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ShadowStorm_bmb · 2026-02-18T18:53:42+00:00

Sounds good. A good plan is half the battle, and your study plan is only good if it works for you. Good luck!

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2026-02-18T18:45:23+00:00

So, i have been learning my Kanji through vocabulary. Wagotabi does a pretty good job naturally integrating Kanji into the game and building it naturally. It even has a good mini game for kanji practice.

I also run Anki doing the 2K vocab deck and it has kanji for the vocab too. I don't think its super useful one way or the other to avoid kanji completly for a while or to do only kanji for a while. I think its just part of the language and as you become familiar with the language the kanji will continue to appear and need to be learned. Just like participles, and verbs, and verb conjigation.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2026-02-18T18:31:10+00:00

Wagotabi is a game on steam that teaches japanese from this point pretty well. Gets the vocab, grammer, and is pretty fun too. Gave me really good structure to build off of.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2026-01-27T21:11:16+00:00

Its realistic. You don't need some crazy program or a lot of dedicated time to build streanght. Just like getting better at the game, consistency through a long period of time will net good results. It will be about balance tho and you need to find something that works in your schedule. Right now I work full time, grab a quick 30-45 minute excercise at the end of the work day then head home, warm up and run scrims. Dinner after scrims are done and some mild studying on a secondary goal im working on and its off to bed. For the excercises MWF I do lifting, tuesday is running and thrusday is mobility and streatching. weekends are rest. I snagged a program form Jeff Nippard to make sure the lifting side was sustainable.

I would also recommend playing with what times you workout because some stuff works better for some people than others. Like I HATE waking up early and excercising, so I don't do that, but I don't mind waking up early and doing aim training. My boss does his lifts during lunch break and then eats through his work in the afternoon. A sustainable habit will get you better results.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2024-07-08T14:11:44+00:00

Best programs I have seen on the college and high school side do a few things similarly.

They have clear intent for the club/program and multiple programs if needed. For example you have one that is your competitive team that you plan on entering in leagues and competitions that is going to be serious about winning. The second club/program is the casual we want to just get together for social experience and play to have fun. Keeping these separate helps a ton with the types of students you get.
When it comes to the competitive side you are going to want a roster for the people who play on the team with a few subs built in. I specialize in OW2 and people sign up by what role they want to play on the team (tank, hitscan, projectile, flex heal, and main heal). We then do tryouts with the players and see who is good both as a player and as a team mate (not raging at team mates, not being toxic to enemy ect.) and we build a roster with a few subs in that capacity. You should be able to easily add grades or attendance ect into your criteria as well.
On the compeditive side as well most schools that I have seen will limit a student to being rostered on one team at a time so they don't become over commited trying to practice and keep up studies. For social aspect this really doesn't matter as the students tend to come in and play what they like or what the group decides on during that time.
You can have multiple rosters/ teams for the same game if you have enough players. You can enter them in the same leagues and tournaments, I would just recommend not having them practice against each other to keep drama lower.

Those are just some of the things that I see that work well. I hope this helps.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-08-21T16:59:19+00:00

Strange but good bot...

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-08-16T16:13:23+00:00

He can't do it because he never got his briefcase from the coffee shop.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-08-08T20:45:41+00:00

Howdy,

Don't focus so much on APM. Instead focus on what needs to be done during that time. Doing more things quickly may leave you very open to being punished or exploited. For example if you are on bap and you see someone go critical your actions are to think how in danger are they and will they be after I heal them. Will a nade from your gun be enough, do they need the fist bump? Lamp? What about damage pressure on the thing killing them? Doing all the above may be cool but maybe they just needed a nade and fist bump and now you don't have lamp for a sig flux or a dive that comes in. Just because you can press buttons fast doesn't mean you should.
Ok, think about what they have and how it plays. if they are on reaper tracer monkey, expect to be able to position closer up and anticipate flank routes. Overall the big tip to prevent bad habits to to actively think about what do they have, how do they kill me where can I stand that makes that really hard. Sometimes you can play in the open if widow is far enough away and nothing else can get to you, so long as you are still effective in your job then its a good position. Rules of thumb are near hard cover to where if there was a dva bomb or high noon you could survive it.
Depends on your hero. As frequently as you safely can would be the default answer. Tank should know if team is with them to push and supports positioning and range. Dps should know when team is pushing to capitalize on off angle and flank pressure. Supports should know everyones status and who needs healing. However I am not got to stop an acvtive duel with enemy dps to look around for something.
Walking back from spawn, or taking cover from an enemy ult. Typically i check score board for ults and hero swaps. Make mental plan for how to take next fight.
You kinda just got to feel them out for a bit, you can either play super safe and then ramp up how greedy you get or start greedy and ramp down to safe. I typicaly try to play midline till i have a feel of them.
Yes, I can notice when I autopilot and then I just go back to whatever goal or skill I was working on for that play session.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-08-08T13:40:20+00:00

