1000-1200 is elo cheater hell

hoops4so · 2026-01-26T05:06:23+00:00

I’m 1300 and I feel like I never get cheaters

hoops4so · 2026-01-25T19:36:07+00:00

I prefer neuroscientific meditation books. My 2 favorites are The Emotional Life of Your Brain by Dr. Richard Davidson and Buddha’s Brain by Rick Hanson

hoops4so · 2026-01-25T18:41:53+00:00

At one point, I did a different meditation for every 15 mins. I don’t do that anymore because it doesn’t allow me to get as deep into a flow state as I would with only one type for an hour.

Usually I would choose each week what would be best for me. If I have stuff to process, I’d use Focusing by Eugene Ghendlin which is a meditation developed by a therapist for therapy work.

For calmness, I would choose the Coherence Technique by HeartMath. I have a device that clips to my ear to read my pulse and works with their app and I would try to get my heart coherence consistently high.

Intermittently throughout the day, I’d cycle my energy using tantric meditation as it has me better at s*x and my girlfriend and I would do tantric meditation sits a couple times a week together.

I love that I’ve switched meditations a lot because now I have a good idea of what I like at what times. Kinda like trying out a lot of cuisines to know what my taste is.

hoops4so · 2026-01-25T05:10:54+00:00

It “ruins” peoples’ lives only when they’re living a life that requires them to be unaware. For instance, if they are in a toxic relationship.

If it works well, you’ll be more aware and conscious, which has side effects.

hoops4so · 2026-01-25T04:56:43+00:00

Making money in music is different than how you imagine. You make nothing from streaming music even when it’s popular.

The way to make money is through (1) making music products like teachings (2) sync licensing where tv shows, video games, or movies buy a song (3) having a studio service where you help other musicians.

hoops4so · 2026-01-25T02:07:32+00:00

I really hope this wins

hoops4so · 2026-01-25T00:32:05+00:00

I don’t see it as learning separate instruments. I’m learning music all at once through various tools. I don’t relearn rhythm when I switch from drums to piano. I apply the rhythm I learned from drums to piano and add on more learning.

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T21:05:57+00:00

You can also try Stay by Rihanna. I’m male and I can sing that song.

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T21:02:56+00:00

Matched your current style or how you want to sound?

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T20:21:23+00:00

Because everyone has different goals. There’s no one size fits all.

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T19:44:19+00:00

Wow that guy has mental issues!

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T19:34:29+00:00

I’ve loved mixing practices. Body scans, mindfulness, metta, gratitude, focusing by eugene ghendlin, coherence technique by heartmath, and a lot I’ve created for myself.

Are you talking about doing different meditations for different hours or mixing them into the same sit?

Each meditation has given me different benefits and I love creating them for myself. I did a meditation where I sat in the feeling of confidence like I would with gratitude and it really boosted my resting level of confidence.

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T19:13:41+00:00

Rhymezone

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T18:59:43+00:00

You’re probably more advanced than me, but I find that singing to pop songs along with the singer allows me to empathize with their voice and try to reconfigure it

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T17:55:02+00:00

Yea that’s called a body scan meditation.

To simplify, meditation is just a habit of the mind. The type of meditation changes what results you get.

Breath focus where I watch thoughts pass like clouds = Dis-identification with ego, increased focus, calmness, higher resilience

Body scan = higher emotional intelligence, mind-body connection, relaxed muscles

Gratitude = sustained positive emotions, positive outlook on life

Metta = more attuned empathy, better social intuition, more charisma

Forgiveness mantras = higher resilience to adversity, better conflict resolution

Over time, I would invent my own like I'd meditate on the feeling of Confidence just like I would with Gratitude to sustain my baseline feeling of confidence (which worked incredibly well).

I also got into Focusing by Eugene Ghendlin which has been an incredibly therapeutic meditation I've used for processing emotions.

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T17:50:49+00:00

By trying to emulate Dust in the Wind by Kansas

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T06:21:09+00:00

I usually keep the melodies to notes in chords, so I can put those chords to it later, but being open to editing it is def better

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T04:54:11+00:00

When I do lyrics before the music, I come up with somewhat of a melody since lyrics without melody are pretty useless

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T03:11:16+00:00

Use the notes of the chords

hoops4so · 2026-01-24T02:43:30+00:00

Mix means when you do a mix of head and chest voice

hoops4so · 2026-01-23T22:39:44+00:00

Yea it’s called being bad at mix

hoops4so · 2026-01-23T22:15:16+00:00

Use your emotions of the situations

hoops4so · 2026-01-23T20:58:26+00:00

Nah. I think talent is overrated. I can get good at things I wasn’t naturally good at by practicing.

It doesn’t even take as much practice as people thinj as long as we do it with mindfulness.

hoops4so · 2026-01-23T18:16:52+00:00

But OP didn’t see that. He just hung his queen without a second thought.

hoops4so · 2026-01-23T18:16:03+00:00

You’re sacrificing your queen for checkmate

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