
>>380641140
Fuck off lewis
>yfw you enter the zone above the zone
How does one learn to enter "THE ZONE" at will?
Has anyone ever tried to make a cult of the zone. Its such a pleasurable experience, im surprised that no one has attempted to force it.
Is that what meditation is?
>visit /v/ monks in order to attain enlightenment
>a bunch /v/irgins sitting around playing smash
well at least we already have the vow of celibacy.
>>380641140
Korra is filth. Never post that on my wife's son's smoke signal forum ever again.
>>380654283
you don't, see >>380649138
>>380654283
play starcraft 2 and overwatch constantly
>tfw only get into the zone late at night
>it's only on mountain blade: napoleonic wars
>>380641140
Best moment I had was in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare.
Joined a server with only two other guys on it, and had to fight them both off simultaneously.
What commenced was me spending literally 30 minutes on a hill fending them off wave after wave after wave simultaneously without dying. I was a fucking machine.
To be fair, they weren't very good. But defeating the same two guys at the same time over and over and over again until they get to the point where they start backing away if you make sudden moves and try surrounding you and shit, it was a total fucking high.
>>380654283
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
>>380654217
>and this, is a zone ascended past a super zone
>or, you can just call this super zone 2
>Yfw the zone enters you
>>380654217
You mean from "hero for money" to "hole for money", you whore?
was it "the zone?"
are there other possible recorded instances of "the zone?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuSMEVhPvTY
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9CuaJZpxK0
>>380654283
>trying to enter the zone at will
These anons are crazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx00LHagvxM
MORE ZONE!
AND MORE!
AND MORE!!
ZONE BRIGHTER!!!
>>380654283
Not possible, the zone is only enterable subconsiously.
>>380642275
>tfw playingcowadootyyears ago with a friend
>not even great at it
>one match everything just clicks perfectly
>perfect reaction times and everything
>everyone on the enemy team starts gunning for me with rockets/noobtubes/other cheap shit
>somehow in the perfect place everytime to avoid everything/escape barely hanging onto life
>end that game 34-0
>at least ten messages on Live afterwards saying "reported for that aimbot/god mode scrub LMFAO"
>rest of my team asking if I'm actually sandy ravage
>only manage to pull it off one other time I went like 30-0 when snipers kept harassing our team and I went countersniper moving all around the map and popping them while they were distracted
>>380654569
Silly anon, nobody here is old enough to remember that game.
>>380642275
>You thought they entered the zone
>It was only half of their potential
>>380641140
>>380641140
>No one posts the actual fucking zone from the best sports anime
>>380654283
You will never reach it at will, but you often reach it beyond after the point of break. Because of your will to keep trying, you truly enter it. For some it's quicker than others. Most give up.
>>380654670
>the hype increase after the air parry
goosebumps every time
>>380653718
My love for flamenco music is matched only by my hate for flamenco singing.
>>380655150
step up nigga
>>380649850
>>380646667
>tfw not even the zone can defeat your opponent
>>380654569
>>380654569
am blyat
>>380641140
>>380655150
>Best sports anime
Nigger please
>>380655343
oooooo
>>380655409
WHO IS THE MASTER?!
>>380655150
It's literally already been posted like 4 times faggot
>>380648835
No, because "being in the zone" basically concentrating 100% on what you're doing.
There are no stray thoughts in that situation.
Once you start consciously thinking, you've already lost.
>>380655509
I am.
>>380647931
this happened to me wile playing soul calibur 3
>>380654283
You never willingly enter The Zone. The Gatekeeper to The Zone must deem you worthy to enjoy its gifts and only for a limited time.
>>380654283
I can enter the zone at will sometimes.
I have to be wearing a hat, and to enter the zone I take my hat off and throw it aside. The problem is that sometimes that hat lands weird and it doesn't get me in the zone, but if it lands right its instant zone for me
>>380654283
You can't do it manually. It's something that just happens and you slip into the zone without realizing at first until you have the moment of "oh shit, I'm on a fucking roll"
>>380655759
Is it possible to learn this power?
>>380654670
>>380655251
Isn't that somewhat common among better players?
>>380655759
still not at will, the gatekeeper placed your hat just right
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLBTIUzPpEQ
>the last few minutes time up perfectly when I'm at the climax of my Zone
>>380654283
You can't do it at will, but you can summon it up if you have control over your psychology.
For me, my skill measurably increases SUBSTANTIALLY if I start yelling like a retard. It hypes me up and makes me play stronger and more aggressively.
>>380654670
>are there other possible recorded instances of "the zone?"
https://youtu.be/V5OjE2wL6xg?t=33m32s
Top-right
>>380643219
??? what the fuck was that?
who the fuck eats like that?
I bet it's a trap you sick fuck.
>your opponent teaches you how to enter the zone
>>380654283
redbull+vodka.