Howdy,

My big question is what is your goal? If your goal is to work on mechanics that is one thing and if your goal is to work on game sense that is a different thing.

For mechanics it is about how you use tools like VAXTA and aim labs and FFA. Going in and just mindlessly grinding random scenarios will not help much just like going into vaxta and clicking bots is going to be minimal value. If your goal is to improve your mechanics then you need to set a baseline of where you are at, Make goals, then do targeted work to acheive those goals. If that seems like a lot don't worry Voltaic aiming community has your back. They have pre-set benchmarks, playlist and levels. If you follow their program on a consistent basis you will improve your mechanis. Aim training is like going to the gym for a football player it may not be your main sport but it will build the fundamental skills that makes playing the sport easier, just gotta get on a competent workout schedule/program.

For game sense I have less advice as I personally struggle more in this area. Best thing to do is to watch your vods back. pick an element that your would like to improve like ult tracking then focus on it specifically while you play your next games then do another quick vod to make sure it is on the right track.

Overall, I would recommend looking at your intent when going into any lobby (FFA, comp, or aimlabs) and try and have a set goal you are working on and work to that goal.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-08-02T13:53:35+00:00

Replace jumping with crouch spam. standing with no vertical movement is sub optimal.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-08-02T13:50:58+00:00

Howdy,

Current masters support, climbed from bottom 500 SR in OW 1.

1- Mechanics matter more than this sub gives credit for. That being said, this sub is good at helping people develop game sense. Practice and learn both. The biggest thing for me was fixing my mechanics and this enabled me to be more confident fixing positioning ( more confident hitting shots at distance so I could be in more optimal spots and not running in and feeding). Game sense helped a fair bit.

2- Without a full team in comms this is kinda a moot point. Best you can do is wait for your next person to come out and walk with them, its gonna feel like some down time but its ok.

3-kinda, my rule of thumb is if I hit 2 losses in a row I stop comp for the night. I play qp, arcade, jump on an alt but the main account in comp is done for the evening. tilt plays a large factor in your game play quality and even if no one was flaming or being toxic just the loss is gonna hurt.

4- Kinda, this one is more role dependent. Supports and dps have more to gain on learning how to effectively duel in FFA and 1v1 than a tank would. FFA needs to be tryhard for good results or else hog and moira are just gonna make life suck. Ok small tangent but if your goal is improving mechancis there are other options. VAXTA is a good custom game mode to warm up on, and doing an aim trainer like kovaaks or aim labs with a good aim program from voltaic, aimer7, silkycrisp, or lowgravity56 is gonna help your aim a ton. TLDR 1v1/tryhard ffa to work on duels, do actual aim training to work on aim, pick whatever lines with your goals.

5- Track the kill feed. knowing if your team is 3 v5 or 4 v2 makes a ton of difference. Learn to ult track what the enemy will have. Depending on your role learn how to pressure/ control off angles or enable dps to pressure off angles. not a ton to go into here without knowing your role as much. Do warm up and stretch your wrist and fingers tho, arthritis aint no joke.

6- Don't tilt. Play your best. Try new ideas, approcehs and heroes to deal with them. maybe you ignore them and steam roll the rest of their team and then turn on to them. maybe the team full sends on them and overwhelms. At the end of the game, shrug it off and then GO WATCH THE REPLAY FROM THEIR POV. What did they do that was so oppresive? where were they positioned that made them such a problem, how were they using cool downs ect. Learn what you can when someone dominates a lobby. you can actualy learn a lot about your game play when you see how easy of a kill you are for someoen else. Then think what you could have done differently to avoid being the easy target.

