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Eko Sol
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Posted - 2014.04.17 00:13:00 -
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Matchmaking will never be fixed. It is just something everyone has to settle on. CCP won't make the necessary efforts to build the player base and fix bugs like they should. It just is never going to happen. I'm, personally, mildly addicted to the game. I have self control to a degree but I am at 16.5 mil SP and will be closer to 17.5 mil after this event because of OMEGA's. I can hang with peeps now.
Again, matchmaking will never be fixed. If CCP stepped up their game (leadership I mean) then maybe within a year the game will be at a player base necessary to make the game just right or better in the matchmaking scheme of things. But by then the next gen will have become too concrete and the player base that currently exists will have moved on. There are people that actually have 70 mil SP.
I can tell you that after this event I am taking a break. Beating FFX, Platting FFXIII-3 (only 3 more trophies to go), beating Kingdom Hearts Re: mix, beating Witch and Hundred Knight, then playing and maybe beating DS2, then there are a slew of other games like Witcher 3 coming out, and I will have my PS4 in June so there are like 3 games there. I'm also back in training so gonna have even less time. Point is, I am only going to play occasionally after this because it's fun to play with certain people. The game is becoming antiquated and CCP's leadership is not doing what they need to in order for this to be the success it needs to be.
I would argue that they should disconnect it from Eve and sell Dust to another company that can do it right. Then they should 100% focus on Eve and only Eve. |
Eko Sol
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Posted - 2014.04.17 00:29:00 -
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Zaaeed Massani wrote:Eko Sol wrote: I'm also back in training so gonna have even less time. What are you in training for? (Exercise Science dude here...and a D-1 track coach...athletics interest me...)
It's a long story but I took a break from serious BJJ competitions and since I'm not at my home academy I don't feel at home training here. I expect to be moving back in the next 6 months and I want to be competition ready.
For strength and conditioning I use Drew Baye's method (baye[dot]com). I drill a lot and will be training locally again to get ready for my return home.
I also do a lot of judo and when I'm home I do JKD and am a training partner for Ammy MMA fighters.
I did track in high school but a judo throw went wrong a few year ago and smashed my tibia causing a knarly tibia plateu fracture. Can't run anymore. |
Eko Sol
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Posted - 2014.04.17 06:23:00 -
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Nocturnal Soul wrote:Zaaeed Massani wrote:Eko Sol wrote: I'm also back in training so gonna have even less time. What are you in training for? (Exercise Science dude here...and a D-1 track coach...athletics interest me...)  I need tips on running a 400 better fastest time is a 53 and I'm a freshman.
Her is how I broke 52 (actually 49.1 4x4 split and 50.01 laser open).
1st) 80 meters should be 90% max speed at the minimum with short stride. The next 100 to 130 meters should be as open a stride as possible maintaining that speed. This will actually provide an acceleration factor. For the next 100 meters you should shorten your stride and then maintain the shorter stride sprinting at 100% until the end.
2nd) The first 200 meters you should shoot for only a bit slower than your fastest 200. My fastest 200 when I was at my peek was about 24.5 so I shot for a 25 for a 200m split. I had short legs so my legs hit the ground more often than other sprinters. I got to a point where I hit 24.6/24.7 splits but couldn't break an open 24.5 200m. I was a mid distance sprinter (400/800) and field events. Almost had deca scholarship but messed up meniscuses. Wanted to run track later for summer but then busted knee in judo training.
3rd) If you find that the 2nd split is more than 10% slower than your first then just tweak a little and be sure to do proper conditioning. I found doing 80m to 200m hills backwards twice a week helped so much it isn't even funny.
4th) On your low level meets, do the 800 and shoot for 56 and 57 400m splits. You will slowly gain confidence in your indurance and reach new levels of conditioning. I slowly broke 2 minutes but couldn't break 119.0. That was my PR. It started b/c I was running 55 splits and then 70 on the 2nd. Slowly, as my conditioning improved, I got to sub 120s. BTW, that isn't fast. I was almost last at all of the big meets. The only time I wasn't was when an alt was in or when I was 3rd leg in 4x800's.
5th) During competition season do not lift weights often. Don't do a track workout and then goto the gym and bang out dead lifts and squats. That's not healthy. Pro athletes do this with very strict diets and more than 8 hours of sleep a day. They don't have homework and school to worry about.
Hope this helps. BTW, When I was a freshman in HS I could only do 61 seconds for the open 400m. I trained with an exceptionally technical coach and will never forget anything I learned. By summer after my Sr. year I cracked a PR of 50.01. Before the end of Sr. Year I basically got a non laser of 51.00 BUT the coach believed there was a mistake and I was about .1/.2 faster since it clearly wasn't a tie for 3rd but they called it a time due to times being the same.
Lastly, if you are really serious. I mean REALLY SERIOUS then consider finding an elite level coach on the side. Just running your a$$ off isn't going to get you the results. There are techniques. Every single time your foot touches the ground, even while walking in the mall, should have significance. Every way you relax your body (your arms, face, etc.) it should be done perfectly. How to zone out opponents. How to use a teammate as a pacer. Down to the way and the voice of the person yelling out splits. Elite level coaches know this. When I was your age I wish I knew what I knew now about athletics. I trained twice to three times and day destroying my meniscus, sleeping 5 hours a night, working full time, and pulling my 3.5 gpa (out of 4.5). Then I would eat Top Ramen and peanut butter sandwiches. I didn't understand nutrition or when to sleep or just plain stop. Being an elite requires elite level coaching. If you want that 47 and 46 400m with a complement field event such as Long Jump or Tripple jump (like me) and not to mention, most strong 400m runners are extremely strong 800 meter runners. I hate to say this but 400 and 800 are sprint events. Some runners even consider the 1 mile a sprint. Rest, eat correctly, find elite coaching on the weekend or off season or what have you. |
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