>>380641140
>tfw parry parry parry parry parry EWHF
>>380656309
impressive
>>380656582
>he has to cheat to get into the Zone
I hope the Gatekeeper kicks you out permanently
>>380643903
>manage to team wipe the other team
>your character laughs
>you laugh too in sync
>everyone else is in the zone and you don't even know what the fuck is going on anymore
This was a great thread, thanks guys
>>380654283
Very loud and fast music. I don't like hardcore or DnB that much but it never fails to get me there.
>>380641140
Japan has just entered THE ZONE
this is literally me when I enter the zone
>>380657732
I want to enter in her zone
>>380646667
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_moHXjH7pc
>play a fightan game
>enter the zone
>read my opponent perfectly despite never going against them before, know exactly they're doing next
>finish playing
>still have no idea how to read my opponent unless I enter the zone
>>380641140
>>380647614
>>380648689
>>380649879
>when you destroy a nation just right.
>>380642785
Fucking love that face so much.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9Vho0SVCU
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9zZus_1_ag
So let's say in a competitive game like a fighting game, you're playing someone and you both enter the zone. What determines the outcome? Is it your basic skill level, so whoever has the better overall skill will win? Or does the zone equalize both players' abilities?
>>380652682
13 year old me got hype as fuck hearing this for the first time.
>>380658487
Whoever is most determinedor knows the game better
>>380654283
You don't enter THE ZONE anon, you feel it within you.
>A moment when the Gods bless your hands and eyes and nothing but the screen remains.
>Like the blip of an old CRT as it switches off. A flash, then silence.
>You are one with your mind and body, no action requires thought, you move with nothing but the cold efficiency of a machine.
>You forget everything except perfect combinations of buttons, pixel perfect movements of your mouse, breathing and fine dining. Every thing you've learned and everything you will see in the ZONE becomes a moment that stretches forever.
>You don't will it, you don't find it. You don't enter the ZONE, anon.
The ZONE enters YOU.
>>380650113
Someone with actual hype zone music instead of slow dad rock.
>>380658487
zone is adrenaline and reaction
adrenaline and reaction are tempered and honed by skill
knowledge guides that skill
even if you know your shit, if you haven't practiced you'll choke. This is a lack of skill/practice.
Even if you've practiced, you can get figured out by a player who knows more than you do. This is a lack of knowledge.
>>380658487
Who ever can push the limits of The Zone the most without losing it. You escalate until you or the other guy loses The Zone
>tfw you hear "HOLY SHIT RAMPAGE" from the announcer
>that moment of realization that it played because of YOU, you managed to wipe the other team completely
>>380641140
>>380642275
>We both enter the zone
>We meet
>tfw you and your opponent who is the same skill level as you meet in the zone
>youlose barely
>but despite this, it was a amazing match and you felt you've improved as a player
>>380659215
Honestly losing fairly after a tight match feels much better than winning sometimes.
>someone accuses me of aimbotting because im playing so well
>im playing a fucking shotgun character
https://youtu.be/ViQ8YhcxMi4
>enter The Zone and dominate anything that crosses your line of vision and win
>you get accused of cheating
>somehow enter The Zone again the next round
>get kicked
>>380659561
sure as hell feels better than curbstomping someone who has no idea what they're doing.unless they talked shit, in which case it's the best feeling ever
>>380659738
Shit I didn't notice that 8cancer thing there. Please don't bully me.
Does depression lock you out of the zone/flow?
I find it hard to find games that'd get me into the zone other than rhythm games nowadays. And most of the time, when I am in the zone, I have to strain my upper arm in a weird way to maintain it.
And that shit actually affects me enough that I have to start taking breaks every 3-4 fails or so.
Getting old sucks.
>when you get multiple flickshots in a row
I have acceded.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChCp9knOnII
>>380658487
Reads
I hate myself
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_264rzpp2Q
>Enter the Zone
>Someone on the enemy team does too
>We're the last two alive
>We fight hard as fuck
>Post game acknowledge what a great fight we just had
>>380660176
You should. You look like a fag.
>>380660176
tell someone you are close to how you feel
go see a therapist
>>380649925
Even worse, wide eyed and heavy breathing.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwX7keTHEQ4
>>380648883
Towerfall Ascension is great for this.
>>380649925
When I'm in the zone, I tend to look sleepy like One Punch Man, or Tracy McGrady
Anyone ever enter the zone in single player games?
>Bloodborne. Drop down a ledge and recognize Paarl's boss area from the trailers.
>Scared. Didn't prepare for this. Think I'm underleveled since the bagmen one hit me. Summon an NPC anyway.
>Head in. NPC dies while Paarl is still at 80%. Leaving me against a an HP buffed boss.
>The zone hits me.
>Perfectly dodge every shockwave, every swipe. Get under his body and whip him with the cane like some angry beastmaster fighting off a feral lion.