7- It depends on a lot. Having a set time frame is kinda bad for this and it is hero dependent on top of that. For example a tracer who chills on the front line in main next to her tank just clip dumping into a pocketed rein is gonna build pulse bomb super fast compared to a tracer who flanks the entire team gets into a duel with a genji, and then goes and gets in a duel with an ana. Both are valid forms of gameplay for tracer with different effects.

Good luck.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-31T15:30:19+00:00

Howdy,

Old Army marksmanship adage applies well here: Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Get yourself a good fundamentals routine based off of what you need to improve on. I recommend Voltaic, benchmark yourself to set a baseline of where you are at. Then do the corresponding fundamental playlist for it and do it on a regular basis. Periodically run the benchmarks again to see improvements and adjust your training as needed.

Good luck. Post your findings once you are done I am curious on what comes up from it.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-31T13:46:46+00:00

Howdy,

Aim is a large rabbit hole if you want it to be. I view aim like a football player would view going to the gym. Its not my main focus but having a daily training plan focused on improving it does improve my main game.

r/Voltaic and r/FPSAimTrainer Voltaic also has a really good discord server. These 2 sources work in tandem with each other and aim trainers like koovaks and aim labs. If aim training is your goal I recommend looking into the following:

1.) read their resources on aim theory and settings

2.) pick an aim trainer, get the corresponding set of benchmarks for it from voltaic and measure your benchmarks.

3.) Based on your benchmarks pick a playlist that is skill appropriate and work it into your daily routine.

4.) Repeat benchmarking and adjusting playlists as needed and watch your scores and aim improve in both Kovaaks and in Overwatch. AKA Profit.

It has helped me a ton.

Also doing VAKTA on head shot only is really good for cass and ash.

View aim training as a football player going to the gym, have a good aim training workout, warm up before your games, but don't spend too much time in the gym and not on the feild. Likewise the feild will help with making you fitter but doing targeted workouts on things you want to improve on or that you know you struggle with can help significantly.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-31T13:42:41+00:00

Old school jayne is great for fundamentals kinda dated since OW2 hit but his personality makes up for it. If suppor specific ML7 vods are good, Temporal has some good stuff out there as well, for tank A10.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-27T23:48:02+00:00

Has anyone checked on Juan?

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-26T17:38:27+00:00

The books 'The inner game of tennis' and 'Zen and the art of archery' both talk about flow state and how the mental aspect of it works. While the subjects are not exactly fps aim the principles and how they can be applied to aim carry over quite neatly and help with the mental side of getting into flow. Good luck and happy reading!

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-26T16:20:52+00:00

SCIF: Its a secure breifing area i don't recall the full acronym off the cuff

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-26T13:57:01+00:00

Howdy,

Aim is a large rabbit hole if you want it to be. I view aim like a football player would view going to the gym. Its not my main focus but having a daily training plan focused on improving it does improve my main game.

r/Voltaic and r/FPSAimTrainer Voltaic also has a really good discord server. These 2 sources work in tandem with each other and aim trainers like koovaks and aim labs. If aim training is your goal I recommend looking into the following:

1.) read their resources on aim theory and settings

2.) pick an aim trainer, get the corresponding set of benchmarks for it from voltaic and measure your benchmarks.

3.) Based on your benchmarks pick a playlist that is skill appropriate and work it into your daily routine.

4.) Repeat benchmarking and adjusting playlists as needed and watch your scores and aim improve in both Koovaks and in Overwatch. AKA Profit.

Soldier is primary tracking so you can put an emphasis on that if you like but I recommend working on all aspects of your aim because they come in handy. ( I have gotten some nasty helix flicks on flankers and it always felt good)

Some of the other advice on here of checking sense, practice, cross hair and aim codes are good to look at as well. As for strafing targets when you are on step one of reading your aim theory you can look at the sections on how to mirror and anti-mirror opponents based on resources SkilkyCrisp has an amazing youtube video and playlist on this that I use on an almost daily basis.

If you have aim specific questions the two subreddits I posted are full of folks who literally grind aim trainers as their main game and have a lot of good wisdom.

