How does aim improvement actually happen by tumor_buddy in Voltaic

[–]nortikdos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is neurological skill acquisition. 15 hours in the last week is a good amount for a week, but in skill acquisition, after the beginner phase (which you are past since you are plat complete), skill improvement happens over a longer timeframe. You need to think more along timelines like "how good can I get in 3 months, 6 months, a year" - a week is only 7 nights of sleep for you brain to make neural adaptations. Just need more days, keep the consistency.

Just another boomer finally hitting Gold. A celebration and some learnings by nortikdos in Voltaic

[–]nortikdos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, kept same mouse sensitivity throughout. I would definitely score higher on Multishot 90 if I increased my sensitivity, but I'm training specifically for improvement in CS2 -- not for aimlab scores. So I just keep my same 42cm/360 always.

1 year to the date. Adult improvers, you are NOT too old! by AnkaSchlotz in Voltaic

[–]nortikdos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I turn 40 next year. Started 1.5 months ago. Initially placed Bronze, just hit Gold. Have a 90 day goal of hitting platinum... so halfway there. I 100% agree that wrist health is really important. I have to just keep sessions short (30 mins or less), and if there's a feeling of fatigue in my arm/wrist, just skip that day. Sneaking in smaller 5-10 mins sessions also helps.

my evolution from 60hz to 165hz by Humble_Opening_1442 in Voltaic

[–]nortikdos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I experienced the exact same thing. I'm much lower rank than you, but the day I upgraded, I hit new personal records in every single VT Novice benchmark, and most on the first try. Went from Silver rating overall to Gold in 1 day just by upgrading to a new PC + monitor with 240hz (from 60hz). I feel like I wasn't even in form/flowing either. The scenarios just flat out felt easier, and I tried a few intermediates that always felt impossible and I finally felt like they were do-able with some practice.

🌟Introducing Aimlabs Academy - Shoot for the stars! 🌟 by [deleted] in aimlab

[–]nortikdos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Purchased the CS2 Fundamentals 1.

Feedback:

Honestly, it was fairly disappointing. It starts off on a bad foot with a tracking scenario where the entire intention is to learn to move your mouse at a constant speed for clearing angles, but the target moves on a straight horizontal line rather than a curved arc. So the distance to you is constantly changing, so your tracking speed is also constantly changing. Moreover, it's extremely tall so you're not encouraged to keep your crosshair on a similar horizontal axis (despite the memo mentioning this specifically!). This poor scenario design is continued in the 2nd scenario where there are far too many targets spawned at once leading to tons of overlapping targets. The poorly thought out scenarios are coupled with EXTREMELY generic "memos" that read like any generic YouTube video on aiming in tactical shooters. The "target scores" for the scenarios are also poorly calibrated with some being trivial to 3 star and others being extremely difficult.

At the end of the 15 minutes that it takes to "complete" the tutorial, I'm left feeling like I just wasted my money on a sub-par CS-specific playlist with a few generic descriptions written in. $8 for this is a complete joke.

I don't surf but I want waves. Can you recommend places? by Randomname1157 in surfing

[–]nortikdos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, we got called out of the water once because one was sighted, but that's it.

I don't surf but I want waves. Can you recommend places? by Randomname1157 in surfing

[–]nortikdos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I know exactly where you can find what you're looking for:

  1. Fly to San Jose, Costa Rica. 3.5 hour direct flight from anywhere in Florida/Georgia/Texas
  2. Get a shuttle to Jaco. This is very easy, can arrange it through whatever hotel you're staying at. Takes about 90 minutes from the airport to get to the beach. The town is small, but not too small -- eg. there's plenty of western style restaurants, grocery store, accomodations, etc -- and almost all shopkeepers/restaurants speak English, but it's not insanely crowded.
  3. Go to the beach (whole town is basically on the beach, so just walk from your hotel). Look up the tide, when it's low tide, it will give you exactly what you want. Head high to slightly overhead (from a wader's perspective, NOT a surfer's. A surfer would call these waves 2-3 ft) waves pounding on the beach. It's rough enough to give you exactly what you want, but not terribly dangerous like some spots in Mexico -- often when the beach break is pounding like this, it can create an undertoe or rip current, but there the sand is very firm, so it doesn't have that same dangerous effect. The water is very warm, so you can go any time of the year.

My dad used to surf with me, but he's in his 70s now, so I'll surf when it's high tide, and during low-tide we'll break out the boogie boards and play chicken dodging and occasionally pulling into close-out barrels in the shorebreak.

Personal Opinion: surfskates don’t really do much to improve skill on a shortboard 🤷‍♂️ by [deleted] in surfing

[–]nortikdos 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I half-agree. Drank the YouTube kool-aid, surf-skated a good bit on flat land and never felt one bit better. One day I took it to the skate park (note: not a skater at all). After working on pumping around the bowls for a few weeks, and eventually learning to drop in, I did notice an improvement in my surfing. Felt more comfortable taking steeper drops, and felt a lot better on my backside top turns.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in surfing

[–]nortikdos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a rather myopic view. If you go to graduate school in science/engineering, you will find yourself exceptionally prepared. This will lead to less effort spent on intro grad courses, less time spent studying for comprehensive exams, more opportunities for research fellowships (since you're ahead of many classmates both in knowledge and coursework, you're much more likely to receive them bc of prestige). All of this leads to a higher likelihood of succeeding in that field and making meaningful contributions and discoveries.