>Paarl dies.
>Hands shaking.
>I think I can hear my heartbeat.
Never gonna forget that one.
>>380660648
Much more rare than when I'm playing online, like when I solo teamwipe and push a payload to victory in Overwatch.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGWF8mz1Zw&spfreload=10
>>380660397
>t. therapycuck
>game crash forces you out of The Zone
Has anyone entered the Zone while in the Zone already? The legendary Super Zone?
>>380661202
He did >>380654557
>>380661202
Once but it wasn't vidya
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXwutv0yy8
I'm a fan of the classics
>>380661509
Same. I was playing soccer and was pretty tired and had the ball. I whited out and when I was aware again, I had gotten past every defender trying to stop me and scored. Had to take a break after that though or else I'd collapse. Sweated like a motherfucker too. I almost threw up.
>>380660817
actually my mom's a therapist and she's the one who buys all my games, so if more people go to therapy I can play more games
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeLqjJWG1tY
Close as it can get
>>380661202
>>380654217
Wouldn't that just be a Limit Break? Like The Zone is just operating at your peak capacity. The Super Zone is going beyond that but fucking yourself up because you went above your physical limits.
>>380660176
we could have had one more image in this thread instead of this one
>>380646667
i was waiting for someone to post kuroko
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNQvLECht08
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBFtKow1Gw8
What is the best game to enter The Zone in? I think it's in a War Thunder match in Realistic Mode.
>go Ace pilot mode and wipe the floor with Japanese/German/British/Russian meme machines with just your trusty .50 cals and the souls of past American aces being channeled into your body
>you become the second coming of Razgriz
>handheld Krauts bitch about you in chat
No other feeling is as great as this
>>380662838
>head on a Jap
>both of you wait until you can see each other's pilots clearly before opening fire
>pilot snipe him
>both planes pass each other like in the final scene of Ace Combat Zero complete with your opponent turning into a smoking fireball
>dive into the furball beneath you and turn some more Jap planes into fireballs
>>380662838
Racing and fighting games
>>380660648
This happened to me in Twilight Princess the first time I made it through the Cave of Ordeals. I made it to the very last floor with 3ish hearts left and fought the dark nut at the bottom. He took me down to a quarter heart before I got all his armor off. I was basically playing a back and forth with him for 30 minutes, dodging his attacks everytime while trying to figure out how to fucking break its armor. When I finally killed it I breathed a sigh of relief like I just passed a turd three times the size of my asshole. Every other time I've ever gotten that low in a game I've always died.
>>380661941
I figured. Therapy is a scam
>>380648423
They're all talking about Autozone
>>380662838
Any game involving racing, shooting or racing.
>>380642752
Funny, I find it easy to get into the zone when I'm playing Zenyatta, maybe he's just an easy hero to play. I had to stop doing comp because of him though, whenever I had to pick something else I sucked complete balls.
>>380654283
You have to practice hours and hours with at least 1 thumb in your butt. Also it doesn't have to be your thumb
>>380654283
Learn to harness your anger
>>380642275
Almost every extended Melee match.
>eyes start to glaze over and you're just going on impulse with no time to comprehend what's going on
>>380643219
shittest animation ever
I can only recall getting into "The Zone" once.
Monster Hunter Tri.
Online
We were hunting a Deviljho and for like a straight minute I was under the fucker dodging, poking, and countering with my lance and was never hurt once
>>380644350
>when you eventually notice how in the zone you are which causes you to leave the zone making you lose
>>380654448
when your bayonet becomes a monster and you are only its vessel to kill
>>380650551
pro wrestlers are amazing at selling the moves. It legit looks like the first guy gets decked.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H67FyERmrAE
>>380653960
>that part in Tsukihime where Shiki goes insane while he's bedridden
It was 3am in the morning and I was sleep deprived and I hadn't moved from my chair for more than half the day. When I realised I was out of the zone, it felt like my body had melted and I was trying to reassemble it.
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUmUgnwf6eY
>>380649041
Video games
>>380654283
If you intentionally try to get into the zone, you can only get as far as The Zone (False). I've managed to do this by watching trap porn before playing and I imagine getting to fuck the trap if I win as a reward.
The Zone (True) is a subconscious thing and only comes when you are in a state eligible for it. If not, it goes to waste. In The Zone (True), I become the trap and get fucked.
>this starts playing mid-game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jaIUlz-wNU
>automatically get into the zone
>>380648928
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg9XPcPKYAQ
>>380649492
Made me think of the speedforce kek
>>380648928
>your mom enters the zone while dual wielding shotguns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAKkw71ff3U
>>380645985
My friends tell me that they can tell I'm in the zone over voip because I talk a lot and that changes to a lot of salt once I bump into a difficult situation. So when I go dead silent without leaving chat or saying I'll be back, they know.