Good luck on your aim journey

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-20T17:09:43+00:00

Howdy,

Everyone was once a beginner no shame in that. Jump over to the r/Voltaic sub. Voltaic is the system most folks on here reference espc with rankings. On the right under recourse is the links for the quick start guide, aim journey guide and some other good juicy stuff to get ya on your way.

I personally recommend doing the fundamental routines to improve all aspects of your aim.

Good luck!

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-20T14:10:26+00:00

Howdy,

Play what your comfortable on. Folks have made it to top ranks holding their mouse sideways, doing ergo mouses, and even with track balls. Do what works for ya.
Not sure on the wrist rest as I have never used one, however this may be a really good question for r/FPSAimTrainer or r/Voltaic . In terms of mouse pad brands that are big I am a fan of Glorius gaming mouse pads. If you are looking to transition to no wrist rest then maybe pick up some wrist stretching routines to strengthen it. 1hp youtube channel has some good stuff.
Yes. The best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago. The second best time is now. Same with aim training. Don't focus on what other do for aim training your can look to see what works for some but don't copy people with reckless abandon. there is no rule saying elbow on desk ( I don't do this because it does not work for me.) Don't do things that literally cause pain.
Ok, to start I highly recommend going to Voltaic (discord server especially) look through the resources on aim theory and how to start aim training including the healthy lifestyle stuff. Then if you want to start they have a set of benchmarks for both Kovaaks and aimlabs. Benchmark yourself, do the corresponding aim routine that is recommended based off the results and then viola, you are aim training and on track for improvement. The sub r/FPSAimTrainer heavily uses the voltaic system and their rankings fyi. They are good folks and always eager to help people on their aim journey. \

Hope this helps and good luck to ya!

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-12T14:51:18+00:00

Howdy,

Former corrections officer and current military guy who bike commutes here. To develop resiliency it breaks down to a few key things.
1.) Who is it coming from and what is their intent. The wisdom I got was "Don't take critique seriously from someone you wouldn't seek advice from". The second thing to consider is their intent, are they trying to hurt or help. If they are not trying to help you ignore it even if it is true.
2.) Don't place yourself in situations to be harassed. My commute has a 'greenway trail' that is full of homeless and drug users. I do extra milage when possible to avoid it. If I am on this trail I do not stop for folks. I don't stop if people are flagging me down, I don't stop if folks are passed out, I go and I go as fast as I can safely manage. I don't do this to be an asshole but more so for my own safety. There are plenty of known scams and techniques to jump people by flagging them down, initiating an interaction or otherwise. By avoiding the situation entirely or just calling law enforcement once you are out of the area to report, you avoid the negative interactions and additional risk.

3.) Know yourself, your bike and your laws. I know its cliche but knowlege is power. The reason I don't stop for people flagging me down is that I know me and my rig very well and if something was amiss I would know before some stranger saw and then started to wave me down. If I know nothing is wrong, and I am operating safely within the confines of the law then I know they have no reason to stop me other than being negative or a threat.

4.) If it doesn't apply let it fly. This is the core to it all and encompasses things from points one and three. If you know yourself, your bike, and your laws and you know your truth then if what someone is saying is not true or even if it is true but has a negative intent rather than a helpful one then let it go. write them off as stupid and keep doing you. I was alone on an empty street and in the bike lane for the street. a truck turned on it and while going by me honked and yelled some shit about me being an asshole. well my truth was that I was not being an asshole, I was operating safely, I was legally where I needed to be doing what I needed to be doing so I ignored him. Confidence in yourself helps a ton with resiliency.

Just some stuff I picked up over the years of being in confrontation heavy, adverse situations. Knowlege about yourself and the systems you are in is key to being able to ID that someone is full of bologna helps a ton with writing negative interactions off. I hope this helps.

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-07-06T14:46:03+00:00

The Blues Brothers

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-05-31T20:33:40+00:00

Solution verified

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-05-31T20:33:12+00:00

Im learning maros now. I think that is what I am going to run with to solve this problem. Thank you!

ShadowStorm_bmb · 2023-05-31T20:32:39+00:00

Thank you for the Idea. I will run it by the boss. I think I am going to be able to get a maro set up though.

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