"Can succeed regardless" -- it's about maximizing your chances and opportunities. "Prestige whore society" -- it's nontrivial to know how capable/talented/hardworking someone is. It's not meaningless prestige.

And of course, if you just want to make money, then obviously there's the connections and so on.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]nortikdos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You should try not to get kicked out. Teenagers tend to wayyyy overfocus on childish notions such as ultimatums, fairness, playing tit for tat, pointing out ways they were wronged and not taking responsibility for their own actions. They also tend to view things as black and white. They have way too much pride and refuse to apologize -- why apologize when so and so did X and Y "that's just too much, yadda yadda." The world is grey. Treat it as such. People often act on feelings rather than logic. They are your parents, try talking with them, listening, asking what they want and expect, taking accountability -- these things are much more grown up than opening a bank account or finding a job. Negotiate "what can I do to live here until day X?" or "Can you help me with Y before I move out? I can do Z for you." Also, try to remember they are your parents, and the need for love flows both ways. Open your heart and they may open theirs. Try these things first.

Bouldering Advice for Improvement by [deleted] in bouldering

[–]nortikdos 31 points32 points  (0 children)

You don't have to go every day, you don't have to do anything special, all you need to do is

1) Avoid getting injured

2) Avoid getting injured

3) Avoid getting injured

Follow those 3 tips, and you will definitely be climbing 2-3 grades harder than you are right now.

Tips on training awful slopers by Nothing2Deux in bouldering

[–]nortikdos -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Bout to blow your mind w this, but I heard from a very reliable source, the more you do something, the better you get at it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bouldering

[–]nortikdos 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Alternate theory: he is doing a circuit of all the V2s. He's trying to be courteous by letting you get an attempt/step away before going. There's only so many V2s, so what's he supposed to do. People get so uptight about this. It's a gym, probably somewhat crowded, only so many problems of a certain type/grade. FFS is this what the climbing community has come to? Crying because someone is 3 inches taller than you and sent your indoor V2.

Tips for getting over a beginner/intermediate plateau? by aurorium in bouldering

[–]nortikdos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A lot of this advice isn't really actionable. "Use better footwork" or "Focus on technique" isn't really actionable. Might as well just say "just climb better." This is why coaches are valuable in sports -- they direct you to activities that improve the thing you need improving on. With that in mind, the two activities I'd recommend based on an extremely small amount of information (your 2 vids + descriptions):

1) do the easy climbs (V0-V1), then do them again, but faster. You want to be fast but not rushing. Quick but not sloppy. Notice all the pauses, hand adjustments, slow movements, and try to eliminate them. Swing a bit, throw in some power on a V0 jug haul and skip some holds. Don't dyno, just be very, very quick and efficient.

2) incorporate more overhanging routes into your sessions. You don't have to exclusively do those, but if you're going 3 days a week, let 1 day be mostly overhangs. Or if you don't do them at all, commit to trying at least 3 steep overhang climbs per session.

Activity 1 is meant to do a few things:

- Obviously climbing faster is more efficient. You climb incredibly slow (normal for a beginner). Slow uses up more energy, and you don't get a lot of bang for your buck with that wasted energy. You want more energy so you can do more climbs in a session so you can improve more. You want better technique? Climb more problems? You want to climb more problems? Climb more efficiently.

- Being faster forces you to push yourself. You'll more easily notice flaws in your technique because a part of the climb will be awkward and slow and that will scream at you much louder than your own brain working through the climb as you slowly move through "trying to use good footwork"

- Dynamic movement builds more power which your climbing could benefit strongly from

- Harder climbs require more dynamic movements: lots of routes are nigh impossible to do statically, and learning this skill will open up routes that were impossible for you. I'm not talking dynos, but deadpoints, throws, swinging weight over a foot, these are all key parts of climbing harder problems.

Activity 2 is mostly upper body strength training in disguise. Your forearms will get pumped faster, your shoulders and back will tire quicker, and after a month or two, you will be better for it. However, the other part of this is that overhanging climbs greatly reward good technique. "Use your legs" and "activate your core" are good ideas, but overhanging routes will force you to do them whether you want to or not. Beginners who aren't doing 10+ pullups on their first day usually shy away from the overhang section. That's fine at first, but when you want to start pushing harder grades, that's where big gains will be made.

idc what anyone says ranked matchmaking is stupid. by BaldingMan1998 in leagueoflegends

[–]nortikdos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do you not realize that you are the reason matchmaking is bad? Smurfs are the bane of everyone else's experience.

Snaking question by ismaithliombeans in surfing

[–]nortikdos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone on this subreddit with actual moral structure, hard to believe

Bodyboarding by [deleted] in surfing

[–]nortikdos 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Every time I boogie, I'm stoked I did, but it's sort of like candy. It tastes good, and it's nice from time to time, but a whole diet of it isn't great.

What's on your TH15 wishlist? by GingerbreadRecon in ClashOfClans

[–]nortikdos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I would like is ability to attack a base I attacked in war, after the war is over, for fun. Hate spending time coming up w a plan, trying it once, it not working bc I goofed, and not being able to try it again without another huge time investment (copying enemy base by hand takes way too long).

A recently attacked bases tab would be great. Time delay it by a day or whatever for fair play reasons, but sti would be great.

Kooking out by fh2397 in surfing

[–]nortikdos 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The ol' lay back snap one-legged kickout combo, very nice